Title: The Darkside

Summary: Firefly fic, post finale pre movie (duh since I haven’t seen it)

Pairing: Mal/Inara

AN: Written for moviequotemini. My quote was: "Do not drink too much. Do you hear me? I don't want you passing out or going to the dark side. No going to the dark side!" - Jack in Sideways.

My first Firefly ficlet beyond 100 words. Constructive criticism welcome.

 

 

 

It was her going away party. That in itself prompted him to drink too much. He spent the first half of the evening sitting in the corner of the room, a surly look on his face. The second half of the night was a blur that came to him in jagged pieces, like something broken from a mirror.

 

He definitely remembered Kaylee telling him, “Do not drink too much. Do you hear me? I don’t want you passing out.”

 

“Or going to the darkside,” Jayne piped up. He’d had way more then his fair share of whiskey by that time. He swayed in his chair as he offered his sage advice.

 

Inara had giggled, a sound that was both woman and child and dripping with seduction. “No going to the darkside,” she’d wagged her finger at him.

 

That was where things went blurry and black, except for the patches that glowed with candle light. He’d woken up disoriented and his first thought had been to curse Kaylee for storing that ruffled nuisance he’d bought her to wear to Inara’s shindig in his bunk. Seconds later he realized that instead of gasoline, engine oil and the socks he’d forgotten to wash out in the sink, he smelled that musky, exotic scent that pervaded everything in Inara’s shuttle.

 

He bit off a Chinese curse when he realized the warm, soft bit of silken skin pressed up against him was Inara. He moved aside the blankets and caught sight of her curled into him, her dark hair curtained her face. He glided his fingertips across her cheek, tucking the blackbird waves behind her ear. His breath caught and his heart skipped a beat. He’d always known she was gorgeous but in this vulnerable state she literally took his breath away.

 

Oh yeah…he’d definitely gone to the darkside.