Authors Note: Okay so for all the followers out there I am sorry I haven't updated Firefly Among Monsters. I have had a lot of upheaval (good and bad) in the past 6 months and am now just finally beginning to be able to write. That being said, I am also having writers block. This little thing came to me the other day and I thought it would be a good way to get back into the swing of things. It is not a part of the Firefly Among Monsters story line. Feedback is appreciated and as always I don't own any of the characters.
Song: Sister by She Wants Revenge
…She smelled like 2am…
They were in a backwater town after a heist…The remaining crew was celebrating in a bar…well celebrating as much as they could. Mal and Inara awkwardly trying to have a conversation that didn't lead to an argument… Zoe sitting at the bar, nursing her sorrow…Kaylee and Simon were cuddled up in a back booth; both drinking and staring at each other with big wide eyes. The image alone made Jayne sneer in annoyance. He had grown to have some respect for the Doc, but seeing him and Kaylee all googly-eyed made him want to hurl.
"She agrees with the ape man's sentiments…" came a voice from behind him.
"Gorramit girl…how many times I got to tell you it's not smart to sneak up like that." He said with irritation.
She merely waved a hand at his comment and took a gulp from the glass in her other hand.
"How many of those have you had?" Jayne asked as he watched her.
"A few." She merely said as she moved away from him.
He watched her go…the normally coordinated River was more than a little tipsy and he could see the men all looking at her…all watching her like prey…Gorrmait Doc should have been paying more attention.
He slammed the rest of his drink and followed after her. He got to her just as one of the local assholes reached for her arm.
"Leave her...she's with me." He said as she grabbed her from the man's reach. He was a little fuck so he scurried away without Jayne having to do more than glare.
This earned him a look of annoyance from the wisp of a girl in front of him. She narrowed her eyes at him. "Since when does the ape man play protector?" She said with a hiss.
"Since you're three sheets to the wind…come on I'm taking you back to the ship." He didn't wait for her to protest, he merely dragged her out of the bar and towards Serenity.
By the time he managed to get her back to Serenity he was more than annoyed…Girl got progressively more drunk by the minute…He had to carry her on board and to her room.
He cracked open the door to her bunk and turned on the light…he hadn't been in her room since Simon had moved to Kaylee's bunk, and was mildly surprised to see the wall adorned with various weapons…
"…saints adorn the wall…delivering her from grace…" she mumbled into his shoulder.
He set her on the bed and moved to get a blanket to cover her up with. As he was throwing it over her she caught his wrist with her hand.
"Stay." She said with doe eyes.
"What the hell are you talkin' about Moony." He said with confusion.
"She asked him to stay."
"What the hell for?" He said as he shook his wrist free. He turned and walked towards the door.
He knew he should leave
That this could only turn cold
"She hears him…hears what he think about her…how he thinks of her long legs…her milky skin…how he wants to taste her…"
He stops in his tracks. "That's enough." He says through gritted teeth.
"That's not what he says in his dreams…it's not enough…never enough…he wants more and more…"
"Gorrmanit girl! I said that's enough!" He says as he turns back towards her, his irritation is now more of a low burning anger.
She catches him by surprise though and uses his momentum against him…holding on to the top support of the room she wraps two lean legs around his neck and flips him to the floor. She holds one of her many concealed knives to his throat.
He practically growls "You do not want to play this game with me little girl."
Her mouth curves into a grin. "Shadows of doubt…He had the whisper of lust…"
"How many times do I need to tell you to keep out of my mind Moony!"
"But that's not what you want… you want her…in every which way…"
"GORRAMIT!" He yelled as he flipped her over and pinned her to metal floor.
She moans almost in pleasure as he does….She closed her eyes and said "quit the talking…You can hurt me do whatever you like…"
He quickly gets up and moves towards the door. He begins to pull it open when her knife lodges into the door frame.
Jayne doesn't turn around…he merely grits his teeth to keep from yelling at her. He feels her hands snake around his waist.
Her every word was in italics "She feels it too… feels the confusion…the loneliness that plagues him…"
"You're a gorram 17…"
Her hands held on tighter "Negative…18…her day came and passed…everyone else was just too busy to notice…"
Jayne could barely process what River was telling him… it was only when she asked him to tell me what to do that he snapped out of it.
She was right he was lonely and confused. And here was his fantasy offering her to him…
"The others?" he asked as her turned around.
"Won't be back till dawn… You can hurt me do whatever you like" She said as she backed towards the bed and took her thin dress off over her head…
Seeing her naked except for a pair of thin underwear and combat boots was his undoing…he rushed her and pinned her to the bed with his body.