Rating: PG-13

Pairings: Jayne/River; Mal/Inara; Simon/Kaylee; Zoë/memories of Wash

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Voices And Visions

By

Lattelady6

Ch 10 Night Vigils

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River was dreaming and it was wonderful. Each time a scary monster tried to creep into her thoughts, it was pushed away by the powerful man whose body was half covering hers and in whose mind she’d taken refuge.

“Jayne,” she whispered in her sleep and tried to move closer, but she was already wedged under him as far as she could get.

“Shhh, Babe, sleep, ya gotta rest.” He’d been watching over her for the last hour, keepin’ her warm and close.

A smile crossed his face at the unusual thing he was doin’. It was a first for him, just like all the firsts she’d had that day. He’d never just held a woman as she slept. ‘Course that was ‘cause he hadn’t been with anything but whores since Ellie Hansen the summer he was fourteen. Ellie had been older, and shown him what his body was capable ‘a doing. Those months long ago in her pa’s barn she’d taught him to take his pleasure and be sure a woman got hers too. Just like she’d taught him the following fall, when she ran off and got hitched to Hank Wilson, that sexin’ was just that and nothin’ more. Thanks ta her, he always had his pick ‘a trim. The credits would lure ‘em to his bed the first time, but his skills had given him a well earned reputation that allowed him to be a mite choosy.

This holdin’ thing that he was doing with River was somethin’ he hadn’t been interested in tryin’ with the other women he’d slept with. It wasn’t about sex, if’n it was he’d be able to say he’d felt-up Crazy-girl in the cargo bay and be on his merry, but the words stuck in his throat. This was personal and there was no avoidin’ it like he had in the past, when he’d skedaddle after payin’