January 16, 2014

F'in' Perfect—Pink (4:07)

Firefly

River

She closed her eyes against the harsh lights of the infirmary and sighed heavily. Simon had drugged her again. Because she and the man named Jayne had been arguing.

The man named Jayne liked arguing with the girl. Liked fighting with and against the girl. The man named Jayne was an anomaly amongst the family. He wasn't afraid of her and he didn't think she was broken. Crazy sometimes but not broken. And he liked the crazy now.

But the others feared her. Feared what she could do. Feared what she did do.

"Moonbrain?" His voice called to her and she turned her head towards the door to the infirmary.

"Illumination detrimental to the girl's ocular receptors," she told him.

The man named Jayne laughed and she heard him throw the switch for the lights. "Better?"

"Darkness hides the shadows that move," she fluttered her eyes open and stared up at the ceiling. She sent her mind towards his. It was quiet in his head. He was the only person that deliberately quieted his thoughts for her and she loved him for it. "How long?"

"Two days this time," he answered. "I wish he'd stop doing that. You're allowed to be angry and yell and scream. The rest do it plenty."

"The rest are not crazy psychic assassins." She cocked her head to the side. "I fear the bird will soon be pushed from its nest and left to fend for itself."

The man named Jayne snorted. "Not happening. Not without me."

"He would leave the family for her?"

"Not much of a family if they can't stand for us to be ourselves." He crossed the room and stood beside the bed where she was restrained. His fingers glided over the buckles, releasing them. "They're blind."

She shrugged her shoulders minutely and sat up as he finished releasing her. "They are afraid." She countered.

"Stupid," he growled. "You're perfect as you are and you are allowed to become emotional sometimes. I provoked you on purpose and you paid for it. I…I'm sorry I didn't see Simon coming with that syringe."

"The girl forgives you." She told him simply. "It doesn't change the need to fly away. I will keep in touch with you if you wish it."

With a growl he got in her face and touched the tip of his nose to hers so that his blue eyes filled her vision. "You ain't leavin' alone. Somebody's gotta watch that pi gu (ass) might as well be the other Serenity outcast."

River stared into Jayne's eyes for a long moment and then nodded. "Agreed."