title: As the Flames Died
Fandom: firefly Ship: mal/Inara
Bonus: yes
Team: fire
challenge: A dying fire
Rating: T
summary: mal and Inara are at a party.
We joined the party before the fire even roared to life.
We danced as it burned brightly, the flames seeming to dance with us.
We drank as the flames grew stronger, and the fire dwindled.
The fire barely crackled and we knew the night was coming to an end.
We said no words, just like we'd barely spoken all night. We had a tendency to ruin things, to complicate them with our words.
We stared into each other's eyes. And we saw desire.
We closed the distance, our lips meeting, passion roaring to life that caught us both off guard.