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"Oh Ben!"
"Oh Margaret!" He echoed her high pitched tone.
"Why do you insist on hanging that silly piece of plant each year?"
"Because, my dear, it's Mistletoe and we all know what that means. Besides, you always manage to catch me out."
"Excuse me? Who catches who out?" Margaret raised her eyebrows at Hawkeye.
They'd been decorating for the coming holiday and both enjoyed their lively banter with each other. If a stranger had happened upon this scene, he would have seen two people obviously very in love with each other, decorating their house for Christmas. What he or she wouldn't have known was that this wasn't an ordinary love between two people. This love had blossomed through war and peace, drastic changes of character, marriage, and divorce. But love had prevailed and here they were today. It wasn't always easy, there were still nightmares, fights, uncertainties, but the one certain thing was that these two people loved each other, a love so deep that nothing could tear them apart.
"Come 'ere you." Hawkeye pulled her close to him, the tinsel and bells forgotten for now. He began to sing to her, "Later on, we'll conspire, as we dream by the fire."
She silenced him by pressing her body close to his and leaning in to softly kiss him on the lips, the kiss began to get more heated, and he started running his hands up the back of her shirt.
"Ben! Stop! We really have to get this finished. BJ and Peg will be here tomorrow."
"Aw, Margaret! Promise, I'll only take five minutes." He looked at her with a puppy dog look on his face.
"Ha! You! Take five minutes?!? That'd be the day, Pierce!"
"Oh Margaret, Margaret!" He pretended to be in shock from her words. But both knew it was true. Hawkeye never rushed making love to her. After being together for nearly 5 years, they still made sure to take time for themselves.
This Christmas, the Hunnicuts had decided to spend it with the Pierces in Crab Apple Cove. It would be them, Hawkeye, Margaret and Daniel Pierce. Hawkeye and Margaret had visited her family earlier in the month. After five years, Al Houlihan had finally started to warm to his son in law. Margaret loved seeing her father and her husband get along so well. They returned to decorating the house, silently enjoying each other's company while Christmas carols played softly in the background.
*Ring Ring Ring Ring* The sound of the telephone broke the atmosphere.
"Hello. Pierce residence, Margaret speaking."
"Hi! Margaret! Merry Christmas sweetheart!"
"Colonel Potter! How nice it is to hear your voice again. How is everything going?"
Margaret gestured for Hawkeye to go upstairs to pick up the extension. Her, Hawkeye and their old C.O. enjoyed a nice long conversation. They were all looking forward to the five-year reunion that was scheduled for the New Year. The Pierce household was hosting, that was one reason the Hunnicuts had decided to come down for Christmas, so they had time to rest up before the festivities began.
Hawkeye and Margaret had sent invitations to all of the old members of the 4077th, Frank Burns included. They'd had a serious discussion about that invite, and decided it would be fun to see him again and gage his reaction to the Pierce/Houlihan unification. Unfortunately, he was unavailable to attend, but all the other old comrades in arms had replied with a resounding positive response. Klinger, Charles, The Potters, even Trapper and his family were going to make the trip.
Hawkeye eventually fell asleep on the couch as Margaret was putting the finishing touches of her last batch of Gingerbread men. She thought it would be funny to dress them up as miniature soldiers and had been keeping Hawkeye from eating them all day. He was absolutely insatiable when it came to Christmas sweets, he was also insatiable when it came to her, but that's an entirely different story.
"Ben, honey? Wake up, let's go upstairs to bed. You have to get up early."
"Mmmpph," He made some inaudible sound and snuggled further into the couch.
What the heck, thought Margaret, it's warm downstairs and the couch was certainly bigger than the army cot they had shared many a time in Korea. She lay down facing him and watched her husband as he slept. He looked so at peace, it was hard to believe he still awoke in cold sweats from nightmares some nights still. But she held him then, as she did now and whispered comforting words in his ear. He pulled her closer to him and started peppering her neck with soft kisses.
"I thought you were asleep."
"Mmm, I was until I felt you beside me. I love you Margaret."
"I love you too, now go back to sleep. BJ's arriving in the morning." "OK, but stay with me here."
"Alright. Now, ssshhh." She kissed him tenderly and before long, sleep captured the two of them.
DING-DONG DING-DONG.
Margaret awoke with a start, it couldn't be. She'd slept in and the Hunnicuts were at their front door. She quickly shook Hawkeye. "Wake up! BJ and Peg are here!"
"Huh? Wah?" To say the least, Hawkeye wasn't exactly functioning in the mornings. Margaret smoothed her hair and rushed to the front door.
Opening it she exclaimed "BJ! Peg! I'm sooo sorry. I slept in and didn't realize the time!"
"Don't worry, honey, it's OK, we won't pay attention to your hair." BJ stepped inside and gave his friend a warm hug.
"Peg, come in out of the cold! Erin! You've grown again, cutie!" Hawkeye wrapped his arms around BJ and then greeted Peg and Erin with a kiss on the cheek. "Just ignore Margaret, she's been fussing for days. We were both so tired after last night." He winked at BJ, and unfortunately for him, Margaret caught the wink.
"Oh Pierce! Don't be so ridiculous. We were up late last night getting everything ready! Not what he's implying!"
Peg laughed at the two of them. She really loved spending time with Margaret and Hawkeye, they were so close and loved each other dearly. Margaret had told her time and again how much she owed to BJ, for really making Hawkeye change in Korea. Hawkeye had seen that he could have a loving partner and share his life with someone.
BJ and Hawk walked away arm in arm, laughing over something.
Margaret helped Peg upstairs with Erin, who was still sleepy from the long plane ride they had taken. After showing Peg where the guest room and bathroom was, Margaret made her way back downstairs. Her husband and BJ were on the back deck, and she opened the sliding door to go outside. Immediately, she realized her mistake, but before she could go anywhere, BJ and Hawkeye were racing toward her. The mistletoe, she was standing right under it. BJ reached her first and picked her up and twirled her they were both laughing. He gave her a kiss on the cheek, but didn't release her.
"Hey!" Exclaimed Hawkeye "Release my wife. Besides, didn't you know twirling a Major is so unmilitary!?!" Hawk, BJ and Margaret both laughed at his outburst. Before Hawkeye had a chance,
Margaret stepped out from under the mistletoe.
"Don't worry my dear darling wife, you'll get yours later."
"Get what?" Peg enquired, she'd just walked outside to witness the scene. She knew how crazy it could get when BJ and Hawk got together.
Hours later they were sitting down to dinner and Hawkeye and Erin seemed to be deep in conversation about something. Peg and Margaret were both looking at them.
"Margaret, he'd make such a wonderful father."
"Mmm.he would" she replied, with a faraway look on her face.
"What? What'd we do?" Erin realized that her mother and Aunt Margaret had been looking at her and Uncle Hawk.
"Nothing darling, now finish dinner."
"So Beej, wanna help me prepare for the reunion after dinner? We've got a still to make!" Hawk kept a close eye on his wife as he asked his best friend.
"Haa, Hawk. No thanks, I don't want to endure the wrath of your wife."
"See, Ben darling, Peg and I have him well trained."
After dinner, they sat in front of the fireplace, and reminisced about the old times, both in Korea and their lives since they returned home. They looked through old albums and Erin fell asleep with her head on Margaret's lap.
"I think it's time we went to bed, I'll take Erin upstairs Peg."
"OK, honey, I'm right behind you. Goodnight Hawk, Margaret Thanks for the wonderful dinner, see you in the morning."
"Goodnight" They chimed in unison. "So, Margaret.want me to give you an early Christmas present?"
"Oh, Ben. Do you ever stop?"
"No, not when it comes to you."
"Hmmm, I like it that way." She leaned into him and felt his lips meet hers. It always felt so right when he kissed her, like he could kiss all her fears away. It had always felt that way, even the first time he had kissed her in Korea, when Frank was standing right beside her. Like a jolt of electricity, although at that stage she didn't let on that she might have felt something for him. Oh, how glad she was that that had changed.
"Oh Ben!"
"Oh Margaret!" He echoed her high pitched tone.
"Why do you insist on hanging that silly piece of plant each year?"
"Because, my dear, it's Mistletoe and we all know what that means. Besides, you always manage to catch me out."
"Excuse me? Who catches who out?" Margaret raised her eyebrows at Hawkeye.
They'd been decorating for the coming holiday and both enjoyed their lively banter with each other. If a stranger had happened upon this scene, he would have seen two people obviously very in love with each other, decorating their house for Christmas. What he or she wouldn't have known was that this wasn't an ordinary love between two people. This love had blossomed through war and peace, drastic changes of character, marriage, and divorce. But love had prevailed and here they were today. It wasn't always easy, there were still nightmares, fights, uncertainties, but the one certain thing was that these two people loved each other, a love so deep that nothing could tear them apart.
"Come 'ere you." Hawkeye pulled her close to him, the tinsel and bells forgotten for now. He began to sing to her, "Later on, we'll conspire, as we dream by the fire."
She silenced him by pressing her body close to his and leaning in to softly kiss him on the lips, the kiss began to get more heated, and he started running his hands up the back of her shirt.
"Ben! Stop! We really have to get this finished. BJ and Peg will be here tomorrow."
"Aw, Margaret! Promise, I'll only take five minutes." He looked at her with a puppy dog look on his face.
"Ha! You! Take five minutes?!? That'd be the day, Pierce!"
"Oh Margaret, Margaret!" He pretended to be in shock from her words. But both knew it was true. Hawkeye never rushed making love to her. After being together for nearly 5 years, they still made sure to take time for themselves.
This Christmas, the Hunnicuts had decided to spend it with the Pierces in Crab Apple Cove. It would be them, Hawkeye, Margaret and Daniel Pierce. Hawkeye and Margaret had visited her family earlier in the month. After five years, Al Houlihan had finally started to warm to his son in law. Margaret loved seeing her father and her husband get along so well. They returned to decorating the house, silently enjoying each other's company while Christmas carols played softly in the background.
*Ring Ring Ring Ring* The sound of the telephone broke the atmosphere.
"Hello. Pierce residence, Margaret speaking."
"Hi! Margaret! Merry Christmas sweetheart!"
"Colonel Potter! How nice it is to hear your voice again. How is everything going?"
Margaret gestured for Hawkeye to go upstairs to pick up the extension. Her, Hawkeye and their old C.O. enjoyed a nice long conversation. They were all looking forward to the five-year reunion that was scheduled for the New Year. The Pierce household was hosting, that was one reason the Hunnicuts had decided to come down for Christmas, so they had time to rest up before the festivities began.
Hawkeye and Margaret had sent invitations to all of the old members of the 4077th, Frank Burns included. They'd had a serious discussion about that invite, and decided it would be fun to see him again and gage his reaction to the Pierce/Houlihan unification. Unfortunately, he was unavailable to attend, but all the other old comrades in arms had replied with a resounding positive response. Klinger, Charles, The Potters, even Trapper and his family were going to make the trip.
Hawkeye eventually fell asleep on the couch as Margaret was putting the finishing touches of her last batch of Gingerbread men. She thought it would be funny to dress them up as miniature soldiers and had been keeping Hawkeye from eating them all day. He was absolutely insatiable when it came to Christmas sweets, he was also insatiable when it came to her, but that's an entirely different story.
"Ben, honey? Wake up, let's go upstairs to bed. You have to get up early."
"Mmmpph," He made some inaudible sound and snuggled further into the couch.
What the heck, thought Margaret, it's warm downstairs and the couch was certainly bigger than the army cot they had shared many a time in Korea. She lay down facing him and watched her husband as he slept. He looked so at peace, it was hard to believe he still awoke in cold sweats from nightmares some nights still. But she held him then, as she did now and whispered comforting words in his ear. He pulled her closer to him and started peppering her neck with soft kisses.
"I thought you were asleep."
"Mmm, I was until I felt you beside me. I love you Margaret."
"I love you too, now go back to sleep. BJ's arriving in the morning." "OK, but stay with me here."
"Alright. Now, ssshhh." She kissed him tenderly and before long, sleep captured the two of them.
DING-DONG DING-DONG.
Margaret awoke with a start, it couldn't be. She'd slept in and the Hunnicuts were at their front door. She quickly shook Hawkeye. "Wake up! BJ and Peg are here!"
"Huh? Wah?" To say the least, Hawkeye wasn't exactly functioning in the mornings. Margaret smoothed her hair and rushed to the front door.
Opening it she exclaimed "BJ! Peg! I'm sooo sorry. I slept in and didn't realize the time!"
"Don't worry, honey, it's OK, we won't pay attention to your hair." BJ stepped inside and gave his friend a warm hug.
"Peg, come in out of the cold! Erin! You've grown again, cutie!" Hawkeye wrapped his arms around BJ and then greeted Peg and Erin with a kiss on the cheek. "Just ignore Margaret, she's been fussing for days. We were both so tired after last night." He winked at BJ, and unfortunately for him, Margaret caught the wink.
"Oh Pierce! Don't be so ridiculous. We were up late last night getting everything ready! Not what he's implying!"
Peg laughed at the two of them. She really loved spending time with Margaret and Hawkeye, they were so close and loved each other dearly. Margaret had told her time and again how much she owed to BJ, for really making Hawkeye change in Korea. Hawkeye had seen that he could have a loving partner and share his life with someone.
BJ and Hawk walked away arm in arm, laughing over something.
Margaret helped Peg upstairs with Erin, who was still sleepy from the long plane ride they had taken. After showing Peg where the guest room and bathroom was, Margaret made her way back downstairs. Her husband and BJ were on the back deck, and she opened the sliding door to go outside. Immediately, she realized her mistake, but before she could go anywhere, BJ and Hawkeye were racing toward her. The mistletoe, she was standing right under it. BJ reached her first and picked her up and twirled her they were both laughing. He gave her a kiss on the cheek, but didn't release her.
"Hey!" Exclaimed Hawkeye "Release my wife. Besides, didn't you know twirling a Major is so unmilitary!?!" Hawk, BJ and Margaret both laughed at his outburst. Before Hawkeye had a chance,
Margaret stepped out from under the mistletoe.
"Don't worry my dear darling wife, you'll get yours later."
"Get what?" Peg enquired, she'd just walked outside to witness the scene. She knew how crazy it could get when BJ and Hawk got together.
Hours later they were sitting down to dinner and Hawkeye and Erin seemed to be deep in conversation about something. Peg and Margaret were both looking at them.
"Margaret, he'd make such a wonderful father."
"Mmm.he would" she replied, with a faraway look on her face.
"What? What'd we do?" Erin realized that her mother and Aunt Margaret had been looking at her and Uncle Hawk.
"Nothing darling, now finish dinner."
"So Beej, wanna help me prepare for the reunion after dinner? We've got a still to make!" Hawk kept a close eye on his wife as he asked his best friend.
"Haa, Hawk. No thanks, I don't want to endure the wrath of your wife."
"See, Ben darling, Peg and I have him well trained."
After dinner, they sat in front of the fireplace, and reminisced about the old times, both in Korea and their lives since they returned home. They looked through old albums and Erin fell asleep with her head on Margaret's lap.
"I think it's time we went to bed, I'll take Erin upstairs Peg."
"OK, honey, I'm right behind you. Goodnight Hawk, Margaret Thanks for the wonderful dinner, see you in the morning."
"Goodnight" They chimed in unison. "So, Margaret.want me to give you an early Christmas present?"
"Oh, Ben. Do you ever stop?"
"No, not when it comes to you."
"Hmmm, I like it that way." She leaned into him and felt his lips meet hers. It always felt so right when he kissed her, like he could kiss all her fears away. It had always felt that way, even the first time he had kissed her in Korea, when Frank was standing right beside her. Like a jolt of electricity, although at that stage she didn't let on that she might have felt something for him. Oh, how glad she was that that had changed.