Fic: The Planets Will Turn Pt. 7
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Title: The Planets Will Turn Part 7
Author: greta_garbo
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: River/Jayne
Rating: PG-ish
Disclaimer: I just realized that I DO own The Planets Will Turn and all its characters, so there!
Summary: Jayne tattles on River and River explains to Zoe.
Notes: This is a bit less funny than the past chapters, but I needed some expository stuff in the story, so here it is. We're nearing the end, only a few more chapters.
Mal watched Zoe and River fly away as he powered up the shuttle. After a few moments of silence, Jayne asked, “You gonna untie me?”
“Can you give me a good reason that I should?” Mal asked as the lifted the shuttle off the ground.,
“Aw, c’mon, Mal. I can't feel my hands and feet.”
“No, I think I’ll keep you there so I can talk to you.”
“Mal, this ain’t what it looks like.”
“River’s been acting awfully strange lately.”
“And this is different from every other time, how?”
Mal paused. “Stranger than normal.”
Jayne grunted. “Ain’t that the truth?”
Mal continued, ignoring him. “I’ve been thinking on what it could be that’s been making her act the way she has, and earlier today I started to form a theory. One that involves you. So you can imagine my surprise to find you two here. In the shuttle. Alone. All cozy.”
“I wouldn’t say I’m particularly cozy.”
Mal kept on ignoring him. “So, I’m wondering exactly what kind of fun you two have been having lately. What sort of stuff they two of you have been up to that would make her lock herself in her room for a whole day. Or that would make her take off with one of the shuttles and hold you at gun point.”
Jayne sighed, a bit relieved that Mal saw the reality of the situation, the she was the one who kidnapped him.
“So what did you do to her?”
Or not. “Mal, I ain’t done nothin’ to her.”
Mal looked at him disbelieving. Jayne plowed on, deciding now was as good a time as any to tell the captain about the torment the girl had been putting him through. “She’s been at it for weeks now, Mal. Won’t leave me alone, keeps going on about seduction or some such. Hell, I’ve been acting like a saint through this whole thing, but there’s only so much a man can take.”
Mal looked back at Jayne and it looked like he was either getting ready to laugh or to kill him. Jayne really hoped it was the former.
“Is there a good reason I should believe that?” Mal finally asked.
“Mal, if I was making passes at her, she’d rat on me, you know she would.”
Mal relaxed a bit, knowing this was true. “So why didn’t you rat on her?”
Jayne considered the question and found that he didn’t have an answer. Mal noticed, and started to seethe a bit. “Gorramit, Jayne, you’d best not be taking advantage of the situation just because she’s not all there.”
“I’m not, Mal, I swear.” Jayne tried to hold up his hands, only to remember that they were bound. Tightly. And that he had no feeling in them whatsoever.
“Mal, if you don’t untie my hands and feet now, you’re gonna hafta cut them off when we get back to the boat.”
Mal sighed and went to loose Jayne’s constraints. When he was free, Jayne gave Mal a grateful look and started shaking his limbs
Mal went back to the pilot’s seat as the shuttle approached Serenity. “So this has been going on for awhile?:
“A few weeks, yeah.”
“And you’ve been discouraging it, right.”
“Yeah, of course.” Hell, he had. For the most part.
“Didn’t look like you were discouraging it much when Zoe and I came in,” Mal said as the shuttle docked.
“Come on, Mal! The girl had me tied up! And she was all moving around and saying things I didn’t really understand! I’m only a man!”
Mal looked at Jayne. He did understand that sort of thing. It hadn’t been that long ago since YoSaffBridge had tricked him with her naked articulateness.
“Okay,” Mal said, pointing at Jayne, “This’ll stay between us. So I’m trusting you here. Even if it is against my better judgment. Something like this happens again, you let me know.”
“Yeah, Mal. Sure.”
Mal just shook his head as he left the shuttle.
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“So,” Zoe started, glancing over at River who sat next to her at the helm. “You and Jayne were playing some games?”
“Trying to,” River stated as she glumly stared out the window.
“What kind of games?”
“Sex games.”
“Yeah,” Zoe sighed, “That’s what I thought.”
“Jayne is a tricky fish to catch,” River said quietly.
“So you haven’t caught him yet?”
“No. Tried to. Almost did. Failed every time.”
“Maybe Jayne just doesn’t want to be caught.”
“He does. Scared. Won’t be for long. Daddy and Simon will come around, and Jayne will stop being a scared, lonely fish.”
Zoe was pretty sure she understood most of that. She glanced at River. “He’s swimming against the current,” River stated.
Okay, Zoe didn’t really get that.
“Fighting destiny,” River further explained.
“You sayin’ you’re Jayne’s destiny?”
“One of them,” River said simply.
They flew on in silence for a few minutes, until Serenity was in view.
“You can ask me,” River said, smiling that slightly eerie smile.
Zoe smirked. “Okay, then. Why Jayne?”
River looked at her, carefully studying her. “Why Wash?”
“What-?”
“That’s what the captain said to you when you started dating Wash. When you decided to marry him,” River said, he eyes glazing over slightly. “Why the pilot? He’s goofy and strange and he plays with toys like he’s a little kid,” River said in a near-perfect imitation of Mal. He vision cleared and she looked up at Zoe. “And you told him it was because you loved him.”
Zoe blinked. “You love Jayne?”
River nodded. “I think I do. He’s quieter than the rest of you.”
Zoe smirked and River gave her a look. “Not physically. His mind doesn’t scream at me. It’s warm and soft and filled with thoughts of his ma and his family. No war memories, no longing and yearning for someone else.” River stopped for a moment before adding, “Aside from me.”
“So Jayne likes you, too, huh?”
“Didn’t at first. But started to see me as a woman, not a child. Only one who really does, you know. Guess that’s another reason.”
Zoe starts to say something as the shuttle joins Serenity. “You don’t have to apologize,” River interrupts. “I don’t actually mind it. It’s nice sometimes, being babied in a way I never was as a child. But I still need to feel like a woman every once in awhile.”
Zoe smiled at River as the left the shuttle. “You know Mal probably had a long, scary chat with Jayne just now.”
River nodded. “Jayne is scared. But he’ll see soon. Everyone will see.”
FIN
Author: greta_garbo
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: River/Jayne
Rating: PG-ish
Disclaimer: I just realized that I DO own The Planets Will Turn and all its characters, so there!
Summary: Jayne tattles on River and River explains to Zoe.
Notes: This is a bit less funny than the past chapters, but I needed some expository stuff in the story, so here it is. We're nearing the end, only a few more chapters.
Mal watched Zoe and River fly away as he powered up the shuttle. After a few moments of silence, Jayne asked, “You gonna untie me?”
“Can you give me a good reason that I should?” Mal asked as the lifted the shuttle off the ground.,
“Aw, c’mon, Mal. I can't feel my hands and feet.”
“No, I think I’ll keep you there so I can talk to you.”
“Mal, this ain’t what it looks like.”
“River’s been acting awfully strange lately.”
“And this is different from every other time, how?”
Mal paused. “Stranger than normal.”
Jayne grunted. “Ain’t that the truth?”
Mal continued, ignoring him. “I’ve been thinking on what it could be that’s been making her act the way she has, and earlier today I started to form a theory. One that involves you. So you can imagine my surprise to find you two here. In the shuttle. Alone. All cozy.”
“I wouldn’t say I’m particularly cozy.”
Mal kept on ignoring him. “So, I’m wondering exactly what kind of fun you two have been having lately. What sort of stuff they two of you have been up to that would make her lock herself in her room for a whole day. Or that would make her take off with one of the shuttles and hold you at gun point.”
Jayne sighed, a bit relieved that Mal saw the reality of the situation, the she was the one who kidnapped him.
“So what did you do to her?”
Or not. “Mal, I ain’t done nothin’ to her.”
Mal looked at him disbelieving. Jayne plowed on, deciding now was as good a time as any to tell the captain about the torment the girl had been putting him through. “She’s been at it for weeks now, Mal. Won’t leave me alone, keeps going on about seduction or some such. Hell, I’ve been acting like a saint through this whole thing, but there’s only so much a man can take.”
Mal looked back at Jayne and it looked like he was either getting ready to laugh or to kill him. Jayne really hoped it was the former.
“Is there a good reason I should believe that?” Mal finally asked.
“Mal, if I was making passes at her, she’d rat on me, you know she would.”
Mal relaxed a bit, knowing this was true. “So why didn’t you rat on her?”
Jayne considered the question and found that he didn’t have an answer. Mal noticed, and started to seethe a bit. “Gorramit, Jayne, you’d best not be taking advantage of the situation just because she’s not all there.”
“I’m not, Mal, I swear.” Jayne tried to hold up his hands, only to remember that they were bound. Tightly. And that he had no feeling in them whatsoever.
“Mal, if you don’t untie my hands and feet now, you’re gonna hafta cut them off when we get back to the boat.”
Mal sighed and went to loose Jayne’s constraints. When he was free, Jayne gave Mal a grateful look and started shaking his limbs
Mal went back to the pilot’s seat as the shuttle approached Serenity. “So this has been going on for awhile?:
“A few weeks, yeah.”
“And you’ve been discouraging it, right.”
“Yeah, of course.” Hell, he had. For the most part.
“Didn’t look like you were discouraging it much when Zoe and I came in,” Mal said as the shuttle docked.
“Come on, Mal! The girl had me tied up! And she was all moving around and saying things I didn’t really understand! I’m only a man!”
Mal looked at Jayne. He did understand that sort of thing. It hadn’t been that long ago since YoSaffBridge had tricked him with her naked articulateness.
“Okay,” Mal said, pointing at Jayne, “This’ll stay between us. So I’m trusting you here. Even if it is against my better judgment. Something like this happens again, you let me know.”
“Yeah, Mal. Sure.”
Mal just shook his head as he left the shuttle.
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“So,” Zoe started, glancing over at River who sat next to her at the helm. “You and Jayne were playing some games?”
“Trying to,” River stated as she glumly stared out the window.
“What kind of games?”
“Sex games.”
“Yeah,” Zoe sighed, “That’s what I thought.”
“Jayne is a tricky fish to catch,” River said quietly.
“So you haven’t caught him yet?”
“No. Tried to. Almost did. Failed every time.”
“Maybe Jayne just doesn’t want to be caught.”
“He does. Scared. Won’t be for long. Daddy and Simon will come around, and Jayne will stop being a scared, lonely fish.”
Zoe was pretty sure she understood most of that. She glanced at River. “He’s swimming against the current,” River stated.
Okay, Zoe didn’t really get that.
“Fighting destiny,” River further explained.
“You sayin’ you’re Jayne’s destiny?”
“One of them,” River said simply.
They flew on in silence for a few minutes, until Serenity was in view.
“You can ask me,” River said, smiling that slightly eerie smile.
Zoe smirked. “Okay, then. Why Jayne?”
River looked at her, carefully studying her. “Why Wash?”
“What-?”
“That’s what the captain said to you when you started dating Wash. When you decided to marry him,” River said, he eyes glazing over slightly. “Why the pilot? He’s goofy and strange and he plays with toys like he’s a little kid,” River said in a near-perfect imitation of Mal. He vision cleared and she looked up at Zoe. “And you told him it was because you loved him.”
Zoe blinked. “You love Jayne?”
River nodded. “I think I do. He’s quieter than the rest of you.”
Zoe smirked and River gave her a look. “Not physically. His mind doesn’t scream at me. It’s warm and soft and filled with thoughts of his ma and his family. No war memories, no longing and yearning for someone else.” River stopped for a moment before adding, “Aside from me.”
“So Jayne likes you, too, huh?”
“Didn’t at first. But started to see me as a woman, not a child. Only one who really does, you know. Guess that’s another reason.”
Zoe starts to say something as the shuttle joins Serenity. “You don’t have to apologize,” River interrupts. “I don’t actually mind it. It’s nice sometimes, being babied in a way I never was as a child. But I still need to feel like a woman every once in awhile.”
Zoe smiled at River as the left the shuttle. “You know Mal probably had a long, scary chat with Jayne just now.”
River nodded. “Jayne is scared. But he’ll see soon. Everyone will see.”
FIN