Written for the ladiesbingo prompt "Silence"

Title: Silence
Fandom: Firefly
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 761
Summary: Sometimes the right words are no words at all

( Silence )

I started this as part of slashthedrabble's challenge of illness, but the drabble part of it got away from me in a hurry.

( Sheldon Cooper's Road to Recovery )

BEEN A WHILE

“It's been a while,” River said to no one in particular.

Jayne and Mal exchanged a glance between them because it had been awhile since the Reader had said anything so out of the blue. A silent conversation slash staring contest went on between them as to which one of them was going to ask the next question. Mal lost and had opened his mouth to speak when Zoe slammed her cup down on the table and walked out.

Oh, he thought, watching Zoe leave.

“You probably shouldn't have done that, River,” Mal said as he followed his first mate out the door.

“What was that about, Moonbrain?” Jayne asked.

“Trying to help,” said River.

“Got the creepiest way of helping I ever seen.”

“Not trying to help you.”

“Good. And don't start.”

Mal went in search of Zoe. He found her standing on the bridge, staring out into the Black. “You okay?”

“Yeah.”

“Can I help?”

She let out a little laugh. He came closer to her and laid a hand on her arm.

“Is this about the other day?” he asked.

“I don't want to talk about it.”

“I shouldn't have done it. It was too soon. Can we go back to just being friends? Fellow crew members? Acquaintances on the same ship?”

“Been with you too long for any of that, Mal.” She met his eyes in their reflection in the glass.

“What do you want?” he whispered.

“I want this feeling to go away.”

“You don't have nothing to feel guilty for. If Wash was here, nothing would have happened.”

“I don't feel guilty.”

“What do you feel?”

“Nervous. I don't know how to be around you anymore.”

“It was one kiss.”

“And I want there to be more than that!” she yelled, finally turning toward him.

He was moving before either one of them could say anything to ruin it, pulling her into his arms, pressing his lips against hers.

“It's been a while,” she whispered.

He smiled, lacing her fingers with his own and walking hand in hand with her to his bunk. “I'm sure it'll come back to you.”

Notes at the end as to the characters and fandom, I'm curious as to who can figure it out

( From a Mother's Point of View )

Set during Season Seven
( No Promises, No Demands )

Spoilers for "Take Your Choice" follow

( The-Beth-But-Not-Beth )

Blame this on the fact that I watched "King Arthur-Legend of the Sword" last night and really wanted a Craig Kelly cameo.

( The One that Never Left )

Written for the Rare Pairs Challenge at 1_million_words

Title: The Return
Fandom: Game of Thrones
Pairing: Sandor Clegane/Sansa Stark (not really a "rare pair", but rare to me & for the purposes of the challenge, that's what works)
Rating: Teen (language only)
Word Count: 1006
Prompts: Long prompt 3 - "Don't look at me like that!" and short prompt 90 - knees
Summary: The Hound was brought back from the dead after his fight with the Mountain and heads toward Winterfell

( The Return )

For the flash prompt "goldfish" at 1_million_words
Pre-series & Season 5
Rated G

( The Dangers of Breaking the Surface )

Lots of different things here for various fandoms - mostly drabbles, with some 3-sentence fics and longer pieces mixed in. As usual, plenty of OZ here and 16 other fandoms old & new. Check out the Wizard of Oz one, that wound up being one of my favorites.

( The List Behind the Cut )