Rating
– GS
Paring – Harm
& Mac (Friendship Alert)
Spoilers – Season 2 Episode 2: Secrets
Disclaimer – JAG belongs to DPB, CBS, and
Summary- The missing scenes of ‘Secrets’ (Aired:
Author’s Notes-
1)
Our plan is it to revisit every JAG classic from season two to season nine.
This series doesn’t have a strict rule. Sometimes it may be a follow-up,
sometimes it could be a changed scene, or even a change to the entire episode.
And if that doesn’t work we could always do a ‘missing scene’-story.
This means the length of the story is based on the way we want to ‘handle’
the revisit. But don’t worry…we plan to use more then 150 words!!!
2)
Since this series will deal with an episode, which aired many years ago, it
means that we risk having a FF storyline that might seem somehow familiar.
There’s hope that our ideas are unique, but should that not be the case we
apologize and swear to our god and chocolate that we did not know it and we
did not do it on purpose. It’s also possible that we somehow ‘screw-up’
a little with the dateline. We promise to give our best to work with the right
one.
3)
Please don’t forget that the episode we’re working on is the ‘actual
aired episode’. This means, nothing after said episode happened. Also know
that each TTEOAS story is a ‘Stand Alone Story’ in this series.
4)
A huge thanks goes to our beta reader team Vered, Shoe and Gum! However, any
left mistakes are ours.
5)
The rest of the ‘Through The Eye Of A Shipper’-series you can either find
at Carol’s website http://www.fanfictionofcarol.com/
or at Michi’s website http://de.geocities.com/mp111275/
Friday
JAG
Headquarters
“Good
night, Sir,” Petty Officer Tiner said as he made his way to the elevator and
saw Lt. Commander Harmon Rabb Jr. coming out of his office.
“Good
night, Tiner,” Harm responded before entering the break room to get his much
needed cup of coffee. “Hey Bud, you’re still around? When’s your
test?”
“I
just have one hour ‘till the test and I’m on my way out, Sir. Just wanted
to get my untouched lunch,” Bud answered and got his lunch container out of
the fridge. “Guess I can have it now for dinner,” he continued with a
shrug. “That was quite a day, wasn’t it, Sir?”
Harm
chuckled a little. “That’s the understatement of the year, Lieutenant. You
okay, Bud?”
“Yes,
Sir, I’m okay,” Bud answered and started to chuckle to himself. “Thanks
to Magida and the hostage situation I wasn’t driving everyone crazy with my
test-phobia.”
Harm
took a sip of his coffee before giving Bud’s shoulder a little squeeze.
“Don’t worry, Bud. You’ll do fine. The test will be a stroll in the
park.”
“Thank
you, Sir,” Bud answered. “And now I better go.
I want to have enough time to eat and get a bit more studying in. Good
night, Sir, and have a nice weekend,” he said before making his way out of
the break room.
“Good
luck and good night, Bud,” Harm called after the young lieutenant. “Enjoy
your weekend.” Then he took a last sip of his coffee, put the empty cup into
the dishwasher and walked out of the room as well.
On
his way to his office, Harm saw that Mac was still working in her office. He
shook his head in wonder and walked to his partner’s office. For a moment he
watched her from the doorway. Mac was so preoccupied with her work that she
hadn’t noticed him yet. “Leave it to a marine to still work at this hour
on a Friday,” Harm told her with a smile after a short while. “You look
pretty busy, Mac.”
Mac
looked up from her desk in mild surprise to hear Harm’s voice.
“Hey, Harm.”
Harm
walked into her office. “Why
aren’t you at home?”
Mac
looked around at her desk. “I
thought I would try to clean up a bit.”
Harm
glanced around the crowded desk and file cabinet.
“Clean up a bit? I
thought you said this was organized.”
“It
is. By the way, did you return
the file you borrowed?”
Harm
chuckled. “It’s on my desk.
I’ll get it to you by Monday.”
“Thanks,
I would hate to have my organization thrown off by you.”
“I’m
surprised your whole day wasn’t thrown off.”
Harm sat down in the chair across from her desk.
“How are you?”
Mac
shrugged. “Fine.
The shock has worn off.” She
took a calming breath and stood up. “Now
I just need to catch up with the day that I lost.”
Harm
watched as she moved over to her filing cabinet and put some of the files off
of the top. “So how late are
you staying?”
“Probably
just an hour or two, not too long.” Mac
turned and looked at him. “When
are you leaving tonight?”
“Probably
in an hour or two,” Harm responded.
Mac
carefully looked down at him and Harm stood up.
“You’re not staying just to walk me out are you?”
Harm
gave her a soft look and placed his hand on her arm.
“I was a little worried about you in there today.”
“I
was worried too, Harm,” Mac admitted.
“I’ve
gotten used to you being around here and I…,” Harm stopped in mid-sentence.
“And
you what?” Mac asked.
Harm
slowly started, “And I don’t want you to leave.”
Mac
gave him a soft smile. “Thank
you, Harm. I’ve kind of gotten
used to you, too.”
“I
know you said that you don’t smile until you trust someone, but how about a
hug?”
Mac
carefully eyed him, not too sure on what to do, but she decided to go with her
gut. “Well, I do trust you.
So I think a hug would be okay.”
Harm
took a step closer, wrapped his arms around Mac and gave her a gentle but
strong hug. He held her for a few
seconds and let the day and the world around them fade away.
Mac rested her head on his shoulder and for the first time in a few
years felt safe.
Unknown
to them, from the middle of the bullpen, Admiral AJ Chegwidden stood there
watching his newest team. “Hmmm…
This might get interesting,” he murmured to himself before walking
into the awaiting elevator. “So
much for ‘Don’t get too close, you have to work together’.” The
Admiral shook his head and chuckled while watching Harm & Mac starting to
work together. He could hear their laughter as the elevator door closed.
“Very interesting.”
THE
END
