Gotta Learn
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me, I'm only borrowing.
'Verse: mostly Serenity
Genre: Drabble
Author's Note: My first ever Firefly/Serenity fic! Yay, me! Kept it short and simple, as it's mostly a first try and I'm not too familiar with the 'verse yet.
Summary: ... and Kaylee smiled and kept silent.
Rating: PG-13
Even before River had been taken and destroyed, feeling like this had never been something she'd aspired to do. She'd seen older girls, grown women, act perfectly irrational over a man, and River was sure that no feeling could ever make her act like that. Giggles, blushing, being shy where they wanted to be bold.
So when Mal asked her to come with him to help set up a deal, "Gotta learn these things, little one," she only answered with a simple "Shiny," and the minutest flush of her cheeks that went unnoticed by all but Kaylee, and Kaylee smiled and kept silent.
And when, a few weeks later, she met River in the hall one night, coming out of Mal's quarters with a light smile on her face, Kaylee just answered that smile with one of her own, and she couldn't help but think that maybe now Mal had found something equally precious as Kaylee herself had found with Simon.
"He has."
The END
