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Trousseau
[by victoria p.]

Rating: G

Summary: Everything River wears was chosen by someone else.

Spoilers: none, really

Notes: Thanks to Mousapelli for looking it over.

Date: May 8, 2006

Everything River wears was chosen by someone else:

the soft cotton dresses Simon packed for her, which float and swirl around her when she moves, and which make her feel like a girl when she wears them;

the underwear Kaylee bought her--bras adorned with ribbons and knickers printed with flowers, so she has pretty things against her skin;

the robe Inara wrapped around her when she first woke up on Serenity--she likes to wrap herself up in it at night, green silk cool and slick against her skin, smelling of jasmine and rice powder, all dressed up in jiejie's clothes;

the big black boots Zoe bought because she said there were too many sharp edges on Serenity to walk around without shoes. Though River still prefers to go barefoot (Serenity humming in her soles, her soul), she likes their solidity, as if they have a gravity of their own, keeping her from drifting away like a kite taken by the wind.

None of it is hers.

Now that she's part of the crew and has money of her own, she buys something she wants. Something sleek and beautiful. Something dangerous, like she is.

Little sister's all grown up.

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