Disclaimer: I do not own them, Joss does. I am not allowed to use them, I do it anyway. This is a piece of non profit fanfiction and there are no copyright infringements intended. I don't get any money out of this so please don't sue. Neither do I own the song "Someone To Watch Over Me" by Ella Fitzgerald.

Note: I wrote this story as a Star Trek fic many years ago. When I started reading firefics I couldn’t help it – I HAD to re-write this little fic…

Title: Someone to watch over me

By CHris

Rated: G

Written 17/02/2008

There's a saying old, says that love is blind

Still we're often told "Seek and you shall find"

She looked at him when she thought he didn't realize. She tried to imagine his skin under her fingers and how it would feel to touch his muscular body. To run her fingers through his wonderful brown. To slowly undress him and explore his body.

So I'm going to seek a certain lad I've had in mind.

Looking everywhere, haven't found him yet,

He's a big affair I cannot forget.

But would he ever truly return her feelings? What would the crew say? Was a captain allowed to have an affair or a liaison with a another crewmember? Were captains allowed to be happy? Would she still long for him when he was hers? Would those feelings allow her to continue to do her job properly? Would she still be a good companion? Or would her feelings for Mal make doing the job impossible?

Only man I ever think of with regret.

I'd like to add his initial to my monogram.

Would they get married? Would she change her name? Would her whole life change? Would she live with him in his bunk or would he move into her shuttle? What would he do if she had to leave the ship to meet someone? Would he allow her to still do her job or would he turn out to be jealous?

Tell me where is the shepherd for this lost lamb?

There's a somebody I'm longing to see.

He turned his head and smiled at her. Was it love she was feeling in her heart whenever he smiled? Was it longing? Or simply a childish emotion she