Title: Waking

Rating: NC-17

Synopsis: Simon takes matters into his own hands, unaware that he is being watched.

Timeframe: After ‘Objects in Space’. Before the movie.

Notes: Notes: FrellingBlonde, Wanmei, Yanlei and I decided to take a common theme (voyeurism and/or toys) and write a story around it. I wrote two, one with each subject. They’re short. This is my second version.

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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It was quiet. The lights were out, each room dark. The low hum of the engine reverberated through the ship, lulling everyone into a deep slumber. Everyone was in their bunks, sleeping, dreaming, or –

Her name fell from his lips in breathless pants as he arched his hips against the hand wrapped tightly around his length. Short, quick strokes brought his hips off the bed in rapid succession, and drew long low groans from deep within his chest. He squeezed his eyes shut and whispered her name, letting his head fall back onto the pillow. He was so close, his body so tense, and he was more than ready to feel the splendid release that came with her hands and mouth wrapped firmly around him.

Unfortunately, it was his own hand that was doing the touching tonight, not hers. It had never been hers. Only in his dreams could he lay back and hope that one day –

A dim light filtered into the room as the door to his bunk slid open and he lifted his head to squint at the slim figure that stood silhouetted in the orange glow.

He whispered her name and she came forward, slowly gliding across the floor to his side. She stared down at him, at his damp, flushed body, tense and pulsing with arousal, his hardness clenched firmly in his own fist. She leaned over him,