Fear is understandable. Fear of war, she holds no claim to, but fear of staking too much on one person, having her entire world given over to something she has never felt in this way--this is what keeps her up when she should be at rest. Why she avoids Mal when the two of them are alone because of what he might--or might not--say. Her fear is not only of possibility. It is of hope.
-- Some kind of hero by jazzfic