Ha, nicely done. Love the ending. ;)

That sounds like a young Mal alright. :)

Great job. :D It's cute.

LOL And Mal learned a tactic that would serve him well in his days in the ... shall we say armed forces? Nicely written!

LOL, perfect.

I particularly liked the line "trussed up tighter than a debutante’s corset".

My eye does keep trying to make the following *very* bad twist to one of the later lines, though:

The boy learned how to geld horses, which was something he’d been putting off doing to himself for years.

Love your drabbles, but I can sure see the truth in Mal's character in this one. Greta job!