Wow! Just...Wow!! Your characterizations and word usage are just so Mal and Inara, so much a slice of the Firefly 'verse, I am somewhat in awe. What a lovely glimpse of what might have been after all the trauma of the BDM.
I especially enjoyed this exchange: '“That’s no kind of answer at all,” she retorted.

“It’s… a true kind of answer,” he assured her.'
I also loved your closing notes regarding the crew. I can certainly see either Kaylee or Zoe (especially Kaylee) keeping anyone from actually intruding but not being able to keep from listening in.
Thank you so much for sharing this.

"'Diplomacy? Tact?' she offered.
'I believe the proper term is ‘wiles’,' Mal corrected."


I enjoyed the whole fic, but that part in particular just seemed so cannon! I loved it!! ^_^

Great job! Loved it!

Just found this, and absolutely loved it. I love the edge they walk with their conversation, so close to tipping into a real agument and hurt feelings so many times, but finally managing to say something honest and meaningful to each other. Well done!

Gorgeous. Funny, charming and perfectly in character.

Yay! Great story, very funny, hehe with the spoon on the table and the lipstick! hehe. Wish it went like this in the show!

Its always very refreshing to find fanfiction that is well written. Your characters are believeable, right down to their dialects. I know that reviews are supposed to critique someone's work in order to help them write better but honestly, I can't find anything. Your spelling and grammar is almost perfect and the characters are, well, in character. This in itself is, as I said, refreshing, as well as extremely rare when someone is using someone else's characters. I can only hope that you write your own original work if not now then in the future, because you do have a talent.

That was remarkably in character -- I could almost imagine it happening this way on screen! And I love the detail about the cook.

This is SUCH an amazing story! One of the best I've read. Mal and Inara are very much in character and I could actually see the scene taking place in my head as I was reading this!

The fluff is making me sick. This was amazing and cute for an amazing screen couple that never fully got their due. I love it!

Thank You! Good Lord, I've been hankering something fierce for some awesome Mal/Inara fics, and this one just fit the bill perfectly. The dialogue was beautiful and perfect. I could actually picture it happening right before my eyes. But this is my favorite piece if dialogue: “The pot being a hypocrite ain’t making the kettle any less black.”

This really made me day!

Excellent piece of work! The pricklyness still apparent, the quick touch and retreat ... and finally the kiss. They'll still argue - a lot - but that's fun too.

Wow, you wrote Mal's character...perfectly. If I didn't know better, I'd assume you were one of the script writers for the show.

A little bird told me about this fic and I just want to say thanks for making me laugh and swoon over my favorite Serenity couple. The dialog is perfect and I could definitely see this happening on the show.

Wow! You nailed their dialogue... some of the best I've read in a long while, and didn't skim over their issues, strong characterizations for both, planning a longer fic?