Disclaimer: I don't own MASH, not even on DVD... If I did, like many others, there wouldn't have been a goodbye kiss in GFA because they wouldn't be going seperate ways!
Author's Opening Notes: The plot builds...
"Margaret?" Asking about the 'Ben' could wait until later.
"My head hurts..."
"Margaret, you've been out of it for a week," Hawkeye explained.
"That explains it," she muttered, lifting her hand to her head, then stopping halfway there.
"Ben..."
There was that 'Ben' again, He thought, why was she calling him 'Ben'?
"...Where's my ring?"
"What ring?"
She looked up at him in surprise and a little anger, "You know what ring! My wedding band, the one of your mother's you gave me when we were married!"
Hawkeye froze, his dad had sent his and Hawkeye's mother's wedding rings to Hawkeye, but they were both still tucked away in his footlocker. If he gave his mother's ring to anyone, it would probably BE Margaret, but he hadn't... And she was saying they were married and calling him 'Ben'.
With a composure he didn't know he had at the moment, Hawkeye stood up and said softly, "Excuse me."
As soon as he stepped out of Margaret's tent and the door was closed, he ran to Colonel Potter's office, past Klinger and straight inside.
"Colonel, tell Klinger to call Sidney!"
At almost the same time Hawkeye was saying the psychiatrist's name, Potter was saying it too.
"- is already on his way."
Hawkeye paused, then took a step back, "Margaret thinks we're married, you're pulling Radar's stunt, if Charles starts trying to get a section eight, I'm out of here."
The colonel turned, got out a bottle of whiskey, then turned back to Hawkeye, "Sounds like you need..."
Then it hit him, "Margaret thinks you're WHAT!"
Author's Closing Notes: Hopefully, I'm succeeding in maintaining the feel of the characters, if not, please tell me...