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F: X in the Equation
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Mal/River, Mal/Inara
Warnings: Angst
Rating: PG
Summary: She is the unknown quantity.
She can be a substitute. She is the x in the equation, in the place of the number, in the place of Inara. She is the unknown factor: she knows Mal likes that. Mal would like to think that he himself is an unknown factor, but he is not. River knows. River knows everything. She catches the stray thought -- would it be like this with Inara? -- and knows the answers, and adjusts herself to fit. She gets used to it.
One day, he might figure it out.
But Mal never was all that good at math.
Pairing: Mal/River, Mal/Inara
Warnings: Angst
Rating: PG
Summary: She is the unknown quantity.
She can be a substitute. She is the x in the equation, in the place of the number, in the place of Inara. She is the unknown factor: she knows Mal likes that. Mal would like to think that he himself is an unknown factor, but he is not. River knows. River knows everything. She catches the stray thought -- would it be like this with Inara? -- and knows the answers, and adjusts herself to fit. She gets used to it.
One day, he might figure it out.
But Mal never was all that good at math.