The Savage Beast
Spoilers- Nothing specific. Set after BDM.
Disclaimer- None of the following characters belong to me; they all belong to the Joss God.
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His voice soothed her, the way music soothed the savage beast.
There were times when the crazy would get the better of her and all the voices in her head were shouting, jostling for space. Fighting to be heard. Making a mess. Those days when she thought she would lose herself. That River would float away, lost in a sea of pain and voices.
Those were the days she would go to the cockpit and sit, talk to Serenity and wait for him to talk. Let his accent wash over her and his deep voice chase the demons away.
Today was one of those days.
River let her fingertips brush over Serenity's controls.
"How you doin', River?"
River shrugged. "Voices are back. Bad day."
"Ah, so that's why you're here."
River made a face.
"Okay, okay!" Mal laughed. Then he started to recite the one thing that would calm her.
"… And I had done an hellish thing,
And it would work 'em woe:
For all averred, I had killed the bird
That made the breeze to blow
Ah, wretch! Said they, the bird to slay
That made the breeze to blow!"
And the world began to make itself right again.
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