To Achieve Serenity
A Browncoat Christmas special
"Wash, set course for Hanora," commanded Captain Malcolm Reynolds, who stood with his hands at his hips, looking authoritatively out of the window at the galaxy around them, as if it were his own.
In a way, it was. He had made a home here in space, on board this rickety ship, Serenity. Mal and his ragtag crew each had a special role to play, they each felt like they belonged - even River, who was lost and confused within the construct of her own mind.
Wash's eyes widened, "Hanora? Well, that place is beautiful, but don't you think it's a little dangerous?"
Kaylee rested her head on Wash's shoulder and looked at him cheerfully, "Yeah, but danger's our middle name!" she laughed, "besides, the cap'n promised me a Christmas present, and this is what I want"
Wash spluttered and looked at her like she was a crazy person, "You want to die?"
She giggled again, "don't be so melodramatic, Wash…"
Mal rolled his eyes, "Besides, it's on our way to drop Inara off. So… we may as well," he tried to sound dismissive, but Kaylee's eyes dropped to the floor with a burgeoning sense of despair. Mal could never fool her.
Wash handed his miniature dinosaurs to Kaylee to clear some space, and began pushing buttons and pulling levers, adjusting the course for Hanora, "well, buckle your seatbelts, 'cos we're heading into a certain double D!"
Mal and Kaylee looked at him with the same bemused expression.
Wash shrugged, "I meant like, Danger and Death. Not my fault your minds are out with the space trash."
-To Be Continued-
P.S. This will be a fic of *relatively* short chapters leading up to Christmas. It's set just after the last episode of Firefly (Objects in Space). Expect to see heaps of Mal/Inara and Kaylee/Simon, and a bit of Wash/Zoe :)