Yeah, yeah, its been a long time since I posted anything. I've got a few of these little fics written but I've been so busy lately that I'm just getting around to posting another one now.

After Flan things will slow down for me - I hope, and I'll be able to finish the long story I'm 70 pages into at the moment.

For those of you going to Flan, well, you'll see what has been taking up all my time when you walk in the door.

This fic is from a prompt table that I've been slowly working on and takes place between the end of the series and the movie.

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31.Erection

“So tell me another story,” Simon prodded with a grin.

They once again, as had become customary since just before he’d been shot, were sitting on the couch, his injured leg propped up by a pillow and resting on the table in front of them. Kaylee’s legs were once again in his lap, and he was absently rubbing the soft skin with his fingers.

“I think it’s your turn.” Kaylee crossed her arms.

Simon simply laughed. “No, you’ve heard all of my MedAcad stories, I think you owe me an embarrassing one this time.”

Kaylee pouted and Simon had to resist the urge to lean over and kiss it right off her face. They’d been growing closer, but that didn’t mean that he’d had the courage yet to tell her that he really liked her, that he wanted to take their ‘friendship’ to another level entirely. And then there was River to consider. Could he really split his attention?

Kaylee thought for a moment before a wide, happy smile spread across her face. “Okay, this is embarrassing ‘nuff.”

Simon sank back into the couch, hands still resting and absently brushing across her ankles, as she leaned back and began her tale.

“Well, when I was real little, maybe 7 or 8, we had all kinds of animals around the house. Cats, cause we couldn’t ever catch ‘em, dogs ‘cause they was good at scarin’ away all the ‘coons –“

“Racoons?” Simon asked with a raised eyebrow. He’d never seen one except in a zoo and in books.

“Yeah, little mo