Title: Swinging Free
Author: Ru_salki99
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Mal/Jayne
Disclaimer: Firefly belongs to mutant enemy productions
Summary: Written for
shiny_hats summer ficathon '07. Just who's underwear is that Mal's got on?
Prompt: #38. "Is that my underwear that you have on?"
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It had just had to happen to them hadn’t it.
The particular job they were going on required not only Jayne and Zoe to go along with him, but Wash, Kaylee and even Simon, as they needed someone who knew doctor speak. River, Inara and the Sheppard had stayed back on Serenity, where they would be safe. But of course, it all had to go balls up.
“You really gonna do this?” Mal said to Bryant who’s men had their guns pointed directly at each of their heads.
They had somehow managed to find Jayne where he was hiding out in the bushes and disarmed him, so there was no chance of a repeat of what had happened with Patience happening here, unless little River came to the rescue.
“You bet I do Reynolds. As I remember, I owe you a whole heap of humiliation,” Bryant said as he walked forwards and backeards in front of the crew.
“Oh c’mon Bryant. That was like ten years ago. We were just kids,”
“Off now!” Bryant said, motioning with his gun what he wanted them all to do.
Reluctantly they all started stripping to their underwear, except for Mal who outright refused and of course Jayne.
“Nice ass Jayne,” Kaylee smiled as Jayne flashed his bare ass at them all.
“What the? Wo de ma he ta de fengkuang de waisheng dou.” Wash said as he saw Jayne’s ‘swinging cod’ right there in front of them all, “Ain’t you got underwear?”
“I did, but it’s all gone missin,” he told them as he finished taking his clothes off.
“Missin?” Zoe asked as she eyed her still fully clothes Captain sceptically.
“Yup, ain’t had any for about a week now,” he said matter of factly as he raised his hands again.
“As interestin’ as all this is,” Bryant said as he turned back to Mal, “Why are you still dressed?”
Mal didn’t have an answer to that, and the gun in his face was mighty persuasive. Huffing he finally began to take his clothes off, which in retrospect, putting it off was a stupid thing to do as now all eyes were on him.
Finally down to his underwear he raised his hands and hoped to god that his blush wasn’t as visible as it felt.
“Uh, Mal?” Jayne started as he noticed what Mal was wearing.
“Yes Jayne?” Mal said, staring dead ahead, not looking at Jayne.
“Is that my underwear you have on?”
Mal looked down at himself, “You know what Jayne, I think it might just be,”
Everyone eyed Mal’s underwear carefully now. Kaylee let out a giggle and Simon elbowed her, to try and get her to be quiet. Wash bit his lip to stop laughing and Zoe raised an eyebrow. Jayne just frowned. The underwear Mal was wearing was unmistakably Jayne’s. They were bright green and had pictures of semi naked women brandishing guns all over them.
“Why you wearin my underwear?” Jayne asked him.
Mal finally turned to him, “Can we discuss this later perhaps?”
“Hell no, there might not be a later and I wanna know why I’ve had to go commando for the past week while you’ve been sullying my underwear!”
“I have to agree with Cobb there,” Bryant said as he grinned wide at Mal.
“Fine, I’m wearing them cause … they make me feel safe,” Mal said as he looked at the ground.
“They make you feel safe? How the hell?” Jayne asked in confusion.
“They make me feel safe cause they remind me of you.”
It had been three weeks ago that Mal had made them all abandon ship, and it was only when Jayne had been about to step into Inara’s shuttle that he realised he was in love with the man and wanted nothing more than to have Jayne hold him in his arms and protect him. Of course, how the hell do you profess your love to a man like Jayne? Wear his underwear of course.
“Of course they remind you of me… they’re mine!”
“No, I mean,” Mal sighed, “No matter where I am, I always got a part of you with me,” Mal said to him with a small smile.
Jayne frowned again, before he mirrored Mal’s smile, finally understanding what Mal was trying to say, “Fair enough, but why did you have to steal all of them?”
Mal blushed again before he gave his most charming smile and said, “Oh that, I just like the idea of you swinging free is all,”
THE END
CHINESE
Wo de ma he ta de fengkuang de waisheng dou - holy mother of god and all her wacky nephews