Disclaimer: I do not own the characters in this story. They are not my own. I only cherish them.

My stories are set in real-time. Dom is a Vietnam vet and String and St. John were in Iraq post 9/11.

Since it is October I thought I would do one centered on Halloween. This is a standalone story and not related to the series I am currently writing.

Trick Or Treat

Chapter 1: Eye Candy

What a beautiful day String thought as he climbed into the jet ranger to head to the hangar. He would much rather be at his cabin on a day like this but Stringfellow Hawke had other responsibilities outside of Airwolf.

Dom greeted String as he walked into the office. It had been relatively quiet the past few weeks and he knew String was getting restless performing mindless repairs and flying boring charters. He was more interested in doing stunts but they hadn't had many come their way recently. Whenever he was restless it was usually followed by a commitment free fling with a beautiful woman with a body to match. He couldn't understand why with someone like Caitlin right under his nose he had to pursue other women. Deep down Dom knew String was afraid to lose his heart to someone. He always played it safe when it came to love. But he also knew that the perfect woman for him was Cait and he also knew she had feeling for him.

"Where's Cait this morning?' String asked looking around for her.

"She went to pick up her costume for the Halloween party tonight at BJ's."

"Party, what party?"

"Ya know String if you would show up more often and pay attention you would know these things. The party at BJ's that everyone's been talkin about." BJ's was the local hangout.

String just shrugged him off as he poured his coffee. His curiosity was getting the best of him. "So what's she going as?"

"Huh, oh you mean Cait. She's going with Everett as a nineteen sixties stewardess and he's a pilot. You know, or maybe you don't know cause your too young ,how the airline stewardess's looked back then." Dom was looking up smiling as if he were picturing something in his mind. "Yeah those were the days before it was "politically incorrect" for the airlines to have their gals dress that way. Boy I sure enjoyed flyin commercial then."

String was getting a kick out of Dom reminiscing about his romantic adventures. He had a feeling Dom was something of a ladies man back in his day. It was good that Cait understood Dom's way of thinking; she loved him and overlooked his chauvinistic views.

"Flight attendant Dom, their called flight attendants now." String said shaking his head grinning.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Hey I need to run over to Shorties place and pick up a fuel pump for the jeep. I should be back in an hour. If you or Cait need to go anywhere you're Gonna need to use your car, I'm takin the other jeep."

String found himself thinking about Cait's costume and tried to picture how she would look in it.

"Penny for your thoughts." He heard the sweet Texas twang as it broke into his thoughts. String looked up slightly embarrassed as if Cait could read his thoughts.

"Wow, the way you look right now maybe I should offer you a dollar instead of a penny." She said as she laid the garment bag down on the desk.

"bout time you got in." He said trying to change the subject.

Cait looked around as if to make a point. "Yeah, I can see that my not being here put a strain on the work load."

"Well it's the principal behind it. Work or no work you should be here on time." He said as he playfully tapped the tip of her nose with his finger, flinching as she playfully slapped it away.

"Oh, that's good coming from a guy that goes missing for days at a time and Dom has to send out a search party to bring you in." Cait said standing with her hands on her hips with her head cocked to one side.

"Man she's adorable." He thought as he looked at her. He had been thinking about her a lot lately. It was getting harder to control his feelings for her. He was glad he had a date tonight. That would help get his feelings in check. He had made up his mind weeks after he talked Dom into letting her stay when she had tracked him down and returned his good friend Jimmy's remains that he was not going to fall for her. He was instantly attracted to her that day in the Pope County Jail. He had allowed himself the luxury of keeping her here with him but had regrets now. It was hard to maintain a friendship when his feelings went much deeper.

"Where's Dom?" Everett asked as he came strolling in.

"He went to pick up a fuel pump for the jeep, where've you been?" String asked deciding to tease him instead of Cait.

"Right, like Dom wants me hanging around being paid to do nothing. I came to see if Cait picked up her costume. Where is she?"

String pointed to the locker room in the back. "She went to hang it up. How did you talk her into going to this party with you? I heard a lot of the other guys asked her."

"It's one of the perks of having her as a friend." Then as if to realize that String had just insulted him, "Hey, I take offence to that, I'm just as good looking as the other guys."

Everett and Cait had instantly hit it off when she came to work here. He was like a brother to her. They often went to BJ's together. Cait was popular with everyone and Everett enjoyed the attention that surrounded her. The fact that she was a lot of fun to be around didn't hurt either.

"What other guys?" Cait asked as she stepped into the office sensing that she was the subject of their conversation.

"String here thinks I'm out of your league."

"Well, don't feel bad Eve, he thinks I'm out of his league as well." Cait said as she picked up a clip board and walked out to do a maintenance check on the jet ranger leaving String red faced and speechless giggling as she went.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" He thought. He wanted to know but there was no way he was going to show that he was interested in knowing what she meant by the comment.

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It was seven o'clock when Cait finished up entering a week's worth of invoices into the system. Everett would be there in a half hour to pick her up. She headed back to the locker room to change into her stewardess outfit. She needed a night out of fun to get her mind off of String and his newest conquest. She had met Strings latest woman a few days ago and had been down about it. She was hopelessly in love with String and knew he didn't return the feelings. She had secretly kept it to herself. He still held on to the belief that he couldn't let himself get close to anyone other than Dom or St. John. It was hard for her to work as closely as she did with him and hide her feelings. They loved each other and could trust each other with their lives but she couldn't help the tingle she felt when he would put a comforting arm around her or kiss the top of her head when he would leave for the night.

Looking in the mirror she adjusted the little round hat on her head. The outfit was vintage sixties. It was a vibrant light blue mini skirt and short sleeved jacket to match that had a white collar and white trimmed up turned cuffs on the sleeves. Cait thought the jacket was a bit low cut that pushed her perky breast up so they were peaking out a bit. The hat was small and round with a crease on top down the middle. She finished the outfit with sexy white pumps. She laughed to herself. How on earth did women get taken seriously back then? It occurred to her that if she had lived back then the closet she would have gotten to the cock pit would've been to serve the male pilots coffee. Satisfied everything was in place she headed back to the office to shut her computer down and wait for Everett.

"Hey you're early." She said when she heard someone else in the office. Stepping into the office she ran into String who had turned to walk out the door the same time she was walking in. He caught her so she didn't go over backwards. Cait didn't want her imagination running away with her but she could have sworn he was holding on to her longer than necessary for her to regain her balance.

"What are you doing here? I thought you had a date?" She asked as she was trying to straighten her skirt back.

String was trying to look her over without her knowing. "I do, I forgot my wallet." He was not one to lie but there was no way he was going to tell her that he just had to see what she looked like before she went to the party.

"Hey if Dom see's you looking like this he might insist you dress that way when you fly charter flights. Come to think of it, it might be good for business."

"Yeah, and while we're at it why don't I just wear this when we take the lady out for Michael."

"I'm ok with that." He said with a mischievous grin. "I mean, he makes all his aids wear white."

Cait scrunched up her nose as she rolled her eyes at him. He was enjoying the banter they were having back and forth and was disappointed to see Everett walk in.

"Whoa, you look hot" he said spinning Cait around to get a good look at her. "The guys are going to envy me tonight."

"And you look absolutely handsome Eve. The uniform suites you. I'll be with the best looking guy in the place." Cait picked up her Sixties style white purse and headed out with Everett. "Have a nice time on your date." She said turning one last time to String.

"You to." He said as he enjoyed watching her in that skirt walking away.