Advent Drabble #10 (Simon & Jayne)

[estepheia]

Had to change the drabble sequence around a bit, because my Spethan drabble refuses to cooperate and we have guests today. No time for writing until tonight...

Firefly - Jayne & Simon - PG13 - warning: character death - spoilers for Serenity
For herself_nyc


TLC

When Simon looks at Jayne, he sees the perfect specimen of a brute. A testosterone-fuelled fighting machine with ham sized fists, a total lung capacity of six liters, and legs built for standing one’s ground; heart and brain atrophied, not equipped to reason why.

Whenever the machine gets broken, Simon patches it up until one day Jayne comes back beyond repair.

“Gorram lung’s gone. You reckon my heart will fetch a good price, Doc?” Jayne asks, blood on his breath. “Folks back home need the dough.”

“Yes." Simon’s hands shake. "Good hearts do, Jayne.”

They bury him next to Book.

Comments

[herself_nyc]

You killed my JAYNE!

:: shakes tiny fist in your direction ::

Seriously, this is just beautiful. I like it very much. Thank you!

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Sorry! *cringes*
I honestly don't know how this happened. I never write character death... I blame SAD.
I'm glad you like it in spite of the gloomy ending. :-)

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Have you seen this? Happy S/J slash...

[rayne-y-daze.livejournal.com]

*meep*

Beautiful. Really. But *meep*!

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

*meep* indeed. That's what I thought when I wrote it. And that's more or less what hubby said when I read it to him. Five minutes later he asked me to read him something cheerful on top...

But I'm happy if you find it beautiful. :-)
Thanks.

[paratti.livejournal.com]

Good stuff.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Awwww.

Gina

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

*sigh* I don't know what come over me...
Thanks for reading. :-)

[bearpaw9.livejournal.com]

:: swoons and is slain ::

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

*whips out flask of smelling salt*
Sorry.
Thanks for reading (and commenting)! :-)

[timeofchange.livejournal.com]

Beautiful.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

Eep! You killed Jayne! Great drabble, but eep!

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Yup. I agree.

Eep!

;-) Thanks for reading and commenting.
I don't always kill him. Usually I leave him alive... for River or Simon...

[raqs.livejournal.com]

ooo. good one, tightly packed.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Thanks. The tight packing is part of the fun when writing drabbles. :-)

[limerickgirl.livejournal.com]

*lip quivers*

Oh god, that was a beautiful drabble.. You made my heart ache! And.. *points to eyes* there's tears welling!

Brilliant work, I so loved this drabble.. *smiles.... though, TEARY!*

*giggle*

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm happy to hear you find the drabble touching. *beams*
*hides smug expression*
Seriously? I tinkered with this for a long time, so I'm happy it came out effective. Cheers.

You'll be glad to hear that I don't kill him on a regular basis. In my head Jayne is very much alive and fantasizing about Simon or River... ;-)

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

You reckon my heart will fetch a good price, Doc?”
[...]
“Yes." Simon’s hands shake. "Good hearts do, Jayne.”

Jesus Christ, this is incredibly good.

Wow.

Thank you.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Thank you, dear. *beams*