After getting a full meal in his stomach, Harm, Tony, Gibbs and AJ were finally back at the house. Harm couldn't have been happier than he was right now in this moment as he stood in the center of the bedroom that he had been inhabiting three months ago, once again.
Tony smiled as he came into the bedroom, wrapping his arms around Harm's waist and kissing the taller man on the back "I'm so glad that I can do this again." Tony whispered, lying his head in the center of Harm's back.
Harm nodded as he set his hands over Tony's, interlocking their fingers on his stomach "Never gonna do anything to make me lose this again." Harm said as he turned his head and looked down at Tony "What happened to taking me on a walk?" Harm asked teasingly, a slow smile spreading across his face.
Tony giggled as he bumped Harm's hips forward with his own "Change into a pair of sweats and a sweatshirt, then we'll go." Tony said against the back of Harm's ear, he then released the taller man and flaunted out of the room, giggling as he went.
Harm looked over at Tony as they walked down the street, their hands loosely hanging together between their bodies. "So, what was it that you wanted to show me, that couldn't be shown at the house?" Harm asked curiously as they turned a corner that led straight to the park.
Tony shook his head and bumped his shoulder into Harm's shoulder "I just wanted to be alone with you, can't do that with dad and AJ sitting around the house talking about baseball…" Tony said, making a face about their father's and the sports arguments bound to ensue between the two older men.
Harm chuckled as he kissed Tony's temple and then slid his arm around Tony's waist, loosely holding onto his hip, "So… Now that we're alone… I kind of wanted to talk to you about something." Harm said as he sat down on one of the park benches, pulling Tony down into his lap and holding around his boyfriend's waist.
Tony wrapped his arms around Harm's neck and looked down at the man with a smile "Okay, what's going on?" Tony asked, threading his fingers through the short hairs at the back of Harm's neck.
Harm laid his forehead against Tony's shoulder "I think I'm ready to move out and… maybe find my own place. I mean, it has nothing to do with you or Gibbs, I just… I need my freedoms again, and our privacy back." Harm said as he looked up at Tony through his lashes.
Tony giggled as he kissed the tip of Harm's nose, "You just wanna get me in your bed again, don't ya?" Tony teased as he adjusted slightly in Harm's lap, "But, if you really think you want to move out, then I'll support that decision… Not so sure about my dad supporting it, but… I'm sure he'll get over it eventually… He has to know by now that neither of us are virgins anymore." Tony said as he lightly tugged on Harm's hair, pulling the taller man's head back as he kissed him lovingly on the lips.
Harm nodded as he looked up at Tony "He may suspect it, but until he knows for sure… I think I would rather air on the side of caution and get our privacy back… Even if it's just for cuddling, I think I miss that more than anything." Harm said quietly, brushing his thumbs along Tony's hips, "So, are you going to tell me what was really going on while I was locked up, or are you going to keep lying to me about it?" Harm asked, looking up at Tony.
Tony sighed as he laid his head against Harm's shoulder, "It's embarrassing, Harm… And, I don't want you to get pissed off about it, because you cannot do anything about it, and neither can I." Tony said against Harm's neck, burying his head further into the juncture as tears slipped down his cheeks.
Harm tightened his grip around Tony and rocked his boyfriend gently in his arms, "I'm not going to get pissed off, just tell me what was going on babe… I'm sure I can do something about it, even if it's just talking to whoever it was…" Harm said quietly, rubbing his hand up and down Tony's back slowly.
Tony nodded slightly "It wasn't a guy… It… It was Palmer's girlfriend, Ziva." Tony whispered, tightening his fingers in the back of Harm's shirt, "She was the one who was constantly hitting me and giving me grief about Clark getting locked up because of you…" Tony added, sniffling into Harm's neck and tightening his grip even more.
Harm sighed as he kissed the side of Tony's head "Hey… It's going to be okay T. I'm out now, and I can handle this – No, I will handle this. I love you, and people hurting you for something that wasn't your fault, is just unacceptable to me. And where the hell were Tim, Mac and Jimmy through all of this?" Harm asked, his anger getting the better of him as he nudged Tony's head off his shoulder and looked into the tear-filled eyes of his boyfriend.
Tony shook his head "They were there… They tried to help but I just… I couldn't let them take the fall for anything, if they had gotten caught fighting her… Well, at least Mac… Tim and Jimmy weren't going to hit her either. Mac was ready to fight her when she found out." Tony said quietly, the tears silently sliding down his cheeks.
Harm frowned as he brushed the tears away with the pads of his thumbs, "Don't worry about it, T. I'm going to handle this, without even lifting a finger… Maybe my voice, but no fingers, I promise." Harm said as he kissed Tony softly on the lips, hugging the shorter man to his chest.
Tony nodded as he laid his head back against Harm's shoulder, "Love you Harm, so much." Tony whispered, pressing a soft kiss against Harm's neck.
The next day, Harm was finally back at school, and he had one mission on his mind as he walked through the halls of Mt. Vernon High. Harm saw his object of rage walking down the hall and talking to a few of the other 'mean girls' of their school, and he walked straight up to the group of five girls with a menacing grin on his face.
"H…Harm! You're back!" Ziva squeaked when the taller man crowded her against the wall, "How… How are you?!" She asked, trying to keep her voice innocent; a small, tight, smile on her face.
Harm shook his head and pressed his palm against the wall, staring directly into Ziva's brown eyes "Oh, I'm fantastic! Especially after I heard what you've been doing to Tony…" Harm sneered, his upper lip curling as he glared at Ziva.
Ziva's face paled considerably as she looked up at Harm "I… I have no clue what you mean… I have not done nothing to Tony!" Ziva protested as she tried pushing Harm away from her body.
Harm growled as he pressed his hand against Ziva's shoulder, keeping her pinned against the wall, "You come near him again, and you will really be sorry that you messed with him." Harm said tensely as he released Ziva and started walking off down the hall.
"Is that a threat?!" She shouted after him, her eyes boring into the back of Harm's head.
Harm whipped around and stalked back over to Ziva, "I don't make threats, Ziva. I make promises, and that was a promise. You come near Tony, you will pay for it." Harm stated, just as tensely, then turned and walked off down the hall, leaving Ziva gaping in the hallway.
Harm breathed out a sigh of relief as he leaned against the wall, he knew he was close to losing his temper when Ziva lied to him, but he had to reign that in, he couldn't risk ruining his life or Tony's even further than what he'd done so far.
When Harm looked up from the linoleum floor of the hallway, the next people he needed to talk to were standing nearby watching Harm with curious expressions on their faces. Harm shook his head and pushed away from the wall "I don't know if I want to kill you both for letting Tony take that bitches shit… Or kill you for not coming to see me and tell me what the hell was going on." Harm stated as he walked past the two, knowing they would follow him.
"We didn't let Tony take her shit. He wouldn't let us do anything about it!" Mac protested as she followed half a step behind Harm, grabbing his arm to stop him from walking away.
Harm turned around and faced his two best friends, "And what about not coming to see me? Telling me what the hell was going on with my boyfriend?!" Harm questioned, his voice rising slightly as he glared daggers at the two.
Mac and Tim both looked down, "Tony told us not to say anything to you, and he swore us to the BFF Code… We would have come to visit you, but we knew if you saw us, you'd get answers out of us that Tony wasn't comfortable telling you while you were locked up." Tim said quietly, rubbing his bicep sheepishly.
Mac nodded as she looked up at Harm "Yeah, it's not like we didn't want to come and see you! God, we were so bored and we missed the hell out of you while you were gone!" Mac stated, tears coming to her brown eyes.
Harm sighed as he drew his two friends into a hug, "I missed you guys too… But next time, BFF code or not… You tell me what the hell is going on." Harm growled, taking a play out of Gibbs' handbook and popping both friends in the back of the head lightly.
"There better not be a next time! We can't go through not having you around for Movie Night ever again… Tony couldn't keep his mouth shut during the movies! You usually remedied that by kissing him into silence… and while Tony is super cute and all, I don't think either of our kisses would have worked the way yours do!" Mac said, giggling as she linked her arm through Harm's, the three friends walking down the hall together.
Harm sighed as he sat at the far back corner of the lunch room, a tray of salad untouched in front of him as he stared blankly across the cafeteria. It had only been half a day back at school, and before his time in Camden, he hadn't realized how boring school actually was until now, he was still getting work done in a timely fashion, and still making progress even though he was missing three months of the curriculum, but everything was so boring now, compared to when he wasn't a 'convicted felon' as he had heard some people whispering about him.
Jimmy came over to the table and set his tray down "Hey Harm…" Jimmy said quietly as he sat down and looked at his tray.
"Sure you want to sit with a felon? You might get a bad rep…" Harm said glumly, pushing his tray away and crossing his arms over his chest.
Jimmy shook his head and pushed Harm's tray back in front of him "Don't care about my rep anymore…" Jimmy said as he looked up at Harm, "I'm… I'm really sorry about what happened… Harm, I mean… Clark was such an idiot… and I can't… I can't begin to express how sorry I am for what he did…" Jimmy stammered out slightly.
Harm shook his head and sat up, pinning Jimmy's hand to the table, "It wasn't your fault Jim. Your cousin was the asshole that started all of this – You weren't even there! Don't blame yourself for your cousin's misgivings… If anyone is to blame, it should be me… I shouldn't have let him bait me into the fight…I should have just walked away." Harm said as he released Jimmy's hand and stared at his friend.
Jimmy nodded and sighed "I know… I'm just… I'm sorry that I didn't come to see you while you were in Camden… I haven't gone to visit Clark either, don't plan to. If he had found out I went to visit you, and not him… Well, I think that would cause a lot of tension between an already iffy family…" Jimmy said quietly, shaking his head as he ran a hand through his hair slowly.
Harm shrugged as he grabbed the orange off Jimmy's tray and began peeling it, "Don't worry about it Jim. I understand why you couldn't come up and visit… You had to pick sides, and ultimately family wins out in the end… I don't hold that against you. You're my best friend for a reason." Harm said as he popped a piece of the orange into his mouth and then plopped the fruit back onto Jimmy's tray, "Gotta go… Just saw Tony walking out of the cafeteria…" Harm said as he quickly got up and jogged towards where he'd seen Tony.
Tony squeaked as he a pair of arms wrapped around his thighs and was lifted up into the air from behind "Harmon! What the hell do you think you're doing?" Tony shouted, squirming in Harm's arms.
Harm chuckled as he dropped Tony back to his feet and turned the shorter man around to face him "Thought I'd surprise you. Where ya headed?" Harm asked, grinning widely and innocently down at Tony.
Tony shook his head and grabbed Harm lightly by the ID tag around his neck, "I'm headed to the bathrooms… Wanna join me?" Tony asked, keeping his voice low, Harm nodded mutely as he turned Tony back towards the bathrooms across the hall and pushed the younger man into the six-stall room.
Tony smirked as he pulled Harm into one of the stalls and locked the door, "So, how is your day going?" Tony whispered as he stood over the toilet, relieving himself while looking back at Harm.
Harm shrugged as he leaned back against the door "Terrible and okay at the same time… People keep whispering behind my back, like I can't hear them… But then again, some people are supportive and understand what I did and accept it…" Harm said as he switched places with Tony to also relieve his full bladder.
"I saw you talking with Jimmy, didn't want to interrupt… How did that go?" Tony asked as he wrapped his arms around Harm's waist, laying his head against Harm's back.
Harm shrugged as he looked over his shoulder at the top of Tony's head "It went okay, he blames himself and I told him not too…" Harm said quietly as he grabbed one of Tony's hands and wrapped their hands together around his slowly hardening cock.
Tony gasped slightly, looking up at Harm, "What are you doing?" Tony whispered sharply, trying to pull his hand away from Harm's groin.
Harm bit his bottom lip back to suppress the groan, "Trying… god… Trying so hard not to bend you over this damn toilet and fuck you senseless…" Harm whispered hoarsely as his hips involuntarily jerked forward into Tony's and his own hand.
"And you think a quick hand job in the bathroom is going to cut it?" Tony asked, his voice still a whisper as he slowly stroked Harm's length from base to tip and back down again.
Harm shook his head, leaning back against Tony's chest "No… but it'll help…" Harm said quietly, turning his head to capture Tony's neck in his mouth.
Tony stifled a moan into Harm's shoulder as he quickened the pace of his hands stroking, moving over Harm's length as fast as tolerable, Harm closed his eyes, rocking his hips forward with each of Tony's strokes "That's it… That's it… God… I'm so close…" Harm murmured against Tony's neck. "Oh fuck…" Harm gasped when Tony pinched the head of his cock slightly.
Tony set his other hand over Harm's mouth and shook his head "Gotta be quiet, I really don't want to get in trouble." Tony whispered into Harm's ear as he continued stroking faster. Tony could feel Harm's legs quivering slightly, and forced his body to lock up behind the taller man to keep him steady.
Harm moaned into Tony's hand as his cock erupted, splattering the toilet, wall and floor with his seed, "Fuck…" Harm gasped as he slumped against the wall, panting harshly as he tried to regain strength in his suddenly jellied legs.
Tony giggled as he grabbed a wad of toilet paper, "You shouldn't have done that… You know I don't back down from challenges that easily." Tony quipped as he began cleaning up the mess he made of Harm's cock and the bathroom stall.
"Can't wait for baseball season to start up… All these other sports are such a snooze…" they heard someone say from outside of the bathroom, Tony looked at Harm in a panic. Harm shook his head and held his finger over his lips, "Get on the toilet, and do not move a muscle." Harm whispered as he stood in front of the toilet while Tony got into position, holding onto Harm's shoulders to keep himself steady.
"I know what you mean… Baseball is an all-American sport, and yet they have all those fall sports that don't make a lick of sense…" whoever the first person was talking too responded as they entered the bathroom. Tony furrowed his brows slightly as he looked through the crack in the door, "Idiots, clearly they don't know good sports when it counts." Tony whispered as he looked down at Harm.
Harm laughed deeply in his chest, forcing himself to not let the laughter bubble out "You're biased because you date a fall-sport person. And you hate baseball." Harm quipped as he quickly captured Tony's lips in a full tongue-on-tongue kiss to keep the laughter from both men to rumble out.
When Harm heard the two intruders leave the bathroom, he finally pulled his lips away from Tony, both men in a breathless state as they leaned against the stall wall, "Jesus… I could have kept quiet, you know! Didn't have to try and swallow my tonsils!" Tony protested quietly, rubbing at his kiss swollen lips.
Harm shrugged as he slipped out of the stall, "You don't have your tonsils anymore, remember?" Harm asked as he walked over to the row of sinks, turning on two of the faucets.
Tony rolled his eyes as he washed his hands thoroughly, "That is completely beside the point, Harmon." Tony retorted as he flicked water droplets at Harm's face, grinning as he walked to the paper towel dispenser and dried his hands off.
"Then what is the point, Anthony?" Harm asked as he swiped the water off his face, then followed Tony out of the bathroom, wiping his hands on his jeans as he went.
Tony shook his head "The point is, we're going to be late for class… Like really late. Even if that's not the original point – If I get another tardy because of you, my dad really will kill us…" Tony said as he headed towards the stairwell.
Harm frowned as he slipped his hand into the back of Tony's jean pocket, "You could have stopped, you didn't… So this isn't my fault. Anyway, I'll see you after last period, behave yourself." Harm said as he kissed Tony quickly on the lips and then turned the opposite direction of Tony, heading down one hall while Tony took another hall.
After school was let out, Tony sat on the trunk of Harm's corvette in the student parking lot, staring blankly as dozens of students walked past him, either saying hi or sparking up minimal conversation with Tony as he waited for Harm to show up.
"So, Harm is finally out, huh?" one student – Joe Nelson – asked as he stood at the back of the corvette with his girlfriend beside him.
Tony nodded, his eyes still locked on the four doors that were pouring out copious amounts of students "Yeah, he is." Tony said flatly, twisting the strap of his backpack in his fingers.
Joe leaned against the corvette, "How does it feel dating a criminal? Make you get all… warm and fuzzy inside, dating someone who probably took more dick up the ass while on the inside than you could ever imagine?" he asked casually, as if it were the weather they were discussing.
Tony shook his head, clenching his jaw slightly as he spotted Harm walking through the throng of people "It feels the same as dating him before he was locked up. He hasn't changed, and never will… So I'd suggest you beat it before he shows up." Tony stated through clenched teeth.
Harm showed up at that moment, grinning as he leaned his hip against the side of the corvette, an eyebrow raised as he looked at Joe "This guy bothering you T?" Harm asked, nodding in Joe's direction.
"No, he was just leaving… Weren't you, Joe?" Tony asked, finally looking in the direction of the offensive man.
Joe nodded "Uh yeah… Hey Harm… Welcome back!" Joe said nervously as he grabbed his girlfriend's hand and quickly took off in the direction of his own vehicle.
"What the hell was that about?" Harm asked as he tossed his backpack into the backseat of the corvette, then tossed Tony's back there too.
Tony shrugged as he slid off the hood of the car and slid into the passenger seat, "Nothing to worry about, I handled it." Tony said as he clicked his seatbelt into place "Are we going apartment hunting?" Tony asked, fluidly changing the subject.
Harm sighed as he slipped into the driver's seat and started the engine, "Yeah, we are… And you're going to tell me what Joe said, because it was obviously something to make you mad." Harm said as he pulled out of the parking space and headed towards the exit gates.
Tony shook his head and threaded his fingers with Harm's "After we get home… I don't need you getting us killed right now. I want you to have a cleared mind so you can find the perfect place for you to live." Tony said as he smiled over at Harm.
Harm shrugged as he drove towards the realtor's office in Alexandria, "What are the chances of me finding a place though? I mean, I'm eighteen and still in high school… And, for all intents and purposes, I have a criminal record… That's like, three strikes against me already." Harm said glumly as he looked over at Tony briefly.
"Your record is clean, I had my dad check already… And besides, dozens of high school students who are eighteen move out, if they can afford it…" Tony said quietly, watching the scenery slowly come to a stop as they pulled into the realtor's parking lot.
Harm chuckled a bit "Well, I can definitely afford it…if it's in my price range. Grams made sure of that one…" Harm said quietly as he looked over at Tony, "I didn't know it at the time – but for the past… I don't know, probably before I was even born… She had a savings account that was pretty much untouched, except for the deposits and the interest that built up over time…" Harm said as he shut the engine off.
Tony raised his eyebrow slowly "So, what are you telling me? That you're rich now?" Tony asked, confusion clear in his voice and facial expression as he grabbed his backpack.
Harm shook his head "Not filthy rich, but I can cover rent of an apartment without having to get a job for a while. Hell, I might even be able to get a house, something small… I don't know yet. Only way we're going to find out is by walking through that door." Harm said as he grabbed his backpack and headed for the door, Tony quickly joining him at his side as the two men entered the realty office together.