Moonbeams & Sunshine - Prologue
Title: Moonbeams & Sunshine
Author: Ru_salki99
Rating: PG (will go up)
Pairing: Jayne/Zoe
Disclaimer: Firefly belongs to Joss.
Author's notes: Written in response to fandom_fairytls prompt #3 Donkeyskin
Summary: Post BDM - "Your first love is not always your truest love."
thanks to spooky_window for icon.
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Wash couldn’t sleep. Ever since he’d come back from Niska’s a week ago, there had been something on his mind and he’d been unable to shake it.
“Zoe,” he said, shaking her shoulder gently.
Zoe mumbled something and pulled the pillow over her head.
“Sweety, wake up,” he said again.
“What is it?” Zoe said with a sigh as she threw the pillow away from her face.
“I just, I need to talk to you about something.”
Sighing, Zoe turned and switched on her bedside lamp, “This better be good,” she said, “I’ve got first shift in the morning.”
“I know, but please, just hear me out,” Wash said, propping himself up on his pillow.
“Well?”
Taking a deep breath, Wash looked down at the bed as he began to speak, “You know how last week I nearly died…”
“But you didn’t…” Zoe interrupted.
“Let me finish,” he said, reaching over to take her hand, “One day, I might actually die. And I just… I don’t want you to be alone.”
Zoe pushed herself up to look at him, “Wash, what are you saying?”
“I’m saying, that if I die, I don’t want you to grieve forever. Promise me that you’ll let yourself fall in love again. That you’ll marry someone else and have the children you want so much…”
“I am not having this conversation,” Zoe said turning away from him to turn off the light.
“Yes you are,” Wash said, “Please. I can’t bare the thought of you being alone.”
“And what if I’m the first to go?” she snapped, “Do you promise me that you’ll let yourself fall in love again?”
Wash gulped. He couldn’t imagine loving anyone the way in which he loved Zoe, but knowing that he would have to say yes to get her to, he nodded, “Yes,” he said quietly, “I promise.”
Zoe stared at him for a second, “Okay then. I promise too,” she said, “But if you let yourself get dead, then I don’t think I could survive the heartbreak.”
“Me neither,” Wash said quietly, leaning forward to capture Zoe’s mouth in a deep kiss, “I love you,” he told her.
“I love you too.”
TBC
Author: Ru_salki99
Rating: PG (will go up)
Pairing: Jayne/Zoe
Disclaimer: Firefly belongs to Joss.
Author's notes: Written in response to fandom_fairytls prompt #3 Donkeyskin
Summary: Post BDM - "Your first love is not always your truest love."
thanks to spooky_window for icon.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Wash couldn’t sleep. Ever since he’d come back from Niska’s a week ago, there had been something on his mind and he’d been unable to shake it.
“Zoe,” he said, shaking her shoulder gently.
Zoe mumbled something and pulled the pillow over her head.
“Sweety, wake up,” he said again.
“What is it?” Zoe said with a sigh as she threw the pillow away from her face.
“I just, I need to talk to you about something.”
Sighing, Zoe turned and switched on her bedside lamp, “This better be good,” she said, “I’ve got first shift in the morning.”
“I know, but please, just hear me out,” Wash said, propping himself up on his pillow.
“Well?”
Taking a deep breath, Wash looked down at the bed as he began to speak, “You know how last week I nearly died…”
“But you didn’t…” Zoe interrupted.
“Let me finish,” he said, reaching over to take her hand, “One day, I might actually die. And I just… I don’t want you to be alone.”
Zoe pushed herself up to look at him, “Wash, what are you saying?”
“I’m saying, that if I die, I don’t want you to grieve forever. Promise me that you’ll let yourself fall in love again. That you’ll marry someone else and have the children you want so much…”
“I am not having this conversation,” Zoe said turning away from him to turn off the light.
“Yes you are,” Wash said, “Please. I can’t bare the thought of you being alone.”
“And what if I’m the first to go?” she snapped, “Do you promise me that you’ll let yourself fall in love again?”
Wash gulped. He couldn’t imagine loving anyone the way in which he loved Zoe, but knowing that he would have to say yes to get her to, he nodded, “Yes,” he said quietly, “I promise.”
Zoe stared at him for a second, “Okay then. I promise too,” she said, “But if you let yourself get dead, then I don’t think I could survive the heartbreak.”
“Me neither,” Wash said quietly, leaning forward to capture Zoe’s mouth in a deep kiss, “I love you,” he told her.
“I love you too.”
TBC