Title: Time
Series: Fic-For-All Fanmix
Author:
Jmaria
Rating: FR-13
Disclaimer: Joss owns Connor and
River
Pairing: FfA #1950 Connor / River (Firefly)
Summary: 20
songs, 20 pairings. Time by Sarah McLachlan
Part Summary: Time
enough for what is needed
A/N: SPOILERS for the BDM. You've been
warned.
Time
Her mind spins at a thousand revolutions a nanosecond. She can feel him slip through her skin, knows he's not really there, but feels him none the less. She wears his memories nearly as efficiently as anyone else's. His are just more familiar. He is Hansel to her Gretel, two babes in the woods armed with stones to guide them home. She sees his eyes land on her, recognize her power as he steps onto Serenity. She can hear a voice that had long since been silenced by the Alliance operative. She can feel him nod, as if he hears it too.
"There is time enough to sustain both sorrow and joy. We must make the best of what we're given, River."
Connor grinned, still a boy in a world that no longer allowed men to stay boys long enough. She knew that world, knew the carnage as well as he. But there was time enough to do as the good Shepherd told them, long enough to realize what they were fighting for.