"I have never seen anything so precious in my life," Inara smiled, touching Kate's arm gently.

"Should we wake them?" River asked, peering into the common area.

"Lemme take some caps," Kaylee said. "Then we can wake 'em."

"Does Jayne frequently wear make-up?" Kate asked, trying to suppress the giggle bubbling up inside her at the sight of the big mercenary, his face smeared with crimson lipstick, curled protectively around her sleeping daughter. Hannah's face was also covered with the stuff. "It suits him."

"What are we looking at?" Wash asked, approaching the cluster of women.

"See for yourself," Kaylee grinned. "I'm gonna go get the capturer."

"Huh." Wash said. "I always pictured Jayne as more of a winter."

"Traffic jam?" Mal asked.

"Ssh!" Inara and Kate ordered.

"Look," River instructed.

"I'll be," Mal chuckled. "That li'l girl o' yours is quite the charmer, Kate."

"She is at that," Wash agreed. "Though I didn't think anyone but River could charm the big guy."

Kaylee returned quickly with the capturer and took several caps. "Okay, River, wake 'em if you must."

"I don't know," Kate said. "They both could probably use the nap. Let's leave them be."

~*~

"Kaylee, have you been in the -" Simon began.

"Common room?" she asked, dicing an onion. "Yep."

"So I wasn't imagining -"

"Jayne, with make-up an' a sleepin' baby? Nope."

"Huh." Simon said lamely.

~*~

"That's our hard-earned coin," Mal grumbled. "'Tween you givin' it away to the Haven widows, and Kaylee spendin' all my money doin' up Christmas, we're gonna wind up poorer'n we were before!"

"Those poor people lost their families!" Inara insisted.

"We lost some of our own, too, remember?" Mal snapped. "They ain't the only ones hurtin'."

"I know you miss Zoe," Inara continued. "We all do -"

"Then how 'bout you give some o' that coin to Wash?" Mal demanded. "If it's about payin' people off so we don't gotta feel guilty, gotta do it fair-like. If it's about charity, how 'bout turnin' some o' tha