I've never written in the Firefly fandom before but here's what happened next...
"Was it more about defending my honour or yours, Captain?" Inara asked, taking in the scene in her drawing room with amusement as the Captain swallowed a large glass of brandy before nodding his approval to the physician.
Malcolm took a deep breath and before preparing himself for the pain that was to come, replied, "I hadn't realized he was a client--" but the rest of his answer was cut off with a hiss and a disapproving glare at the other person in the room.
"Lady Inara thought it best to just remove it when you least expect it," Doctor Tam said as he dropped the bloodstained bullet into the empty wineglass, "and like most of her male acquaintances, I do as her ladyship bids me to."
After the duel...
"Was it more about defending my honour or yours, Captain?" Inara asked, taking in the scene in her drawing room with amusement as the Captain swallowed a large glass of brandy before nodding his approval to the physician.
Malcolm took a deep breath and before preparing himself for the pain that was to come, replied, "I hadn't realized he was a client--" but the rest of his answer was cut off with a hiss and a disapproving glare at the other person in the room.
"Lady Inara thought it best to just remove it when you least expect it," Doctor Tam said as he dropped the bloodstained bullet into the empty wineglass, "and like most of her male acquaintances, I do as her ladyship bids me to."