Title: Just Sometimes
Fandom: Firefly
Characters: Zoe, Kaylee/Simon
Rating: PG
Word Count: 199

Zoe ain’t, in her nature, an envious person. She’s a soldier to her bones, never had much, never needed much. So it had never much bothered her what other people had, never much bothered her what she didn’t have.

Except for now.

And even then, only sometimes.

Like when she sees Kaylee beaming over somethin’ Simon’s just whispered in her ear, or when Simon’s hand drags across Kaylee’s back or shoulder as he passes her, and she can tell that the doc ain’t even aware of what he’d just done.

Like when the two of them are talkin’ to one another and the rest of the crew – hell, the rest of the ‘Verse – might as well not exist.

Like when she looks over at one of them, sees that they ain’t looking at her, nor even attending to their own work. They’re staring across the room at the other one, all smitten like, and it makes her think of the times she caught him lookin’ at her like that.

Like when she walks by one of their bunks, hears the unmistakable creaks and groans that can mean only one thing.

Zoe ain’t an envious person.

But sometimes, she is.