Very interesting story! Love the way you write what Inara/ Mal are thinking and how well you can describe that. It's a bit a sad story, but very nice!

Interesting.

Ooh, this was so lovely!! I love the unspoken things between them, and the tension. Great job!!

depressing! you could have left us with a little more hope than that!

no, that was very good. well-written, I liked it a lot!

Such a wonderful story! I loved it!!

quiet and powerful. I was especially struck by this:

She can forgive him for being that kind of man, the kind others will follow into their own doom.

you handled the characters with truth and delicacy. The ending is really uncertain, but I think that is as it should be. Bravo!