Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Firefly characters or am I in any way connected to the show.

Characters: Kaylee and Simon

Summary: Imagine a girl with sunshine inside her. What happens when her sunshine is stolen? *Major Spoilers For Objects In Space*

Authors Notes: It seems like everyone writes a story set after Objects in Space. This is just my version of it. Love it, hate it, I don’t care. Just tell me what you think!

Sunshine

By KaySky

Imagine a girl with sunshine inside her. The sunshine flows through her smile, the twinkle in her eyes, and through the warmth in her touch. What happens when her sunshine is stolen? She still smiles, but the sunshine does not flow through. The twinkles in her eyes have vanished. Her warmth has grown cold.

Her sunshine carried her emotions. Happy, sad, or angry she let her emotions flow. This quality made her very innocent, very honest. The sunshine is gone now. Her emotions no longer flow. They build up inside her, having nowhere to go. No one even suspects this whirlwind of emotions is harboring inside. They don’t know her sunshine was stolen. They don’t know her true emotions can no longer flow.

The man who stole her sunshine left an affect on all. The first few days after the incidence were emotional. They all got together to talk about the events of that night. Some talked more than others, but they all talked and they all felt well again. She talked. She told them all she felt well again. She told herself she felt well again, too, but her sunshine was still gone.

As the days went by it became easier for her to act like her sunshine was still there. It is weeks later now. Everything and everyone else is back to normal. No one even suspects her sunshine is gone.

The nights are the hardest. When the darkness comes it brings feelings of fear and guilt. She pushes them deep inside her, adding to all the rest. The emotions inside grow stronger. They are taking over. She was once filled with sunlight, but now she’s filled with