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Prompt: #5 Outsides (from the FF100 Table)
A/N: I haven't forgotten about The Mouse, I swear!
River Tam was in love with Jayne Cobb. She wasn't sure when it had happened. All she knew was that his laugh lit up her world. She thought his crude remarks were endearing. She adored his muscles and watched his every move. River found herself following him around, talking to him, looking for any excuse to touch him.
River knew that her feelings would never be reciprocated. She could read it. Jayne didn't love women; he had sex with them. River cared for Jayne, inside and out. It was different for him. Jayne cared only for a woman's body. And River's body was nice enough that they sometimes shared a bed. It wasn't enough for River, but if that's all she would get, she would take it. But, he never kissed her. He never let her stay the night. That would involve love.
And Jayne only loved a girl's outsides.