Set six months after the BDM, with standard pairings: Simon and Kaylee, Mal and Inara angst.

If you haven’t read chapter 1, I would recommend going back to http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=19146

Of course - Its Joss’s world and his characters, but I sure am enjoying playing with them.

Thanks to Mal4prez for the wonderful beta type advice and thanks to my wonderful husband for catching more typo’s than there are planets in the verse.

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Chapter 2

Starlight filled the darkened bridge, shining in through the windows to give the area a silvery glow. Only the consoles with their many colored lights blinking on and off were awash with color. The effect made the bridge a quiet, relaxing place; a good place to think away from the hustle and bustle of the rest of the ship. At least it was normally, but not this afternoon.

“Firefly class transport, this is port control. Please identify yourself,” the no-nonsense female voice coming over the com unit said for the third time as Mal alternated punching buttons and answering, to no avail. Something must still be broken in the communications system; he thought to himself as he punched in every access code they had ever used onboard Serenity, and then some.

“Kaylee! River!” Mal shouted both names as loud as he could in the general direction of the bridge hatchway before standing and repeating the call into the intraship com system. Before he finished his demand that Kaylee get up and fix the gorram consol again, both women appeared on the bridge.

Kaylee entered first. As she walked toward him, he noticed she was in the process of wiping some pink goo off her arms and face with a rag that looked suspiciously like one of his old shirts. River was right behind her. Around her waist she was wearing a funny looking orange apron and was covered in what appeared to be flour.

Mal took one look at them and knew instantly they were up to some sort of mischief. Something about these two women… alone they were top notch