Out to the black Chapter 15

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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: My Beta is still MIA, no worries, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain… the punctuation and spelling errors are all his….

Out to the black

Chapter Fifteen – Pins and needles

Allan awoke slowly. The first thing he noticed was that his right arm seemed to be asleep. Then he noticed that some weight seemed to be lying on top of him. Opening his eyes slowly he saw what the weight was. It was a peacefully sleeping Zoë. Allan smiled as he took the opportunity of their closeness to study her face. His eyes took in the curve of her full lips, the slight upturn of the corners of her eyes that gave Zoë’s face a slight feline appearance, the way her long curly hair framed her peacefully sleeping face, “God she’s beautiful,” Allan thought to himself.

Allan moved his right arm a bit to try to get the feeling back in the limb. He winced at the pins and needles in his arm as feeling returned. Bringing up his other hand to look at his watch, Allan found it was still pretty early, 5:30 to be exact. Zoë wiggled a bit in her sleep. Sensations shot through Allan’s body that he hadn’t felt in a long time. Allan thought that he could tolerate his arms falling asleep as a small price to pay to wake up next to Zoë.

Allan absently moved his now awake hand into Zoë’s hair, fingers playing with the curls. As he moved his hand down her back slowly, he could feel the roughness of a scar along her spine. Allan could feel it even through her shirt. Zoë snuggled in tighter…

“Five more minutes baby.” She murmured in her sleep.

Allan’s breath caught in his chest. Was Zoë talking to him or her departed husband in her sleep? All