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Beta read by Tammy (Leiasky). Just a little bit of fluff written for prompt 014. Breast of LJ's wonderful smut_69 challenge.

The smile that curved Simon Tam’s lips as he watched his beloved Kaylee sleep was not one of his characteristic soft, sweet and sorrowful smiles. No, on the contrary; it was a genuine, sincere and heartfelt smile. It was one that only she could bring to his lips with nothing more than her simple presence. She was the only one who could make his heart flutter, make his breath short and words unable. Normally he was articulate, stoic and perfectly unabashed, but Kaylee made him all sorts of pleasantly uneasy.

Simon propped himself up on one elbow, looking down at the young mechanic. He reached out with his free arm and grasped the top of the blanket that covered their bodies, slowly pulling it down, watching as more of Kaylee’s smooth, pale skin was exposed to him. She was so incredibly beautiful, completely perfect, like a living effigy, an earthbound angel. He continued trailing the blanket slowly down her body, watching as her breasts were uncovered, followed by her ribcage. He finally desisted when he’d reached her navel, leaving the top of the blanket to rest just beneath it.

With the blanket out of the way Simon could watch as Kaylee’s chest rose and fell slowly with the peaceful rhythm of her breathing as she slept. His smile deepened when he noticed that her nipples unconsciously perked up when the cool room air ghosted over them. He reached out slowly, his hand coming to rest gently on Kaylee’s ribcage, moving up toward her breasts.

His fingertips ghosted over the warm, soft flesh where it curved upward on her chest, peaking in the small nubs that were her nipples. The soft groan of sheer contentment that Kaylee gave in her sleep sent a spear of pure male pride directly to the pit of Simon’s belly. He loved being able to elicit those kinds of feelings in her and loved even more knowing that he was the only one who could do so.

He didn’t want to wake her just yet, she looked so peaceful in her sleep, so instead he decided on admiring her body while she rested. He’d keep his touches gentle, his ministrations unhurried. He hoped that his subtle caresses and delicate licks would make Kaylee feel like the goddess that she was to him, even in her sleep.

Simon looked up, watching her face as he leaned in slowly, taking the nipple closest to him between his lips and suckling at it ever so gently. He felt Kaylee’s body arch up ever so slightly, a quiet cry emanating from her lips. The delicate nub immediately hardened at his ministrations and Simon sighed contently, loving how responsive Kaylee was to his touches, even while she slept peacefully.

As Kaylee slept, she dreamt of Simon. He was laying her back gently, touching her, caressing. A small smile crept onto her soft, pink lips as she watched him lean in over her and kiss a delicate trail from her lips down over her neck to her collarbone. From there his lips slowly moved to her breasts, taking one nipple ever so lightly to suckle on it expertly, making her gasp and writhe from the attention, while his hand teased the other one. He switched after a little while, paying equal attention to both nubs.

She arched into his touch, unknowing that she was doing it physically as well as in her dreams. The delectable pressure of Simon’s lips and fingertips tugging at her nipples in her dream became increasingly insistent. She moaned softly, a sound that caused Simon to look up at her as he delicately suckled her both in the dream and in reality. She shifted a little, slowly coming to consciousness, and finally opened her eyes. She was immediately overcome with the sensation of Simon as he was latched onto her nipple, his lips and tongue working their magic against the sensitive flesh. She lightly dug her fingers into the bed sheets, tensing her body for a moment, waking just a little more.

Simon smiled softly around the hardened nub between his lips as Kaylee slowly came around. He pulled away from where he was suckling delicately for just a moment, leaning in to brush a light, fluttering kiss to Kaylee’s lips. He leaned back slowly and looked down at her, his startlingly blue eyes meeting her warm, tired hazel ones. He could see the fading dream and mounting pleasure reflected in the depths of them and it encouraged him to move slowly back down her body, leaning in once more to delicately retake one of her nipples into his mouth.

As his lips and tongue were occupied with one nipple, the fingertips of one hand were occupied with the other and his free hand slipped down to Kaylee’s belly, massaging gently. He loved just touching her, kissing her, tasting her. He loved listening to the little noises she made, feeling her heart race beneath his lips as he traced them over her chest, her neck. It made him feel incredible, having the power to drive Kaylee to a fierce climax at his fingertips.

“Mmm, that’s good, Simon,” Kaylee moaned softly. “That’s so good…”

Of course Simon would have replied if his mouth hadn’t been occupied with other, more delicious things. He lapped delicately at Kaylee’s nipple, giving it a little nibble before he slowly left a trail of kisses from her breast up to her collarbone, then past it to her lips over the skin of her neck. He kissed her slowly, deeply, his tongue tracing her lips, silently asking her to part them. She did so willingly and slowly reached up, wrapping her arms around Simon’s neck, clinging to him.

Kaylee whimpered softly into Simon’s kiss, feeling his hands slowly trail up to her sides, rubbing her skin softly. She loved waking up to Simon worshipping her like he was. She felt so cared for and loved. Her lips curled into a small smile, still clashing with Simon’s perfectly. Her hands grasped at the strands of hair at the base of his neck. She tangled her fingers in his hair, tugging gently as they kissed, causing Simon to whimper in turn.

The kiss was broken a moment later when the comm. unit on the wall crackled to life and the captain’s voice filled the room.

“Kaylee, I hate to break up whatever it is you and the doc are doin’ at the moment, but somethin’ just fell off the port side of my ship,” he said firmly. “I would appreciate if you could take a few minutes to unwrap yourself from around my medic and come here to ‘suss out what happened.”

Simon groaned softly, nuzzling into Kaylee’s neck gently. He continued to gently stroke her sides as she groped blindly for the comm. button on the wall, her fingertips finally finding it.

“On my way, cap’n!” Kaylee said breathlessly. “Be there in just a minute!”

She let go of the button on the wall and let her arm collapse back against the softness of the mattress. She sighed deeply and tilted her head just a little to be able to look down at Simon.

“You heard the cap’n, Simon, he needs me up on the bridge,” Kaylee said softly.

“We’re still flying,” Simon groaned. “It can’t be that important.”

Kaylee giggled softly and leaned in, kissing him lightly on the tip of the nose.

“I’ll be back before you know it, all ya have to do is stay here and keep the bed warm for me,” Kaylee giggled.

With that she wriggled slightly until Simon slowly rolled off of her. He watched her as she slipped out of bed, the faint light shining through the panels of the door illuminating her curves, casting whimsical shadows over her skin. He smiled coyly up at her as she dressed quickly, not bothering to slip on anything under her coverall. The simple thought that she was completely bare underneath the one layer of fabric sent a dagger of pure lust straight to Simon’s nethers and he groaned as he felt his arousal stir.

“Please,” Simon begged softly. “Hurry back.”

Kaylee grinned and stepped up to the bed for one more moment. She reached out and took Simon’s hands in hers, guiding them to her breasts, letting his palms brush over her hardened nipples under the fabric. She gasped softly from the sensation, pressing her lips to Simon’s in a brief kiss to mask the sound. She allowed the heat of his palms to seep into her skin for just a moment before she let his hands go again and pulled back, turning quickly on her heel and heading towards the door, throwing one last seductive look over her shoulder at him. With that, Kaylee slipped out the door and closed it behind her, skipping off to the bridge.

In the meantime all Simon could do was wait for her to return. He closed his eyes and easily pictured the swell of her breasts, the curve of her hips. He could vividly bring up images of her body at a second’s notice, but no matter what he did, he could never bring up the sensations that she managed to elicit in him. He would just have to wait for her to return and bring the feelings up herself. He just hoped she didn’t take too long, otherwise he might have to go and find her himself.

He would find her, take her into his arms and explore those curves of hers for real again right then and there.

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