Prompt 049: RIme of the Ancient Mariner
Title: Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Author: Redrikki
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Prompt: 049, Firefly: Poetry
Characters: River, Wash
Disclaimer: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and any quotes and allusions to it belong to the ghost of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Serenity hung among the stars, trapped like a fly in the amber of the Verse. The golden glow of her engine was gone. Their firefly was dead. River gazed sadly down at Her as Wash steered them up and away.
“As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean.”
“What?” Wash was distracted, tense with worry for hurt wife and rapidly dwindling home.
River looked into the vastness of space. Somewhere out there ghost-ships and slime monsters were waiting to find Her. “Don’t worry,” she told Wash with a reassuring smile. “It’s love that makes the South wind blow.”
Author: Redrikki
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Prompt: 049, Firefly: Poetry
Characters: River, Wash
Disclaimer: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and any quotes and allusions to it belong to the ghost of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Serenity hung among the stars, trapped like a fly in the amber of the Verse. The golden glow of her engine was gone. Their firefly was dead. River gazed sadly down at Her as Wash steered them up and away.
“As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean.”
“What?” Wash was distracted, tense with worry for hurt wife and rapidly dwindling home.
River looked into the vastness of space. Somewhere out there ghost-ships and slime monsters were waiting to find Her. “Don’t worry,” she told Wash with a reassuring smile. “It’s love that makes the South wind blow.”