A/N: The movie, Tristan and Isolde, was directed by Kevin Reynolds and written by Dean Georgaris
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Now, we were told by Hannah how she and Booth met, but I'm taking some liberties with it as I will with the rest of the events that have happened so far in the series. It's only because I'm trying to make it work with the quote/movie selection that I have so far. I have 50 chapters planned out and if I redo it so it works with the series, it'll take forever, and it might take longer to get the end result I'm looking for. Just thought you all deserved a heads up.
Day after day, mission after mission, they come back to camp and relax. The missions, taxing and depressing, take a toll on each of them. Some of his men spend their down time sleeping, others play ball, and a few get on the computers and call home. He's normally the odd one out. He's the only one that heads back into the little town to relax. It seems odd to the rest of them, the fact that he returns to the place where they arrest, shoot at and kill insurgents, where they see the blood of the enemy and tears of the innocent spilled. He takes a small gun with him, smart enough to know it's still a dangerous place. Davis offers to go with him, but he never accepts. Private Davis has noticed that when his boss comes back from the town, he's just a bit sadder than he was when he left. Today isn't any different. Davis wants to say something, but he doesn't want his boss to over react and make him run a few miles on their day off.
So he waits until the next day to say anything. At the moment, it's just him and his boss, waiting for a particularly cruel target to round the corner. They're just below the ridge, out of site, their eyes trained a few miles away on the path where a man is about to take his last steps.
His mentor puts the rifle down, steadies it and peers through the scope. No sight of their target yet, Davis knows, looking through a scope of his own, so he tentatively brings up the topic.
"You, uh, you doin' alright, Sarge?"
"I'm doing just fine, Davis. Keep quiet."
"Yeah, okay, but you seemed…upset yesterday when you came back to camp."
"I'm fine, Davis. Just shut up."
"Okay," Davis stops his questioning, thinking that if he continues at all, he's going to get himself shot. But right now, he doesn't care. "Boss, are you sure? You can tell me. You know I won't tell the other guys."
And he knows the Private is right. After he told Davis about her, the kid never said a word. It's their secret, their thing, like the doctor-patient confidentiality he has with Sweets. What the hell, he says to himself. He thinks that maybe if he tells the kid, he'll feel better. So he gets it off his chest.
"Yesterday at the market, I saw I couple holding hands…and I realized we'll never do that. Never anything like it. Just moments that leave too quickly." The moment it comes out of his mouth he wonders if he should've said it. To him, it sounds like something she would've written. And maybe she did. Maybe it was something Kathy said when she broke up with Andy. He can't remember. But, thankfully, Davis says nothing and he looks back through the scope for their target.
That night, back at camp, when their target has been taken care of and their next mission is looming, he lays on his cot, looking at the roof of the tent. He hears the soft rapping of knuckles against the canvas and he sits up, swinging his legs over the edge as he tells whoever's on the other side to come in.
Davis peeks his head inside. A big, stupid grin covers his face.
"What is it, Davis?"
"Sarge, you gotta come out here."
"Why?"
"Colonel Pelant is here. He needs to talk to you."
He stifles a groan and heads outside. The sun has set and he wanted to be asleep by now. They have a big mission the next day, one that won't see them back at camp for a few days. It'll be almost a week before he sees his cot. But he goes outside anyway and walks to the communications tent where Davis said Pelant is waiting.
"Colonel?"
"Booth, I've got someone I want you to meet. A reporter is going to be embedded with your unit for the rest of your tour. I'll give you a list of training exercises and missions she can and can't go on."
"She?"
"Yes. Sergeant Major Booth, this is Hannah Burley."