Disclaimer I don't own the Artemis fowl characters.
Because if I did I wouldn't have to make believe that root didn't die.
(Short story in The Artemis Fowl files, Holly Initiation.)
Quotes from books are in Italics. And therefore don't belong to me.
Holly was surreptitiously worming the spike from the ground when Root arrived.
"Can I give you a hand with that" asked Julius.
She looked up into his grinning face. The smile slowly disappeared they looked at each other for a couple of minutes and just like millions of other couples first kiss the whole world seemed to stop spinning as their lips touched and yet some how they managed to make it unique still.
And that was how so to be Captain Holly Short and her soon to be Commander Julius Root started their secret relationship that soon turned to love. It might have not happened had Holly not done one thing she choose to take a risk and disobey orders. She choose to save his life and risk her future career.
(How Holly and Root really react to the Siege of Fowl manor and Holly's kidnapping.)
"Have you ever seen what a troll can do to flesh and bone?"
"No, sir. Not up close."
Good. Let's not make today your first time." His eyes showing concern for the first time she stepped into the office. The acting like a jerk thing was so that no one could first say favoritism and second so no one would ever guess they were in a relationship. But he would never forgive himself for not paying more attention that night for if he had look a little closer he might have realized that his lover had lied about her magic level. He would also never forgive himself for not going with her or sending someone to look after her as she performed the ritual.
(Holly's point of view)
Oh the gods. They kidnapped me. Please, please for my sake and Julius' don't let them rape me. It would destroy him that he couldn't protect me. Oh please let him be alright. What if I'm not the only fairy that was kidnapped? Holly wrapped herself in a little ball after she was told she had talked. If Julius dies because of the information they found out it's my fault. Holly stared blankly at the wall thinking about Julius and praying she hadn't got him killed.
(Roots point of view)
There on the monitor before them, in frozen suspension, was a hypodermic dart. There could be no doubt. Captain Holly Short was missing in action. Most probably dead, but at the very least held captive by a hostile force. Julius could swear he heard his heart stop. She might be dead but at the very least she was a captive and the gods only knew what those mud men were doing to her. He swear then if they raped her he would never forgive himself. He should have sent someone with her or gone with her himself. There was always safety in numbers. Especially when one of the fairies doesn't have magic and is helpless. He was reactivating himself there was no way he was sitting around waiting for them to bring her home. Depending on who was in charge they would just bio-bomb the place and say their loss was minimal they had lost one officer the only female the test case. But Julius would die with her no he wasn't giving up he was going to find her and bring her home.
Root should have started to worry about his own health then, but he was too busy worrying about Holly's.
"If you've harmed one tip of my officer's pointy ears…"
"Your officer? Oh, we have management. How Privileged. All the better to make my point." That wasn't how he had meant it. But thought it was good that it came out that way. It wouldn't do for the mud-boy or the LEP to find out that he had a less then professional relationship with Holly that he was hiding.
