Fic: On Shores Below a Crumbling Sky (Firefly, River/Mal, PG-13)

[vialethe]

Title: On Shores Below a Crumbling Sky
Rating: PG-13
Words: 2940
Pairings: River/Mal (one-sided), canon pairings
Warnings: Talk of character death, somewhat angsty and dark
Summary: River and Simon get off the ship on New Melbourne, and she does not look back. River, the invisible ties that bind her to Serenity even when she's left, and the ways

Comments

[jedibuttercup]

Painful story, all too plausible though.

The last two paragraphs made me tear up!

[vialethe]

Well, it's never exactly my goal to make people cry, but I'm glad it had the intended effect, nevertheless. ;)

[x_deathstar_x]

I liked the balance of hope and despair in this story. It was such a sad story, but River and Simon returning back to Serenity showed some light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe having his little albatross back will make Mal whole again. I'm sure River is up to the task of fixing him.

[vialethe]

Yes, I like to think that with a lot of time and help from all his crew, including of course River, Mal would heal eventually. It would be far too sad otherwise!

[frostfox]

That was lovely. Thank you.

FF

[vialethe]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. :)

[leafairy124]

This was beautiful. Heartbreaking also, but still beautiful.

I loved the whole thing with River and Simon starting a life on a world (I adored River's job...) and I really loved the end with her and Simon finally coming back home to Serenity. Nicely done all around.

Thanks for writing!!

[vialethe]

Thanks for your comments. :)

River's job amused me, it was fun to think of her kicking ass in a bar and getting paid to do so.

[aishia]

That was absolutely lovely - bittersweet and just... lovely.

[vialethe]

Thank you. I'm glad there's apparently enough sweet in with the bitter to make it likeable. :)