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storypaint) wrote2011-05-31 09:38 pm
storypaint) wrote2011-05-31 09:38 pm
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[Firefly] grief and rage and love rise up at once (Zoe/Wash)
Title: grief and rage and love rise up at once
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Length: 201 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Firefly, Zoe, years after losing Wash
Pairing: Zoe/Wash
Other: n/a
Excerpt: Zoe sees him, years after he's gone. She'll make it a month, two, sometimes longer, but then she'll be walking by the door to the bridge and swear that there's a redhead there.
Zoe sees him, years after he's gone. She'll make it a month, two, sometimes longer, but then she'll be walking by the door to the bridge and swear that there's a redhead there. River always waves brightly, but it doesn't cheer her.
River is a good pilot, except when her fits are bad, and Mal can manage steering when they are. She has reflexes no woman should have, but she doesn't fly like Wash did. It's not something you would notice unless you'd been with Serenity for as long as Zoe has, but she notices. She doesn't say anything.
Years have passed, and she still keeps a Hawaiian shirt tucked into her clothes chest. Just one, because space is precious aboard ship, but she won't get rid of it. It doesn't smell like him anymore, but that doesn't matter.
Zoe is strong. She's never been otherwise. She's never given up. And missing him doesn't make her weak. It makes her human, and Wash was always good at making her relate to other people. He took her at the most unbending and taught her how to relax.
He's still with her, after all this time, and when she can be, she's glad to have his ghost.
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Length: 201 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Firefly, Zoe, years after losing Wash
Pairing: Zoe/Wash
Other: n/a
Excerpt: Zoe sees him, years after he's gone. She'll make it a month, two, sometimes longer, but then she'll be walking by the door to the bridge and swear that there's a redhead there.
Zoe sees him, years after he's gone. She'll make it a month, two, sometimes longer, but then she'll be walking by the door to the bridge and swear that there's a redhead there. River always waves brightly, but it doesn't cheer her.
River is a good pilot, except when her fits are bad, and Mal can manage steering when they are. She has reflexes no woman should have, but she doesn't fly like Wash did. It's not something you would notice unless you'd been with Serenity for as long as Zoe has, but she notices. She doesn't say anything.
Years have passed, and she still keeps a Hawaiian shirt tucked into her clothes chest. Just one, because space is precious aboard ship, but she won't get rid of it. It doesn't smell like him anymore, but that doesn't matter.
Zoe is strong. She's never been otherwise. She's never given up. And missing him doesn't make her weak. It makes her human, and Wash was always good at making her relate to other people. He took her at the most unbending and taught her how to relax.
He's still with her, after all this time, and when she can be, she's glad to have his ghost.