fanfiction: hope, one shot, firefly/sga, mal/teyla
I wrote this for
lostcityfound fic battle but my lj got hacked and I was too late to post it. I thought I'd share it anyway.
Title: Hope
Author: meggie_ann
Fandom/Ship: Firefly/SGA, Mal and Teyla
Rating: PG-13
Chapters: One Shot
Word Count: 413
Spoilers: None
Summary: Teyla and Mal have a discussion…
The voracious roars could be heard outside the base. Mal tried to relax, tried to assure himself that he and his people were safe but his body’s reaction to those growls and snapping jaws betrayed any thought he could put forth. He paced back and forth, his shoulder’s tense and his fists clenched.
He eyed the only other person who occupied the common room. She lounged in a chair, apparently at ease despite the sound of cannibals outside. He found this woman, Teyla Emmagan, who’d rescued his crew coming through a wormhole - a wormhole! - completely confusing.
Sighing loudly, he dropped down at the table across from her. “Nerves of steel,” he mumbled.
She looked up from what she was doing and lifted an inquiring eyebrow. He just glared back, envying her ease in the face of this massive onslaught of once human, flesh eating fiends.
“I have been where you are, you know,” she said quietly.
“Scuse me?”
“I have been in your position,” she repeated.
“I doubt it,” he said scathingly.
She just studied him a moment. “Back where I am from, our worlds were plagued by a race called the Wraith. They needed to feed on human life to survive. They were merciless in their hunt to take the lives of millions of people. You never knew when they would come to your world next. Then, they would descend upon your people and cull their human herd until only the strongest were left.”
Mal was silent, soaking in this new information. Teyla continued.
“You think I do not know the guilt of being one of the survivors when others were not so lucky?” Teyla’s voice took on a hard edge. “I was leader of my people, and I was helpless to stop the Wraith from stealing away their lives, their loved ones.”
Mal avoided her fierce gaze and stared at his hands. “What happened?” he asked, not sure he wanted to know.
“People from a planet called Earth came. They added their technology and military strategy to ours. It took years of strife and pain but we overcame the Wraith. We’ve been free of them for twelve years.”
“Wow,” was all he said.
Teyla stood from the table and came around to him. She laid her hand on his shoulder briefly. “You are not alone anymore, Mal Reynolds. We are here to give hope to the hopeless.”
Teyla left the room, Mal let out a small laugh, smiling. “Maybe you are.”
lostcityfound fic battle but my lj got hacked and I was too late to post it. I thought I'd share it anyway.
Title: Hope
Author: meggie_ann
Fandom/Ship: Firefly/SGA, Mal and Teyla
Rating: PG-13
Chapters: One Shot
Word Count: 413
Spoilers: None
Summary: Teyla and Mal have a discussion…
The voracious roars could be heard outside the base. Mal tried to relax, tried to assure himself that he and his people were safe but his body’s reaction to those growls and snapping jaws betrayed any thought he could put forth. He paced back and forth, his shoulder’s tense and his fists clenched.
He eyed the only other person who occupied the common room. She lounged in a chair, apparently at ease despite the sound of cannibals outside. He found this woman, Teyla Emmagan, who’d rescued his crew coming through a wormhole - a wormhole! - completely confusing.
Sighing loudly, he dropped down at the table across from her. “Nerves of steel,” he mumbled.
She looked up from what she was doing and lifted an inquiring eyebrow. He just glared back, envying her ease in the face of this massive onslaught of once human, flesh eating fiends.
“I have been where you are, you know,” she said quietly.
“Scuse me?”
“I have been in your position,” she repeated.
“I doubt it,” he said scathingly.
She just studied him a moment. “Back where I am from, our worlds were plagued by a race called the Wraith. They needed to feed on human life to survive. They were merciless in their hunt to take the lives of millions of people. You never knew when they would come to your world next. Then, they would descend upon your people and cull their human herd until only the strongest were left.”
Mal was silent, soaking in this new information. Teyla continued.
“You think I do not know the guilt of being one of the survivors when others were not so lucky?” Teyla’s voice took on a hard edge. “I was leader of my people, and I was helpless to stop the Wraith from stealing away their lives, their loved ones.”
Mal avoided her fierce gaze and stared at his hands. “What happened?” he asked, not sure he wanted to know.
“People from a planet called Earth came. They added their technology and military strategy to ours. It took years of strife and pain but we overcame the Wraith. We’ve been free of them for twelve years.”
“Wow,” was all he said.
Teyla stood from the table and came around to him. She laid her hand on his shoulder briefly. “You are not alone anymore, Mal Reynolds. We are here to give hope to the hopeless.”
Teyla left the room, Mal let out a small laugh, smiling. “Maybe you are.”