Out to the black Chapter 14

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This is my first Fan Fiction 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 budding Jayne/River romance. Also a Zoë OC pairing.

A/N: This Chapter is un-beta’d (Is that a word?) Chris, my beta has gone MIA over the weekend.

River gets drunk and Jayne has a heart to heart with Allan…

Out to the black

Chapter Fourteen – Revelations

Allan smiled to himself as he flew Serenity low over the Boros countryside. River, still healing after her dislocated shoulder, monitored systems from the co-pilots seat. Zoë stood behind Allan, her hand on his shoulder.

River looked over at the pair, a slight smile on her young face. She could feel the lightness of heart emanating from both of them. Zoë’s emotions seemed to be more like what she felt from the warrior woman when Wash was alive. There was still the tinge of loss but not the darkness Zoë had been holding inside her for so long.

Allan’s feelings had changed as well. His underlying self-doubt had been almost erased in the last few days. Allan had found a purpose in life here on Serenity. A man of power, wealth and influence back on Earth that was, Allan still longed for the simple life he had known growing up. Serenity satisfied most of that longing. Here Allan wasn’t in charge anymore. He was just a member of the crew. It let him relax. Something he desperately needed. Not to mention the presence of a certain dark skinned Amazon who suddenly filled a missing piece of the engineer/pilot’s heart.

River knew that they were not yet intimate. Allan was a bit old fashioned along those lines and Zoë was still feeling her way.

Sighing quietly to herself, River realized that now every female on serenity had someone except her. Being on the ship limited her options severely because now the only unattac