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edenbound ([personal profile] edenbound) wrote2006-07-25 08:06 pm

F: Scrapings

Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: None
Warnings: Angst
Rating: G
Summary: Down in Serenity Valley. For [livejournal.com profile] 5sentence_fics.



"How're we doing, Zoe?"

Zoe is dirt smudged and blood smudged and not all of it is her own blood, but some of it, and the smile she wears isn't her own smile, but something patched together, and that just says everything. He has words for her and he has sheer damn will to go on, but lookin' at it, all of it, he ain't got any faith and he ain't got any hope.

"We're doin' fine, sir," she lies, as someone back behind her gasps out his last breath.

Mal goes to crouch down by the new body and tries to scrape up some faith, tries to imagine someone's comin', but really, it could be years.
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[personal profile] lassarina 2006-07-27 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, ouch. You capture desperation so well!