"In The Black", Jayne POV - BDM spoilers

Be kind, this is my first EVER 'Firefly' fanfic :) *SQUEE* I've attached the dustjacket I made for the story. Enjoy! ~Cassie

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Title: In The Black
Author: Cassie
E-mail: foxytime@gmail.com
Date: October 6, 2005

Rating: PG-13
Category: Jayne/Kaylee

Beta: Kristi

Spoilers: "Serenity" – The BDM, general spoilers from the "Firefly" series,
nothing that'll stand out too much.


Note: This is my first ever "Firefly" fanfic. Jayne'n'Kaylee are my favorite
characters on the show, and well… I just in this past year really got into
the Jaylee relationship :) Now it's one of my favorite things about re-
watching the episodes.

Summary: Jayne's reflection.

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It ain't like me to give a rut about others.

It ain't like me to feel this way about her.

I should have been payin' more attention to them Reavers as they
attacked me and my crew… Mal's crew. I just couldn't keep myself from
watchin' out for her.

So many times I've seen her in the past. Handlin' guns in the way I'd try
to work on the guts of Serenity. I saw the Reaver to her high left, and I
told her where to aim and shoot. She listened to me. Saved her life.

I'm her protector, though she don't know it. I'd do anything to make sure
she be all right out here in the black. I act tough and mean, and hell I've
even made not so shiny comments about her, but that don't mean that I
don't feel the same loneliness she feels. I made those comments out of
my jealousy of her obvious attraction to the doctor. I don't mean to hurt
her feelings.

I've been on this boat for a long time now, and I know that these people
don't always take me seriously. Kaylee's the only one that spends time
with me. Not because she has to, but because she wants to.

I like to think of this crew as a family, perhaps even my own, but when I
look back on it, I only ever am with them when we got chow, or when we
got to meet to make plans for a job.

But with Kaylee… Kaylee, I think, sees me for the man that I try to hide
from the others. That's why she's most likely to be with me when it ain't
because she gotta. S'what makes her so sweet.

Not to be crude. Ok… to be crude, but without meanin' no disrespect, I
think if she only got over the doctor and figure out my feelin's for her, she
won't have to resort to batteries to twix her neathers, I'd be there to do
that for her, but there's no ruttin' way I go about it as fast as the doctor
did. That just ain't right. Takin' advantage of her like he did after we
almost got killed by 'em Reavers.

Of course she likes things polished and pretty, and I ain't either of those
things. So for now, lonely… out here in the black… I'll be in my bunk.

END

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Pretty darn good if I do not say so myself. The only thing I dont get why everyone thinks Jayne likes Kaylee, I see it maybe a little but not as much as everyone else.

PS really like the pic that goes with it really shiny.

Thank you :)

I only recently realized the whole Jayne/Kaylee thing (took me long enough LOL) It's the subtle things that happen between Jayne and Kaylee that make me see this 'ship. I think it's obvious on Jayne's part, and Kaylee hasn't really thought about it - which is part of the allure for me, she has yet to realize her feelings for him :wub:

~Cassie

First off...that is your first ever firefly fanfic foxytime? Wow...very nice in 'catching' Jayne. His voice was there, no doubt. Secondly..I can see the Jayne/Kaylee thing but I think a Jayne/River thing would be even more interesting. Just the way *Movie spoiler:highlight to read without giving your eyesballs ickies!* He rushes over to River when she is having her Reaver vision during the heist, and although he makes lots of comments about how crazy she is, and the scene where he is going to put her in one of the shuttles during the movie, I think he could just be dealing with strong emotions the best way he knows how... Anyways, that's just me and my Op.

Trinity :banana:

I've been trying to be able to get into the Rayne thing, but for some reason it doesn't want me. I can see where Rayne fans are coming from though. "Serenity" actually convinced me of Mal/River :blink: I know, strange. But I think once River got older that she and Mal could have an interesting relationship. I also like Jayne/Inara, recently got into that one over on LiveJournal. I can pretty much 'ship any of the characters with any of the other characters on the show, heck I can even see where those Simon/River fans are coming from (what do they call themselves... CSI, Crazy Space Incest?).

This is my one and only "Firefly" fanfic thus far, and it was so different to write. I typically only write fic for "The X-Files". Capturing Jayne's voice was the challenge of the fic, and difficult, and probably the reason I don't write much "Firefly" fic, it's difficult.

Thanks for your comments!

~Cassie