I'll admit to being hormonal right now, but this story making me cry is at least 75% due to it being just that good.
Simon is just instant tragedy when you look beyond the determination that keeps him going. He just cannot trust anyone anymore, all focused on what he can do to bargain survival out of the world, and twice as shattered when something so vital to his self-sufficiency is taken away. Because he's just too disillusioned to let himself be truly sad, even. Just bitter. Beautifully bitter. Without the overt aggression that Mal's bitterness brings. He's still focused on the people around him, even at his lowest.
And man, Zoe is the only and perfect person to accidentally help him a step forward again. Because she was there and because she is Zoe, rational to the extreme, like him. He knows her feelings for him are uncomplicated by guilt or pity. He can trust that.
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Date: 2008-03-30 07:48 am (UTC)Simon is just instant tragedy when you look beyond the determination that keeps him going. He just cannot trust anyone anymore, all focused on what he can do to bargain survival out of the world, and twice as shattered when something so vital to his self-sufficiency is taken away. Because he's just too disillusioned to let himself be truly sad, even. Just bitter. Beautifully bitter. Without the overt aggression that Mal's bitterness brings. He's still focused on the people around him, even at his lowest.
And man, Zoe is the only and perfect person to accidentally help him a step forward again. Because she was there and because she is Zoe, rational to the extreme, like him. He knows her feelings for him are uncomplicated by guilt or pity. He can trust that.
Beautiful, just absolutely beautiful.