edenbound: (FFVIII)
edenbound ([personal profile] edenbound) wrote2006-07-27 12:35 pm

F: Faith

Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: None
Warnings: None
Rating: G
Summary: They're going into Serenity Valley, but Mal ain't scared. For [livejournal.com profile] 5sentence_fics.



"You afraid, Zoe?"

"No, sir," she says, grinning at him and shifting her gun in her hands -- movin' easily, like it's a part of her, "not if you ain't."

And he ain't scared, even if he's got the baddest of bad feelings, 'cause the name Serenity Valley is pretty darned pretty, like them, and God'll protect 'em like He has so far, so he grins at Zoe, "I certainly ain't scared."

Zoe grins again, and it comes to him that he loves her -- not like he's loved other women, but like she's a part of him, like he loves his gun, and he knows he can't function without her standin' there, helpful an' unchallengin', to back him up with whatever he gets up to. That's reassurin'.