Happy Hour

[awesome_lilly]

Indy and Veronica did Happy Hour together last week. Indy's heard about it ever since, from a deeply (if perhaps a bit theatrically) wounded Lilly. His protest of "but Princess, I've been asking ya to do Happy Hour for ages and you've always said it sounded like too much work" fell on deaf ears, but eventually he figured out how to make it up to her.

Lilly's getting her own Happy Hour. She's behind the bar, chalking up the specials list with a serious look on her face. There's not much that Lilly takes seriously, but alcohol is on the list.

That's why the specials are mostly shots.

Three Stages of Friendship
Virgin Whore
Sweet Flower

She smiles triumphantly up at the board celebrating a few of her favorite things. The liquor bottles are within easy reach. The shot glasses have been washed and lined up. Her skirt is shorter than her apron. This is as close to ready as it gets.

"What up, Milliways? Who wants a drink?"

Comments

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly's smiling like it's Christmas, because, well, it kinda is.

"Malcolm Beauregard Reynolds, I can't believe you said that in front of your mother, and you a married man. God, you know how much I love glitter, it's just not fair to tease me with sparkly bondage that way."

[realmrsreynolds]

Sallie's eyebrows are raised at both Mal's suggestion and Lilly's reply.

"Lilly?" Sallie leans in conspiratorially.

"If you need any help cornerin' him, I have my ways."

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly blinks at that for a moment.

"Well, um... how good are you at tying knots?"

Lilly also recovers quickly.

[badinlatin]

Mal finally regains enough brain cells to interrupt Disaster In Progress, addressing Sallie first.

"Ma, what are you doing?"

"...What?" Sallie shrugs, laughing loudly. "I thought you two were jokin'. An old lady can't have a sense of humor?"

...

"You...you two were jokin', right?"

Sallie stares at Lilly more than Mal at this.

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly can't resist.

"No. But I like Inara, so I'd never go through with it."

She starts to grin.

"I mean, unless she was interested too."

Really, really bad at resisting.

[badinlatin]

"That's a no. Immediately a no."

Sallie looks disappointed, and shrugs.

"I do however think that we can arrange some sort o' entertainment time, though. You and I haven't been able to hang out much lately."

[awesome_lilly]

"This is true," Lilly says sadly. "And kinda constitutes you going back on a promise, even."

She looks up at him, lower lip a tad more prominent.

"You owe me a sleepover, mu ji."

[badinlatin]

...

"I had forgotten."

Sallie is perking up considerably, which is quite an achievement, considering how close she was to cackling already.

"After Inara's bit."

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly blinks, puzzled.

"After Inara's bit of what?"

[badinlatin]

Mal winces. "She got in trouble with the Guild, and now...she's got a tribunal...thing. She has to go to."

He's not sure how much detail he feels up to going into in front of his mother, so he curbs it with: "They didn't much like me keepin' her from her Companionly duties."

[awesome_lilly]

"Oh."

Lilly sighs.

"That bites. Well, whatever happens, she's still my Companion consultant of choice, so money won't be an issue for her."

[badinlatin]

"I'll let her know."

Smiling again, "And I'll see you soon, for the sleepin' over."