Just because Mal’s father says that there’s nothing to worry about, just because the plan seems beyond basic - simple pickup from point A, drop off at point B. Pick up payment from both ends. Easy breezey lemon squeezey, as Mal overheard someone in Milliways say once ( Read more... )

The moon where Mal has decided to meet up with his fath--his client is not quite as backwoods as it gets, but it is definitely in the running. When he tells Inara he is going by himself, she (predictably) disapproves. The whole crew disapproves, really, but most back off about it. Most ( Read more... )

Mal immediately came back from Milliways after he spoke with his mother - she sat on this for an entire day - and goes to the bridge, having Wash dial the code and hissing a quick "Just do it" when the pilot tries to ask questions.

The first cogent thought after the voice filters through the air is that he sounds the same.

"Reynolds Contracting ( Read more... )

It's been a quiet couple of days, but...not in so much a bad way, uncomfortable like the past several weeks have been. River and Mal were working on some new gadget or other, so when Mal comes up to the shuttle he's all grimy.

One of the many perks of Milliways is that the majority of the decor and bar accoutrements appear to be from a time predominantly pre-hologram.

Which means many things, of course, but one of those things is a solid set of billiard balls on a table with actual felt that has some texture still to it no matter how many times the table is used ( Read more... )

Sallie Reynolds loves to feed people. It is rare of late that Mal lets her get away with it with him specifically, but she can normally manage a meal or five around the holidays.

This is not quite a meal that Mal's bringing back to Serenity, so much as half a dozen cookie tins, all labeled in precise characters as to contents and date of baking in ( Read more... )

"Inara?"

Mal is enunciating pretty clearly in the relatively miniscule space of the shuttle. It's been a quiet afternoon, but Mal's book gets closed and shoved off onto the top of the foot locker by the end of the bed with a distinct thump.

"Doin' anything that can't be interrupted?"

He's been fidgety all afternoon.

One of the problems with Mal's iPod is user error ( Read more... )

Mal's actually feeling pretty gorram jovial. Inara had cocked an eyebrow at him when he offered to take her out on August first of all the days of the year, but she simply smiled and declined, giving him a kiss on the cheek and telling him he is not allowed to bleed on her sheets later.

Mal loves his wife.
Someone is complaining about the high ( Read more... )

Mal is driving the mule; Zoe is keeping pressure on her shoulder and valiantly managing not to curse at the hot flashes of pain she receives when the mule pulls up the cargo bay.

The trashed cargo bay.

They've been here.

"Stay here -- " Mal hisses at Zoe even as he jumps the mule's side to make his way up the stairs to Shuttle One.