AN: Loren will act out-of-character from here on out, but let's remember that we have never seen her in love and given the greatest gift and happiness possible to her on the show, so her reaction is subject to personal interpretation. Also, it'll get increasingly sappy from here on out.

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She finally saw Harm's eyes clear and a determined look come into them. Fear gripped her heart.

"Okay." Harm said casually then, surprising Loren completely.

'Huh?' that wasn't what she'd imagined he'd say.

"What?"

Harm smiled genuinely "I said okay. Let's get married."

Loren just stared at him uncomprehendingly, but then a brilliant smile lit up her face and she whooped, throwing herself into his arms.

Harm caught her, surprised at such an uncharasteristic move on her part, and swung her around, both of them laughing happily.

When they finally calmed down she asked him. "What do you say about getting married next Saturday?"

He thought for a while. "No problem. It's far away enough for my mother and stepfather to have a little forewarning so they can plan around it, while still close enough to not put it off needlessly. What about your family?"

A sad smile graced her lips. "My parents and I don't get along. At all. And I am an only child. Who would you want to have at the wedding?"

"Just my parents. I don't want a big production, but if you want it, then it's fine by me."

She shook her head quickly. "No, no, that's okay. I've always believed that a wedding should only be about the two people getting married and not about the guests or anyone else, so an intimate wedding with just your parents will be very fine by me. I would just like to come to work one day, being your wife and nobody being the wiser. They would just have to guess it from clues, it'll be fun watching them trying to work it all out in their heads. Besides, why waste all that money on something so unnecessary, when we could use it as a downpayment on a house?"

Harm touched her nose lightly. "I like the way you think. So, what do you think about looking for a house as soon as possible?"

Loren nodded "Good idea."

"Good." he grinned.

They just stared at each other for a while, not being able to believe that everything they had ever sought in a mate, a soul mate, was right before their eyes, in the form of the most unexpected person.

"You know," Harm said musingly "I've been happier in the last few minutes than I've been during the last few years, combined."

Tears welled up in Loren's eyes at his heartfelt words. Never before had she been given such a compliment. For a compliment it was. He had just admitted that she had made him more happy than anyone else. She hugged him tightly, hiding her face in his neck. Harm suddenly felt something hot and wet sliding down his neck and he hugged her tighter.

A few minutes later she pulled her head back and looked him in the eyes. "I'll make damn sure the rest of our life together will be just as happy, if not more. I swear."

He could only nod. "Me too."

They got caught in each other's eyes, captivated by what they saw there. Slowly, their heads leaned closer and their lips captured each other in a sweet, gentle kiss. They didn't hear angels sing, or the ground shake, but if felt more 'right' than anything the other had ever felt before.

At that moment they also felt sadness because they realised that their significant others from 'before', as it was now called, were not their soulmates, but just a tool of the fate, meant to get them to this point it time. After this kiss Harm knew that anything other than friendship was definitely over for him and Mac for good. Because...

He had finally found his soulmate.

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They broke apart by mutual decision, but kept hugging each other, two souls, that had been starving for love, had finally found it and couldn't get enough. Wouldn't get enough of it even over the years they had left in this life.

Harm let go of her hips with one hand and trailed down her cheek with the back of it, making Loren shiver and close her eyes from that simple pleasure.

"How soon can you move into my apartment?" he whispered.

Loren's eyes shot open at that, astonished at what he'd just asked her. "Are you sure? Won't we be buying that house?"

He nodded. "I'm sure. I was also a LT once and I know what one can only afford on a LT's pay in DC, it being too small for two people. I was only able to afford this big an apartment that I have because it was completely run down and have restored it myself. As for the house... it'll take us a while before we find the right one and I don't want us to spend the time until then apart."

She mulled it over for a while, thinking it through thoroughly. "I'd have to see your apartment first, how big it is and then decide what to take and what to put in storage. But, I want to live with you."

Suddenly the hillarity of their situation caugt up to her and she broke out in giggles. Harm looked at her, perplexed, getting increasingly worried that his fiancee (he loved the new title for her, 'his fiancee') had lost her mind.

"What? What's so funny?" he complained.

She finally managed to calm herself down enough to explain. "Just listen to us. I mean, here we are, during the work hours, in your office and have spent the last half an hour, or maybe even an hour, I don't know anymore, planning out the rest of our life together. And that before we even kissed for the first time."

Harm's face cleared and he started laughing too.

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