Title: And Yet…
Author: browncoat_2x2
Wordcount: 236 – a drabble!
Spoilers: none
Rating: G
Author’s Note: Written for hfleming8, for the prompt ‘Inara, keywords: Mal Reynolds and Happiness’. It’s been a *long* time since I did one of these :o)


Mal Reynolds and happiness; they weren’t two words Inara would normally put in the same sentence. To say Mal was often tetchy was an understatement; that he thrived on his bad temperament and prickly disposition was more accurate.

And yet – and yet – there were those rare occasions – and make no mistake, they were very rare – but there were those rare occasions when much of that dark, bristling, antagonistic side of Mal was less in evidence, when what Inara always considered to be a glimpse of his younger self was able to shine through.

It was on nights like those, nights like tonight, that Inara liked to watch him most. When his laugh was free and his smile came easy, and his shoulders seemed not quite so bowed by the weight of the ‘verse upon them. Then his features would soften, his eyes would find hers and sparkle, draw her in to what seemed their own private joke.

On those nights, like tonight, she was free to be more of herself - when he didn’t need her so much. When his anger and loss didn’t plague him so heavily, didn’t pull at her so, with the urge to comfort, to sooth, to heal; when it wasn’t so dangerous to enjoy his company.

And yet… it was on nights like these - when happiness visited for however briefly – it was nights like these that left Inara the saddest.

I've nearly finished the first of the two holsters I'm making to hold my two versions of Mal's pistol - the one from Firefly, and the one from Serenity. All I need to do is stain it and add the cinching belt and this one will be done.

( Pics behind the cut )

I'm making a holster for my Mal Pistol.
I've spent some time examining pictures of the holster, and also some of the reproductions I've seen out there, and made a pattern that I hope will work. I've never made a holster before, and I don't look forward to the stitching part *G* but I've been working on a gun belt (not patterend after Mal's, one of my own weird design, based on some western gunbelts and what I had on hand) so I'd like to be able to strap the ol' iron on too ;o)

I'll let you know how it turns out :oD

Here it is, my finished browncoat:



( More behind the cut... )

The Slower Path: Worse – Sequal to Ain't Never So Bad It Can't Be Worse
by terimaru and browncoat_2x2
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2961
Spoilers: Set post BDM
Pairing/Characters: Mal/Inara, crew.

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( Worse )

13:13 @terimaru GOOD LUCK DARLIN'!!!!! You will do GREAT! #

21:41 Feel like I'm on a downswing :o/ Moods suck.
On the plus side, there's sex! ;oD #

17:22 Back home after a ROCKIN' weekend with my browncoat peeps. You's guys da best! #

21:48 Sleeeepy. Heading to bed... #

07:15 I. Feel. Like Shit. #

08:35 One pot of sen-cha later, and I'm feeling *much* better :o) #

09:09 @terimaru You and the Chipmunks *shakes head* ;o) #

09:42 @terimaru Actually, I think I was dissin' you ;o) #

09:42 This tea is amazing! I am rejuvinated! :oDDD #

11:43 @terimaru ooooh, I love those cute little machines! *wants* #

20:19 @lostcointoss It really might - or if not, try peppermint. That's what I always like to drink when I've got a cold. *offers hankie* #

22:41 Why won't my laptop see the internet even though it's connected to my wireless network? Frakking computers.. #

22:43 Was gonna tough it out and stay up till Terimaru got home, but I's beat. G'night everyone *hugs* #

07:04 Waiting a few hours before trying to get to work again... damned snow. #

10:57 Work, work, work. #

13:24 Have this bit of uncomfortableness happening in my back. Not needed, thanks! #

15:44 Burnt my mouth - again - on chicken this time. Why does this keep happening? #

15:46 I miss my terimaru...! #

19:46 Missed the Christmas tree lighting because we had to make up time for being late this morning. :o( #

22:58 WHERE ARE YOU? CAN YOU HEAR ME? AUUUUUUUGH #

08:19 Okay, seriously. Who turned on the frakking cold? *IS FREEZING* #

11:45 Eating lunch, chatting, wishing the work day was over. Pondering another drabbley thing... #

14:19 @terimaru The pink shirt that shows off your assets? ;o) #

14:43 Getting ready to go home, yeah! #

14:45 @terimaru HAH! I knew it, considering you had to see DH today *GRIN* Awww, poor Eli!! Can't say I blame him tho - no defence against the pink top! #

07:47 Bored at work, as usual. #

08:18 @prplhez8 Goodluck on the job interview! #

08:57 Almost break time. What will I do with my thirty minutes today? #

13:01 Trying to write a drabble. #

18:26 @gilliebeans Hi darlin'! Nice to see a familiar face in these parts ;o) #

18:37 Trying to come up with a good title... waiting for my fish and hashbrowns #

18:39 W00T! Fish and 'chips' are ready!@! #

20:28 Watched Wal-E.. it was okay. Not really up to the hype though. Watched The Happening the other day. Wasn't impressed with that at all :o/ #

21:40 Still trying to think of a title... #

22:28 Going to bed! Goodnight everyone! #

Title: What Lamp Through Yonder Window Waits
by: browncoat_2x2
Spoilers: None, though probably set post BDM
Rating: PG
Word Count: approx 687
Notes: Drabbly thing written in a fit of boredom - yay for writing!
For terimaru who prompted me with Lamp and Lace Curtains (I used lace, but not the curtains part, sorry!)

( What Lamp Through Yonder Window Waits )

I am right now literally trembling in uncomprehending anger and rage. I just cannot believe this.

Gay women get battered at children's school

And here's the Facebook Group that has the story as told by the women themselves.

I'm speechless with anger. I'm sitting here and I just... I know violence is no answer to violence, but I would happily beat this man within an inch of his fucking life right now. Except that I would never do that to his kids. But I fear for what his kids may grow up and become, under his influence.

I'm so mind boggled and filled with such despair right now, I can't even say.

I just... I'm crying, I can't even...

ETA: There's a rally going on in downtown Oshawa friday at 7:00. I'm having company, but I'm taking a couple hours out of the night to go anyway. Anyone else that is local(ish) I invite to come too.

Title: Tuesday's Child
Authors: terimaru and browncoat_2x2
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2428
Characters/Pairing:Mal, Inara
Spoilers: Pre-series-ish.
Notes: Just a quiet piece of fluff written ages ago, and that I was supposed to post about two weeks ago but never got around to it (bad 2x2).

( Tuesday's Child )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY artemis_prime!!!!

Hope you have a fantastic day!