The Bravest Thing (part 2) 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. Did I mention this is my first fanfic in this ‘verse?

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Jayne:

“I don’t know,” I said, quietly.

I felt guilty that Zoe reached out to me and I hadn’t even bothered to reach out to her about Wash. I stood there looking at her speechlessly for five whole minutes, scared shitless.

“”I know you’re upset about something, Jayne; is it Book? I know we all miss him and,” Zoe was talking and I was seeing her mouth move. The sound of her voice not registering over my noisy thoughts.

“It ain’t Book,” I said as gruffly as I could manage I went back to washing the plates. I wanted her to drop it. I wanted her to leave me alone. I had just set it into my mind to abscond off this boat before she tried to reach out. Damn Mal and Inara’s libidos! They’d been at it all day you’d think they’d take a break for supper! At least then I could be locked in my bunk untill we came to port.

“If you’re unhappy about your last take…” she began and I turned to her angrily.

“Look, of all the people I can talk about my problems with, why would I talk to you? You have your on load on, so why do you want mine?” I yelled and she backed away. If it was Kaylee, or even Crazy, they would have hightailed it out of there, but this was Zoe and I knew from the moment the words left my mouth I was in for it.

“Well maybe because you’re…family, Jayne! Maybe it’s because I give a Gorram! Maybe it’s because when I look into your eyes…I see my pain there and,” she stopped tears in her eyes making me feel l