The traditional obligatory offering to Boss Joss. Love his work, got bored, and decided to to run with it!

This is a story co-written with a very good friend of mine, aka DeanWinchester here at FF.net. Humor, smut, jealousy, with just a dash of angst thrown in later chapters to make things interesting. ;-D Bask in the Mal/Inara-ness!

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What was Mal doing? He was going nuts, he figured. He was scared right now. Out of his mind, but he was adjusting quite well. He wanted her. He didn't think he could have this much going on inside of him and still be able to function. First moment he met Inara he knew she was going to cause him trouble. It wasn't easy having a Companion on the ship and such, but she pulled her own weight. She turned out quite nicely and somehow she came in here and ended up coming out a bit different. Maybe not to the oblivious on looker, but too someone who had seen her before Serenity and then afterwards you could tell there was something different.

After the whole incident at the brothel with Nandi he wanted to tell her. He wanted to try and get those words out, but before he could she was gone. Leaving him all alone again. It broke him down. He couldn't tell her then because she'd just leave and there would be nothing left.

Now though he was able to accomplish more than he ever though he could. His arms secured themselves around her waist. The way she said his name was good enough for him. Their lips fell onto each other once more and he moved roughly with her. Being close to her was on his mind and it was more important than anything right about now. Mal's arm kept her close urging her against him as he began the difficult task of walking backwards towards his bed.

He had been on this bed one other time with Inara and it hadn't been like this. Nothing felt like this. Ever. Lips ravaging her own he finally fell back onto his bed taking her with him.

Her breath hitched as Mal’s hand pressed insistently against her lower back, their b