Make a Wish: Chapter 2

The Profit in Wishing

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Simon had of course retreated to the infirmary, unable to think of anything that might calm him except some alone time with the cold instruments and sterile surroundings. His mind still whirled with his sister’s revelations at dinner, with the innuendo between her and the mercenary, with the gleam of delight he had noticed in Kaylee’s eyes at his discomfort.

He knew he was uptight about sex, it wasn’t a secret and he wasn’t so unaware that he hadn’t figured that out about himself. But in this particular instance, he felt his prudish behavior was warranted. This wasn’t about his own sexual experience or his relationship with Kaylee, it was about his sister – his baby sister – and her first time. And Simon was fairly certain he would slit his own wrists if she decided to lose her virginity to Jayne.

With a heavy sigh, he shook his head, trying to focus on the chart before him, the same one he had been staring at for a good hour, when he heard a small voice from the doorway. “Hey you.”

Turning, Simon frowned as he met Kaylee’s apologetic gaze and then looked back to his work. “Hey.”

Sighing, Kaylee entered the room, studying him for a moment. He was still upset, which she had kind of figured, but the tension in his shoulders looked like it could snap him in half. Approaching him from behind, Kaylee placed her light hands over his tight muscles and began kneading the flesh there.

Releasing another sigh, Simon’s chin dropped all the way to his chest. “Kaylee,” he breathed, knowing that he should probably tell her to stop, but unable to deny how good her touch felt.

“Yeah, sweetie?” she asked, pressing her lips to his cheek and getting a small shiver from him.

Swallowing his request for her to stop, Simon indulged in the feeling of her deft hands working over his muscles for a few more minutes before he placed one of his hands over hers. Pausing her motion, Kaylee smiled at him as he drew her around to stand before him and hugged her tig