Holiday Request Ficlet #37: Kaylee's Protein Dream

[viciouswishes]

Title: Kaylee's Protein Dream
Author: viciouswishes
For: thomasina75
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Kaylee/Mal
Rating: G
Setting: pre-series
Words: 187
Request: Mal and Kaylee, laughter
Summary: Kaylee changes Serenity.

After the war, Mal spent a lot of time alone or with Zoe. Things on the grounded Serenity were quiet and realistic, only marred by the occasional indulgence in alcohol. They talked about rations and jobs and when that qing-wah cao deh liu mang mechanic was going to get Serenity flying.

Things changed when Kaylee became Serenity's mechanic. Besides wearing dresses, she smiled a lot, shifting the scenery from the familiar silence to laughter. Kaylee always laughed. She told jokes and cooked horrid things.

"I'm calling it Kaylee's Protein Dream," Kaylee said as she scooped grayish mush onto Mal's and her plates. "Kind of reminds me of the clouds back home."

Mal tested the food on his plate. He'd had worse in his army days, and Kaylee's cooking was one step above his own and Zoe's. "Compliments to the chef."

"Thanks, Captain." Kaylee gave him her moonbeam smile as she sat down across from him. She scooped some on her fork and ate it. It came back out her mouth as fast as it went in. "Tastes like gou shi. More like a nightmare than a dream."

Mal chuckled. "Had worse in the field." He ate another bite.

Comments

[appomattoxco.livejournal.com]

Nice, I like Kaylee she's probably the Firefly character most likely to get me to write fic. if Anya ever stops talking.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Kaylee's great and fun to write. :)

[thomasina75.livejournal.com]

Hee! Very cute! I liked this a lot. Thank you! :-)

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I'm so glad that you liked it.

[alizarin-nyc.livejournal.com]

Kaylee rules. Great snippet.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Yes, she does. Thank you!