Take #2 on that memorable scene.
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Harm could only stare as his boss breezed past him and into his bathroom, along the way shedding articles of clothing like a snake. A very good comparison, he decided.
Squeezing his eyes shut he prepared for the fallout and wasn't disappointed when an angry female voice cut cleanly through the husky rasp of his superior officer, telling her to get out in a way that was still well-mannered, but as cutting as a straight-razor.
Retreating from the bathroom and closing the door in a manner that screamed she'd just gotten clawed, his boss turned furious eyes on him.
"There's a woman in your shower!" spat Krennick, her face white and chin trembling in anger. The accusation was clear, the only woman belonging in his shower was she and there would be hell to pay because he'd been so rebellious and disrespectful and even perhaps disloyal.
By now Harm had recovered sufficiently from his shock to shrug diffidently and return "Of course there's a woman in my shower. Why wouldn't there be one?"
Only after the words had left his mouth did he realize it had been the wrong thing to say.
The look she shot him was pure venom. Stalking out of the apartment she slammed the door with enough force to make Harm wince, but that didn't stop him from muttering "Good riddance to bad rubbish."
Exhaling, Harm knocked on the again-closed door "Dinner's almost ready and Frank called he's 5 minutes away, Mom."
Receiving an acknowledgement of his words Harm moved back to the frying pan, trying to decide whether explaining the situation to Krennick would make it better or worse.
Oh, don't worry, Commander Krennick, I'm still free game, it was just my mother you got told off by. She's not accustomed to strange women, especially superior officers of mine, barging into her son's shower.
Yeah, Mommy had to defend Harmy-Warmy from the big, bad GIRL bully on the playground... Wouldn't that be good for his reputation if it got out and it would get out, for Krennick would make sure of it, as revenge for her humiliation.
Or maybe he should just let the horny Harpy stew in her belief that he had a woman in his life and then be uncooperative with revealing more, hoping that would be enough to get the Cougar in heat off his back. But...
Considering they'd interacted it would eventually dawn on Krennick that she'd been thrown out by a woman older than he was, that he'd had an older woman in his shower. And if she believed that the showering lady was Harm's dalliance... She'd think he had a thing for older women. And. She. Was. Older. Than. He...
Oh dear.
THE END (again)
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