Serenity was due to land back on Persephone in five hours and River was anxious. She had arranged a secret meeting with Jayne for later on during the day. She shivered slightly, remembering the way she had kissed and touched her on her birthday. She recovered a bit and spoke into the com.

"We should hit atmo in five hours, Captain."

"That's good lil Albatross, breakfast is in ten minutes, so get in here."

River smiled and made sure everything would be alright while she was eating before getting out of her seat and running gracefully to the galley. She grinned as she saw Kaylee and her brother enter the room on time.

"Woke up early this morning. Finished in time to eat with the crew." Simon rolled his eyes while Kaylee giggled. They sat down beside River and started serving themselves.

Mal noticed Jayne putting a particularly large portion of food on his plate. "Jayne, there any reason why you're eating more than the rest of us get?" Jayne glanced quickly at River before responding, sending a chill down her spine.

"Gotta bulk up on energy. Got a lot o' hard work ahead of me today."

"Jayne, you're not hittin' planet side when we land. In fact, I recall you specifically requesting to stay on ship. So, I'm not certain as to what kind of work you're to be doin'."

Kaylee grinned before Jayne could answer. "Oh, Cap'n, Jayne's prolly gonna be workin' all kinds of furious alone in his bunk."

The entire crew laughed heartily, except Jayne who just smirked, and River who was looking at him with a secret smile on her face.

"Good job, lil Kaylee. 'Bout time someone was as crude to Jayne as he is to us." Mal raised his chopsticks in a salute to Kaylee before finishing what was left on his plate.

Jayne just sneered for a moment before shoveling the rest of his breakfast into his mouth and retreating to his bunk.

*****

River waited until she saw Kaylee and Simon close the door to the shower room. Then, as silently as she could, she slipped into the infirmary. She opened the appropriate drawer and pulled out one vial of contraceptive and one needle. She looked around before slipping the items into a small hidden pocket in her dress.

She ran quickly to her room and locked the door. She knew exactly how much Simon administered to Inara and the amount he gave Kaylee. Since River was only a bit smaller than Kaylee, River measured roughly the same amount into the needle. She swabbed her upper thigh with some alcohol and winced as she pushed the needle into her leg.

When River finished, she stashed the vial in the small drawer of her nightstand, then went to change clothes. She went to her drawer of under things and found the bra and panty set Inara had gotten her for her birthday. The black lace matched the lace overlay of the dress Inara had given her as well, shimmering with silvery designs.

Since the bra had been made to go under a dress with a fairly low back, instead of having the typical wide straps with clasps, it had two thin strings of black fabric on each side. River expertly wrapped the straps around her torso, angling them so that they'd look fashionable crisscrossing above the fabric, while the tie she made would be hidden.

River put the set on, admiring herself in the mirror. She looked like a woman, sexy and adult. She smiled happily then grabbed the corresponding dress and slipped it over her head. The iredescent black and silver lace was accented by the deep purple silk beneath. The hem came up an inch or two above her knee, coming down a little longer in the back with a thin strip of each fabric gracefully trailing behind River when she walked.

She stood in front of the mirror again for a few minutes before leaving her bunk and going to Inara's shuttle, knocking softly on the door. Inara called for River to come in, so she opened the door and stepped inside. Inara's eyes lit up as she looked at River.

"Oh sweetie, the dress looks fabulous on you. Did the bra set fit you alright?"

"Yes, I'm wearing it right now. I need to ask you two favors."

"Let me guess, one of them is to do your hair?" Inara smiled happily as River grinned and nodded. "Of course, dear. What's your other request?"

River got a little nervous and started shifting on her feet. "I would like to borrow some blankets and a few pillows."

"You need new bedding, sweetie?"

River fidgeted even more. "No, I need to put down some bedding in the spare shuttle for the day."

Inara looked curiously at River. "Would this have something to do with why Jayne was eating so much this morning?"

River tried not to blush as she nodded, smiling fiercely. Inara put her hands on River's arms and encouraged her to sit down next to her.

"River, sweetie, what brought this on?"

"I told you he'd get me a present. He bought me a real nice dagger, but what he gave me after was even better." Inara gasped.

"You had sex?"

"No. We kissed. He couldn't stop kissing me. Wanted to go further, but I told him if we did, I'd make him stay in my bunk to sleep. Didn't want Simon to try to hurt him in the morning."

"So, I'm assuming you planned a little rendezvous in the shuttle while Simon and Kaylee are on Persephone?" River nodded and looked down at her lap, trying not to pick at her nails from her embarrassment and nervousness.

Inara tilted River's chin up to look her in the eye. "River, are you sure about doing this?"

River just nodded her head with all the confidence she had. She wanted this more than anything. To feel Jayne's skin on hers.

"You're aware that this is Jayne, right? There is always a chance that he may just want--"

"Doesn't kiss 'em on the mouth, but he kissed me. Doesn't buy presents, but he bought one to protect me. Thinks about me always. He never says it, but my name is on his lips." River tugged a strand of her own hair. "Even if he doesn't know it, it's there. He feels something."

Inara nodded gently and went to her storage trunk, taking out some blankets and spare pillows. She sat them next to River on the bed, then went into her dresser, opening a hidden drawer, and got something else out. She handed the small bottle to River, closing her fingers around it.

"Bring this with you. It may make things easier. Jayne will know what it's for."

"Lubricant. Makes parts slide easier." River held the small glass bottle reverently. She grabbed all the blankets and pillows, thanking Inara before running as silently as she could to the spare shuttle.

*****

"Have you noticed Jayne acting strangely in the last week, Kaylee?" Simon and Kaylee were waiting for the shower to heat up and removing their clothes.

"Jayne always acts strangely, sweetie." She pulled her shirt over her head and tested the water. "Another few seconds and we can go in."

"I mean stranger than usual. He seems... anxious? Especially around my sister." Kaylee rolled her eyes a bit, pulling Simon into the shower stall before answering.

"Well the fact that Jayne still thinks River can kill him with her brain might have something to do with it. Also that funny thing where she knocked him out on Beaumonde." Kaylee grinned and tilted her head back, letting the water run over her hair and splash down her chest and belly.

Simon started hardening watching Kaylee's body glisten with water, making it harder to concentrate on the conversation. "I guess you're right, baobei." He slid his hands up Kaylee's stomach, interrupting the flow of water on her skin.

Kaylee moaned softly, enjoying his touch as his hands moved slowly up to cup her breasts. Her wet hair fell behind her like a waterfall, her head still held back. Her own hands moved to run up Simon's strong arms, pulling her closer to his body.

"You're so beautiful, Kaylee." Simon just stared at her body, lingering at his favorite spots. The angle of her neck, the sloping swell of her breasts. The delicate curve of her stomach, leading to the apex between her thighs. His thumbs brushed delicately over Kaylee's hardened nipples, eliciting a gasp from her lips.

Kaylee took a shaky breath and pressed herself up against Simon's still relatively dry body. The heated water flowing down the valley between her breasts splashed against Simon's skin, thin rivulets sliding down to his fully hardened length.

Simon moaned at the sensation, instinctively pressing his erection against Kaylee. He slipped against her folds, feeling the already slick wetness there. Simon gently pushed Kaylee against the wall, lifting her hips so the tip of his hardness was angled at her opening.

Before Kaylee could respond to her position, Simon thrust himself fully into her. Her eyes fluttered shut and she moaned loudly, her hips rolling up at Simon instinctively.

Simon groaned, using his free hand to hold himself steady against the wall, the other hand still holding the curve of Kaylee's backside. He started thrusting deeply, taking time to savor the feeling of her muscles rippling over his length with every outward pull.

"Oh, Simon. That's real good... like that." Kaylee's eyes were closed, the lids fluttering with each movement of him within her. She brought her hands to rest on his shoulder blades, her short nails digging slightly into the skin. The water pouring from the showerhead spilled between their bodies, the torrent hitting the hardened bundle of nerves there.

Simon's pace kept steadily increasing, the knowledge that Kaylee was being fully pleasured driving his own passion forward. He leaned in to kiss and nip the sensitive skin at her neck, whispering hoarsely into her ear.

"Wo de baobei. Ni you meili." Simon bit into Kaylee's neck gently, punctuating his last word. He could feel her getting tighter around him, making him take in a raspy breath.

Kaylee keened, her back arching as her orgasm came suddenly. She bit her lip to keep from crying out as the release came over her, holding onto Simon to keep her balance.

Simon gasped as his own climax burst from him, spilling into Kaylee's core in short, hot bursts. As Simon came down from his euphoria, he suddenly jerked out of the water's now frigid path. He quickly turned off the spray, still holding Kaylee tight.

"Water got too cold for ya, honey?" Kaylee grinned up at him, giggling a little.

"Yes. Very cold." Simon was shaking a little. Half from the cold, and half from the intense orgasm he'd just experienced.

Kaylee carefully slipped Simon out of her so she could retrieve the towels for them to dry off with. They dried off quickly, trying to avoid the cool breeze that circulated the shower room.

As they got dressed, Kaylee looked up at Simon. "So what are we doin' when we hit planetside?"

Simon grinned. "It's a surprise."

*****

Jayne was in his bunk, watching the timepiece he kept on the table at the foot of his bed. They were landing outside the city on Persephone in about an hour, and an hour after that, he was supposed to meet River in the spare shuttle. Jayne was getting anxious. He was as hard as a rock, even though he was concerned that the moonbrained girl was going to change her mind at the last minute.

Finally Jayne grunted and got up, tired of just waiting around in his bunk. He climbed up the ladder and shut the door, walking toward the cargo bay. He stopped as he thought he'd seen small, bare feet run into the spare shuttle, trailed by iridescent fabric. Jayne just shook his head, going to the galley for some food.

Kaylee and the doc were sitting at the table, eating a little and talking among themselves. Jayne sneered a bit at the dopey way they were lookin' at each other. Made a man nauseous to see another man so gorram whipped by a woman.

"Gorrammit, don't you two ever get sick of each other?" Jayne sat down after getting a small protein bar to eat.

Kaylee just stuck her tongue out at Jayne. "Nope, we just get sick a' you shootin' your mouth off 'cause you're jealous." Kaylee grinned and kissed Simon gently, returning to their conversation.

Jayne grunted a little "Jealous my ass. I don't need that kinda thing."

"You'll get it soon." Jayne jumped out of his skin at River's voice. He turned around and suddenly realized he was so painfully hard he might burst his pants. She looked so nice. That dress Inara had given her fit like it was made for her specifically. It was only a few inches shorter than the rest of her dresses, but that creamy skin that was exposed now above the knee was going to drive Jayne crazy.

He did what he could to send thoughts to River, trying to tell her she had to get out of the room before he laid her out on the very table he was sitting at. River just gave him a cocksure smile and walked behind him, just close enough for the fabric of her dress to brush across the back of his shirt. He bit hard into his protein bar to keep from groaning as River walked in front of him and turned around to grab a small bowl.

The back of her dress came so low it maybe covered one third of her lower back. He wasn't sure where the laces that crisscrossed above the fabric led to, but he definitely wanted to find out.

River was grinning as she felt Jayne's eyes on her back. She took her time reaching for the bowl she needed, enjoying the way his gaze lingered on every bit of exposed skin. She finally turned around, censoring her grin as she did so. She had to bite her lip a bit to keep from giggling at Jayne's eyes jerked violently away from her to the protein bar he had in his hands.

Simon and Kaylee stood up, Kaylee going to rinse their bowls in the sink while Simon came up to his sister.

"Mei mei, are you going to be alright while Kaylee and I are out planetside?" Simon had to admit he was a little concerned that Jayne and River might try to kill each other if left alone together too long.

River just rolled her eyes. "I'll be fine, Simon. He won't kill me." She patted her older brother on the head as though he was a small child. "Go get dressed for your day out with Kaylee."

*****

River watched the crew leave together on the mule. Mal promised to drop Kaylee and Simon at a lake nearby the farmers' market owned by the farmer they did business with. The crew would be gone for five hours at the least.

After she shut the door of the cargo bay, River ran up to the spare shuttle to make sure everything was exactly as she had planned. The blankets were piled high in the middle of the floor, making enough cushion to protect Jayne and herself from the hard, cold metal. The pillows were set up at one end while along the sides River had set up candles she had convinced Inara to let her borrow.

River walked over to them now, using matches to light them carefully. Once she was completely satisfied with the way the shuttle looked, she walked back out, determined to find something to keep her occupied for the next forty-five minutes.

"Gorram moonbrain. I must be just as crazy as she is." Jayne was pacing back and forth in his bunk. He'd already gotten himself off twice in the last three hours, and he was still rock hard and anxious.

He wanted her. Badly. But something inside of him kept nagging about how having her was going to be his undoing. Jayne wasn't sure what that meant, necessarily, just that it was a bad idea. Unfortunately, Jayne was not blessed with an over-abundance of brains, so his body was going to win this fight.

Jayne checked his timepiece again. Half an hour. "Aww, hell. If she wants it, she's gonna have to get it a little early." He got out of his bunk and marched right over to the spare shuttle, where he found River already standing outside the door. She shook her head gently, smiling.

"Knew you couldn't wait. Me either."

As she opened the door, Jayne stopped her a second. "Now listen here, little one. I know you ain't done this before, and I ain't wanna hurt ya, but if you've got your doubts, you tell me now. 'Cause once I'm in that room with ya, I ain't gonna be able to stop myself."

"No turning back." River ran her fingertips along the taut muscles in Jayne's upper arm, making him shiver. "If I don't have you now, you'll disappear. Never have the chance again."

Instead of truly answering Jayne's question verbally, she turned her back to him and entered the shuttle, knowing he'd follow after a few moments. Jayne was taken aback with what she'd done with the shuttle. It was like a miniature version of Inara's, only without that weird "incense" smell he couldn't stand.

River walked over to Jayne, bending down to untie his boots. He leaned against the now closed door as he lifted one foot out of the boots at a time. River took his hand and led him to the lush pile of blankets, letting her fingers trail over his arms again.

"Knew you'd like it." She smiled up at Jayne, taking him aback once more with how innocent she truly was. She may be a crazy-assed reader, but she was still a girl. A virgin who had spent her sexual bloom inside a horrible Alliance torture facility. And she had chosen him of all people to be her first rut.

"Hell with this..." Jayne leaned in to kiss her, mumbling against her lips before he found full contact. "What'd Shephard Book say about the Special Hell..?" He slid his rough fingers through River's silken hair, enjoying her soft moan as he deepened the kiss.

River could feel the intimacy of the act they were going to perform. The energy and passion was already burning through her system, making her knees weak and her breathing heavy. She wrapped her arms around Jayne's neck and kissed him back, bringing her tongue to his lips just as he thought to do the same. He tasted like fire and pleasurable pain, making River shiver delicately in his arms.

Jayne released River's hair and used his hands to slip the straps from her dress down her shoulders, letting the silk and lace start to fall down her body. He slipped his hand under the bottom of the skirt to catch the fabric, finding a strap around River's thigh. He broke the kiss to look at her curiously as he allowed the dress to puddle around her feet.

Jayne's eyes wandered down, lingering at her small breasts covered in that sheer, black and silver lace before finally making his way to her thigh. He saw the dagger he'd given her for her birthday strapped to her graceful leg, causing his length to swell further within his pants.

"Gorrammit, that's the sexiest thing I ever seen." He laid River down and slid down her body, watching her reaction carefully as he licked from her knee along her inner thigh until he hit the strap. River watched Jayne, her curiosity fading with the intense pleasure that came from his warm, wet tongue. He moved just above the dagger strap, sucking the skin there gently as he unfastened the thing and set it aside.

After he had gotten the dagger a safe distance from where River could reach in case she freaked out, Jayne kissed his way up her body, the coarse stubble on his face scratching exquisitely over River's skin. All she could do was moan as his lips trailed fire to the valley between her breasts. Jayne lifted her a little, feeling the thin leather straps crisscrossing over her back.

He looked up at her and grinned. "'Shame to take such pretty frippery off." Jayne slowly tugged the ends loose, letting his fingers slip under the now slack laces. He used his other hand to pull the bra from River's body, licking his lips at the sight of her small, pert breasts.

Jayne covered the left one with his hand, his large fingers splaying over her skin. River was so tiny, but he knew her lithe body held a dangerous strength. He kissed her again, brushing his labor-rough thumb across her nipple, enjoying the way it pebbled immediately under his touch.

River sighed delicately into Jayne's mouth. His hands felt so different from her own. They were wide and rough where hers were thin and soft. She grabbed the back of Jayne's shirt and tugged it upward, giving him a clear signal that she wanted it off. He broke the kiss and pulled the material over his head, tossing it aside before kissing her again.

River spread her hands across his broad chest, feeling the fine hair that was peppered over his heated skin. She pushed her own bare skin up against his, making both of them moan happily at the contact. River's hands slid lower, finding the fastenings of his pants. She deftly undid them fast enough that even Jayne was surprised. He pulled his legs out from inside the confines of his pants, leaving his boxers on for the time being.

River broke the kiss gently, looking up at him with passion darkened eyes. "Can't turn back anymore. Can't forget this." She grabbed the bottle of lubrication Inara gave her from under the pillow and handed it to Jayne. He looked at it before looking back at her, watching her lay back gently.

"Not yet, little one. Gotta get ya ready." He blew out the candles to avoid fire hazards before setting the lubricant aside.

River cocked her head to the side a bit. "I am ready. I know what I'm doing. I want this." She stopped talking as Jayne chuckled lightly, pulling her panties off.

"That ain't what I meant, girl." He watched River carefully as he slid one finger into her boiling heat. She cried out a little, arching her back. "Gotta get your body ready." He slid his finger slowly and roughly in and out of her, her sweet cries hardening him to the point where his cock slipped out of the slit in his boxers.

River caught a glimpse of Jayne's thick erection, gasping a bit. He hadn't looked that big from inside his pants. Now she wasn't sure if she would be able to get it inside of her.

River was already fairly wet, her liquid heat slicking his finger. After a few moments he ventured a second finger inside her entrance, making her shout again. She was so pretty, lost in her pleasure, making it difficult for Jayne to wait. He leaned down, kissing directly on her swollen clit. She writhed under his ministrations, which only brought a grin to his face as he sucked in the tight bundle of nerves. Jayne's fingers still worked within her, drawing out her pleasure.

It was almost too much. River felt herself unraveling under Jayne's mouth and fingers, an orgasm splintering throughout her body in a dizzying rush. She screamed, her whole body tensing. Jayne grinned devilishly, lapping up the taste of her release as it rushed from her spasming entrance. She tasted like sugar and lemons, and he made sure not to let a single drop spill.

Once she came down from her climax, Jayne pulled his boxers off, grabbing the lubricant. He poured just a few drops in his hand, slicking it over his cock a few times before crawling over River's shivering body. He looked into her eyes for any sign of fear.

"If it hurts, you tell me, 'n I'll slow down." River nodded as she felt Jayne position the tip at her slippery core. He gritted his teeth as he slowly slid just the head into her. River's breath caught in her throat, making her gasp instead of cry out. Jayne stayed there a moment before slipping another inch of himself within her.

Another inch and Jayne felt the blocking of River's maidenhead. He groaned as he found it harder to hold back. He looked at her carefully, his voice hoarse as he spoke. "You know what this is right?" River nodded.

"Makes me a virgin. It's going to hurt. Don't want to be a virgin anymore." She braced her hands on his strong upper arms. "Break it." Jayne nodded and thrust through the thin membrane. River screamed and scrunched her eyes shut at the pain, small tears forming in the corners of her eyes.

Jayne grunted, panting a bit as his full length was swallowed by her tight heat. He stayed there awhile, not only so she could adjust to his girth, but so that he didn't burst at the first movement. Her strength was greater in her inner muscles than in her arms or legs, and her scalding, wet walls gripped him tighter than he could have ever imagined.

River was left panting as she recovered, her back arched. Her nails dug into Jayne's arms at the sensation of being filled. She was being stretched to her limit, and with the pain now subsided, that stretching was giving her a pleasure she could not fathom. Her hips rolled up instinctually, causing Jayne to hiss in a breath.

"River... Damnit hold still for a minute." Her movements almost blinded him with tight, painful pleasure. He heard River giggle softly as she moved her hips again.

"You said my name. Won't be the last time."

Jayne let out a raspy breath, starting to move in and out in short strokes. River mewled under him, her hips moving with his. Seeing the pleasure pass over her face, Jayne got bolder, taking longer strokes, sliding out almost completely before pushing back in to the hilt.

He was not gentle, and truly River had not expected him to be. Everything about this man was rough, from the stubble on his face to the way he spoke. He was not a refined man, but that wasn't what River needed. She needed someone to give her as much passion as she felt daily. And there was no one more lustful and willing to take what he wanted than Jayne.

Jayne had been with so many women in his past, but he never expected someone like River. She felt like silk and warm honey, her pale skin soft against his own. As crazy as she was, being with her like this now was grounding him. He felt sturdy, strong. He was spellbound by the exquisite resistance her tight entrance gave to the way he drove, hard and slow within her. The sweet sounds she made only made him want to thrust faster.

River gasped suddenly, tightening almost painfully around Jayne, making him grunt. She was so close, but she didn't know how to tell him. She could only moan and writhe under him more. He seemed to get the hint though as he sped up his movements, leaning in close to whisper gruffly in her ear.

"That's it, girl, Let it go... Cum." The angle of his body over hers made the bristly hair above his length brush across her clit. River let out a piercing scream, the orgasm rushing over her harder than anything she'd felt before.

Jayne howled with River, her muscles painfully tearing his own release from him. He spurt hotly into her core, his whole body convulsing.

As they came down, they both lay there, panting raspily, their bodies slick with sweat. After several minutes, Jayne rolled off her, finding his shirt to wipe the fluids and small amount of blood from his softening length. He looked over at River, noticing the flow of his seed dripping from her. He wiped her off carefully, causing shivers to run down River's spine.

"You're gonna have to wash 'Nara's sheets 'fore ya give 'em back to her. Got my gunk all over 'em." He grinned at her, feeling very pleased with the fact that he'd gotten to blow his load on Inara's fine things, albeit in an entirely different way than he'd imagined when he'd first seen Inara on the ship.

River sat up and rolled her eyes, feeling more spill out from her. "You're a boob." She stood up, her thighs sticky from their combined release. She found her bra and put it back on quickly, slipping her dress over it.

Jayne leered a little. "Ain't you forgettin' somethin'?" He held up her panties before getting up to put his pants and boxers on.

"Never worn them before, don't want them to get stained."

"They're black, Crazy, ain't nothin' gonna stain 'em but bleach." Jayne had his boxers on, pulling one leg into his pants as he spoke.

"You get to do the laundry before they get back." River grinned as she left the shuttle before he could argue, carrying out her panties hanging from her dagger.

*****

Jayne grumbled as he shoved the blankets in the washer. He added detergent and ran the water on cold so the colors wouldn't bleed. Gave that gorram girl a right good ruttin' and she makes him do the clean up.

He left the room and found River right outside his bunk, wearing a different dress. It was an old deep green one that she had apparently torn so that it came only a couple inches down from her crotch. Jayne was instantly hard.

Jayne pushed River up against the wall next to his bunk, kissing her roughly. River moaned loudly, shivering as he broke the kiss.

"I don't know what in the hell your little brain is up to, Crazy, but damn, you're askin' for it."

"They're going to be late. Been gone two and a half hours, won't be back for five more."

Jayne almost growled at the prospect. He slid his hands up her skirt, finding that she still had no underwear on. He kissed her again, more roughly this time, as he thrust two fingers into her already dripping entrance.

River keened against his lips, her hips snapping up against his thrusting fingers. She held onto Jayne's neck with one hand, using the other to undo his pants. Jayne pulled his already pulsing length from his boxers and thrust himself into her wet heat.

River cried out, tightening around him immediately. He felt so good inside her, almost as if her body had erased the sense memory of the way he felt an hour before. Jayne wasn't slow this time. Instead he thrust hard within her, causing a deep, pleasurable pain to course through her entire body. Every piercing thrust tore a shout from River's throat.

Jayne grunted repeatedly, his sensitive cock already begging for release. His hands gripped River's backside tightly as he started thrusting faster. He buried his head in the arch of River's neck

"Ain't gonna last." His voice was harsh, his breath prickling the hairs on her neck. River started panting, her whole body moving with him.

"Just do it. Need it to make me burst." Her eyes were scrunched closed, her lips dry from gasping with her mouth open. Jayne watched River lick her lips and he was gone. Her words and the sight of her tongue sliding over her mouth made him throw his head back as he pistoned in and out of her erratically, spilling himself inside her again.

River screamed one more time, his violent thrusting pushing her over the edge. She felt his seed and her own release flood through her, making her inner muscles clamp down around his pulsing length.

"Fa kuang nu hai ni ta ma de." Jayne rested his head against the wall, still buried in River's core. She was panting, her hips rolling up still as she rode out the last waves of pleasure.

"Your bunk, tonight, 2200." River slid Jayne out of her then slipped back down on shaky legs. She walked straight to the shower room to clean herself off, leaving Jayne in a great stupor.

*****

"Mmm, I could eat those strawberries for weeks, Simon." Kaylee stepped off the mule and walked off toward their bunk, a dreamy smile on her face.

"Glad I bought over a pound of them then." Simon grinned and followed her in, carrying said strawberries (already almost half eaten).

Mal shook his head. "I believe those two were sexin' in a very public park. I should be embarrassed." He and Zoe gathered up their pay and the rest of the produce they purchased.

"Yes, Sir, I believe embarrassment would be appropriate. Although I believe River has embarrassed you enough with stories of Kaylee and Simon's sex life already. I don't think you could be surprised by it anymore."

River stepped out of the cockpit, wearing the dress she'd had on when everyone left. Her face was a little flushed, her hair messy and tangled. She saw Inara alone in the cargo bay.

"Your blankets are in the drier."

"Thank you, sweetie. I'll retrieve them in a little while."

Jayne strode out of the cockpit behind River, leaning in close to grab her ass unnoticed before walking off to his bunk, leering at Inara.

River walked down to Inara, beckoning her to lean down so she could whisper. "Everything went well. Can we talk about it before dinner?" Inara nodded, handing River a small basket of blackberries and a bottle of coconut milk.

"Those are for you. Simon told me they were your favorites. I think we should be able to talk around an hour before dinner is served."

Mal walked back into the cargo bay to make sure he'd gotten everything out of the mule when he saw River.

"Albatross, why you all mussed up? Were you nappin' in the pilot seat again? I told you, ya gotta be alert when you're in that chair." He shook his head and took the last few loaves of bread to the galley with the rest of the food.

River giggled a bit and ran off to her bunk to brush her hair out.

*****

"Mmm..." Kaylee was laying back on her and Simon's bed. She had taken her clothes off and laid down with the basket of strawberries between her and Simon, who was also naked. She had just eaten about her fiftieth strawberry of the day, still savoring it slowly as though it was her first and last.

Simon was just staring at Kaylee, enjoying the look of her lips wrapped around the berry, the juice that spilled down her chin. He leaned over and licked the trail of it up to her lips, kissing her soundly. Through the sweet taste of strawberry he could still taste himself on her tongue from earlier in the park. He moaned softly, licking the salty-sweet flavor off every surface of her mouth.

Kaylee moaned back, putting the stem from the strawberry back into the basket as she leaned in to deepen the kiss. Even with how hot the sexin' he gave her in the park had been, she was still burning for more of him. Simon broke the kiss and placed the strawberries on his nightstand, next to the dimensional image she'd given him of them sleeping in the common area.

Kaylee climbed ontop of Simon, straddling him. She ground her wet folds against his hard length, moaning softly as she leaned in to kiss him. He wrapped his arms around Kaylee's waist, grinding up at her as well, kissing her deeply. Their bodies ground together so hard that the head of his erection popped into Kaylee's core without warning, causing them both to groan happily.

Simon pushed the rest of the way into Kaylee, moaning breathily. He mumbled her name against her lips, gasping a bit as Kaylee started up a rhythm, rolling her hips repeatedly. Simon moved his hands to her hips to help guide Kaylee's movements, making her cry out a bit.

"God, Kaylee... You feel good." Simon shuddered a little, trying to stall his building orgasm. Kaylee moaned, moving a little harder against him.

"Mhmm... Ohh, Simon!" She cried out his name as his pelvic bone hit her clit, causing a shock of pleasure to burst through her body. She started moving faster, suddenly needing the orgasm she felt within the pit of her stomach. Simon responded in kind, moving her hips more roughly, groaning as he felt his own release splinter. Another thrust and both of them cried out, spilling over the edge.

Kaylee collapsed on top of Simon, feeling the last few spurts of his heat fill her. He rolled her off him gently, making her whimper as his softening length slipped out of her. Simon silenced Kaylee with a gentle kiss as he reached for a strawberry. He watched Kaylee as she licked her lips, then brought it down to her opening, using the tip of the berry to catch the mix of their fluids that dripped from her folds.

Simon brought the strawberry to Kaylee's lips, a drop of the warm liquid dripping into the small space between her lips. She moaned happily and opened her mouth more, welcoming the sweet fruit and the warmth it was covered in. Kaylee bit into it, the salty sweetness exploding in her mouth. Simon bent to kiss her, enjoying the flavor as well.

Kaylee broke the kiss and swallowed the small piece of berry still in her mouth.

"Damn... And I thought strawberries were sexy before I met ya!"

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Wo de baobei. Ni you meili. - My sweetheart. You are beautiful.

Fa kuang nu hai ni ta ma de. - Crazy girl, you fucked me blind.