schmerica: (theirloveissodisturbinglypure!)
Pearl-o ([personal profile] schmerica) wrote2004-12-02 04:02 pm

firefly snippet

New icon, made by the neat-o [livejournal.com profile] katemonkey! Keyword: theirloveissodisturbinglypure.

And, yes, in case you were wondering, I do indeed need two of my four Firefly icons to be crazy space incest-themed. Shut up.

On that note, another random snippet. [livejournal.com profile] seanarenay said: I'd dig a little CSI. Something with a non-angsty Simon would be shiny beyond belief. Which ... yes. Challenging.

*****

It has been almost a year since they left Serenity, and Simon is beginning to be hopeful. Hopeful, but not stupid, and definitely not careless.

They are taking all the precautions he can think of. They're on a backwoods planet, tiny and forgettable, no economic or cultural worth to speak of. Simon has grown a goatee, and River wears her hair cropped short and dyed black. They're not a brother and sister, a pair of fugitives; they're a doctor and his young wife, moved to the country. River's medication helps her to a point, but Simon has a story to cover the rest of it: rape, torture, the murder of their infant. People are sympathetic, and they don't ask many questions, and they accept the horrors of town as a perfect excuse for why the two of them would move somewhere thousands of miles away from anywhere.

Staying in character was the hardest part, but it has gotten easier as time goes on. Eventually he'll be able to look at the two of them and think of Dr. Gabriel and Regina Matthews, and Simon and River Tam will be gone. And then they'll be safe, forever, and Simon will be able to breathe for the first time since he decoded River's letter all those years ago.

He made the choice of his sacrifices on that day; there hasn't been a time since when he could have gone back. River needs him, and he'll protect her.

He kisses the tears off her eyelids when he moves inside her at night, and the sounds River makes seem almost happy.

[identity profile] fox1013.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
That is so fucking wrong and I adore it like mad.

*loves you hardcore*

[identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
*loves back EVEN MORE*

[identity profile] voleuse.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
SO WRONG. AGH.

Beautifully done, though.

[identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude, with this pairing, if it's not wrong? You're not doing it right. *g*

Thanks!

[identity profile] dirty-diana.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Eeeeee. Love.

[identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Thank you.

[identity profile] seanarenay.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Wow.

Yes.

Just what I was looking for. Thank you kindly.

Not to take away from the seriousness or, like, perfection of the rest of it, but...

Simon has grown a goatee, and River wears her hair cropped short and dyed black.

::whines:: Guh.

[identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so glad you liked!

Also, heh. I'm not sure why that image is strangely attractive, but.
ext_1310: (gift)

[identity profile] musesfool.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoa!

That's so brilliant and wrong. I love it.

Also, thanks for the card! *smooches*

[identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Woot! Yay cards and yay perverts. *snug*

[identity profile] tobyfan.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Creepy and mesmirizing. Good stuff!

[identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com 2004-12-02 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] ladyvyola.livejournal.com 2004-12-03 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
I love how Simon's got it reduced to the most essential elements -- "Why yes, this is my beautiful and insane wife. Go away, we need to fuck."

Um, it works for me, at least.

[identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com 2004-12-03 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahahahaha -- I *love* that summary, dude.

[identity profile] ladyvyola.livejournal.com 2004-12-03 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
That's because it's true!

[identity profile] fleshlycherry.livejournal.com 2005-07-05 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my goodness. Dude, cross-posting this to [livejournal.com profile] light_it would be a very shiny thing.