Jayne just about trembled with a need to hit someone, but hitting River sure wasn't a good idea.
The nice thing for me in reading this story, is seeing inside Jayne's head. I've not read much Firefly fic, but I've always felt that Jayne had a lot of potential, just never considered it being in this direction. *g*
Thoughtful Jayne is interesting so to watch.
And I loved that little interaction, when Mal came up with his best argument. *laughs*

And I have 7 chapters to catch up on? My goodness, woman, you've been busy. I've been watching the posts build all week, but 7? *is impressed*