The Courtship
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
River wants a boyfriend.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 2520 RATING: 9.0 (PG13) SERIES: FIREFLY
Title: The Courtship
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: FCHet
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own these wonderful characters!
Warnings: Silly fun.
Beta: Larian Elensar
Pairing: River/Jayne
Archive: Alex’s Story Book
Author’s Note: This was meant to be very naughty but River wanted it this way. She said maybe in a month or two…
Spoilers: A few for Serenity AND Firefly
Summary: River wants a boyfriend.
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THE COURTSHIP
“No, River! You can’t!” Simon was in her face. “You’re a kid!”
River looked at him, her dark eyes flashing with anger. “I am eighteen and I will if I want to.”
“But Jayne? He’s a brute, a big dumb brute.”
“I like Jayne.”
“You told him you could kill him with your brain!”
She grinned, not mad but never quite sane. “And I could too.”
“Why?”
“He’s big and strong and he’s the only one without a … mate.”
“But he might hurt you.” He realized how silly that sounded after he said it. River could kill him with her bare hands. But she was his sister and Jayne was just…Jayne.
River just smiled and left him standing there feeling stupid.
*
Jayne was shocked when River simply showed up in his room.
“Uh, I didn’t do nothin’.” He dropped his hands to his sides and looked guilty even though in truth, he hadn’t been doing anything.
“I have been thinking, Jayne, of taking a mate. And I was considering all the possibilities.”
Jayne stared, not sure *what* she was saying. He seldom could follow her. He wasn’t even sure what language she spoke sometimes.
“And I think that you are the one.”
“I didn’t do nothin’!” He repeated it.
She stepped closer to him. “I want to mate with you.”
“You mean…” Her meaning dawned on him. He paled. She *was* really pretty but she was…deadly.
She smiled at him as if he were a dim child and nodded. “Yes, Jayne. I want to do the nasty with you!” She laughed, that tinkling sound that was as pretty as it was scary.
“But I don’t think--”
“I don’t need you to think.”
"Well, technically, no(no brains in a finger), but I'm not interested in his brains".
I think you've done the characters very well, Jayne and River especially. I can see Jayne being flustered and flattered (I think, where girls are concerned, he's always been the pursuer), and protesting he didn't do nothin' wrong. Then there is River with the apple and the gun oil, knows the way to a man's heart. I also liked Simon considering that Mal would be the lesser of two evils (Kaylee is really having an influence on Simon keeping him from becoming homicidal). Mal though I would see taking a while to realize he shouldn't be involve (Mal always sees everything that happens on his ship as his business). I thought that it was great that the story was supposed to be naughty, but River decided on courtship instead. I really, really like this story and am waiting anxiously to see what happens next.
"I'm young. I can outlast him."
"She fed him tidbits from her plate and smiled at him. He just looked confused." - made me laugh, long and hard, out loud;)
Thanks for the wonderful!
Anon.- Thanks to you too. I am waiting on them to let me know what they want to do! :)
maantre- You're making me blush! I really appreciate it! :)
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