omg dude!!! this was fucking fantastic. i had to check the tags because i have no idea who any of these people are but i promise to google it asap. my favorite bits:
"Pinyin. That's jasmine, right?" It was the last one she mentioned. "That's right," she says, and he smiles briefly. It's the first time he's smiled in hours, since they last made love. that last detail is so beautiful.
"C'mere," Justin says. His swollen lip distorts his voice, and she turns to look him in the face. There's a large purple bruise on his cheek, and another, smaller one on his temple. When she doesn't move, he changes the subject. loved this moment so much.
The first time she told him she wasn't a whore, he laughed, just the way she'd laughed with her sisters in the Companion House long ago. this is just. i love you.
He snatches another sugar cube to hide the fact that he's hesitating. lovely detail here.
"I'll miss you," she says. It's true. "Don't," he says instantly, pulling back to look her in the eye. She knows what he means: it's not don't say that, but don't miss me, and after all of those conversations about love, and giving, and how moving on isn't the same as giving up, it's the right thing for him to say. They'll move on, and they won't have time to miss each other. She loves him, all the same. "Don't," Justin says again. He tastes of sugar when he kisses her goodbye. perfect. absolutely perfect ending. this is going in my memories. i truly adore the whole thing and justin is so exquisitely quiet and sweet. and Inara stole my heart.
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Date: 2008-05-23 12:10 pm (UTC)"Pinyin. That's jasmine, right?" It was the last one she mentioned.
"That's right," she says, and he smiles briefly. It's the first time he's smiled in hours, since they last made love. that last detail is so beautiful.
"C'mere," Justin says. His swollen lip distorts his voice, and she turns to look him in the face. There's a large purple bruise on his cheek, and another, smaller one on his temple. When she doesn't move, he changes the subject. loved this moment so much.
The first time she told him she wasn't a whore, he laughed, just the way she'd laughed with her sisters in the Companion House long ago. this is just. i love you.
He snatches another sugar cube to hide the fact that he's hesitating. lovely detail here.
"I'll miss you," she says. It's true.
"Don't," he says instantly, pulling back to look her in the eye. She knows what he means: it's not don't say that, but don't miss me, and after all of those conversations about love, and giving, and how moving on isn't the same as giving up, it's the right thing for him to say. They'll move on, and they won't have time to miss each other.
She loves him, all the same.
"Don't," Justin says again. He tastes of sugar when he kisses her goodbye. perfect. absolutely perfect ending. this is going in my memories. i truly adore the whole thing and justin is so exquisitely quiet and sweet. and Inara stole my heart.
absolutely wonderful deary!