Firefly Drabble: Mal and River Share Something In Common

[ashlesha17.livejournal.com]

ashlesha17
Fandom: Firefly
Title: People Can't See Your Face If You Forget Your Mask
Characters/Pairing: Mal/River
Prompt: See
Word Count: 100
Spoilers: None
Rating: G 
Disclaimer: I Own Nothing
Written for my girl weaselyangel

People think the captain’s face is hard to read, not for River though.

They have the same face, pains melted away every mask good and bad leaving only being behind.

It makes them different from others; their faces show what is, nothing else.

On Mal’s face you can see authority, impatience, concern, and contentment when he stares into the black.

On River’s one sees joy, fear, confusion, and anger; but they don’t connect to things, those men took that away.

People don’t know what they see when there’s no masks.

Funny how she and Mal scare the others so much.

Comments

[dimondlite.livejournal.com]

I. Love. This.
a very good drabble.

[ashlesha17.livejournal.com]

dimonlite,

Thanks for the phrase! I write for so many fandoms that I'm getting starved to really bite into a long or serial one of my two favorites (Firefly and Supernatural).

I have some experience in my life with the severely dysfunctional and I've noticed that when people are dissociative or unable to socialize (i.e. masks) that they are often very disturbing to deal with.

I've rely liked your critics, would you like to friend. You've always been positive, but you also have taken the time to be constructive and I really appreciate that. I want to grow up to be the best writer I can be.

*hopeful puppy dog eyes*

lesha

[dimondlite.livejournal.com]

friended ;)

[ashlesha17.livejournal.com]

dimondlite,

Yeah *happy dance*

friending back,

lesha

[concise.livejournal.com]

The second sentence and this one:
Funny how she and Mal scare the others so much.

Go together so well. Enjoyable read!

[ashlesha17.livejournal.com]

friendlytampon,

*Hugs and Kisses* for you! I'm glad you enjoyed it, I wrote it on a short notice win of my good friend weaselyangel and the two are not a common pairing for me. So I think your happy, others are happy, ergo lesha did good. *Whew!* That's a relief

*giggles*

lesha

[mishbloom.livejournal.com]

Very true.
Probably why I like both of those characters so much. There's no bullshit from either of them. What you see is what you get. No pretense. *smile*

Well done!

[ashlesha17.livejournal.com]

mishbloom,

Thank you! There is something to be said for the comfort of dealing with a completely straightforward person, you know where you stand. I like that quality.

Don't get me wrong I love all the characters for different reasons, but a good friend wanted a Mal/River pairing and it has always been their obvious similarity, at least to me.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

*kisses*

[srichard.livejournal.com]

Funny how she and Mal scare the others so much.

I love that because it's so true--in Serenity, both of them scare the hell out of the others.

[ashlesha17.livejournal.com]

srichard,

Thank you. A friend asked me to pair the two, a first for me, so I had to find a commonality.

And yup they'd both scare the hell out of me.

*hugs*

ashlesha