A/N: I promised my sister that after Pearl Harbor came out on DVD I would
start writing more fics again and because I have nothing better to do I
decided to write a fic that has been done a couple times before but with my
own perspective. So, this is right after the Doolittle raid as Rafe is
coming off the plane.
The words that Rafe had planed to say had somehow disappeared the moment he stepped off the plane. He scanned the crowd and quickly found Evelyn. As she caught sight of him she smiled thinking if Rafe's back Danny has to be alive. She waited for Rafe to acknowledge her but he seemed somewhere else, he was upset. He must still be mad at me, she thought. But then he stepped down another step and the wooden coffin became clear and at that moment Evelyn knew who it was, it was Danny.
So many emotions filled Evelyn at that moment sadness, regret, and for some strange reason relief. She couldn't explain that feeling but she still couldn't forgive herself for not letting Danny know about the baby.
Rafe finally made it to the warm tarmac and Evelyn approached him. She looked up into his eyes and could sense his pain and fear and without a word they both had conversed their feelings and were as one with understanding. She grabbed Danny's jacket and kept a firm grip of it as she wrapped her other arm around Rafe crying into his chest. He was the only person who could comfort her, who could understand but she wasn't sure if he would want to seek comfort in her.
*~*~*
The deep red sun approached the never ending water as it began to make its final breath before descending below the sea. Rafe dug his feet deep into the cool sand as he sat watching the sun set, he thought of Danny and what he would want Rafe to do. He thought of how he should have been dead and not Danny, how Danny should be where he was sitting. And the video of what happened replayed over and over again in his mind and he wondered where it went wrong.
A warm hand grasped Rafe's shoulder as he quickly spun around, "Evelyn." He said startled.
"Rafe, what's wrong?" She asked concerned.
"Oh, just thinking."
"About what?"
"China," Rafe sighed, his eyes firmly set on the sand in front of him.
"What exactly happened out there?" Evelyn asked longing for a response. His return from the Doolittle raid was short and he did not speak, he just left leaving her in the dark.
"Danny died."
"How?"
"He's dead," Rafe said holding back his tears.
"Why did it happen?" Evelyn asked trying to get an answer, "Danny could always talk to me about stories with you, why can't you tell me the stories about him?"
"Cuz Danny never held me dead in his arms, he didn't watch me in pain as I gasped my last breaths, he didn't have to look into my eyes and tell me I was going to be a father. That's why I can't!" Rafe snapped rather surprisingly.
"I'm sorry," she sighed.
"No, it's not your fault."
"So now we just have to find out about us," she sighed trying to get him to look at her.
"There is no 'us' your Danny's girl and I'm not about to 'take advantage' of you right after his death. We're over, I don't mean to come off cruel or anything but there's no romance involved anymore." The passion that they had once shared had faded a bit and his need to hold her in his arms was not as strong, yet still there was still something there and he couldn't fight it.
"Rafe, you know I didn't mean it like that, but to say that you don't love me anymore hurts because I will always love you." She snapped back rather coldly.
Rafe sighed, "When, uh, you told me that you'd love me your whole life, did you mean it, or did you only say that cuz you thought that I was going to die."
"What?" Evelyn asked off of his off topic question. When she had told him that, part of her wanted to give him the strength to make it back knowing that someone would miss him if he was gone. The other speaking of what she wished she could have had what she wanted, not what she was given.
"Did you really mean it?"
"Well, yeah. But-"
"Yeah, um, well I love you too but um, only in a friendly way, you know like loving a sister."
"Oh," Evelyn said her eyes now down cast. A sister!? She asked herself rather surprised.
"Well uh, I gotta go away for a little while," Rafe said beginning to stand up.
"What? Back to the war?" Evelyn asked startled.
"No, um Washington, I'm getting a medal for the raid."
"Oh, well, when will you be back?"
"Um, I dunno a month maybe a week or two." He paused, "so, um, friends?" He extended his hand towards her as she stood next to him.
"Yeah, friends," she responded grasping his hand. "And well congratulations on your medal."
"Thanks," he said cracking his crocked smile. And with that they departed still confused in many ways.
A/N: A little short, a little awkward, I'm working on it I haven't written in a really long time!
The words that Rafe had planed to say had somehow disappeared the moment he stepped off the plane. He scanned the crowd and quickly found Evelyn. As she caught sight of him she smiled thinking if Rafe's back Danny has to be alive. She waited for Rafe to acknowledge her but he seemed somewhere else, he was upset. He must still be mad at me, she thought. But then he stepped down another step and the wooden coffin became clear and at that moment Evelyn knew who it was, it was Danny.
So many emotions filled Evelyn at that moment sadness, regret, and for some strange reason relief. She couldn't explain that feeling but she still couldn't forgive herself for not letting Danny know about the baby.
Rafe finally made it to the warm tarmac and Evelyn approached him. She looked up into his eyes and could sense his pain and fear and without a word they both had conversed their feelings and were as one with understanding. She grabbed Danny's jacket and kept a firm grip of it as she wrapped her other arm around Rafe crying into his chest. He was the only person who could comfort her, who could understand but she wasn't sure if he would want to seek comfort in her.
*~*~*
The deep red sun approached the never ending water as it began to make its final breath before descending below the sea. Rafe dug his feet deep into the cool sand as he sat watching the sun set, he thought of Danny and what he would want Rafe to do. He thought of how he should have been dead and not Danny, how Danny should be where he was sitting. And the video of what happened replayed over and over again in his mind and he wondered where it went wrong.
A warm hand grasped Rafe's shoulder as he quickly spun around, "Evelyn." He said startled.
"Rafe, what's wrong?" She asked concerned.
"Oh, just thinking."
"About what?"
"China," Rafe sighed, his eyes firmly set on the sand in front of him.
"What exactly happened out there?" Evelyn asked longing for a response. His return from the Doolittle raid was short and he did not speak, he just left leaving her in the dark.
"Danny died."
"How?"
"He's dead," Rafe said holding back his tears.
"Why did it happen?" Evelyn asked trying to get an answer, "Danny could always talk to me about stories with you, why can't you tell me the stories about him?"
"Cuz Danny never held me dead in his arms, he didn't watch me in pain as I gasped my last breaths, he didn't have to look into my eyes and tell me I was going to be a father. That's why I can't!" Rafe snapped rather surprisingly.
"I'm sorry," she sighed.
"No, it's not your fault."
"So now we just have to find out about us," she sighed trying to get him to look at her.
"There is no 'us' your Danny's girl and I'm not about to 'take advantage' of you right after his death. We're over, I don't mean to come off cruel or anything but there's no romance involved anymore." The passion that they had once shared had faded a bit and his need to hold her in his arms was not as strong, yet still there was still something there and he couldn't fight it.
"Rafe, you know I didn't mean it like that, but to say that you don't love me anymore hurts because I will always love you." She snapped back rather coldly.
Rafe sighed, "When, uh, you told me that you'd love me your whole life, did you mean it, or did you only say that cuz you thought that I was going to die."
"What?" Evelyn asked off of his off topic question. When she had told him that, part of her wanted to give him the strength to make it back knowing that someone would miss him if he was gone. The other speaking of what she wished she could have had what she wanted, not what she was given.
"Did you really mean it?"
"Well, yeah. But-"
"Yeah, um, well I love you too but um, only in a friendly way, you know like loving a sister."
"Oh," Evelyn said her eyes now down cast. A sister!? She asked herself rather surprised.
"Well uh, I gotta go away for a little while," Rafe said beginning to stand up.
"What? Back to the war?" Evelyn asked startled.
"No, um Washington, I'm getting a medal for the raid."
"Oh, well, when will you be back?"
"Um, I dunno a month maybe a week or two." He paused, "so, um, friends?" He extended his hand towards her as she stood next to him.
"Yeah, friends," she responded grasping his hand. "And well congratulations on your medal."
"Thanks," he said cracking his crocked smile. And with that they departed still confused in many ways.
A/N: A little short, a little awkward, I'm working on it I haven't written in a really long time!