drabbles!

[pogrebin]

First off, hello to those who are new to my journal. I believe there was some kind of friending frenzy a while back and so I have some new people on the flist. I've finally gotten around to friending you back-- sorry that it has taken so long. Do pop over and say hello, and tell me about yourself. If you come bearing fic recs you will be given

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[pogrebin]

River & Jayne, post-Serenity

Origami UnicornsTen days after Wash's funeral, and Jayne comes back from a shower to discover three unicorns made from cornflower blue paper sitting on his pillow. The origami figures have no eyes but Jayne has to put them in a locker just to get any sleep. (Not that he can't hear the rest of the crew in various stages of awakeness; Kaylee and Simon rutting somewhere, the funny in the head girl pacing the bridge, trailing her hands on the consoles as if she can speak to them, Mal making endless calls to every contact he has, Zoe not crying. Jayne thinks: Zoe not crying is the loudest sound he has ever heard aboard the ship). Eventually he gives up, picks the unicorn in the middle-- he looks like the leader-- pinches his head between thumb and forefinger and then smooths out the paper with more care than his callused hands would suggest. The origami unicorn is pretty enough, but what is truly beautiful is the fact that it comes with its own instructions. Its body is a how-to manual, assembly and

[magdalyna]

Lovely and sharp.

[pogrebin]

Heh, thankyou. It's lovely to meet you! I'm a bit out of practice on the fic-writing front I'm afraid, not quite happy with the ending, but it was a fun prompt to write. Whedonverse dialogue is a tricky thing, and Firefly has such a definite tone that it's always a bit weird going in a different direction with it... :)

[magdalyna]

It's great to finally be able to have a dialouge with you.

I could give another, more open ended &/or descriptive prompt if you want?

[pogrebin]

Oh, I'd love that. Something more descriptive-- I'm better struggling against strictures than inventing them for myself, I think.

Do you write fiction yourself?

[magdalyna]

Prompt: Nathan Petrelli's fondest memory when he and Peter were growing up.

I do but it's very monofannish at the moment. Mostly about real dudes in bands.

[moireach]

So great!