Primary Expedition (3/3)
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Jayne and River run into each other in the last place he ever expected to see her.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 2206 RATING: 10.0 (NC17) SERIES: FIREFLY
Title: Primary Expedition Pt 3
Author: GoddessofBirth
Pairing: Rayne
Disclaimer: I really, really don't own it.
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Within two seconds he was fully awake and aware of where he was, who he was next to, and the implications of the early morning sunshine streaming through the window. Judging by the look on River's face, he wasn't going to be pleased by the identity of the person hammering at the door.
'It's Simon. He's worried.'
Ta made! He'd known something like this would happen, but as hard as he tried, he couldn't muster up his usual regret for decisions made in haste. He turned from glaring at the door to look at the girl, but all he caught was a flash of her hair as she slid behind the side of the bed, clothes and gun in hand. A second later, a little hand popped up and gestured toward the door.
He paused to pull on his pants and then stomped over, yanked the door open and stuck his head out. He snarled into Simon's face. 'What?'
Simon actually did look apologetic. 'I'm sorry to interrupt your leave, but River didn't come back to the ship last night. Have you seen her?'
Jayne sneered. 'Doc, I'm in a whorehouse. Why in seven hells would I see your crazy sister here?' Then, he leered. ''Less of course she's taken up a new side job I don't know about.'
Simon shook his head. 'Ugh. Could you be any more disgusting?'
Jayne crossed his arms and smirked. 'I don't know. Give me a minute to work on it.'
Simon dropped the argument as quickly as he had brought it up. 'Look, I'm worried. I've searched everywhere and can't find her. What if she got taken again?'
Jayne rolled his eyes, seizing the opportunity to get rid of him. 'Give me a second to get dressed, dong ma? I'll meet you downstairs an' help you look.'
Simon was turning to go when he caught sight of the bed over Jayne's shoulder. 'Where's the whore?'
Jayne froze and then forced himself to relax. There weren't too many spots he couldn't p
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Have to say, there must be small rooms at Martha's...both times River does her ceiling trick in the BDM, its with fairly narrow spaces. Presume she's bunched up in a corner or something ;)
And the writing! Oh, the writing! Once again, you've captured the flow and ebb of things that make events feel like a missing episode of the series! Between the slow build scene with Simon tearing apart Jayne's room at the cathouse and the confrontation in Jayne's bunk on Serenity, you capstone such lovely exposition. And I love how you had Jayne's feelings build and build, but not blow explosively! Even when he's facing down the source of his internal torment, Jayne remains just enough in control to keep outside interference away and deal with his problems directly.
I'm pleased as punch you enjoyed the conclusion! Thank you for the lovely review:)
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