TITLE: "EPIPHANY"

AUTHOR: Alison M. DOBELL

FANDOM: "FIREFLY"

PAIRING: Wash/Zoe

RATING: G

STATUS: Standalone. References to "War Stories".

ARCHIVE: Yes. Just let me know where.

FEEDBACK: Welcomed.

EMAIL: AlisonMDobell@aol.com

WEBSITE: None. All "Firefly" stories archived at Fireflyfans.net

SUMMARY: "Wash ruminates on the bond between Zoe and the

Captain. At last reaching an understanding dearly bought."

The usual disclaimers apply. The characters and 'Firefly'

are the property and gift of Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy.

No infringement of copyright is intended.

"EPIPHANY"

"Firefly" story

Written by Alison M. DOBELL

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He thought he understood. She knew he didn't. Had been so rutting jealous at first. Her loyalty to the Captain straining the bonds of their marriage even as he struggled to grasp the depths of a relationship that stood outside the normal parameters of intimacy. They weren't lovers but they were friends. Would die for each other without even having to give it a single thought. Understood each other in ways that were creepifying to a man on the outside looking in. Zoe knew the thoughts carooming inside Wash's head. The little green monster that resided inside that part of him that could still be rocked by insecurities. There was no such weakness in his wife. And if the Captain had somesuch he hid it better than any of them.

Wash had ranted and raved at the Captain. Accused him of all manner of unseemly things. His ire reaching across the stunned space that separated the two of them as the jealous husband reached for anything to back up his anger and wrong foot the man who held all their lives in his psychotic hands. Seeing the bafflement on the Captain's face had not been any reassurance to him because it did not give Wash any answers. He wanted to know, to understand. To touch the things that made them so close, the past that was as remote to him as another world lo