DISCLAIMER: Don't own it, never did, just having fun playing.

A/N: This is primarily a Mal/Simon story, although some short stories that deal with minor plot points that involve other characters will be written as companion pieces. There are a couple of NC-17 chapters, but most of the story is PG-13.

A huge thanks to kispexi2 for betaing this, my first multi-chapter effort! Wouldn't want to do it without you!

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Family--Part 1, Chapter 1 Sex, sex, and more sex; oh, yes, and the beginnings of a plot.

Simon woke, as he had so many times in the last eight years, to the tantalizing caresses of Mal's hands on his body. He tried to pretend he was still sleeping--he could enjoy those hands forever--but Mal knew he was awake, just like always. When Mal rolled him onto his back, he opened his eyes and looked up sleepily at his husband. "Good morning, love," he smiled and reached up to bring Mal down for a long, sweet kiss.

"Good mornin', yourself," Mal smiled back when they broke their kiss. His hands were still caressing Simon's body, becoming more and more insistent. He leaned in and began kissing Simon in earnest. Kissing, biting, caressing, never maintaining a pattern, he brought Simon to full wakefulness--and to full arousal. Tiān xiăo de, he loved starting his mornings with this man! Listening to Simon moan and whimper incited him to deeper kisses and more insistent caresses. He moved slowly down Simon's torso, heading for more interesting territory, teasing him all the way.

Simon arched into Mal's loving caresses, trying for a time to return them wherever he could reach. Before long, though, he gave up. Lord knows, he tried not to, but Mal's mouth always turned him into a quivering mass with no ability for coherent thought, let alone muscle co-ordination.