The Circular Irony Part 1 by Nailani Williams

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

Summary: After the BDM. Zayne, M/I, S/K, R/OC pairing. Taking place after the events of “The Bravest Thing” and “The Welcoming Committee”. When Mal gets a job on Persephone he realizes he’s transporting a new generation of Browncoats, who have their own special person straight out of the Alliance Academy. Meanwhile, Zoe and Jayne work out their working relationship and River gets a new creep-a-fying boyfriend.

Rating: NC-17

A/N: This is still a Zayne fic, but it has more ’ships in it than the U.S. Navy. I feel the only way to tell this adventure romance is to let all the characters tell their POV. So the story will remain in first person and all the characters want to have a go at me… So pray for me if you can, LOL! Thanks for reading and responding you guys are fan-fraking-tastic!

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Mal:

I liked where my crew was as a family now.

It was bumpy at the start, but it all seemed to come together. We lost family, and sometimes it still stung, but through losses certain relationship blossomed. Simon and Kaylee stopped dancing around each other, and Inara and I seemed to almost have it all figured out, but the most notable new relationship was between my trusty first mate and my less than honest Mercenary.

At first it was a stomach churning development. And I thought it would passed by the time they came back from Jayne’s home world of Deadwood, but instead, when they came back it was as if they were married. I was about to protest it all when I caught that familiar light in Zoe’s eyes. The one she held only for Wash. The one that had been snuffed out by Reavers at Mr. Universe’s place. She had that light and that happiness, now and as her brother. I wasn’t about to ruin that.

Everybody had to find their own way, I thought. Lying down in Inara’s bed. She was sleeping like an angel and she was as beautiful as one as well. Her head was making a pillow