Bonus Rec!

Title: Knot for Our Heart
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Mal/River
Categories: family, fluff, hurt/comfort, post-canon, supporting character pregnancy, almost virgin
Length: Long (~38,000 words)
Warnings: past abuse of River discussed, very difficult to navigate between chapters

Author on LJ: tesla321
Author Website: n/a

Review:
River and Mal understand each other. They may even understand each other better than anyone else on the crew. So when they kiss one night in the cargo bay, it’s not really that surprising. The only surprising thing is how long it takes everyone else to figure it out.

Tesla321 is one of those authors who really seems to write for her own amusement. This isn’t a bad thing. In fact, some of the best stories I’ve read have been indulgence fics. That being said, this story is a bit different from most you’ll find out there. It was written over a rather long period of time, and was never edited afterward for cohesiveness. The writing itself is really excellent, but there are a few easy to spot spelling and grammatical errors.

The story is light and easier to read in chapters at a time than as a whole. There are some overlaps between chapters, due to POV change. One thing I’ve noticed from reading tesla321’s other works is that she doesn’t shy away from partner betrayal or simple breaking up, or, best of all, the one-night-stand with a friend angle. I love how realistic this makes her fics.

At the Author’s LJ: Knot for Our Heart
(this is a link I’ve made to my memories that I find easier to navigate) Knot for Our Heart