Recurrent Verse : part eleven : Waiting
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bookaddict43series title: Recurrent Verse
Title: Waiting
Author: Bookaddict
Characters: Jayne/Kaylee, Crew, OCs
Rating: PG13
Timeline: Post OIS, the BDM isn't going to happen
Comments: Lyric prompt from the wonderful![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cheshire_monkey I said, "Mama, he's crazy and he scares me, but I want him by my side. Though he's wild and he's bad and sometimes just plain mad, I need him to keep me satisfied." Misguided Angel by Cowboy Junkies. The prompt is there, it's just paraphrased mightiliy! Previous chapters here.
“She ain’t worth fixin’.” Monty was pragmatic. He ran his hand over the side of the Falcon. “She’s been a great boat, but it’d take too much money to get her back to rights.”
Mal nodded quietly, letting Monty talk out his decision. He agreed that the ship probably wasn’t fixable, but his friend needed to be sure. It was a hard thing to do giving up something that had meant so much to him.
“I got some coin squirreled away. With that and anythin’ we salvage from the Falcon I can get me a new ship.” Monty’s mouth turned down. “I’ll need a mostly new crew too.”
“Find anything?” The Captain asked Kaylee and Jayne as they approached. He’d wanted the mechanics’ opinion of the state of the engine but was unwilling to let her go anywhere on her own yet. Since she and Jayne were joined at the hip these days, Mal frowned at that, he’d trusted the merc with her safety.
“Engine’s shot.” The girl reported sadly. “If ya want to fly her Monty, it’d have to be replaced.”
Monty sighed, decision made. “I’m not gonna fly her. She’ll stay here.”
“But…” To her annoyance, Kaylee’s eyes filled with tears.
“No girl.” Monty shook his head. “I’m cuttin’ my losses. Gonna buy me a new boat. I’d like you and Mal here to help me look for one. Help me look for a new mechanic too; now that Dan’s goin’ home.”
Jayne looked up startled. Dan was goin’ home? What was Kaylee gonna do?
The girl had been sittin’ with the other mechanic every day, spent hours with him. The days anyway, the nights – Kaylee’d been sleepin’ in Jayne’s bunk for a week.
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“Jayne can I sleep here with ya tonight?” Kaylee stood at the bottom of the ladder.
She were covered from neck to ankle in soft lookin’ pyjamas. Way too big for her, they were probably supposed to make her feel comfortable and look not sexy. It didn’t work. All Jayne wanted to do was dig her outta them and kiss every inch of the gorgeous body they hid.
But he could tell Kaylee weren’t wantin’ that right now, if ever. She was worryin’ ‘bout somethin’ and since nearly losin’ her he was willin’ to give the girl anythin’ she wanted.
“Come ahead.” Jayne moved to the back of his bed, raised the blanket and watched as she climbed in with him.
Every night since, Kaylee had arrived already dressed in her pyjamas. She had two different sets. One pair had little ships on them, flyin’ all over her pretty body, the other gorramn bunnies!
Kaylee slept all snuggled up with him, head restin’ on his shoulder or chest. When she was real tired she snored. Her hair tangled all round his neck and her little hands clutched at him durin’ her nightmares. It was gettin’ harder and harder keepin’ his hands off her.
But he weren’t gonna touch her. Not as more than friends. Not after last time. Not till Kaylee asked him. He weren’t gonna touch her.
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“Is Dan’s wife comin’?” Kaylee broke the depressed silence in the shuttle.
“The man’s married?” Mal asked from the pilots’ seat. “I thought him and you…” His voice trailed off at Kaylee’s glare and Monty’s chuckle.
Jayne kept silent; angry at himself and Kaylee. He’d spent a lot of time bein’ jealous of that man and none of it were needed. The girl would never sex anyone who had ties. She were real moral like that.
“Better not say anythin’ else Mal. You’ll only dig yerself deeper and yes Kaylee, Dan’s wife is comin’.” Monty answered her. “She’s arrivin’ day after tomorrow. The Doc says as long as he keeps still and lies down, Dan can leave and I’ll be down another crew member.”
Kaylee sent another glare the Captain’s way and seized her opportunity. “Vic’s worried ‘bout her job.”
“Why?” asked the other captain.
The Captain and Jayne shared a glance over the mechanics’ head. They knew that look, the cajoling voice; she was gettin’ ready to play Monty.
“Ya know Simon said she’s always gonna limp?”
“Yeah. What difference does that make?”
“Vic thinks ya ain’t gonna want a mercenary who can’t walk properly.”
“She can still use a gun. Help with the plannin’.” Monty frowned, he couldn’t lose another crew member. Especially not Vic. “I ain’t askin’ her to leave.”
“Maybe ya should tell her that ‘stead of lettin’ her think otherwise.”
Kaylee leant back against Jayne’s shoulder and watched her friend think on what she’d said. She was delighted when the moment they got back to Serenity, Monty headed straight for the infirmary.
“Satisfied meimei?” The captain queried.
“With what?” Kaylee smiled at him innocently.
“With your meddling.”
“They was too stubborn to talk to each other Captain. I just pushed things along a mite.” Kaylee bounced along beside them, her old mischievous expression back.
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“Guess I got ya to thank for Monty talkin’ to me?” Vic tried to frown as Kaylee came through the door of the passenger quarters.
“Did he talk good? Did ya tell him what ya feel for him?” Kaylee asked in excitement sitting down next to River and Zoë.
“Yeah he talked good, asked me to stay.”
“Is that all?”
“No.” Vic stopped teasin’ and grinned at her. “He kissed me and I kissed him back.”
“Anythin’ else?”
“He asked me to share his bunk.”
Kaylee leant forward and knowing that the few words hid lots of feelin’, hugged the mercenary tight. “I’m real happy for ya.”
A romance,” River clapped her hands. “Now what about the other?”
All three women looked at Kaylee who blushed and said nothing.
“You’ve been in his bunk every night since you came back.” Zoe prodded.
“We ain’t sexed each other yet.”
“You haven’t?”
Kaylee grinned at the astonished faces in front of her. “Nope. But I’ve made up my mind. I want that man real bad and I’m goin’ to tell him so.”
“Even though he could get hurt and you might lose him?” Zoe remembered their last conversation.
“Don’t care ‘bout that.” Kaylee shook her head. “Well I do - and it scares me. But crashin’ made me realise that missin’ out on bein’ happy just cause I’m scared is pretty dumb. I know he’s done bad things and is more than a mite wild sometimes, but I don’t care. I need him and he needs me.”
“Ya gonna tell him that?” Vic asked.
“Gonna show him first. Jayne ain’t big on words.” Kaylee stood up and smiled at her friends. “If we don’t make it to breakfast will ya cover for us?”
Zoë nodded. “I’ll even make Wash tone the teasin’ down some.”
“Senseless kissing could lead to many satisfying conclusions for both parties.” River pushed her friend gently out the door.
Kaylee giggled and headed straight for Jayne’s bunk.
Title: Waiting
Author: Bookaddict
Characters: Jayne/Kaylee, Crew, OCs
Rating: PG13
Timeline: Post OIS, the BDM isn't going to happen
Comments: Lyric prompt from the wonderful
cheshire_monkey I said, "Mama, he's crazy and he scares me, but I want him by my side. Though he's wild and he's bad and sometimes just plain mad, I need him to keep me satisfied." Misguided Angel by Cowboy Junkies. The prompt is there, it's just paraphrased mightiliy! Previous chapters here. “She ain’t worth fixin’.” Monty was pragmatic. He ran his hand over the side of the Falcon. “She’s been a great boat, but it’d take too much money to get her back to rights.”
Mal nodded quietly, letting Monty talk out his decision. He agreed that the ship probably wasn’t fixable, but his friend needed to be sure. It was a hard thing to do giving up something that had meant so much to him.
“I got some coin squirreled away. With that and anythin’ we salvage from the Falcon I can get me a new ship.” Monty’s mouth turned down. “I’ll need a mostly new crew too.”
“Find anything?” The Captain asked Kaylee and Jayne as they approached. He’d wanted the mechanics’ opinion of the state of the engine but was unwilling to let her go anywhere on her own yet. Since she and Jayne were joined at the hip these days, Mal frowned at that, he’d trusted the merc with her safety.
“Engine’s shot.” The girl reported sadly. “If ya want to fly her Monty, it’d have to be replaced.”
Monty sighed, decision made. “I’m not gonna fly her. She’ll stay here.”
“But…” To her annoyance, Kaylee’s eyes filled with tears.
“No girl.” Monty shook his head. “I’m cuttin’ my losses. Gonna buy me a new boat. I’d like you and Mal here to help me look for one. Help me look for a new mechanic too; now that Dan’s goin’ home.”
Jayne looked up startled. Dan was goin’ home? What was Kaylee gonna do?
The girl had been sittin’ with the other mechanic every day, spent hours with him. The days anyway, the nights – Kaylee’d been sleepin’ in Jayne’s bunk for a week.
************************
“Jayne can I sleep here with ya tonight?” Kaylee stood at the bottom of the ladder.
She were covered from neck to ankle in soft lookin’ pyjamas. Way too big for her, they were probably supposed to make her feel comfortable and look not sexy. It didn’t work. All Jayne wanted to do was dig her outta them and kiss every inch of the gorgeous body they hid.
But he could tell Kaylee weren’t wantin’ that right now, if ever. She was worryin’ ‘bout somethin’ and since nearly losin’ her he was willin’ to give the girl anythin’ she wanted.
“Come ahead.” Jayne moved to the back of his bed, raised the blanket and watched as she climbed in with him.
Every night since, Kaylee had arrived already dressed in her pyjamas. She had two different sets. One pair had little ships on them, flyin’ all over her pretty body, the other gorramn bunnies!
Kaylee slept all snuggled up with him, head restin’ on his shoulder or chest. When she was real tired she snored. Her hair tangled all round his neck and her little hands clutched at him durin’ her nightmares. It was gettin’ harder and harder keepin’ his hands off her.
But he weren’t gonna touch her. Not as more than friends. Not after last time. Not till Kaylee asked him. He weren’t gonna touch her.
************************
“Is Dan’s wife comin’?” Kaylee broke the depressed silence in the shuttle.
“The man’s married?” Mal asked from the pilots’ seat. “I thought him and you…” His voice trailed off at Kaylee’s glare and Monty’s chuckle.
Jayne kept silent; angry at himself and Kaylee. He’d spent a lot of time bein’ jealous of that man and none of it were needed. The girl would never sex anyone who had ties. She were real moral like that.
“Better not say anythin’ else Mal. You’ll only dig yerself deeper and yes Kaylee, Dan’s wife is comin’.” Monty answered her. “She’s arrivin’ day after tomorrow. The Doc says as long as he keeps still and lies down, Dan can leave and I’ll be down another crew member.”
Kaylee sent another glare the Captain’s way and seized her opportunity. “Vic’s worried ‘bout her job.”
“Why?” asked the other captain.
The Captain and Jayne shared a glance over the mechanics’ head. They knew that look, the cajoling voice; she was gettin’ ready to play Monty.
“Ya know Simon said she’s always gonna limp?”
“Yeah. What difference does that make?”
“Vic thinks ya ain’t gonna want a mercenary who can’t walk properly.”
“She can still use a gun. Help with the plannin’.” Monty frowned, he couldn’t lose another crew member. Especially not Vic. “I ain’t askin’ her to leave.”
“Maybe ya should tell her that ‘stead of lettin’ her think otherwise.”
Kaylee leant back against Jayne’s shoulder and watched her friend think on what she’d said. She was delighted when the moment they got back to Serenity, Monty headed straight for the infirmary.
“Satisfied meimei?” The captain queried.
“With what?” Kaylee smiled at him innocently.
“With your meddling.”
“They was too stubborn to talk to each other Captain. I just pushed things along a mite.” Kaylee bounced along beside them, her old mischievous expression back.
******************
“Guess I got ya to thank for Monty talkin’ to me?” Vic tried to frown as Kaylee came through the door of the passenger quarters.
“Did he talk good? Did ya tell him what ya feel for him?” Kaylee asked in excitement sitting down next to River and Zoë.
“Yeah he talked good, asked me to stay.”
“Is that all?”
“No.” Vic stopped teasin’ and grinned at her. “He kissed me and I kissed him back.”
“Anythin’ else?”
“He asked me to share his bunk.”
Kaylee leant forward and knowing that the few words hid lots of feelin’, hugged the mercenary tight. “I’m real happy for ya.”
A romance,” River clapped her hands. “Now what about the other?”
All three women looked at Kaylee who blushed and said nothing.
“You’ve been in his bunk every night since you came back.” Zoe prodded.
“We ain’t sexed each other yet.”
“You haven’t?”
Kaylee grinned at the astonished faces in front of her. “Nope. But I’ve made up my mind. I want that man real bad and I’m goin’ to tell him so.”
“Even though he could get hurt and you might lose him?” Zoe remembered their last conversation.
“Don’t care ‘bout that.” Kaylee shook her head. “Well I do - and it scares me. But crashin’ made me realise that missin’ out on bein’ happy just cause I’m scared is pretty dumb. I know he’s done bad things and is more than a mite wild sometimes, but I don’t care. I need him and he needs me.”
“Ya gonna tell him that?” Vic asked.
“Gonna show him first. Jayne ain’t big on words.” Kaylee stood up and smiled at her friends. “If we don’t make it to breakfast will ya cover for us?”
Zoë nodded. “I’ll even make Wash tone the teasin’ down some.”
“Senseless kissing could lead to many satisfying conclusions for both parties.” River pushed her friend gently out the door.
Kaylee giggled and headed straight for Jayne’s bunk.
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Date: 2006-09-06 03:32 pm (UTC)I love that last little exchange - with Zoe prodding and River - OH how I adore River! That's right, Kaylee - hunt him down and don't come up until... well. Heh heh.
And Jayne with such restraint - his patience is going to pay off. *giggles*
Wonderful! Love it!
(And can I tell you how cool it is that you are making all these chapters from lyric prompts? It all flows together so smoothly. Love it!)
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Date: 2006-09-07 03:16 am (UTC)I love the girl talk and River's little contributions. Now on to the hard part - the kissing and sexing, you're right Jayne deserves it. I can imagine it, but it's hard to write!!
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Date: 2006-09-06 04:18 pm (UTC)my single favorite sentence of the entire series. There's just something so...intimate and beautiful about the picture it makes! You, my friend, are brilliant!!
Gonna show him first. Jayne ain’t big on words
[deafening cheer]
Love it! Just went back and read all the chapters I missed, and I absolutely love this tale:)
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Date: 2006-09-07 11:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-06 05:25 pm (UTC)I loved this line! Hee, Jayne is so observant. *G*
Nice chapter here, now I wanna read about some senseless kissing!
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Date: 2006-09-07 03:11 am (UTC)Well before that I think I should write my chapter of the kitten fic - don't you? *grins*
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Date: 2006-09-06 06:42 pm (UTC)And Kaylee's little discussion of things with the girls, deciding to make a move on Jayne.
Bring on the next part, where they both find out they fancy teh pants off each other!!
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Date: 2006-09-07 11:58 am (UTC)Yep fancying the pants of each other is just what I've got to write! *gulp*
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Date: 2006-09-06 11:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-07 11:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-09-07 04:12 am (UTC)Hmmm.... another lyric challenge... hmmm... I am in a Lifehouse mood these days, so take or leave as you desire: You and Me
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Date: 2006-09-07 12:02 pm (UTC)Isn't Jayne just mmmmmmm? I wish I had one....
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Date: 2006-09-07 04:49 am (UTC)Get the feeling she might have to use some words though, seeing as how Jayne says he isn't going to touch her without express permission.
Unless she's able to ruin his restraint somehow...
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Date: 2006-09-07 12:03 pm (UTC)I'll have to find a way for Kaylee to ruin his restraint....She might have to use a couple of words I guess.
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Date: 2006-09-07 12:03 pm (UTC)Oh, and as for this one, Squeee for Vic and Monty. I loved Monty and was always sad for him when he got suckered by Saffron. He deserves someone much better. And now he has her.