“Listen, Jayne, you’ve worked harder at this than all of us put together. If there’s decisions to be made for this place and its running, then you need to make them. You can’t be waitin’ for us to come back from a job.” “You sayin’ I’m Captain of this place?” Jayne smirked, causing Mal to laugh. “Well, I suppose…yes. Jayne was more than a little surprised at Mal’s words. “Zoe say the same?” “It was her idea,” he admitted. Jayne stood a little straighter, his aching limbs suddenly not aching anymore.

-- Shan Yu! I Bite My Thumb At You - Part One by hermitsrest