Story Index: Miranda’s Legacy

This is a collection of standalone Firefly vignettes, all set post-BDM. These are unrelated to the “Interwoven” series. This series, which was the first set of responses to the One Hundred Situations challenge (Table #4), is now on indefinite hiatus.

  • A Few Surprises: An interlude in the cockpit leads to a couple of surprising discoveries. Simon/Kaylee. (516 words, General Audience)
  • Back Where She Belongs: A late-night encounter forces Kaylee to face her demon from “Objects in Space.” (808 words, General Audience)
  • Bad Deal: Jayne isn't loyal to anything except himself, his family, and money. No matter what others might think. (766 words, General Audience)
  • Battle Fatigue: It was one of the reasons he hadn’t joined up during the war. (1,111 words, General Audience)
  • Believing in Dreams: River discovers a fake that's startlingly real. (1,315 words, General Audience)
  • Cruising Speed: Speed can lead to boredom, and a bored pilot is a dangerous pilot. (1,041 words, General Audience)
  • Dirt and Sunshine: Introspection isn’t Zoë's way, but neither is the idea of living dirtside. After an experience like Miranda, it can help to stop and re-evaluate. (859 words, General Audience)
  • Dominant Indicator: After DNA analysis reveals something about Jayne’s father, River and Simon are left to consider the nature of fatherhood itself. (614 words, General Audience)
  • Hooked: She did it on purpose, and it snared him. Mal/Inara. (300 words, General Audience)
  • Living for Herself: It's basic psychology: sometimes you can’t keep thinking. Sometimes you just have to act. (592 words, General Audience)
  • Mice Don’t Dance: Inara has a suggestion that River can use. (734 words, General Audience)
  • Movement: They’re moving, and it’s in the right direction. (474 words, General Audience)
  • Necessary Nightmares: It’s funny, how they always end up in an Alliance-friendly bar come U-Day. But it’s not funny to see who almost starts the fight this time. (841 words, General Audience)
  • Saying Too Much: Inara tells Mal why she left the ship. Or doesn't. Mal/Inara. (692 words, General Audience)