Series:Twelve Days of Christmas
Title: January Fourth
Author: Jmaria
Rating: FR-15
Disclaimer: Joss owns all things Firefly
Fandom(s): Firefly/Serenity
Character(s): Mal/River
Spoilers: postSerenity
Summary: Not all gifts come to us on Christmas Day - breaking my resolutions.
Words: 208
A/N: no real note, other than to say it changed from the original plan
Dedication: To yamiselene, who requested the characters.
Twelve Days of Christmas
January Fourth
The Bridge
Weren't even four days into the new year that little River Tam shattered his new year's resolution. He wasn't gonna think on her too deeply. No, he was just gonna go and take a page outta Jayne's book and find a good girl that didn't live on his ship and befuddle his mind in such a way that River did. He was gonna stop being a lecherous hump and leave the poor little slightly crazy girl alone. Yup. He was gonna do it.
"Her captain is being rude again," River murmured quietly to him, scaring him half to death with her feminine crazy-girl ways. "He does not comprehend the severity of his actions."
"Oh, he does too much comprehendin' these days, lil albatross," Mal froze a bit as her fingers trailed over the chair and onto his shoulders.
"Then why does he confuse YoSaffBridge with his albatross?" River murmured, her hand raising his face up to see into her eyes. "There is no hell in the certainty of my heart. Special things happen when he believes in her, but nothing to do with hell in their hearts."
And that was all it took to shatter his resolution to himself. He'd never been happier in his whole life to break his word.