Trust
By: the female apophis
Disclaimer: If I owned them, trust me, you would know it.
Rating: PG.
Spoilers: Nope, not really.
Characters: told from Hammond's POV.
Type: hard to say with this one really.
Summary: When you trust you fall.
Archive: I will hurt thee if thou don't askith first.
Song: nope.
Other Stuff: nope.
Warning: Not really. it's actually rather tame.
A/N: Another random thought that came to me during World History. Enjoy.
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When you trust you fall.
At least most of the time.
When I first met him, he was this cocky, hard-assed Colonel with a chip on his shoulder as wide as Texas, and a heart as cold as the Antarctic.
But then he met her, a young, attractive woman with the hair and heart of gold.
It wasn't long before a change came over them both.
He became kinder, and more caring, although still as sarcastic as ever.
She stopped trying so hard to prove herself to everyone.
A mutual respect developed between them.
I watched her when he was in trouble, and vice versa.
I saw the looks they shared, the silent communication, the touches that lasted longer than they were supposed to.
But I also knew they would never act on it.
Because their duty to their jobs was greater than a duty to themselves...and each other.
That trust that they've developed, it was tested again today.
They were trapped together, and only had each other to rely on.
They made it, just barely, but they still made it.
They've both come to me, separately, without any knowledge of the other.
They both want out.
I've granted it to her.
Oh, not from this program; I'll never accept that.
But her letter of resignation, it was from the Air Force.
I can't help but call them to my office, a SF sent to each place.
The look they share when I tell them is priceless.
I order them to get the hell out of my office; an order which they quickly follow.
I just hope that trust they share is never broken.
fin
Okay, it's not fluff; but then again, it's not angst either. I would love to know what you think though!