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Title: The Cross-Eyed Bear (#3561)
Author: NancyBrooke
Chapters: 1

Archive: Firefly
Category: TV-verse
Description: Mal's thoughts after he confronts Jayne about his betrayal of Simon and River in the episode "Ariel". Inspired by TV/Movies Challenge #22: Beast of Burden
Published: 16 Aug 2007
Updated: 16 Aug 2007
Warnings:
Type: General
Characters: Mal Reynolds, Jayne Cobb


Chapter 1 - A Cross-Eyed Bear

It was funny, Mal thought, walking away from the airlock. Not sell-out-your-friends funny, or get-us-all-killed funny, but funny, just the same. Funny ‘cause weren’t Jayne Cobb one of the honestest men he’d ever met? Never pulled punches, never said he was something he weren’t, never even pretended he liked Serenity or any of them on it.

Funny; weren’t Jayne’s mistake, really: can’t put a steak down in front of a good dog and think he won’t bite. The mistake’d been Mal’s and, now he had the teeth marks to show for it, one he'd try to make not ever again.
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