edenbound: (FFVII)
edenbound ([personal profile] edenbound) wrote2006-07-27 12:24 pm

F: Ghost

Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: None
Warnings: Angst
Rating: G
Summary: Wash always did say they needed a break. For [livejournal.com profile] 5sentence_fics.



Sittin' in the pilot's seat feels odd, now, with all that happened, and still like he could just reach out and touch Wash and hear his suggestions and the steady pace of his breath as he flew their ship with the most expert touch in the 'verse. It's Wash's place, ain't his, and reaching out lets him brush his fingers over those gorramn dinosaurs and for the first time in ever (or a long, long time, anyway) there's a sharp edge in his throat (not at it) and tears stinging his eyes.

"What'd you want to do now?" he asks the ghost of Wash, thinking about his mental map of the 'verse, and all the places they can go, and all the places they shouldn't go for Simon and River's sake, and all the places they shouldn't go for all of 'em's sake.

"We all need a break," River says, coming in, and Mal looks up and smiles at her with the tears still stinging his eyes, because she might be River but she says what Wash always did.

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