Disclaimers : Everything belongs to Joss, except for one character of my creation

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The job had gone smooth—something the crew of Serenity wished would happen a lot more often—and now the captain had a promise to keep.

His promise was to give the crew some leave time if the job went as planned; and leave time could not be better spent on a Border world than on Paquin. Any type of entertainment that captured a person’s fancy could be found, along with some fine places to eat and drink. The crew needed the break; they had been working hard and going through changes. Most recently, Inara had announced plans to leave, to teach at a Companion training house on a Border moon. But she hadn’t left yet, and would be meeting up with them on Paquin after finishing a job of her own.

“I ain’t responsible for where you go or what you do,” Mal told them as they prepared to disembark and go their separate ways. “Just keep a low profile and don’t get yourself arrested—and if you do, make sure somebody bails you out and gets you back to the ship by week’s end, ‘cause that’s when we’re flyin’. Oh, and make sure the somebody who bails you out is somebody not me.”

Wash was the last to leave the ship after shutting everything down.

“Somebody tried to ‘wave us a bit ago,” he said. “Got cut off before I could see who it was.”

“Prob’ly Inara’s girls at the training house wantin’ to know her ETA,” Mal remarked. “Tell her the first thing she needs to train ‘em on is how to send a ‘wave!”

The sun was about to set, and Paquin was the best place in the ‘verse to catch a sunset. Zoë and Wash walked off hand in hand to find some romantic dining spot where they could watch that happen. Kaylee and Simon walked off with River in tow—sunsets weren’t quite as romantic whe