So, chapter 2 is too long to make for an actual post on here, and so I've just included the link to the page at AO3 because I couldn't split the chapter into two. There was so much to include in order to set up the dynamic of my Mal and River, that splitting it into two chapters just didn't work.
Enjoy :)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/9441941/chapters/21533927