AN: Thanks for the reviews, you guys are great! So here's the next three chapters. Warning - part six is pure fluff, and if you have no sweet-tooth, feel free to skip it, you won't miss grand plot-stuff! I just like it...
, Part 4 ‘Captain?’ Simon’s hands were on Mal’s face before he’d finished the question. Mal flinched away. ‘Damnit, doc, give me some warning when you come in!’ ‘I’m sorry,’ Simon answered apologetically. ‘I haven’t left since we were speaking - I thought you knew I was here.’ ‘Well next time, don’t. Been a week since I was able to tell whether you were lurking around or not, I thought you would’a learned by now not to sneak up.’ ‘Again, Captain, I’m sorry,’ Simon said placatingly. In the past few days, they’d had more than a few of these spats, and he seemed to be trying to head this one off at the pass. ‘So what do you want?’ Mal asked with ill-grace. ‘I want to have a look at your eyes to see if the mender did its job. Then I can work out when is the best time to use it again. I’ll need to put you under, but I want to look at the skin around your eyes first, would you rather I left the injection until after?’ ‘Rather you left the injection altogether. I swear, the number of times you stick me with that needle anybody’d get the idea you like me being knocked out.’ ‘Well I can’t do that,’ Simon answered, ignoring the accusation. ‘But if you don’t try and open your eyes, I can leave the shot until afterwards. Is that alright?’ ‘Shiny,’ he answered sarcastically. ‘Okay, I’m taking off the bandage. Remember to keep your eyes shut, there’s no telling what damage you could do to them trying to focus now. Don’t clench them either, just don’t move,’ Simon said. ‘Think I got it, doc.’ ‘Good,’ Simon answered distractedly. He unpinned the bandage a
I don't know how or when I developed a soft spot for Mal/Simon. But yet...there it is.
I'm really enjoying this. Please, keep it coming! (Maybe throw in a little Jayne/Kaylee now that she's no longer pining after the Captain? :))
I meant pining after Simon. Really. I'm not an idiot.
You can't take the sky from me
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