Jayne sat at the dining room table for a long time, trying to drink himself into oblivion, but only numbing the pain he was feeling, inside and out. After his tenth shot of good American bourbon that had been liberated from that shopping mall in Melbourne, he staggered down the back stairs and made his way to the infirmary. Kaylee and Simon we’re cleaning up the aftermath of the battle.
-- The Return Home - Part 21 by cbsteve