Disclaimer: Of course they’re not mine, and I think that’s okay, because Joss is doing a damn shiny job of taking care of them himself. However, I borrowed them for a bit, hoping to give ‘em a little lovin’ they never got onscreen (through no fault of Joss’s, of course).

PG-13 for a little bit of language and a little bit of Jaylee fun.

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Kiss ‘Em On the Mouth

By ShinyBug

“So, Jayne,” Kaylee asked as they both worked together to restore Serenity’s momentarily stalled engine of all its valves and ventricles, “...why don’t you ever kiss ‘em on the mouth?”

The brand-spanking new compression coil slid sideways as Jayne’s attention suddenly diverted, and thirty pounds of metal found itself coming to rest on the trapped fingers of a mercenary. Jayne yelped and removed the offended appendage, leaving Kaylee to stagger beneath the sudden weight.

“What the hell, now?” Jayne shook his hand and scowled fiercely, letting Kaylee struggle with the coil for a minute on her own, before finally taking it back and sliding it one-handed into its proper position in the engine.

Kaylee laughed, clapping her hands together and gazing at her engine, which now had all its necessary parts. She leaned over and pulled the lever that engaged the engine, and Serenity’s heart began to beat once more. The soft purr and whine of the revolving mechanism filled the air, and Kaylee rocked back on her heels in satisfaction. At Jayne’s exasperated growl she glanced back at him in surprise, having briefly forgotten he was standing there.

“Huh?”

Jayne glared and held out his hand, which was bleeding across the knuckles.

“Oh, oops,” Kaylee replied sheepishly, grabbing a rag from her toolbox and pressing it to the cut. “So, how come you don’t?”

“Don’t what?” Jayne asked, the sudden flush in his tanned cheeks betraying the bluff of his ignorance.

“Kiss girls on the mouth? ‘Cause, you know, most girls don’t got drugs on their lips. So what’s the real reason?” She played a t