Title: Come a Little Closer

Author: Sarah

Everyone can read this without worries. H&M Shipper Friendly.

Disclaimer: They aren't mine. sighs if they were, JAG would still be on the air. As usual, I have a song line in there somewhere. It doesn't belong to me either. I'll put it back when I'm done.

AN: My answer to the June challenge

Mac's Apartment

Friday night

1900 Local

Harm comes over after work and fixes Mac a nice romantic supper. She comes up behind him and wraps her arms around his waist. "You don't have to fix supper for me. I was just going to order pizza in."

He laughs and turns so he's facing her. "I only want the best for my girl. And besides that, there's something special for desert so no complaining or you won't get the ring."

Mac's jaw drops to the floor. "Ring? As in engagement ring?" Harm nods. "But why? I mean you said it yourself. The guys around me die. And I'm not about to let anything happen to you."

"Because, I love you and I want to marry you so we can grow old and have kids and grandkids and great grandkids."

"I love you too, but I'm not willing to risk your life by marrying you."

"Sweetie, I risk my life every time I go up in a tomcat."

"I know, but there have been times where you almost didn't come home to me. I'm not doing that to us. I'm not risking your life for our love. We don't have to be married to be together and have kids."

"I want you as my wife Mac. I'm not going anywhere, not for a long time."

"I've made my choice. I love you, but I'm not going to marry you…I'm sorry."

He looks at her. "Are you sure about that?" He takes a step closer to her. "If you keep chasing your past, your future's going to walk right out the door."

She moves to the couch. "I just don't want anything to happen to you. I don't want to loose you. I need you too much."

He goes over to her and sits beside her. "Nothing is going to happen to me." He takes her in his arms and grabs the remote to turn the radio on. The opening notes to a song that he had never heard flow into the apartment. "Who is this singing?"

Mac shrugs. "I don't know, but I love this song."

He holds her close to him as they listen to the song. After the song, Harm turns to Mac. "We need to do what that song says. We just need to steal away for a weekend alone and talk or whatever we need to."

Mac nods. "You just have to keep telling me I'm not going to loose you too soon. I need you to much."

Harm looks at her and tips her head up. "You are not going to ever loose me until we're old and gray."

He holds her just a little closer to him and rubs her back.

Mac closes her eyes and drifts to sleep.

That next weekend, they do just as the song says. They go to a bed and breakfast for a romantic, peaceful weekend.