F: A Distinct Lack of Privacy

[edenbound]

Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Mal/Jayne/Simon, Wash/Zoe
Warnings: None
Rating: PG13
Summary: Mal and Jayne corner Simon. Wash and Zoe observe. For keire_ke on fic_on_demand.


"Whoa there, doc. Where's the emergency?"

Simon blinked and carefully stepped back. "Sorry, captain, I... I was just going to see how River is."

"Oh. I see."

Mal didn't move. Simon wondered for a moment if he hadn't taken the hint. He also wondered if he was starting to blush. He took another careful step back, ready to go in the other direction if Mal didn't move. Mal's hands on his shoulders stopped him for a moment.

"Everything okay, doc?"

"Fine, fine, just... I'm going to go check on River in a minute."

He pulled away from Mal's hands and turned to go in the other direction, staring at the floor and trying to will the heat in his cheeks away. Stupid, stupid, stupid, he told himself. Mal was probably just --

"Hey, watch it! Someone needin' urgent brain fixing round here?"

"Not unless someone has a transplant ready for you."

"Hey, Simon, that's not nice."

Simon realised all of a sudden that he was trapped between the two of them. Sort of trapped. Cornered, anyway. Unintentionally, he was sure, but still...

After a moment, he carefully tried to sidestep them, but they didn't seem to be taking the not so subtle hint to get out of his way. He would've concluded that Jayne was doing it to annoy him, but most of the time, Mal wasn't like that. Usually when Mal did something like this, it was a mite more serious. "Uh... I should be with River right now. I said I'd... spend some time with her, you know."

"Inara's looking after River... she's just fine without you for a while."

"Um, wh... okay. Still, do you mind...?"

Jayne and Mal exchanged glances. Both stepped closer to him. Simon looked from one to the other, feeling more than a little vaguely uneasy. He was just about to comment on the feeling when Mal pulled him close. He had about a second to digest that thought before he was thoroughly kissed.

Some time later, Wash walked through the kitchen area, looking a little stunned. More than a little stunned, even. "Zoe?"

"Yeah?"

"Is it just me... or are the captain and Jayne molesting Simon in a rather not private place?"

"I haven't seen them. Why?"

He waved a hand at the door he just went through. "Go look, so you can tell me I'm not going mad."

Zoe raised an eyebrow and went. A few minutes later she came back, sat down at the table, and finished eating her snack. She didn't say a word. Wash waited a bit and then went up to put his arms around her.

"Well?"

"I'd say you're right. The captain and Jayne are molesting Simon in a rather not private place."

"And?"

"And... maybe we should leave them to it. Or follow their example. With the molesting in a not private place, not the molesting Simon."

"I like that smile."

Comments

[fearedeyepatch.livejournal.com]

"Is it just me... or are the captain and Jayne molesting Simon in a rather not private place?"

And how does Simon react to being molested in a rather not private place I wonder? ^^

Anyway, great fic. Much love and chocolate to you (unless you don't like chocolate, then I'll take it and give you cream puffs or something.)