ficlet: Firefly, Zoe

[stop_theworld]

title: the absence of
fandom: Firefly, Zoe, post-BDM
rating: pg
word count: 695
notes: Angst. Written for slightly-o for whedon-santa, and will remain f-locked until the community reveal. An accompanying mini-mix can also be found under the cut. Also, yes, Shepherd Book is in this story. I took that one liberty.

Comments

[blienky27]

Oh. Oh.

...Ow.

This just hurt terribly in all the right ways. I don't even know what to say about it - it's just so good. Zoe's need to share, and her silent stoicism when she can't anymore; Mal and or maybe he needed to force himself to believe because the one thing in the ‘verse he hadn’t a notion of how to fix was a ruptured Zoe; that line between sleeping and waking.

Very well done. I'm a little shattered now.

[stop_theworld]

Oh gosh, thank you so much. ♥

[snapplesons]

WHY WHY WHY. This was so excellent. And so painful. I enjoy the pain because it was written beautifully. Great writing, kiddo! POOR ZOE. Damn you to hell, Joss Whedon!

[stop_theworld]

Ahhh, I missed this when you first commented, sorry! THANK YOU, Ollie. ♥ Your words mean a lot to me.

[slightly_o]

BEST. GIFT. EVER. as much as i like zoe/wash, and as much as postBDM zoe rips my heart out, i still love this so hard. this is exactly what i wanted - thank you so much, you marvelous secret santa, you!

[stop_theworld]

Oh, thank you so much! I'm SO happy that it pleases you, even if it does so in a heart-ripping way. You are so very welcome! :D

[dancingotter72]

There are no words except--Thank you

[idyllictorture]

Thank you for this. It's beautifully written.