Ficlet: "A Dancer's Feet," PG, Firefly, Simon and River

[exsequar]

Title: A Dancer’s Feet
Author: starsouls1013
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Characters: Simon and River
Summary: Simon watches his sister explore Serenity in her bare feet, and he remembers.
Spoilers: Some for Serenity, pretty general. If you’ve seen the trailers, you’re fine.
Rating: PG
Word count: 214
A/N: Written during chemistry class to keep me awake. There’s no dialogue, as I run from dialogue like the wind! Just a little bit of rumination on River’s pretty, pretty feet. Of course from Simon’s POV, cause one does not go without the other! Dedicated to my oh so darling candlesandcloth for introducing me to the beauty of these characters, and for being the bestest lesbian lover/long lost twin a girl could hope for! ;)


She has a dancer’s feet.

Elegant, petite, trim, graceful. Precise.

She used to like to write in Chinese with her toes. It amused her. Didn’t challenge her, of course, just interested her for a while.

Powerful, deceptively so.

The teenage girl unleashes hell with her tiny feet in combat boots. Faces smashed in, concussions, gun shots, air whooshing from lungs.

She hates shoes. She likes the freedom of bare feet, the feel of Serenity under the lightly callused toes, caressing the cool metal floors lovingly. Barefoot, she feels closer to the ship, to everyone who loves Serenity, to everyone who calls her home.

Simon watches her explore, so deeply concentrated, and he remembers flowers, giggling, tiny brown feet flashing through the grass. He tackles, she squeals in delight, he tickles those perfect little appendages and she laughs and laughs. Her laugh dances like she does, stealing his breath with its purity, innocence, life.

But now she is silent. There are no flowers, no sun beaming down benignly on the little girl and boy who complete each other. Instead, there is the gritty, dirty reality of a smuggling ship.

And yet. Her toes feel, tentatively, and Simon has hope. He sees a spark in her, a spark of the fire that burns, and he hopes.

Comments

[epigram.livejournal.com]

But now she is silent. There are no flowers, no sun beaming down benignly on the little girl and boy who complete each other.

oh! i love that. this is truly lovely. :)

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! It means so much that you like it, because you are one of my favorite authors ever :)

[lethal-paine.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! Yay! I love this most of all "the little boy and the little girl who complete each other". It's perfect, and they really do complete each other. Under all of the layers of education and insanity they both have, you can see the devotion they have to each other as strongly as they must have had when they were children. And I know how you feel! I feel the same way about my ninaclaww!

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Exactly! It's right there, under all the other shit. Strong as ever. :) Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it!

[redbrickrose.livejournal.com]

That's lovely.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[url-girl.livejournal.com]

Ohhh. This was exquisite, love. ♥

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Eee, thank you so much! I havent gotten to talk to you in forever, and that's kind of my fault because I never use YIM >.< Do you have any other messengers?? MSN, AIM?

[url-girl.livejournal.com]

Oh, gosh, I'm just as much to blame, darling. I haven't been on YM much at all. Work. :| And I do have AIM, but I'm on it as much as you're on YM. ;) Actually, come to think of it, I don't think I ever reinstalled the program onto the new puter after Brianface's harddrive died. D'oh.

One day we will have good timing and hook up. :X

[fragglebo.livejournal.com]

Perfect story, beautifully written. ;)

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Well I don't know about *perfect*... ;) Thank you very much!!

[candlesandcloth.livejournal.com]

Eeee! You dedicated this to me! Aaah! I HEART YOU!

*calms down* Ahem. As I said when I first read it, I looove it so much! The images of River writing Chinese with her toes and of Simon tickling her are just...my favourite things ever. :)

This really is a beautiful little ficlet, love. *smothers you in hugs and kisses*

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

*Is happily smothered* Yes, yes I did! I looooove you! *cuddles* Thank you darling :D

[pints.livejournal.com]

Very lovely!

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[ishibishispider.livejournal.com]

That was perfect. I love everything that was explored here, simply wonderful <3

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you. What a lovely comment.

[fleshlycherry.livejournal.com]

*sigh* I really love light_it tonight, I need these little ficlet powerbreaks from the insanity of lab write-ups. I dig this. I dig it alot :D

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Aw, poor thing... lab write ups *pets* I'm glad I could help out :D Thank you!

[queen-geek.livejournal.com]

This is absolutely lovely.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[almostpretty.livejournal.com]

ooh lovely lovely lovely!
(I adore you lj layout, too)
<3

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you, twice! :D

[paperdollgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh that was so pretty. May I archive it at the CSI Archive?

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you! You certainly may :)

[paperdollgirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[the5thmarauder.livejournal.com]

But now she is silent. There are no flowers, no sun beaming down benignly on the little girl and boy who complete each other.

Oh, Anne. I really, really adore your writing. You should do it more often. That was beautiful, hon. I'm very glad you recced it.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you sweetie! *blushes* You're too sweet. I tryyyy to write but I have no ideas. It's quite mournful.

*hugs*

Also, your icon amuses me greatly.