Out to the black Chapter 9

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This is my first Fan Fic ever. Constructive reviews are shiny.

This fic takes place two years after Serenity (BDM) and has the established couples of Simon/Kaylee and Mal/Inara along with a Jayne/River friendship.

Out to the black

Chapter Nine – Outing

Allan awoke at six am. Stretching a bit he crawled out of bed and dressed. It was his first morning on the official duty roster and he had to make breakfast for the crew. Making his way to the cargo bay, Allan retrieved items from his frozen food crates. With the resulting armload he made his way up the stairs to the galley.

Smiling, he opened the packet of real coffee and placed it in serenity’s coffee maker. Allan then set about making the rest of the meal. Doctoring up some of the ships store of protein based powdered eggs with some real cheddar cheese. Allan turned his attention to the sausage frying in the pan.

The smell of cooking sausage started to draw the crew to the dining area without even having to make a call on the com. First in was Mal, followed closely by Inara and River.

“Is that real coffee?” Mal asked sniffing the air appreciatively.

“Yep, and real orange juice, pork sausage, cheddar cheese and unfortunately, powdered eggs.” Allan replied.

“I’ll forgive the eggs since there’s real coffee” Mal chuckled.

Inara playfully smacked Mal on the arm as he poured himself a cup. River stood behind Allan on her tiptoes, looking over the big man’s shoulder.

“Mmmm, sausage,” the young girl said, “If you keep feeding us like this, I will not be able to keep my girlish figure,” River finished giggling.

“You could use some fillin’ out there girl” Jayne leered from the doorway as he entered, making a beeline for the coffee maker.

“I can kill you with my brain ape-man” River said sweetly.

“Uh, yeah,” Jayne mumbled.

River giggled and grabbed a sausage link from a plate. Stuffing it in Jayne’s