Title: Tense and Terse
author: jmaria
Rating:
PG
pairing: Spike, River, Jayne
joss100 Set, Prompt:
2, #067. Choices
Words: 178
Disclaimer: Joss owns
them, I do not pout
Summary: You broke my Bird
A/N:
Set after Objects in Space, and in the same 'verse as I
Find You Irksome (a Simon, Illyria centric fic).
Set
(because we all know the insanity that is me): Little Girl with a
Big Gun - 4/6.
Tense and Terse
Spike stormed into the nearest whore house prepared to beat Jayne into a nice bloody pulp. He didn't expect to find the big man knocking back drinks in the bar and not off with one of the whores. Spike frowned.
"Well, you certainly know how to take the wind outta a bloke's sails, dontcha?" Spike snapped, taking the empty seat behind him.
"Whaddya want?" Jayne grumbled.
"I wanted to kick the crap outta you, but you just had to be a pathetic sod, didn't you?"
"Like you could."
"You made my bird cry, tha's enough for me." Spike frowned, sitting down on the stool next to him.
"I didn't do nothing to make crazy cry. All's it take's the wind blowin' the wrong way to stir her up."
The door behind them slapped open, the wood hitting hard against the walls. They both glanced over their shoulders to see River run t
"Aw hell, didja both gotta come to track me down!" Jayne yelled.
"She chooses Jayne, not Spike," River said breathelessly as she burrowed against his arm.