Autor's Note
English is not my mother tongue, so I appreciate your support for any corrections.
Why Mal? because that girl, she is not crew.
Stop, Jayne, this is my family, you want me to say it, I'll say it:
Zoe is the sister I never had and I love to protect even if she doesn't need it.
Walsh is the brother-in-law who is not and never is going to be good enough for her but you accept him piece by piece.
Kaylee and River feel like my daughters.
The doc is that annoying brother we all hate but we depend on from time to time.
Shepherd was the father who gives you advice but doesn't force you to follow them, he wants you to find your own way.
Inara is that woman, who owns your ship and shouldn't know it, she is my mate.
And you Jayne, you are the crazy brother who you will always can count on to defend you, the who will be at your side in any battle, the one who is crazy enough to follow you if there is profit of course.
Now tell me, do you want me to leave my daughter alone when the whole Alliance is upon her?
Because I'd rather give up a brother than a daughter...
She is NOT really your daughter.
For the looks of it, River and Kaylie are the closest thing to daughters I'll ever had.
And if you want to see it like that, you are not really my brother either.
Mal and Jayne were expecting their conversation to be private, but every member of the crew heard her and every single one of them had wet eyes or openly wept at the closest thing they would get from the captain regarding an admission of affection.
