"A Winter's Sleep" (Firefly, Mal/River, 1/1)

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Title: A Winter's Sleep
Author: m.jules
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Mal/River
Written for: miladygrey (Bubbleficathon)
Prompt: A very cold river/pond.
Optional Prompt: Mal combing out River's wet hair
Rating: PG except for those Chinese translations.
Spoilers: None, really. Set sometime mid-series, definitely before "Objects In Space."
Disclaimer: The Firefly characters belong to Joss Whedon, and he does a better job with them than I do, usually.
Author's Notes: This is the first Mal/River I have written in ages, and I apologize right away for how rusty I am at them! But it was fun to get to talk to these characters again. Hope you like it! Special thanks to cornerofmadness and just_like_rogue who actually volunteered to brave beta duty, and to mollita for her invaluable help and Chinese-translation websites.

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( A Winter's Sleep )