Title: What Could've Been
Author: jmaria
Theme: Passion
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Joss is Boss, he owns them.
Pairing: Jayne Cobb/Kaylee Frye
Summary: We'll never now what could've been.
Words: 291
Notes: Post-Jaynestown. Oddly enough the inspiration for both this and my Jayne/River piece was the same song - What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts.

What Could've Been

Would've been just like the gorram doc to go get himself cut-up by Stitch. He was still thinking on that stupid mudder what got himself killed over him. Nobody shoulda died tryin' to save him, he weren't worth the bullet and blood that had been spent. He could hear her snifflin' in her hammock as he went past. Girl never did like violence. Probably cryin' over that piece a go-se doc.

"What's got you all snifflin' now, lil' Kaylee?" Jayne said roughly from the doorway.

The next thing he knew, she was slammin' into him. Jayne nearly toppled over and glanced down at her.

"What -"

"You nearly died today!" Kaylee sniffled, smacking him lightly.

"I nearly die every gorram day. You don't ever get weepy over it!".

"Yeah, but I ain't never there for the nearly-dyin'!"

Jayne laughed. He bent to kiss the top of her head, only to catch her nose instead when she looked upward. Kaylee blinked a few times.

"You almost went away. I don't want you to go away, Jayne," Kaylee sniffled, cupping his face. "You're always watchin' me, see me even when he don't."

"Yer kinda hard to miss, Kaylee," Jayne kissed her nose again.

"And you're aimin' for the wrong spot," she grinned.

"Huh?"

Kaylee groaned as she pulled him down to kiss him on the mouth. It'd been so long since he'd kissed someone that he forgot how good it felt. All it took was a quick glance at her to see what she wanted. She pulled him back into the engine room, yanking at his clothes.

"Kaylee, everything shiny with the en -" Mal started to say as he came into the engine room a while later. "Gah! I can't see that!"