TITLE: Making A Commitment
AUTHOR: Vid Z.
PAIRING: the real HM... Harm/Meg
TIMELINE: start of Season 5, before Mac's promotion (which won't ever happen in this universe)
DISCLAIMER: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc of the TV show JAG are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author of this fic. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: I was notified that a Harm/Mac (shudder) fic has already taken the title "Commitment" and that I needed to find a new one for my fic. As you know I stay away from Harm/Mac like it's the bubonic plague, my feelings on Mac have been plainly clear for years, so I didn't know about that fic. Since the word "commitment" is an important one in this fic I'm keeping it in the new title.
SUMMARY: The way Season 5 should've gone... while out with the guys on a beautiful Italian beach Harm comes across someone from his past and decides to do something he should've done years ago.
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AUGUST 1999
A BEACH ON ISCHIA, AN ISLAND NEAR NAPLES
ITALY
Harm was strolling down the beach with some of the guys from his squadron when he spotted something familiar among the mass of half naked bodies. Europe has much more relaxed views on sexuality and nudity (sexually explicit scenes in movies are not cut out, not even for prime time TV,...) and there's nothing strange, much less illegal, for women to go top-less on a public beach. Nudist beaches flourish too and have many visitors every year.
He was a man in his prime and he certainly enjoyed the view of beautiful, sexy young Italian women sunning on the warm sand, their dark skin and dark hair making them that much more alluring, naked breasts standing proudly on their chests.
But what had caught his eyes was not another Italian girl showing off her abundant breasts or deeply tanned skin or toned body, but it was a flash of gold.
More than just the golden hair it was the the presence the body gave off that sparked something inside him.
Automatically he changed course and his friends followed him, curious as to what had so captivated their newly-promoted comrade.
Harm stopped in front of a blonde with a stunning body, only a book covering her face from view.
But Harm could recognize those delicate hands, those slim arms, that intoxicating presence, that confident pose and the way she carried herself (thankfully, her fully bathing-suit-dressed self, not a top-less self), anywhere and a delighted grin curved his lips.
He settled his weight on one leg and drawled while his squadron mates observed with interest.
"It should be illegal to be as beautiful as you. You want me to defend you at your Courts-Martial?"
After a moment of disbelief over the extremely lame come-on the guys burst out laughing and clapped him on the back. "That was THE worst pick-up line ever, Pappy. Crashed and burned. Better luck next time, man."
They didn't see the woman suddenly freeze at Harm's voice, while Harm, who was watching her intently and ignoring his friends, did.
Now, for the deal breaker. "Or you'd let me take you out to dinner and you'd wear that lovely red dress again. And it was a red dress, Lieutenant. I DO know you that well."
The guys went silent at the strange comment while the woman whipped the book down, revealing her face that carried an incredulous expression.
Suddenly, realizing he truly was who she'd thought he was she threw down the book, jumped to her feet directly into his arms, returning his tight hug enthusiastically. "Harm!"
Stupefied, the gang looked on at the strange sequence of events. They'd been completely convinced in Harm getting a brush off, especially due to his weird and stupid lines, but had been surprised to see that the woman had not only not brushed him off, but had also greeted him by name and jumped into his arms, hugging him like the world was about to go asunder. What had previously been only assumed was now confirmed: that was one drop-dead gorgeous woman there. While her breasts were on the small side, they were round and full. She was also tall, with a graceful, lean body, looooong muscular legs, tight butt with those cute dimples in the small of her back that only women with perfect bodies have, a narrow waist that flared out into a great pair of hips, not too wide and not too narrow, and a flat belly.
The hugging couple just reveled in the sensation of holding each other in their arms, of finally being together again, of being reunited after so many years.
"Uh, Pappy?" one of the guys cleared his throat. "Care to introduce us?"
Meg slowly looked their way, as if seeing them for the first time, and blushed in embarrassement. She was damn glad now that she hadn't gone topless. Then she hid her head in Harm's chest in giggled. "Pappy?"
Harm groaned, rolling his eyes. "Don't start."
He gently pushed her away, thus breaking the hold her arms had on him. Turning towards the guys he introduced. "Men, this is LTJG..." Meg shook her head and Harm beamed proudly, kissing her on the cheek and whispered. "Congratulations, you deserve it." He smirked at her crimson red face and resumed the introductions. "LT Meg Austin, my former partner and the second best JAG lawyer..." and received a slug in the arm for it "...okay, THE best JAG lawyer of all four military branches. Okay, now that I'm out of JAG she really is." he ignored the wide eyed stare Meg shot him. She was stunned, when had he left JAG?
The men straightened in the presence of a superior officer, even though the officer was wearing a bikini, looking incredibly sexy. From the way the two former partners were standing close to each other and the aura of protectiveness and territoriality Harm simply radiated the guys understood that it was in their best interests to keep their eyes above her chin. In fact, neither of them was even looking at her, they all had their eyes directed past her shoulder.
Meg noticed this and turned to Harm inquisitively. She wondered what had bitten Harm's friends because she herself found nothing weird about she or Harm. In fact, it was as if they'd never been separated, that old bond and closeness had reasserted itself almost immediately. Because they had always been like that, Harm standing close and behind her, towering over her and silently threatening other men, marking his territory, she didn't find anything that was not normal for partners and friends, nothing out of the ordinary. They'd always been like that.
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