Title: Again and Again

Summary: River always went to her, no one else. KayleeRiver

Disclaimer: I don’t own anything in the Firefly ‘verse.

AN: Yes, I got distracted. And as it turns out, this will not be a one-shot like planned.

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Again and Again

Chapter One

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The first time it happened, Kaylee didn’t question it because, well, it was River.

Since Serenity had been given better parts after the Miranda incident, which still made her shiver in fear, she only needed to do a few fixes. She was in the middle of one of them when she heard light footsteps heading her way. She had poked her head out just in time to see River flash her a grin and collapse face first onto the hammock.

Kaylee would have thought River was trying to suffocate herself if it hadn’t been for the slow rise and fall of the girl’s back. And the fact that, not a half an hour later, River got up and left, a slight bounce in her step. When she questioned River later, the girl had just shrugged and said she needed a nap.

The second time it happened was three days later.

They had left Santo after a deal had gone bad, again, and Mal had gotten shot…again. Not an hour after they left, River had once again come down to the engine room, gracing Kaylee a grin before collapsing on the hammock. Thirty minutes later, she was up with a bounce in her step.

Thus begun a routine.

It wouldn’t happen often; once or twice every week. At first, Kaylee didn’t work on Serenity at all, afraid to wake the slumbering girl. River, however, later told her she actually preferred it when Kaylee worked, so work Kaylee did.

No one knew, which was surprising how small Serenity was - and the fact that River was the pilot and it was hard not to notice when the pilot was missing for more than a few minutes.

The change, however, took place months after the first time.

While the events of Miranda had shaken everyone up, and the Alliance was slowly loosing power, the crew of Serenity was still being hun