The Boys Are Over
Title: The Boys Are Over
Author: Redrikki
Rating: PG
Word Count: 128
Prompt: 012- It's Over, It's Under
Characters: River, Mal, Book
At night the crew walks in River’s head and introduces her to strangers. Little Malcolm Reynolds is a sweet boy, born on Shadow but raised in sunlight. He steps out into the ‘verse dressed in his mama’s homespun wisdom and kisses his cross before he charges into battle. The Shepherd-that-was culls his flock sparing only the good sheep, and sometimes not even them. He anoints them in cordite and blood and knows no green pastures.
Their waking selves hide them well. The Captain blusters and yells and does his crime while Book reads his symbol looking for Mal’s lost god. They tell themselves those days are over, those boys are over. They’ve buried them deep underground where no one will ever find them. But River knows their dreams.
Author: Redrikki
Rating: PG
Word Count: 128
Prompt: 012- It's Over, It's Under
Characters: River, Mal, Book
At night the crew walks in River’s head and introduces her to strangers. Little Malcolm Reynolds is a sweet boy, born on Shadow but raised in sunlight. He steps out into the ‘verse dressed in his mama’s homespun wisdom and kisses his cross before he charges into battle. The Shepherd-that-was culls his flock sparing only the good sheep, and sometimes not even them. He anoints them in cordite and blood and knows no green pastures.
Their waking selves hide them well. The Captain blusters and yells and does his crime while Book reads his symbol looking for Mal’s lost god. They tell themselves those days are over, those boys are over. They’ve buried them deep underground where no one will ever find them. But River knows their dreams.