Kaylee was on a mission. They were on Boros; Mal had made plans to meet with a contact about a potential job, but the contact hadn't shown, and now they were parked for at least another day while Mal got the whole situation straightened out.

For the past two days, it had been raining, solid sheets of water that had seemed to come without end. Now the weather finally seemed to have cleared up, and Kaylee wanted to take advantage of that while it lasted.

"Hey." She leaned into the common area and grinned at Simon. He was sitting on the couch with his feet on the table and an open book on his lap. She'd seen him with that book so many times, she figured that could only mean one thing. "Bored?"

Simon looked up at her and smiled. "Hey. Less than I was a minute ago." He closed the book and set it aside. "Where is everyone?"

"Cap'n and Zoe are on the bridge, Jayne's lifting in the cargo bay, and your sister's havin' tea with Inara in her shuttle." Kaylee replied. "I got a way we could pass the time."

"Do you?" Simon stood up and crossed the room. He wrapped one arm around her waist and pulled her close.

"Uh-huh." Kaylee turned away as he leaned in for a kiss. She leaned back through the doorway and picked up a basket and a blanket. "Feel like a picnic?" ____________________________

The weather on Boros was unusually warm, and the sky was clear except for a few clouds. In the woods not too far from where Serenity was hidden, Simon and Kaylee mostly ignored the food that she had brought and just lay in each other's arms on the worn blanket they had spread out on the ground. They talked about everything and nothing, content to watch the sky and be together.

At some point they both must have drifted off, because Simon was suddenly aware of a wet, cool sensation on his face and chest.

"Kaylee." Groaning softly, he leaned over and shook her awake. "Kaylee, wake up. It's raining again."

"Oh..." Kaylee frowned up at the sky as her eyes fluttered open. She yawned and stretched out her arms, then sat up. "Well, so much for our picnic." She found her shoes and was just starting to put one back on when Simon gently lay a hand over hers. "Shen me?"

"What's the rush?" A smile played at his lips even as a faint blush crept across his face.

"Well, it's rainin'." Kaylee said, laughing. "Not much sense in stayin' out in it-" Simon's kiss cut off the rest of her sentence, and suddenly staying outside in the rain made perfect sense to her. "Oh."

"Have you ever?" Simon asked.

"Have I ever...what?" Kaylee shot back, smirking at him. She knew exactly what he was getting at, but she wanted him to say it out loud. She was completely comfortable asking for what she wanted in bed, and sharing her fantasies with him. He was getting better at those things, but a few shreds of his damned propriety remained, although not for long if she had any say in it.

Simon kissed her again, the moved down her neck slowly. "Made love in the rain?"

"Uh-uh." Kaylee said softly, leaning into his touch. "You?"

"No. Always wanted to, though. I mean, if you..."

Instead of answering, Kaylee leaned back and slowly unzipped her jumpsuit. With some difficulty, she peeled the wet canvas away from her skin and rolled it down to her hips. Then she grabbed the front of Simon's shirt and pulled him down on top of her.

They kissed hungrily, tongues delving and hands roaming almost frantically. Their wet clothes were difficult to remove completely, and eventually they gave up and just pushed them aside.

"So..." Kaylee said when they finally came up for air. "As good as you imagined so far?"

"Better." Simon replied. He pushed her shirt up further and lowered his head to her chest. The cool raindrops did nothing to lessen the warmth of her soft skin. His lips tugged lightly on one nipple, then the other, while his fingers cupped and stroked her full breasts.

Whimpering with pleasure, Kaylee reached between them and wrapped her wet fingers around him, stroking with gentle pressure until he threw his head back and groaned. She took the opportunity to push him onto his back and moved over him. She shivered, but it had less to do with the rain than with the sight of him as she pushed aside his open shirt and started licking at the water that pooled on his solid chest, moving lower slowly.

"God, Kaylee..." Simon breathed. He knew what she was going for, and he wasn't sure he could stay in control with her hot, wet mouth on him.

She started by placing soft, teasing kisses on the head of his cock, slowly working her way down, then back up. She licked the tip a few times, tasting the precome, before parting her lips and taking him fully into her mouth, sucking firmly while her tongue stroked the sensitive ridge on the underside. He tried to keep still, not wanting to hurt her, but his hips moved involuntarily, thrusting up against the amazing sensations. She moved with him, her head rising and falling until he reached down and lay his hand on her wet hair, hoping she would take the hint. She released him, giving him a little pout that quickly faded as he pulled her up and carefully lay her down on the now drenched blanket.

"I love you." He whispered against her lips. Then he parted her thighs and lay between them, lowering his head and slipping his tongue into her soaked, swollen folds without any teasing or preamble. She had worked him up, and now he needed to get her as close as possible, needed to make sure she was as primed as he was. He moaned as he tasted her salty-sweet wetness, mixed with the rain that was coming down much harder, not that either of them noticed.

Kaylee moaned and gasped, and he could feel her trembling more and more with every stroke. But his plan seemed to be backfiring, the taste of her and the sounds she was making were just pushing him closer to the edge. He raised his head and met her eyes. "Kaylee, I can't...I need to..."

She smiled, almost out of her mind with need. "Go ahead." She whispered huskily, spreading her legs more. Simon sat back up and pulled her into his lap. Kaylee crossed her legs behind his back and lay her head on his shoulder as he gripped her hips and lowered her onto him.

They stayed like that for a moment before they started moving simultaneously, exchanging deep kisses and soft murmurs of pleasure.

"Simon!" Kaylee wasn't even sure if she was saying his name out loud or just screaming it in her head anymore, and she didn't much care as long as he didn't stop what he was doing. She angled her hips against him, so that his entire shaft rubbed her most senstive spot with every movement. She clenched around him, increasing the friction and pressure for both of them, moaning as she felt him swell thicker inside her. The rain was pouring down on them now, doing nothing to cool her off.

His hands moved down her back, pulling her tighter against him. She was panting and moaning the way she did when she was getting close. He was relieved, because he didn't know how much longer he could last. He slipped one hand between them and started rubbing her clit, urging her to completion. "That's it, Kaylee." He groaned.

"Close." Kaylee gasped out, digging her nails into his shoulder, nearly breaking the skin. "Almost...oh God, Simon!" She wailed as one last thrust, one last stroke of his fingers put her over the edge and she came, her wetness slicking his cock as he managed a few more shallow thrusts before he fell with her, pouring himself into her and moaning out her name.

They collapsed together, weak and shaking with the lingering sensations. Kaylee moaned softly, curling around Simon and closing her eyes.

"Some doctor I am." He chuckled after a few minutes.

"Why's that?" Kaylee asked, still dazed and dizzy.

"You could catch cold out here." Simon pointed out, reluctantly sitting up and lifting her off of him so they could drag their drenched clothing back over themselves. "And instead of getting you back to the ship, I keep you outside, naked, so we can both catch pneumonia."

"We'll be fine." Kaylee said, kissing him. "We just gotta get back to the ship, maybe have some hot tea, and then we can crawl into bed and warm each other up."

Simon stood up, pulling her with him and keeping one arm around her waist as they gathered the rain-heavy blanket and the forgotten picnic basket. "Sounds shiny." He said with a warm smile. "Lead the way."