Even Roses Have Thorns, Chapters 36-40
Monday, February 26, 2007
All already posted before, just posted together for convience of new and (re) readers. Overall rating NC-17; this does not apply to all chapters, however. Canon pairings +1 (River/ofc). Normally, I post 10 chapters together, but due to the length of recent chapters, five seems more reasonable. Postive comments perfered; any cease and desists recieved will be complied with, and shown off at parties.
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Even Roses Have Thorns
Chapter Thirty-Six: Culpam poena premit comes (Punishment closely follows crime as its companion.) Part I
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, , , *** *** *** Kaylee watched Simon climb into bed, then set up her own cot and pushed it up close so that she could sleep next to him. He lay back gingerly. “I don’t think I’ll be able to talk in the morning.” Simon’s voice was a little raspy. “It’s ok, sweetie. You can always sign.” All of the crew had ended up picking up an array of various signs in order to understand Simon’s attempts to communicate with them. Some had learned more than others, of course. She watched in the dim lighting as his fingers moved. I know. I just – wish everything was normal again. Kaylee was particularly familiar with those signs, and the ones for other, similar, complaints. “It will be, soon, sweetie. You just have to be a patient for a while longer.” Kaylee was a bundle of emotion, mostly happy, some confused, and some downright sad and scared; she desperately wanted to talk, but knew that Simon needed to rest. She leaned over and kissed him, before laying herself down. “What were you going to say bao bei?” Kaylee heard Simon whisper. “Oh, sweetie, don’t try to talk, rest your voice. I was just thinkin’ a asking ‘bout what Jayne said at the table. I know you’re her doctor so ya can’t say anything ‘bout her, but ya can tell me if I’m right about what Jayne was sayin’ can’t ya?” He nodded toward her, slowly. “Am I right in thinkin’ that Jayne were implyin’ that Ceres’ guards had – forced – her?” Simon saw that Kaylee’s gaze was focused exclusively on his hands. He also knew that despite the fact that the
As new chapters go up, I add links between them, and every ten I bunch them together. It may be a personal quirk, but when I first started reading stories that were already long by the time I got there, it was nicer when I didn't have to load lots of pages etc to get each fix. I tend to read straight through. I suppose this second upload is a nod toward readers like myself.
If you perfer to read a bit at a time, the original chapters are still up with the comments they garnered. Please take a moment to read them, too. Sometimes the comments are the funniest bits.
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Thank you to all who've shared this with me, and especially to everyone who's commented.
BEB
Green and Banks aren't really supposed to encourage warm, fuzzy feelings... :)
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