Take A Good Look
Rated: PG
Category: Angst, Gen To Implied Ship/UST, Mal/Inara, Mal POV.
Spoilers: BDM.
Summary: Mal's thoughts as he shares that look with Inara in the BDM. Yeah…that one.
Note: Written for SerenityHope15. You'll pass through it soon enough.
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I said it before, and I'll say it again.
I wish like hell you was elsewhere.
Especially now. For so many reasons.
You said there's lotsa versions of me, and I suppose that's true.
Somewhere in me there might be an eloquent fella who could take a sec right now and say the things that need sayin all fancy like, but I don't mean to let him take the reins.
Me stoppin for that is about as natural as bullets in the gut.
So, take a good look, Inara. You wanted to know who you're dealing with?
Here I am.