Update of... Things (YAY RAYNE-MORNING nearly done)

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Non-Story

Okay! So I decided it would be easier to just have a little weekly update of all the story bits and random happenings in real life - so every Wednesday! Yup.

Life Things

• FINALLY got the IZ - and we have plans tomorrow so that should be fun (must have serious discussion with him... bah)
• YAY MADE "A" ON LAB REPORT! HUZZAH!
• BROTHER-OFF THIS WEEKEND! *flails* Oh, deary, that should be FUN. I'll have to be awesome on Noodle's behalf, though. Silly boy...
• need to re-read Hamlet (and, of course, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - whoo)
• need to re-watch Hairspray (bwa ha ha)
• stop letting the winter weather keep me in - I need to be social! I sorta have been...
• tomorrow is story review! *trembles* oh, the tearing apart...
• practice French so Zee shall not outdo me! heh
• FIND OUT WHEN FINALS ARE - AND STUDY, YOU SILLY GIRL!

Fandom Things

• (Chuck)I KNEW Jill was Fulcrum! I knew it! Knew it, knew it, knew it! Poor Chuck... *pets*
• (Bleach)YAY! Whoo! Hinamori came to Hueco Mundo and - or at least it seems - she's totally on Soul Society's side. I want her to get to beat Aizen! YES! Heh. Actually, I think it would freakin' AWESOME if she got to kiss him... and then kill him. BAM. Ooh, want new chapter...
• (How I Met Your Mother) Not liking Season 4 as much as the previous (S2 was my fav so far) - and WHEN will there be more Barney/Robin? Chica needs some brotp...
• (Firefly) I HAS A STORY BANNER! o^^o YAY! It is beautimous and was made by pladbelle_87. It's for The Finish and I am insanely appreciative and honored. Er... That's more "story" than "fandom", though... I think. I don't suppose it really matters. Heh.

Story Things

• Most importantly! Work on "Hairspray" story for lunshea (NEED TO DO THIS SOON!)
• Already Written This Week: Poker (Platonic Jayne and River); Handlers (My Chuck OT3 - Chuck/Sarah/Casey); Whore (post-Mal/Inara); Morgan V. Sandwich Bot (SANDWICH BOT's introduction to the Chuck-verse)
  
• Melly and Jack story for Zee
• Melly and Sandwich Bot drabble, also for Zee
• new prompt: calm at firefly100, so I must squeeze drabbles out for that
• Bit of new Rayne: "What?"
  
  Jayne shook his head quickly. "Nothin'," he told her.
  
  River's eyes narrowed. "Staring. An indication that you desire to speak with me or that I am somehow of interest."
  
  He scowled, panicking a little internally. He'd tried to be surreptitious about it - he hadn't thought she'd notice. "I's just lookin', girl, there ain't no 'of interest' about ya." He sneered and crossed his arms, desperately trying to clear his mind of any and all River-related thought. "You ain't nothin' special."
  
  "I am very special," she corrected coldly, standing up. Jayne's eyes were drawn unconsciously to her hips. "If you lack the capacity to comprehend this, then I cannot be held accountable!" She stormed off, her still-damp hair hanging like a limp curtain behind her.
  
  As soon as she had disappeared, Jayne groaned and sank further down in his seat. He was going to the Special Hell, no doubt about it. She shouldn't be allowed to look so bright and smooth, her shoulders all fresh from showering. She looked so soft, her peachy skin all aglow - it wasn't his fault that the sight of fresh, pretty girl had all his male sensibilites clamoring to attention.
• Teeny, teeny bit of Out of Sight: Jayne blinked. It finally registered - he was looking around the room; he was looking around the room! There was still a thin cloud over his eyes, but he could finally see. He sat up in bed, greedily taking in every detail of the dingy room.
  
  The walls were wooden, painted a pale blue-grey. Two framed prints hung on either side of the heavy, closed door and the carpet was a pale cream, stained and warm. The light was off, so he couldn't make out much more than that.
• RAYNE! NEW! "Morning" Story Full Chap(maybe): Jayne stumbled up out of his bunk, his head aching from whatever cheap go se he'd guzzled down the night before. He wanted coffee.
  
  No one else seemed to be up yet. He fumbled around the tiny kitchen area, opening compartment after compartment looking for something that could even remotely serve as a suitable drink. He was unsuccessful and instead grabbed a glass and ran himself a full cup of cool water. It felt good; he hadn't realized his throat was parched and the water felt like heaven as he gulped it down.
  
  "You are not looking well."
  
  He started, spattering the rest of his water over the front of his shirt. "Gorrammit," he mumbled angrily, wiping what liquid he could away with the palm of a large hand. He looked up, scowl at the ready - and was surprised to see River Tam staring at him thoughtfully, her eyes clear and her manner calm. Ever since they'd gotten Serenity completely sky-worthy again, he'd been avoiding her, unsure of how to approach the girl lest her disconcertingly confirmed skills be unleashed. She'd been magnificent. And, used to thinking of her as a nuisance, as a pest, as something unworthy of his time or even his thoughts, he did not know just how to see her now that he suddenly knew she was so much more. "What're you doin', moonbrain? Sneakin' up on folks a new hobby?"
  
  "You are not looking well," she said again. She nimbly snatched his glass away, twirling over to refill it. He watched with some measure of alarm as she offered the glass back to him, reaching into a pocket of her dress and pulling out two small, white pills. "Pain relief," she explained when she saw where his eyes had gone. "You are hungover. Your head hurts." She stuck her hand out further. "I offer you the remedy."
  
  He took the cup full of water, but shook his head at the medicine. "Don't take no meds from crazy persons," he told her. "More'n likely t'make my head explode."
  
  "I do not wish for you to explode. There would be too many Jayne-bits to clean up afterwards. No need to create unneccessary mess."
  
  "Yeah, well..." He took a drink of water, keeping his eyes trained on her.
  
  River sighed. "None of this, please. Have become fully capable member of your crew. There is no need for the trepidation."
  
  "Treppy what?" Jayne wiped the stray drops of water off his mouth, setting the cup down onto the table.
  
  She blinked, looking down at her hands folded in front of her.
  
  Jayne cleared his throat, feeling more and more uncomfortable the longer the moment stretched on. "So... I'm gonna..." He scowled. "Git out o' my way."
  
  "No." She straightened up and he recognized unconsciously that she was ready to fight if she had to.
  
  Jayne's jaw tightened and he glared at the little girl before him with all the fierceness he could muster. "I said git out o' my way."
  
  "And I, foolish ape, said no." She gave him a clear look of challenge. "Civility would be preferred, but if violence is all you understand I am not opposed to treading that path."
  
  "What do you ruttin' want you scrawny-ass little moonbrain?"
  
  River gave him a curt nod and held out her hand. "You are in pain."
  
  "I done told you already, I - "
  
  "Do not take meds from crazy persons. Yes. But the girl is no longer classified as crazy."
  
  Jayne snorted, rolling his eyes. River let out an impatient noise and rattled the pills. "Hell, you're crazier'n anything I ever seen."
  
  "Then you have not seen enough." She sniffed primly. "If you do not want my assisstance, ape-man, then I will no longer offer."
  
  "Good." He sneered. "I don't need nothin' from you, anyways."
  
  She slammed the two little pills down onto the table, and Jayne didn't need to be a Reader to know that he'd made her angry. Mumbling something to herself in Chinese - and if it was what Jayne thought it was, even he was impressed - she stormed out of the mess, going off to do who-knew-what who-knew-where.
  
  Jayne stared down at the table. That was the sanest he'd ever seen her. They didn't interact, generally, so it had been a bit of a surprise that she'd been interested in helping him at all. More than a suprise, actually... Even though there was no reason to suspect she'd been up to something, he couldn't help but be suspicious. She'd never really gotten him back for Ariel, and though what had happened in the Maidenhead was unquestionably a point for her, it had only been because of that Fruity Oaty go se that she'd gone woolly. It was only a matter of time before she realized that she'd never really returned the favor.
  
  Those little pills looked fine... And it wasn't like they kept anything too dangerous on the ship...
  
  Glancing around to make sure he wasn't being watched, Jayne scooped the medicine and swallowed it down.

And... That's it for now! I think I probably had more stuff from this week, but that's all I can remember. Haven't had a huge amount of time to write, really. But! Hopefully that shall all change... A ha-ha. A bwa-ha-ha. :)

-HJ