A conversation with my boyfriend, led to me writing a story about M.A.S.H's favourite couple.

…………. 11:00pm

Hawkeye was already in bed watching his wife of two years in the bathroom getting ready for bed.

"Did you remember to lock the back door?" she asked while brushing her teeth

"Yes, I also shut the kitchen widow and checked the locks on all the doors" he answered in a sarcastic sing song way

Giving him the 'Houlihan' look from the bath room "No need" was her answer. Shutting off the bathroom light she made her way over to the bed

"Come here you" Hawkeye said, opening his arms, and wrapping them around her when her head touched his shoulder. "Did you know that we fall asleep in the exact same position every night?" he said resting his chin on the top of her head

"Yeah" came the sleepy reply "nice isn't it"

"Yeah…Do you suppose that we will always fall asleep like this?"

"I hope so"

"But what if we don't" he asked

"What do you mean?" she said opening her eyes and moving so that she was lay on his chest looking at him

"Well what if…" he stopped and thought for a minute "there is something that stops us from falling asleep together?"

"Like what?"

"Like…an argument"

"An argument?"

"Yeah, and you make me sleep in the spare room or on the couch…we won't fall asleep like this then will we?"

"Well don't do anything that will warrant a night in the spare room or the couch, and we won't have to deal with not falling asleep like this" she said kissing his chest and returning to her earlier position

"But, what if you get bored of sleeping this way and…I don't know want to sleep on the other side of the bed" he asked seriously

This caused Margaret to sit up slightly and look him square in the face "Hawkeye" she started "I will always fall asleep in your arms, it may not be this way all the time" she motioned with her arms

"How do you know" she was interrupted

"Because there is nobody else's arms that I would rather fall asleep in"

Hawkeye was silenced

"Now can we go to sleep" she asked, giving him a quick kiss on the lips, and returning to her previous position

"I love you" he stated sincerely, wrapping his arms securely around her and both drifting off to sleep

………..02:00am

Hawkeye was awake, looking down at Margaret who was sound asleep. The position that they had fallen asleep in hadn't changed. "Just as she said" he whispered to him self. Looking at her, he realised how truly beautiful she is. Of course he had noticed before, her eyes that changed colour with her moods, her nose that turned slightly at the end, and her lips, so red, soft yet rough…in his eyes she was perfect. He wanted to give her everything that she ever wanted. What she had said earlier had made her more beautiful. He had to tell her.

"Margaret" he whispered in her ear "Honey, wake up"

Nothing

"Margaret" he nudged her "Come on"

Eventually he got a reply

"What?" she asked muffled

"You awake?"

"Murrph" was the muffled reply as she opened her eyes to look at him "What is it Hawk?"

"I just wanted to let you know that you are beautiful when you are sleeping"

"You woke me up to tell me that?" she asked, no expression on her face

"Yes" he said smiling, the moonlight catching his features "Romantic?" he asked

"Yeah…honey, romantic" she moved "Just at two in the morning it's only just made it"

"Sorry"

"It's ok" she answered by kissing his chest again, and lying back down "Why are you awake?"

"Just thinking"

"About what?"

"Us"

"What about us" she said making small circled on his chest with the index finger

"Our future" he said kissing her head.

"Is it any good?" she asked

"Fascinating"

"Well you can fill me in, in the morning"