Title – Through The Eye Of A Shipper – S02 E02 Secrets
Authors' Names - Carol and Michi or Michi and Carol
Rating – GS (More information at Michis' website)
Paring – Harm & Mac (Friendship Alert)
Spoilers – Season 2 Episode 2: Secrets
Disclaimer – JAG belongs to DPB, CBS, and Paramount.
Summary- The missing scenes of 'Secrets' (Aired: 01/10/97). What happened between Harm & Mac right after the hostage situation when you saw it through the eye of a shipper…
Author's Notes-
1. Our plan is it to revisit every JAG classic from season two to season nine. This series doesn't have a strict rule. Sometimes it may be a follow-up, sometimes it could be a changed scene, or even a change to the entire episode. And if that doesn't work we could always do a 'missing scene'-story. This means the length of the story is based on the way we want to 'handle' the revisit. But don't worry…we plan to use more then 150 words!
2. Since this series will deal with an episode, which aired many years ago, it means that we risk having a FF storyline that might seem somehow familiar. There's hope that our ideas are unique, but should that not be the case we apologize and swear to our god and chocolate that we did not know it and we did not do it on purpose. It's also possible that we somehow 'screw-up' a little with the dateline. We promise to give our best to work with the right one.
3. Please don't forget that the episode we're working on is the 'actual aired episode'. This means, nothing after said episode happened. Also know that each TTEOAS story is a 'Stand Alone Story' in this series.
4. A huge thanks goes to our beta reader team Vered, Shoe and Gum! However, any left mistakes are ours.
5. The rest of the 'Through The Eye Of A Shipper'-series can be found either at Carol's or Michi's website
Friday
Febuary 10, 1997
JAG Headquarters
Falls Church, VA
6:43 PM
"Good night, Sir," Petty Officer Tiner said as he made his way to the elevator and saw Lt. Commander Harmon Rabb Jr. coming out of his office.
"Good night, Tiner," Harm responded before entering the break room to get his much needed cup of coffee. "Hey Bud, you're still around? When's your test?"
"I just have one hour 'till the test and I'm on my way out, Sir. Just wanted to get my untouched lunch," Bud answered and got his lunch container out of the fridge. "Guess I can have it now for dinner," he continued with a shrug. "That was quite a day, wasn't it, Sir?"
Harm chuckled a little. "That's the understatement of the year, Lieutenant. You okay, Bud?"
"Yes, Sir, I'm okay," Bud answered and started to chuckle to himself. "Thanks to Magida and the hostage situation I wasn't driving everyone crazy with my test-phobia."
Harm took a sip of his coffee before giving Bud's shoulder a little squeeze. "Don't worry, Bud. You'll do fine. The test will be a stroll in the park."
"Thank you, Sir," Bud answered. "And now I better go. I want to have enough time to eat and get a bit more studying in. Good night, Sir, and have a nice weekend," he said before making his way out of the break room.
"Good luck and good night, Bud," Harm called after the young lieutenant. "Enjoy your weekend." Then he took a last sip of his coffee, put the empty cup into the dishwasher and walked out of the room as well.
On his way to his office, Harm saw that Mac was still working in her office. He shook his head in wonder and walked to his partner's office. For a moment he watched her from the doorway. Mac was so preoccupied with her work that she hadn't noticed him yet. "Leave it to a marine to still work at this hour on a Friday," Harm told her with a smile after a short while. "You look pretty busy, Mac."
Mac looked up from her desk in mild surprise to hear Harm's voice. "Hey, Harm."
Harm walked into her office. "Why aren't you at home?"
Mac looked around at her desk. "I thought I would try to clean up a bit."
Harm glanced around the crowded desk and file cabinet. "Clean up a bit? I thought you said this was organized."
"It is. By the way, did you return the file you borrowed?"
Harm chuckled. "It's on my desk. I'll get it to you by Monday."
"Thanks, I would hate to have my organization thrown off by you."
"I'm surprised your whole day wasn't thrown off." Harm sat down in the chair across from her desk. "How are you?"
Mac shrugged. "Fine. The shock has worn off." She took a calming breath and stood up. "Now I just need to catch up with the day that I lost."
Harm watched as she moved over to her filing cabinet and put some of the files off of the top. "So how late are you staying?"
"Probably just an hour or two, not too long." Mac turned and looked at him. "When are you leaving tonight?"
"Probably in an hour or two," Harm responded.
Mac carefully looked down at him and Harm stood up. "You're not staying just to walk me out are you?"
Harm gave her a soft look and placed his hand on her arm. "I was a little worried about you in there today."
"I was worried too, Harm," Mac admitted.
"I've gotten used to you being around here and I…," Harm stopped in mid-sentence.
"And you what?" Mac asked.
Harm slowly started, "And I don't want you to leave."
Mac gave him a soft smile. "Thank you, Harm. I've kind of gotten used to you, too."
"I know you said that you don't smile until you trust someone, but how about a hug?"
Mac carefully eyed him, not too sure on what to do, but she decided to go with her gut. "Well, I do trust you. So I think a hug would be okay."
Harm took a step closer, wrapped his arms around Mac and gave her a gentle but strong hug. He held her for a few seconds and let the day and the world around them fade away. Mac rested her head on his shoulder and for the first time in a few years felt safe.
Unknown to them, from the middle of the bullpen, Admiral AJ Chegwidden stood there watching his newest team. "Hmmm… This might get interesting," he murmured to himself before walking into the awaiting elevator. "So much for 'Don't get too close, you have to work together'." The Admiral shook his head and chuckled while watching Harm & Mac starting to work together. He could hear their laughter as the elevator door closed. "Very interesting."
THE END