Collection of unrelated drabbles and ficlets in FireflySerenity 'verse. Pairings, characters and point of view vary. Includes challenge answers.

Mal is in a hurry and River has her own way of doing things. Written for Cordria's June contest 'She was running down the alley...'

prompt of 10 songs.

"Inara Serra was not going to make the first move. It would be a wound to her pride, as well as break every rule she had ever been taught." Tying up the loose-ends the movie rewarded us with. Mal/Inara.

Pre-series, a short Zoe character study. Zoe's plenty emotional. As she reckons it, at least.

jayne and zoe Awesome Ladies Ficathon, Prompt Zoe, " your life is not yours to give up. It is mine. All mine. And I forbid it."

Just a little ficlet on River's thoughts during that scene in the BDM where Simon gets hurt. Please R&R.

Three months after Miranda, Mal and the crew finally have a job but nothing goes according to plan. Chapter 6: Kaylee and River search for Simon and Inara, Jayne finds a jail pasttime, Simon and Inara endure the swamp.

Mal/Inara. Tag to Serenity Pt 1 & 2. He knows she can read him merely by looking at him and so when there is the threat of Reavers and inevitably, death, he musters a look that holds all of what he feels for her and places a hand on her shoulder.

Mal/Inara. The juice is sweet and some of it dribbles down her chin.

Mal/Inara. There's a whisper in the back of her mind, a voice so small she's not sure it's really there.

Mal/Simon. A series of slightly slashy ficlets with my favourite boys.

A consignment of ancient artefacts and a curious River reveal the crew of Serenity to something they had never thought they would face: fanfics! Slight AU, random fun.

Jayne goes looking for some tail and finds some humanity.

A look at the Seven Deadly Sins in Firefly. Multiple sins per character, multiple characters per sin. Drabble-y. Spoilers for TV series and movie, no comics. Better summary inside.

The crew of Serenity agrees to do a job for one of Mal’s and Zoe’s old army buddies. However, things don’t go quite according to plan. Warning: May contain disciplinary spanking in later chapters.

A little drabble with everyone's favourite captain.

Vignette, Mal/Zoë Friendship. Spoilers: None. Set after Serenity the valley and before Serenity the ship. Summary: "You know, we really do have to stop meetin like this."

Double Drabble, Mal/Inara, Angst. Spoilers: None. Summary: A study in contrast.

Drabble, River POV. Mal/Inara implied. Spoilers: Those Left Behind comics. Summary: River told Inara to "let the ball of yarn go." Why?

Simon finds life aboard Serenity has become uncomfortable and decides to make a change.

The land is waste, the king is broken, the River is dry, the boy heals with the right questions he doesn't know to ask. Oh, Simon, how sorry I would be if that were something left in me but they took it. Those are pearls that were my eyes...River ramble.

Double Drabble, Zoë POV. Mal/Zoë Friendship. Spoilers: Trash. Summary: Zoë's thoughts on the events leading up to the Lassiter job.

River and Jayne learn that parenthood can require some unpleasant sacrifices and wind up discussing what comes next. Set in the future, way post-BDM. RAYNE. Perhaps a bit fluffy.

It has been months since the truth about the Alliance was revealed but some wounds just don't heal. When a shipmate makes a choice to start over alone, the crew is faced with questions and more than a few unexpected suprises.