Title: Do You Believe in Surprise Endings
Author: rooster dawn
Pairing: Harm and anyone who was around at the time
Alternative Universe : Harm and Mac don't work together. They meet at pivotal times in Harm's life.
Disclaimer: JAG is property of Belisarius productions, no copyright
infringement intended.
Summary: Harm is a Naval Aviator. With it comes a cocky attitude and the makings of an international playboy. Will his actions catch up to him?
Author's note: Harm and Mac look back on their lives that have gone in opposite directions. They meet again and come to a surprising conclusion.
Author's note 2: Many of the chapters are a reflection of what happened in the character's lives over the last ten years.
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part three Another crash, back to flying a desk
Over the next week Harm thought about what had happened next. He flew for a few years, receiving a couple more of DFC medals and a Silver Star. But not long after receiving his last DFC, the world that he knew and love was about to end.
He had been on routine patrol over Iraq when a stray missile hit his tomcat. He was lucky to make it back to friendly territory before his tomcat crashed. He was flying too low when he finally ejected.
He wasn't high enough for his parachute to fully deploy, thus his parachute wasn't able to fully open and offer him its full benefits. He suffered severe injuries requiring him to be hospitalized for more than two months before he was able to begin rehab.
He was ordered to undergo counseling while he was in the hospital. It was there that he met Lieutenant Commander Jordan Parker. He worked with her over the next few months to work through some problems he was having, including the lost of his father when he was only five years old.
It wasn't long after he was released from the hospital that they began dating. He returned to Jag after his rehab was completed. Within a year he and Jordan were married. He was happy, happier than he had ever been before.
He was finally over the lost of past relationships and the lost of his father. He was able to forgive his mother for moving on and marrying Frank.
He talked with Jordan about having children of their own and within a year they were the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl. They named her Cassandra, but chose to call her Sandy since they both loved the ocean and spending time at the sandy beaches.
It was his returned to Jag that finally allowed Harm the opportunity to receive his promotion to full Commander in the year 2003. He got lucky when they decided to backdate it to the first of the year 2002.
A year later Jordan was gone. She was driving home late one night from the hospital where she had been treating a patient. She hit an icy patch on the road. She lost control of the car before it skidded off the road and into a tree.
She was dead before they could get her to the hospital. The grief he suffered from her death was mind numbing. He didn't know how he would be able to go on. If it hadn't been for his little girl Sandy and his mother, he might have shut it down completely.
Sandy was his lifeline to reality. She kept him focus on the here and now, not on the past. It took a while, but he managed to overcome Jordan's death.
Now the real question was, how was he going to go on with his life when he didn't have a future in the Navy. If Jordan had still been alive he would have continued on. It wouldn't have mattered as much because he would have been happy.
As long as no one kicked him out he would stay in the navy. Promotion to Captain might have been later than he wanted, but it would have come. As long as he had Jordan it didn't matter when.
Now though, he didn't know whether he wanted to practice law anymore. He didn't know if he even wanted to fly. All he knew was, going home and being with his mother might be the best thing for him and Sandy right now.
She would be there for him, support him, and take care of him. It was a good time for him to go home and maybe find himself.
Sarah returns to her own life
When Sarah got the news from General Creswell that he would be sending Commander Harmon Rabb to San Diego to assist her in setting up her new command, her mind journeyed back in a time warp, back to the day she first met him.
It had been a wonderful beautiful day. She met him in of all places the White House Rose Garden. It had set the mood between them that wouldn't be broken until she left Washington more than a week later.
When she first met him it was like he was looking deep inside her trying to find her soul. It was like they were two long lost souls that had journeyed long and far before finally finding each other again after so many years.
She didn't know what to think. She did like the package. He was a man she could look up to and admire. Yeah, just what he needed, another woman. But she didn't care. He was special, he was someone she really wanted to get to know.
It wasn't very often she found someone who was sufficiently tall enough where she didn't have to worry about wearing heels. Most men she met didn't like it when she was as tall or taller than they were. It hurt their poor self-esteem.
Harm was quite tall, very good looking with dreamy blue eyes. And his smile, oh god was it perfect. It made her insides become tingly, left her knees feeling weak. It was even hard to breathe if he smiled too long.
He had taken her back to his apartment that day. She had expected to see a luxurious well kept apartment, what she found instead blew her mind. It was a disaster area. The whole place had been torn up. It should have been condemn.
He had told her he was fixing it up himself because he was good with his hands. She found out later that night just how good he was with his hands. After he cooked her a great meal they settled down in the only place they could, the bedroom.
It wasn't long before clothes were flying and a night of hot steamy nighttime activities was taking place. She couldn't believe that he was so good or was it because she hadn't enjoyed any nighttime activities in such a long time.
They worked well together to complete their mission of finding her Uncle Matt and getting him to return the sacred document. He returned to Washington where he got to say his piece before being sentence to Leavenworth for four years.
Harm had made a wonderful passionate closing argument that had swayed the jury to give him a light sentence. They honestly believed that Uncle Matt had done the wrong thing for all the right reasons.
Unfortunately after the trial she had to return to Los Angeles. It seemed the Admiral didn't like having marines around except to do the dirty work. She was sorry to hear that.
Her brief experience working with Harm made her long for the opportunity to stay and work with him full time. She knew she could learn a lot from Harm, he was very good. Add to the fact it would have been nice to have someone in her life.
As it turned out it wasn't all too bad. A few months later after she noticed her uniforms getting tight and a ten-pound weight gain, she found out she was pregnant. She had a not so little boy she named Henry. He looked just like Harm.
A few years later she was transferred to Hawaii and earned a promotion. She was given the chief of staff position as well as being in charge of any investigation that occurred in the Pacific Theater.
It wasn't long after that she met up with Lieutenant Commander Meg Austin. She had worked with Harm for four years. Meg had filled her in on Harm's current activities. She was surprised to learn that Harm had returned to the fleet to fly fighter jets.
She couldn't understand why. She had seen the ad campaign touting Harm as the Navy Poster Boy. He had the name recognition and package to go a long way in Washington. She wondered why he would throw it all away just to fly jets.
Meg had gone on to explain to her that his first love had been and always would be flying jets. If he died tomorrow, he would die happy. She didn't understand it, but then again did it really matter? Would she even see him again?
As it turned out she would get to see him again within a few months. It was her position as chief investigator of the Pacific Theater that allowed her the opportunity to meet up with Harm again.
As her investigation went on Harm's knowledge of the events of the mishap led him to be a prime witness. Unfortunately the Lieutenant being investigated had retained Harm as his lawyer.
She had to find a way to work around it, but she was able to prosecute the case perfectly. She had the Lieutenant dead to rights, but somehow Harm managed to get him off. He certainly didn't have much to work with.
Every time the lieutenant opened his mouth the hole that he was in got a little deeper and deeper. Somehow Harm would turn these blunders into some heroic macho enterprise that made the Lieutenant someone to be admired instead of being a goat.
All she could think of, it had to be the passionate plead he gave at the end of the trial where he convinced the jury that the Lieutenant was only doing the job he was trained to do and they bought into it.
While she was on board the carrier she weighed in her mind whether or not to tell Harm about Henry. She felt on the one hand he had a right to know, but on the other hand they had only spent a week together.
There had been no talks between them about having children or whether or not he even wanted children. Why should she disrupt his life because she hadn't used the proper birth control methods? Why should she trap him into something he hadn't agreed to before hand?
She remembered something that Meg had told her that Harm's first love was flying. During the limited time she had been on board the carrier she had seen for herself that he was truly happy about flying and living here on board the ship.
Who was she to take that all away from him? Then again when he showed up late one night at her cabin door, she didn't think about turning him away either or any of the other nights that he came by. The lovemaking had been wonderfully spectacular.
Especially since she couldn't remember the last time she had a man in her bed. She didn't like leaving Henry with anybody when he was a baby. And later she just didn't feel like going out with the other ladies to find a good man. In her mind she had a good man. His name was Henry.
It amused her later when she got back to Hawaii. She began having morning sickness even though she never had experienced it with Henry. Maybe that meant she was going to have a girl. She could only hope.
She was happy when the baby was born and it was a girl, she named her Elizabeth. She thought about telling Harm, but decided not to for the same reason she hadn't told him about Henry.
They weren't a couple nor would they ever be. She was a lawyer and he was a fighter jock. There was a strong possibility she would never see him again. He was happy flying his jet planes, she was happy to have a boy and a girl to love.
Besides, Harm had never contacted her since the day they met. She had been the equivalent of a couple of one night stands to him. Enjoy the night, but don't worry about the consequences.
Sarah came back to the present as she sat at her desk. She knew she would need to tell him now about Henry and Beth. The thought occurred to her that a barbeque with Meg, Caitlin, and Harm would be a good idea.
They both knew Harm. They could serve as a buffer between Harm and her. They would help him relax and be at ease so she could tell him about his children. He couldn't kill her in their presence.
They would also be able to help keep Harm from sharing her bed again. She had never been able to say no to him once he laid on his charms. He was so sexy and desirable. His smile drew her in to anything he wanted.
He wasn't one to hide his desire for her. He loved being with her as much as she loved being with him. He was the only man she had ever loved and probably the only one she ever would.