I'm With You
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Pairings: Beginnings of Mal/River
Summary: She feels everything. . .
She can't help but feel.
She feels everything. . .
Harpoon flying in his chest, eyes closed forever, laid to rest.
Screaming out for him at night, evil monsters took her light. . .
Looks at him with longing in her eyes,
But he won't share, he won't live a lie. . .
Lost a friend, maybe the only one,
wonders why he feels like there's no more sun. . .
Two more have found their love
free and pure, like a dove. . .
Lost, still trapped in Serenity.
Once you've been there, you never leave.
"Hey there, lil' one." said Mal, looking up from the pad of paper he was writing on. "What are you doing up at this time of night?" She regards him with a mild fascination, then softly speaks, "Couldn't sleep. Thoughts are too loud." Mal only nods, where Simon would insist on giving her medicine. He doesn't understand that those aren't what she needs. . . "What do you need, little albatross?" The question catches her off gaurd, she didn't realize she had spoken aloud. He looks at her expectantly, she feels his gaze like fire on her skin. Her mouth goes dry. . . "River?" he asks, concern now showing on his face. Mal phases out as more thoughts rush into her brain. . . things she shouldn't see, shouldn't think, shouldn't want, shouldn't need. . . She snaps back to reality, with Mal's hand on her arm, "Albatross?" The way she stares at him makes nervous. More thoughts. Mal's thoughts. Should I get the doc? . . .maybe she's fine. . .she looks cold. . . He pulls away slightly after that thought. No, don't you even think it. It'll land you in a world of hurt. . . River flinches. What can she say? It's allright? "You with me little one?" He clamps down on his thoughts, and she's left with a cold, empty feeling. She nods, walking away, his thoughts still burning like a wildfire behind her eyes. I'm with you. . .
End