The Mercenary takes a wife: Manny

This story was inspired by the scene in Serenity where

Jayne walked down into Haven and was greeted by a young man.

Pre-Serenity:

“So Shepard, you’ve been on Haven a month now, how do you like it?” Mal asked as he and Book watched Jayne and Wash unload supplies.

“It’s nice to be needed again.” They headed over to where Manny was setting up for supper. “Nice to have a family again.” He saw the rest of the miners head over to the water trough to clean up. “Can’t thank you enough for bring out our supplies, Manny was about to have to start cooking the crates.”

Manny put the pot of stew on the table and got ready to serve the other miners.

Jayne walked up and reached for a roll, almost drooling at the smell. “What the hell!.”

“Workers eat first!” Manny stood there and threatened to hit Jayne again with the ladle.

“Fine.” He grabbed his hand and rubber the red spot, walking away from the table swearing under his breath. “Quite the cook you got there.” He complained to Book.

“Yeah, Manny can make anything taste good.” He looked at Jayne’s hand. “Tried to cut in front of the miners?” He laughed as he walked over to the crew.

Manny smiled at the man as he stormed off.

“Captain, Zoë, I would like to introduce you Adam Cross. He and Manny fought for the Independents.” Book sat down with a lanky young man.

“Explosives.” Adam shook Mal’s hand.

Jayne stopped listening when they started to tell was stories, all he got was that Adam and Manny were twins. He spent the rest of the night watching Manny.

Post-Serenity:

“Shit!” Jayne muttered to h’self as he peered over the makeshift barricade. Only one guy left, but now it was a standoff.

“Just send out the fuggie and the rest of you can go.”

Jayne looked over to where Simon was patching up Kaylee’s shoulder. Mal was gonna be really pissed at him for letting Kaylee get shot.

“Naw, thinking we need him more now then you do, ‘sides, he ain’t a fuggie anymore. How about you just drop your gun and we’ll let