or a prompt at [info]st_xi_kink : Firefly crossover, pre-series. Tween!Chekov and River, at the Academy. As childish and Toy Ship-y as two mentally fun child prodigies can get together. And River's bare feet. (Come on, this is Firefly. There has to be an inordinate amount of focus on Summer Glau's feet.)

He was always waiting to be this inside.... Hide it away, push it down. It's wrong. She just wants to be right. But gē ge, he is right.