TITLE: Rivers Key (Part 4/?)

AUTHOR: YmeT

RATING: PG13 (at the moment)

PAIRING: Jayne/River

SUMMARY: AU Something else snaps river out of her assassin mode in the bar.

DISCLAIMER: Joss is a genus… But I am his muse so I think I can claim credit too don’t you?

Don’t own anything and not plagiarising but a lot is the same as the movie because I’m going Au half way and wanted the backup.

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Man; Mal can be such and Idiot. Him and Simon both. What is with the men on this ship? Jayne wondered to himself.

They had been watching the wave between Inara and Mal and seriously; those two gave men a bad rep. I mean there’s Mal and Inara, it’s a fact them being in love. A fact everyone but Mal sees. Then theres Kaylee, makin’ sweet doe eyes at the Doc boy, who’s actin’ like he don’t see it, but still goin’ beet when she talks to him.

Now Mal was ridding to the rescue when Inara probably didn’t need rescuing at all.

It was Damn sure if he ever fell in love he’d know it, and he wouldn’t mess about denying it and hiding his feelings and shit. Although he didn’t know much about it. His only recent experience being with whores and the like.

But at the time that was better. He wasn’t ready to settle down then. And that never sat very well with most women. Wait did that mean he was ready to settle down now? No, of course not! I mean it wasn’t as if there was someone he was in love with right?

He stuck his head into Rivers room to check on her and found her sitting with her legs crossed like she was meditating with her drawing pad balanced on one knee. She looked up at him and smiled and motioned him into the room.

“How you doin?” he asked shuffling and stuffing his hands in his pockets, still standing in the doorway.

“Better, do you want to sit down?” She smiled up at him again and fluttered her drawing hand at the other end of the bed. He stepped further into the room and sat on the e