Close Call
I still don't own any one from JAG. This is just for fun and enjoyment.
This comes after the Courtroom.
For those of you who have not read The Courtroom, here are some main points. Harm and Mac have found that their connection is stronger than they believed it was. It all started with a comment that triggered a memory for both Harm and Mac. Mac is held by some men that hate Harm. They believe that Harm and Mac are married . These men think that the best way to hurt Harm is by hurting Mac. Their plan is good but they didn't count on Mac and Harm's connection. Whenever they hit Mac, Harm would feel it as well. In the end, Mac and Harm get married in the courtroom that helped them find how strong they were together. Now it's six months down the road.
One of the JAG courtrooms-
Mac was enjoying her job. She had come from being the Admiral's Chief of Staff to a Judge when she married Harm. Harm was now the Admiral's Chief of Staff. No one would have ever guessed that Harm could have pulled off the job. It surprised Mac and everyone else when, after only 2 months, Harm had settled into a routine. Mac was pleased that Harm was doing a good job but she was also a little jealous . In the 5 months that Harm had been AJ's Chief of Staff, Harm had gotten more done than Mac had in that same amount of time. When asked about it, Harm would just say that he had a reason to get his work done and get home.
Anyone who had ever met Harm would say that even though he was still the nice and easy going officer he always had been, he now seemed more grounded. Many of their friends said it had to do with Mac. However, Mac knew it had to do with Harm's outlook on life. Through the years, Mac had seen Harm hunt for his father, be put on trial for a murder that he didn't do, and to top it all off, Harm had overcome his night-blindness. Harm had gone through a lot and Mac just knew that he was finally opening up to what was ahead of them instead of looking in the past.
Mac's case was due to return any minute and she would have to be ready to hear what Sturgis had come up with against Bud. It had felt different at first for Mac to be sitting on the bench instead of being one of the people on the floor, but after a few weeks it had gotten better.
Mac thanked Admirals' Morries and Chadwigon that she didn't have to have Harm in her court. Admiral Morries had told her that it could be a problem if she did because any ruling could be overturned due to the fact that the judge could have been swayed by her husband. Morries did tell Mac that he would not believe that if it was said but thought it would be better for all if the chance was not there. Mac and Harm both agreed.
Harms office the same time-
Harm had only been the Chief of Staff for 5 months, but it felt longer than that. The hours were long and the days were harder now than before but if this meant he got to go home to Mac every night then it was the best job for him. Aj had Harm stay in his office and had Sturgis move into Mac's old office. The thought of Mac had Harm longing to hold her in his arms.
The feel of Mac's body pressed against Harm's all night and to wake up with her still in his arms is something Harm could not describe if he tried. To be able to kiss Mac any time that he wanted to and tell her that he loved her was a freeing feeling. After so many years of holding it all in, now being able to show Mac his love for her was making it easier on the people around Harm.
Everyone had noticed the change in both of them soon after they returned to work. Mac was a little more loose and Harm a little harder on the reins. The connection that they had was still strong in them. However, they had not felt it was the same as they had a few months ago again. They both had not thought anything about it until Harm was sent to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for a case of misuse of funds.
Aj's office 2 hours later-
"Tinner get me Rabb now!" Tinner was used to hearing the Admiral yell at him but there was something in his tone this time that made Tinner think twice before he got Harm for him. Appearing in Harm's door, Tinner informed him that the Admiral would like to see him now.
Harm went to see what Aj needed. Till today, Harm had not had to leave head office overnight on a case. It was one of the advantages of being the Chief of Staff, you're needed. Harm found out that he would be in Norfolk for at least a week. Aj informed him that he would be going undercover to flush out the one or ones that were using the Navy's money for their own.
Harm was going down officially to give help with some test flights and to some of the JAG people that were down there. Aj made sure to tell Harm that this was going to be dangerous and that no matter how much he missed his wife he would not be able to call her while he was down there. Harm wanted to tell Aj where to go but Harm knew better than to do it. "Yes Sir" Harm had said then asked, "Sir, may I tell her were I am going?"
If
this case didn't need one of the best on it, Aj would not be sending
Harm. "Harm this is not a CIA op, Mac can know where you're
going but you can't be caught talking to Mac. Son I know you love
her, but this needs to be done. "
"Sir, Mac and I have been married for 6 months now. Most people would know about us." Harm had a point and Aj had thought about it before but had still needed for Harm to go. "Ok Harm, you can call her, but don't do it where anyone can hear you and for God sakes don't do anything stupid. I need you here, if not for yourself, so that one very angry judge is not mean to me." Harm laughed with Aj on that one.
Mac's office-
Mac had just called for recess for lunch. She was going to sit in her office and look over some of the notes that she had made on this case and eat the lunch that Harm had made for her. they had fallen into a routine at home as well as at work. Harm would fix their lunches when they got home. Most of the time they would make dinner together and then start paperwork or whatever they had bought home with them. After two months Harm's work that was brought home was lessened by half. Mac had done the same.
Harm knocked on Mac's door. "Come on in Harm." Mac and Harm could still tell when the phone rang or there was a knock on the door if it was the other one. From the look on Harm's face, Mac knew that Harm was going to be going somewhere and soon. Just were was he going, Mac wondered. Harm and Mac had decided that in Harm's office they would go by protocal but in Mac's office they could be themselves.
Harm
came around Mac's desk as soon as he closed the door. Mac had stood
up to give him a proper hello. "Mac, I love you." When Harm
started with that Mac knew that something was wrong and had a bad
feeling about what was going to happen. "Harm when and where are
you going?" Harm was not surprised that Mac had seen that he was
going to be gone. The other few times that he had left for the day he
had come to her and done the same thing.
"I leave in a few hours to go to Fort Bragg in NC. They have someone using money that's not theirs to use. Aj wants me to find out who. He also wants me to focus on the case and not how much I miss you." Harm was still holding Mac in his arms. "Harm, you have that look in your eyes. What are you thinking?" Mac was hoping tht she knew what he was thinking. "Mac, you're in recess for an hour, right?" Mac looked up at him and knew for sure they were thinking the same thing. "We are for 55 more minutes. Why?"
The answer Mac received was in the form of her husband walking to her door and locking it, then taking Mac in his arms again and kissing her like his life depended on it. A few minutes later, with the need for air, the kiss broke and Harm's lips found a spot on Mac's neck that made her melt. As much as they would both love to take it further, they knew that they couldn't. "Mac if we weren't in your office, I would say, let me make love to you. However since we are, we need to stop now or take it home. "Mac knew that Harm was right. As much as she wanted to have Harm show her again and again how much he loved her, the office was not the place for that. They may take more risk in her office, but this was still during the day. Unlike in Harm's office, there are more people in the halls outside Mac's.
"Harm why don't you go ahead and get everything ready to go, then come see if I am still in court before for you have to leave. If not then I can give you a goodbye that you will never want to leave from. " Mac made her point stronger by pressing her body up against Harm's. Harm groaned. "Mac, if you don't behave, I won't be able to keep my hands to myself." Harm had told Mac. "Ok, Harm, I will be a good girl till I can get you to myself. " Mac and Harm both wanted more but knew that it stopped here.
3 days later-
When Harm had come by, Mac was still in court, so he left her a note on her desk.
"Sarah, Sorry that I missed you but I had to go. I will try to call you when I can, but I may not be able to for some time yet. I love you. I wish that I was going to be home tonight to hold you in my arms. Since I won't, I left one of my shirts that you like to wear from time to time on the bed. Wear it tonight since I can't be there. Let it be me tonight.
Love you always,
Harm"
Mac had read the note more times then she could count. It had been 3 days and she had only heard from Harm via email one time. All the years that Harm was Mac's partner she never thought that she would miss him this much after only 3 days. The email had said that he was ok, just busy, and that he loved her.
It was now around 1300 hours and Mac was sitting on the bench. Sturgis was in front of her presenting a case against Singer, when Mac felt like her head was going to explode for some reason. Mac shook it off the first time. Minutes later she felt it again. Mac didn't know why she was feeling like this, just that she was hurting so bad she couldn't see straight. Sturgis stopped midsentence to ask Mac if she was ok. Mac was looking past Sturgis to someone in the back of the room.
If Mac didn't know better, she would have said that she had seen Harm in the back of the room. Mac, you couldn't have seen Harm, he's in North Carolina, she thought to herself. The only way you could have seen him is if he were dead. That thought stopped Mac's mind and started her mouth.
"Court is in recess for 30 minutes." Mac said, then just left the room. Singer was upset cause this break was not planned and if it's not planned then she didn't need it. Sturgis was worried about how Mac was behaving. He knew that this was the first time that Mac and Harm had been separated this long since they were married. Sturgis was hoping that was what was going on with Mac but his gut was telling him it wasn't.
The next chapters are being proofed and will be posted soon. How do you like this so far? any and all feedback is welcome.
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