Pretty Boys by SLynn

He knew from the moment he’d seen her that she liked pretty boys.

You know the ones. Always done up nice. Clean. Some of them look damn near delicate. Jayne had never understood it himself, why anyone would like them. Didn’t make sense.

Maybe that was because he’d never been one and he sometimes had a hard time relating to other people.

Mal and him got along alright. He paid the bills after all. Jayne liked his relationships easy like that. Mal was his boss and he did what he was told. Easy. Helped that as far as bosses go, Mal was fair. He hadn’t always worked for people like that before. Mal backed his crew 100% and asked the same in return. Jayne, despite initial misgivings, found that he could do that.

Zoe and him had gotten off to a rough start, but in time he’d learned to respect her. He’d never worked for a woman before, every job he’d ever taken before he’d either been number one or number two. Coming on board Serenity he realized quickly that wasn’t the case here. In time he’d begun to trust her and follow her lead as well, not that it had always been easy.

Where to start with Wash. For one, he knew Wash didn’t trust him. Maybe it was because Jayne’d never trusted him. Wash was different. Jayne liked people to be straight forward and Wash just wasn’t. He smiled and joked even when he didn’t mean it, and kept you at arms length until he was sure about you. And he’d never been sure about Jayne. And how Wash ever got Zoe to marry him was a mystery he’d never understand.

Inara he’d never given much thought too. Sure, he liked to annoy her. Ask her inappropriate questions about her job and such, but to him it really was all in fun. Jayne had never seen a real companion before and he could admit that she was impressive. Beautiful, but in an untouchable way. He liked Inara as much as he liked most people but she wasn’t the type of woman that he preferred.

Which leaves Kaylee. Kaylee he could relate too and understand. He hadn’t wanted to