Title : Where The Sea Meets The Sky
Author : Jaggie 107
Disclaimer : JAG characters belong to DPB, CBS and Paramount. 'Sue Thomas, F.B.Eye' belongs to PAX TV – and I hope all parties will allow me to have fun for a little while, and replace them all when I'm done. Thank you.
Rating : G to PG-13
Thanks go to cbw; jtbwriter; beegirl, katydid13, ninjaturtle, capriceann, starryeyes10, kirsten, soonerfan, another tracy, tomcat-all, lori4 and carol for their reviews. As before, any reviewers I miss between posts will be added to the list for the next chapter!
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HARM'S APARTMENT
NORTH OF UNION STATION
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
"Harm? Are you okay?" Mac held tight to the cell phone, listening to his breathing, but not able to hear words.
"I…I'm here, Mac. Sorry, I just got distracted for a second."
"Distracted?"
"I'm sat here, talking to you, watching jets take off from the deck, and off in the distance is the horizon. I know it's there, but I can't tell where the sea meets the sky. It's just there… jeez, this sounds so strange…"
"Where are you going with this, flyboy?"
"I'm not sure. I think I'm just trying to tell you that we're like that, Sarah. We know there's you and there's me, but there's no defining line, we're just…"
"Together."
"Yeah, together." Harm shivered suddenly, and then blew out a breath. "Mac, I have to go. Sturgis and I have been invited to Captain Johnson's cabin for dinner. I'll get an email to you telling you what our schedule is. Looks like Sturg will be here for about two weeks. I'm going to be a little longer."
"Okay." Mac's voice hitched a little, but Harm picked up on it.
"Sarah, it's going to be okay. I promise."
"And you never break a promise… I remember. I'm going to go now, and think of you, and dive into a pot of double chocolate chip."
Harm grinned and looked at his watch. "It's got to be near day-break there, Marine, and you're going to eat ice-cream?"
"Comfort food. A girl's got to have some comfort when her favorite sailor's at sea."
"Favorite? I was hoping I was the only sailor you had at sea."
"I haven't 'had' you at sea, yet, sailor." Mac laughed, knowing that Harm would be getting a little hot under the collar, and elsewhere, right about now. "Go take a shower, Harm, and get ready for dinner. I'm off to enjoy my breakfast. I love you."
"I love you, too."
"I know. Harm?"
"Yeah?"
"Make it a cold shower, hm?"
Harm listened to the disconnected tone with a smile before he closed the cell phone. Mac knew him so well; and what she did to him, even thousands of miles apart! It would definitely have to be a cold shower, and thoughts of flying to take his mind off his Marine. Although, that might not work either. The next best thing to having Mac in his arms was flying a jet, and he defied any combat pilot to deny that they didn't get more than just an adrenaline rush when they climbed into the cockpit.
JACK'S APARTMENT
SOMEWHERE IN WASHINGTON DC
SAME TIME
Jack woke up to find himself alone in his bed. He felt the empty space beside him and found it was still warm, so Sue hadn't been up long. He sat up and swung his legs over the edge, getting to his feet in one easy move. Walking to the door he grabbed for his dressing gown, and grinned when he found it wasn't hanging in its usual place. Grabbing his pants he slipped them on before going out into the passage and down to the lounge.
Sue stood by the window, looking out at the park, Jack's missing gown almost wrapped double around her and knotted at the side. Her head rested on the glass pane. Jack took a moment to take a good look at the woman who was now the biggest part of his life. From the top of her blonde head to her pink-painted toes, he knew every inch of the outside of her, and he was getting to know the person on the inside too. What he had found so far, from her first days with the unit, to the woman who now held his heart, was a kind-hearted and spirited woman who had a tenacity that still amazed him, and a child-like naiveté that had people looking into themselves and finding a better person to bring out. Not everyone came under her spell – especially the hardened criminals and religious zealots they encountered – but for the most part, people found that, in whatever way, big or small, knowing Sue made a difference in their lives.
Walking to her, he moved around to her line of sight, and smiled.
"I missed you in there," he murmured, raising a hand to brush his thumb across her cheek, his fingers sliding under her ear and into her long hair.
Sue leaned her face into his hand and smiled gently.
"I was coming back, you know. I got up to use the bathroom and check on Levi. I didn't realise what a great view you have of the park. The first time I came here it was… dark, and you had the drapes shut, and the last time we were in too much of a hurry and I didn't really take much notice."
The last time Sue had been at Jack's was the night Sadiq had been shot, and afterwards, Mac and Harm had taken Jack's guest room while he and Sue had stayed out on the sofa. When Sue had gone to sleep, she had been resting her head on Jack's shoulder. When she woke up they were both laid along the length of the sofa, spoon style, her back to Jack's stomach and her thighs atop his. What had her breathing harder at that time was the arm that Jack had draped over her waist, his hand resting below her breast, almost in a possessive gesture. From the grin on his face now, Jack remembered that moment too.
"Yeah. Harm and Mac had left us a message. I really did mean for you to take my bed that night, and I was going to sleep on the sofa alone. I'm glad it didn't work out that way."
"So'm I."
There was a comfortable silence then, and Jack slid both his hands into Sue's hair and gently pulled it up into a pile on her head, and then just as quickly he released the blonde silky mass to fall back down, sliding both hands up to cup her cheeks and lift her face to his.
"What was that about?" she asked, puzzled, but enjoying the attention of his fingers in her hair and on her skin.
"I was just reminding myself," Jack mused, as he studied her face. "I still like your hair down," he whispered, thinking back to the time she had been dressed for a show and had turned up at a crime scene instead, appearing absolutely ethereal as she had stood on the sidewalk looking at the four men she worked with – D, Bobby, Myles and himself. It had been the night Sue had been about to go on a date with David, and instead she had found out about the resurgence of an old adversary and had cancelled the date. Jack had been tongue-tied to see her in the long black, beaded gown with the gauzy jacket, and ridiculously pleased that she had kept her hair loose, so it blew about her shoulders in the evening breeze. His comment at the time had been lame – 'You look nice…' – when he had really wanted to take her in his arms and tell her how beautiful she looked. Bobby had been the person to cap the vision off perfectly. When Sue had asked if someone would get her some field pants, he had replied quite honestly – 'Do we have to?'
"We'd better get back to bed," Sue murmured, bringing his attention back to the present, and to her.
"I'm with you," he responded, making her blush with his comment, and with the darkening of his eyes.
"To sleep, Jack. We have to be up in a couple of hours."
"Mmnn, I know…" he replied, dropping his mouth to hers in a quick kiss before turning, taking her hand, and leading her back to his bedroom. In the room, still darkened by the drapes, he removed his pants and watched as Sue dropped his gown off her shoulders and turned to hang it back behind the door. When she came around to face him he had moved up so they were nose to nose. Taking her hand again he took her back into the bed, spooned himself around her and drew the covers over them. Sue's breath hitched slightly and increased by a few degrees as his hand cupped her breast fully, and in definite possession this time! With utter trust she relaxed into his embrace, and Jack followed her into sleep almost immediately.
They were woken up a couple of hours later by Levi jumping on the two of them in the bed, rolling over and barking at them. Sue sat up and looked down at Jack, who lay on the bed, howling with laughter.
"Say 'hello' to my alarm clock, Jack. Unfortunately, you can't turn him off! We didn't close the door this time."
Between bouts of laughter Jack managed to reply.
"Maybe… we could loan him… to Bobby…!"
Sue hit him with a pillow, and they started a mock pillow-fight, until Jack somehow managed to capture Sue beneath him and bend down to kiss her, then he stopped.
"Uncle?"
Sue shook her head, smiling.
"We're going to be late. Uncle?"
"No."
"I forgot to ask you last night. What movie did you watch?"
"'Miss Congeniality'," Sue answered immediately, and then saw the glint in Jack's eyes just before he spoke.
"I love that movie! Especially the part where Benjamin Bratt kisses Sandra Bullock at the end!"
"Nah, she kisses him at the end."
"Doesn't."
"Does so."
"Prove it!"
And Sue did just that, pushing herself up to kiss Jack, and then realised she'd been had. But it was better than in the movie!
'Eat your heart out, Benjamin,' thought Jack as he took the kiss further and Sue responded.
They managed to get ready, drop Sue off at her apartment to get her car, and still arrive at work on time, looking very innocent!
They thought they had everyone fooled.
They were wrong!
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To be continued
A/N:
1. I'm still not happy with the Sue/Jack part of this chapter, but I'm not sure what it is exactly that I'm after with it, so here it is - posted against my better judgement, as I don't want to leave it too long between chapters. If I find what I'm looking for, I'll repost it.
Author : Jaggie 107
Disclaimer : JAG characters belong to DPB, CBS and Paramount. 'Sue Thomas, F.B.Eye' belongs to PAX TV – and I hope all parties will allow me to have fun for a little while, and replace them all when I'm done. Thank you.
Rating : G to PG-13
Thanks go to cbw; jtbwriter; beegirl, katydid13, ninjaturtle, capriceann, starryeyes10, kirsten, soonerfan, another tracy, tomcat-all, lori4 and carol for their reviews. As before, any reviewers I miss between posts will be added to the list for the next chapter!
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HARM'S APARTMENT
NORTH OF UNION STATION
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
"Harm? Are you okay?" Mac held tight to the cell phone, listening to his breathing, but not able to hear words.
"I…I'm here, Mac. Sorry, I just got distracted for a second."
"Distracted?"
"I'm sat here, talking to you, watching jets take off from the deck, and off in the distance is the horizon. I know it's there, but I can't tell where the sea meets the sky. It's just there… jeez, this sounds so strange…"
"Where are you going with this, flyboy?"
"I'm not sure. I think I'm just trying to tell you that we're like that, Sarah. We know there's you and there's me, but there's no defining line, we're just…"
"Together."
"Yeah, together." Harm shivered suddenly, and then blew out a breath. "Mac, I have to go. Sturgis and I have been invited to Captain Johnson's cabin for dinner. I'll get an email to you telling you what our schedule is. Looks like Sturg will be here for about two weeks. I'm going to be a little longer."
"Okay." Mac's voice hitched a little, but Harm picked up on it.
"Sarah, it's going to be okay. I promise."
"And you never break a promise… I remember. I'm going to go now, and think of you, and dive into a pot of double chocolate chip."
Harm grinned and looked at his watch. "It's got to be near day-break there, Marine, and you're going to eat ice-cream?"
"Comfort food. A girl's got to have some comfort when her favorite sailor's at sea."
"Favorite? I was hoping I was the only sailor you had at sea."
"I haven't 'had' you at sea, yet, sailor." Mac laughed, knowing that Harm would be getting a little hot under the collar, and elsewhere, right about now. "Go take a shower, Harm, and get ready for dinner. I'm off to enjoy my breakfast. I love you."
"I love you, too."
"I know. Harm?"
"Yeah?"
"Make it a cold shower, hm?"
Harm listened to the disconnected tone with a smile before he closed the cell phone. Mac knew him so well; and what she did to him, even thousands of miles apart! It would definitely have to be a cold shower, and thoughts of flying to take his mind off his Marine. Although, that might not work either. The next best thing to having Mac in his arms was flying a jet, and he defied any combat pilot to deny that they didn't get more than just an adrenaline rush when they climbed into the cockpit.
JACK'S APARTMENT
SOMEWHERE IN WASHINGTON DC
SAME TIME
Jack woke up to find himself alone in his bed. He felt the empty space beside him and found it was still warm, so Sue hadn't been up long. He sat up and swung his legs over the edge, getting to his feet in one easy move. Walking to the door he grabbed for his dressing gown, and grinned when he found it wasn't hanging in its usual place. Grabbing his pants he slipped them on before going out into the passage and down to the lounge.
Sue stood by the window, looking out at the park, Jack's missing gown almost wrapped double around her and knotted at the side. Her head rested on the glass pane. Jack took a moment to take a good look at the woman who was now the biggest part of his life. From the top of her blonde head to her pink-painted toes, he knew every inch of the outside of her, and he was getting to know the person on the inside too. What he had found so far, from her first days with the unit, to the woman who now held his heart, was a kind-hearted and spirited woman who had a tenacity that still amazed him, and a child-like naiveté that had people looking into themselves and finding a better person to bring out. Not everyone came under her spell – especially the hardened criminals and religious zealots they encountered – but for the most part, people found that, in whatever way, big or small, knowing Sue made a difference in their lives.
Walking to her, he moved around to her line of sight, and smiled.
"I missed you in there," he murmured, raising a hand to brush his thumb across her cheek, his fingers sliding under her ear and into her long hair.
Sue leaned her face into his hand and smiled gently.
"I was coming back, you know. I got up to use the bathroom and check on Levi. I didn't realise what a great view you have of the park. The first time I came here it was… dark, and you had the drapes shut, and the last time we were in too much of a hurry and I didn't really take much notice."
The last time Sue had been at Jack's was the night Sadiq had been shot, and afterwards, Mac and Harm had taken Jack's guest room while he and Sue had stayed out on the sofa. When Sue had gone to sleep, she had been resting her head on Jack's shoulder. When she woke up they were both laid along the length of the sofa, spoon style, her back to Jack's stomach and her thighs atop his. What had her breathing harder at that time was the arm that Jack had draped over her waist, his hand resting below her breast, almost in a possessive gesture. From the grin on his face now, Jack remembered that moment too.
"Yeah. Harm and Mac had left us a message. I really did mean for you to take my bed that night, and I was going to sleep on the sofa alone. I'm glad it didn't work out that way."
"So'm I."
There was a comfortable silence then, and Jack slid both his hands into Sue's hair and gently pulled it up into a pile on her head, and then just as quickly he released the blonde silky mass to fall back down, sliding both hands up to cup her cheeks and lift her face to his.
"What was that about?" she asked, puzzled, but enjoying the attention of his fingers in her hair and on her skin.
"I was just reminding myself," Jack mused, as he studied her face. "I still like your hair down," he whispered, thinking back to the time she had been dressed for a show and had turned up at a crime scene instead, appearing absolutely ethereal as she had stood on the sidewalk looking at the four men she worked with – D, Bobby, Myles and himself. It had been the night Sue had been about to go on a date with David, and instead she had found out about the resurgence of an old adversary and had cancelled the date. Jack had been tongue-tied to see her in the long black, beaded gown with the gauzy jacket, and ridiculously pleased that she had kept her hair loose, so it blew about her shoulders in the evening breeze. His comment at the time had been lame – 'You look nice…' – when he had really wanted to take her in his arms and tell her how beautiful she looked. Bobby had been the person to cap the vision off perfectly. When Sue had asked if someone would get her some field pants, he had replied quite honestly – 'Do we have to?'
"We'd better get back to bed," Sue murmured, bringing his attention back to the present, and to her.
"I'm with you," he responded, making her blush with his comment, and with the darkening of his eyes.
"To sleep, Jack. We have to be up in a couple of hours."
"Mmnn, I know…" he replied, dropping his mouth to hers in a quick kiss before turning, taking her hand, and leading her back to his bedroom. In the room, still darkened by the drapes, he removed his pants and watched as Sue dropped his gown off her shoulders and turned to hang it back behind the door. When she came around to face him he had moved up so they were nose to nose. Taking her hand again he took her back into the bed, spooned himself around her and drew the covers over them. Sue's breath hitched slightly and increased by a few degrees as his hand cupped her breast fully, and in definite possession this time! With utter trust she relaxed into his embrace, and Jack followed her into sleep almost immediately.
They were woken up a couple of hours later by Levi jumping on the two of them in the bed, rolling over and barking at them. Sue sat up and looked down at Jack, who lay on the bed, howling with laughter.
"Say 'hello' to my alarm clock, Jack. Unfortunately, you can't turn him off! We didn't close the door this time."
Between bouts of laughter Jack managed to reply.
"Maybe… we could loan him… to Bobby…!"
Sue hit him with a pillow, and they started a mock pillow-fight, until Jack somehow managed to capture Sue beneath him and bend down to kiss her, then he stopped.
"Uncle?"
Sue shook her head, smiling.
"We're going to be late. Uncle?"
"No."
"I forgot to ask you last night. What movie did you watch?"
"'Miss Congeniality'," Sue answered immediately, and then saw the glint in Jack's eyes just before he spoke.
"I love that movie! Especially the part where Benjamin Bratt kisses Sandra Bullock at the end!"
"Nah, she kisses him at the end."
"Doesn't."
"Does so."
"Prove it!"
And Sue did just that, pushing herself up to kiss Jack, and then realised she'd been had. But it was better than in the movie!
'Eat your heart out, Benjamin,' thought Jack as he took the kiss further and Sue responded.
They managed to get ready, drop Sue off at her apartment to get her car, and still arrive at work on time, looking very innocent!
They thought they had everyone fooled.
They were wrong!
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To be continued
A/N:
1. I'm still not happy with the Sue/Jack part of this chapter, but I'm not sure what it is exactly that I'm after with it, so here it is - posted against my better judgement, as I don't want to leave it too long between chapters. If I find what I'm looking for, I'll repost it.