Pieces: Ch 64-75.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Sometimes pieces fit, sometimes they don't and sometimes they can't be put back together. Sixth installment for the Joss_100. Jayne and Kaylee.
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The sixth installment.
The whole table of prompts I have to follow can be found . And the previous installments can be found: , , , and . Disclaimer: Not mine. Joss'. Feedback: Oh, you know I want it, baybee. Comment (*please*) or send an email: wily_one24@yahoo.com.au Comment: There are two more installents to go. I'm three quarters of the way through. Woo. Also? I'm thinking not everybody has been paying attention to the summaries that have remained *the same* for each installment. Have a look, go on, I dare you. It's even written on the banner. That said, enjoy the fluff while you can... ***
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Prompt #064: Ocean.
Word Count: 620.
RIPTIDES.
There was a very fine line between helpless and helpful, she knew it. When Jayne first woke her up, she was the former, breath tight in her lungs and sweat beading on her skin, her mind a mix of images that she couldn't stand. Had made good and sure over the last year that she wouldn't have to stand.
Sometimes she choked on it, how easily that could be ripped away and she ended up cringing behind Jayne or someone else. Nothin' but the bitty girl they used to tease her about being. Sometime after Early they'd stopped, didn't make fun of her being too girly to stand up for herself, but she still heard the words.
With the appearance of Mal and the knowledge they were alone and relatively safe, she'd slipped right into the latter. Intruders that wanted a fight she couldn't deal with. Engines that stopped working, that was her specialty, th
