Even Roses Have Thorns, Chapter Thirty-Nine
Friday, February 9, 2007
Zoe dreams, Mal interrupts, Kaylee confides in Inara, and Jayne gets some trim. Canon pairings +1 (River/ofc). NC17 (for sex, talk of violence, and Jayne, generally).
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Even Roses Have Thorns
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Pede poena claudo (Literally, punishment comes limping, which is to say, retribution comes slowly, but surely.)
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, , , , , , , , , , *** *** *** When Jayne walked into the galley, hardly anyone was there. He looked at his watch; but no, he wasn’t late. He ventured to sit quietly at the table with Mal, Inara and Aren. Inara and Aren were having a light chat as Mal silently watched Kaylee dish up breakfast. “Weren’t it River’s turn to cook, Kaylee?” Jayne asked the mechanic as she set his plate down in front of him. It was a pleasant surprise. Jayne might be willing to eat anything, but it didn’t mean that he didn’t have taste buds, and he thought that Kaylee’s was the finest on board, now that Book was gone. “It were. Took over for her.” Jayne noticed that Kaylee’s face was tired and tense; he didn’t like it. “Simon was havin’ a bad morning I guess and River went to settle him down. Zoë says they’re sleeping it off in the passenger dorms.” Jayne knew that there weren’t nothing he could say about that, so he didn’t. He did look up from his plate to ask, “Zoë eat yet?” No-one nodded and Mal shook
Thank you all, once again, for reading and commenting - comments are food for my muse. (Although that is frankly more than she deserves right now.)
tkid: sorry about the lack of thrilling heroics, just didn't quite work out.
And Jayne, there are just no words. The sheer gall of the man...yet it pays off. Amazing.
And a question to Kaylee, if I amy: whay are you crying to Inara? Why aren't *you* in bed with Simon? You know what he's doing, but you run. Suck it up, girl, and confront him. You might not get him to stop, but at least let him know a syringe full of whatever it was isn't OK by you, either.
Gotta agree with ManicGiraffe...but to a point. I have issue with Kaylee crying to Inara...right then. Now, if she had tried a time or two to tell Simon she's been there, is beside him and will be beside him in his struggle to regain what he had, then I would be quite ready to accept her moment with Inara. How it plays out? Well...I guess it's the timing that narks me the most:(
However, I can't say anything harsh about the Jayne/Aren scenes! Between Jayne's modified machismo and Aren's rather odd decision to test the waters for heterosexual love, I was left struggling to decide whether I should laugh or stare in amazment!
;D
BEB
I was thinking of a Russian joke at the time:
Kniaz Andrei Bolkonski asks Poruchik Rzhevsky: "Tell me, Poruchik, how came you to be so good with the ladies? What is your secret?" / "It's quite simplement, mon Prince, quite simplement. I just come over and say: 'Hey, wanna fuck?'" / "But Poruchik, you'll get slapped in the face for that!" / "Oui, most of them slap, but some of them fuck!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_jokes
I think you've got Jayne just right here, girlfan. He's so protective of the women, so very paternal to them, and I think that a whole hellava lot of people forget that he's got feelings that aren't in the Seven Deadly Sins. Brilliant.
The moment between Zoe and Mal on the bridge was nicely done. I love to see Zoe helping (or nudging, whatever) Mal into making a decision, even though she know's he doesn't fully know rightly what to do.
As for the scene with Inara and Kaylee, I can see it happening, for sure. Kaylee isn't exactly adept at handling the darker aspects of particular situation, and this one is a doozy of a situation. She needs an outlet before she confronts (however that'll pan out) the problem, and right now, that outlet is Inara. Maybe my logic here is (most likely) flawed, but that's how I see it.
Loved the final scene, so well done.
Not your best, girlfan? I'll take your 'sub par' work anyday.
Shiny stuff.
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