The Bravest Thing By Nailani Williams

Disclaimer: No Copyright Infringement intended so Joss put down the Sword of Truth!

Summary: Taking place after the BDM. Jayne and Zoe, pairing. Jayne’s secret personal grief from his past ends up pushing him closer to Zoe than he could ever imagine.

Rating: PG-13 (as of now)

A/N: This is non-canon pairing of Jayne\Zoe, there’s no sex in this part but there might be soon of course all NC-17 parts will be marked.

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Jayne:

The ship was like a coffin, quiet and cold.

I was glad it was still my home after the beating it took from the Alliance and Reavers, but I couldn’t help thinking that though my home was still here, it ain’t really the home I remembered. I wasn’t much for staying anywhere too long. Even when I got on this boat I knew there’d be a day I’d decided it was time to go. I thought that day was the day I planned to hand the Tam’s back over to the Alliance on Ariel. But after I seen what they did to River…Well, no one, not even Crazy, deserved to go back to that.

I had thoughts of leaving after blowing up with Mal about bringing the Tams on the boat after the girl went apeshit at Maidenhead. Then Haven happened I was committed after that, especially after Book. The Shepard was the closes thing I had…we all had to a Father. He was the only one willing to see past all my go se. He was also the only one I didn’t try to bullshit. It was his loss that I felt the most everyday.

Miranda…that Gorram desolated rock full o’ corpses and Reaver’s still haunted my dreams. It seemed that nightmare left the girl’s brainpan and was placed in all of ours. When Wash died at Mr. Universe’s, well that was one more thing that sucked the life out from the crew. Zoe’s eyes lost that sparkle she had every time he spoke or looked at her. Supper was so silent, now, no more random teasing or witty comments or senseless jokes. I never thought I’d miss it till it weren’t there.

The only thing