Title: Chilly
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Pairing: River/Jayne
Prompt: #9 Chilly
Challenge: Fall Challenge at rayne_shippers (on eljay)
Word Count: 183
Rating: G
Summary/Notes: The whole gang goes ice skating, but something goes wrong; "There are other words, but the one that comes to mind is 'Chilly.'" Set before BDM. This was meant to be 100 words, but it got away from me ^.^;
Disclaimer: I own nothing! Nothing I say!
When the sound of the ice cracking drowns out all of the happy noises everyone was making, River's mind goes blank, except for a very unhelpful, "This wasn't supposed to happen..."
Which is what she mumbles before she slips and feels the biting cold at her ankles, then her hips and oh no oh no her chest her neck her head-
And the cold is everywhere and she can't breathe or even dare open her mouth, but when she blurrily see's Simon, and sees his mouth contort as he screams for his mei mei and for help, but River can't tell him that Jayne is already running over the ice-
She reaches her hand up as a huge hand reaches down, and she is yanked out of the freezing water and into the freezing air. Mal and Simon both abandon their coats for her, and as her teeth chatter, Jayne leans in front of her and yells "You okay?"
It warms her up that he asks before Simon does, and even though there are other words, all she manages to say is "Ch-chilly."