Title: For You

Rating: PG

Synopsis: It’s Simon and Kaylee’s first Valentines Day out in the black

Timeframe: After the movie.

Disclaimer: This story is not meant to infringe on the copyright of any person or company related to the trademarked characters and situations depicted in the Serenity movie or Firefly series. I make no money from this. OnIy done for fun - and a desperate craving to have more stories told about this wonderful ‘verse Joss Whedon created.

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Happy thoughts permeated Kaylee’s entire being; thoughts of Serenity, happiness and love – and of Simon. She smiled in her sleep, wrapping her arms around herself, content to linger in the fantasy world that was her dreams. She sighed and rolled over, intending to snuggle closer to the man whose bed she’d been sharing – or was it the other way around? – for the better part of a month. When she found the space next to her cold and empty, her eyes fluttered open and confusion passed across her face as she looked around the small room. She glanced at the clock in the little cubby by the bed and yawned. It was too early to be up and yet he was gone. Discouraged, but too tired to do anything about it, she snuggled against his pillow, inhaling the musky scent of him that clung to the material, and went back to sleep.

When she woke again a few hours later, he was still nowhere to be found. Kaylee slipped out of bed and dressed slowly. They’d been so exhausted when they went to bed last night they’d only had enough energy to cuddle and fall asleep in one another’s arms. And while that was certainly sufficient at times, the ache to feel the more intimate connection between a man and a woman filled her body. A smile spread across her face when she noticed something lying on her dresser table on the far side of the room. She padded barefoot over to it and gasped when she noticed a carved wooden box she’d never seen before sitting beside a handwritten note.

She opened the box and gasped. Inside were three of the lar