AN: so, this is the end, my friends. The last part. Originally intended to post the epilogue separately, but that would've been mean cause then it would be too short and the wait too long. So, thanks for reading, reviewing and your support. It means a lot to me.
qball: good guess. B'Elanna would've been weird for this time and environment, so I had to rename her into something less unusual. Tnx for the review!
The next part of "A sign of possession" will be a little later than usual today because I decided to add something that was missing in the original version.
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Loren looked at Harm and saw an expression on his face that made her giggle. He looked as if he had just sucked on a particularily nasty lemon.
"What is it?" she demanded amused.
"I... uh..."
"Well?" one blonde eyebrow went up questioningly.
"I didn't get you a ring." he blurted out embarrassed. "I mean, I know that our engagement wasn't traditional, nor planned, but I completely forgot about the ring after we agreed to make a go of it."
Loren walked over to him, slipped her arms around his waist and leaned her head on his chest, listening to his heart thump.
"I meant what I said before, Harm. I don't need an engagement ring. The wedding band will be enough and I would much rather see the money, that you would throw away for a ring, be spent as part of the downpayment for our house. Or used to buy furniture or something like that."
Harm was sullen for a while, until he instantly brightened up. "I got it!"
"What!?" feeling quite warm and safe in his embrace, while listening to his heart beating, Loren was almost asleep on her feet when Harm's happy exclamation awoke her from her doze.
"Wait here." he said, dropping a quick kiss on her lips and ran into his bedroom, leaving her standing there dazed.
He was back quickly, holding something in his fist.
When he got to her, he opened the fist and Loren laid her eyes on a diamond ring. Simple, obviously antique, gold band and a solitaire set on it.
"It's beautiful." she whispered hoarsely.
"It's been in my family for generations, I completely forgot I have it. Now it's yours, future Mrs. Rabb."
Her eyes filled with tears and her hands shook as Harm slipped the ring onto her left ring finger.
"Perfect." Harm whispered, looking at her hand, where his family heirloom rightfully rested, and then up at her face.
Then they kissed, slowly and leisurely, enjoying the communion of their lips and souls.
After they broke apart they walked over to the couch, still in each other's arms, and settled down on it. "So, where were we in the planning of the rest of our lives?" said Loren and they continued planning their next steps.
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PRESENT TIME
Harm finished his paperwork and left his office that was situated in the house he and Loren had bought 9 years earlier. It was about time as Loren was already 7 months pregnant and their apartment was too small for two people and a baby.
It was a nice house, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a big yard and backyard, situated in a good neighborhood, just the right residence for the JAG of the Navy and Inspector General's 2IC and their brood.
He entered the living room, just in time to hear his oldest child, Harmon III., exclaim.
"NO! Please, tell me he didn't say that!"
His 3 years younger sister Sandra was giggling like mad, while their guests just looked on, amused. Harm and Loren stayed close friends with Harry and Lanna Kim over the years and the two families spent a lot of their downtime together. Harry, Lanna and their brood have come to visit while Harm was finishing his paperwork and reminiscing of the past.
Harm sat down after greeting their guests and put his arm around Loren, who was telling of what Harm did when Loren's new superior, after transferring to Inspector General's office, tried to force her into sleeping with him.
After placing charges against the man, asking Mac and Bud to prosecute and seeing the Admiral convicted, Harm had responded to the man's threats of payback by instructing him where to shove it. The Admiral wasn't able to fulfill the threats as he was killed 3 years later when Leavenworth's guards suppressed the inmates' violent uprising with a bloodshed. But not before the sleazy Admiral had become a big, 250 pound guy's, named Bubba, girlfriend against his own will.
Harm and Loren's life together was magical and people could easily believe that when they saw just how compatible the two were. They were like one person in two bodies, with their identical interests and personalities. The arrival of their two children only enriched their love and happiness, even though they were at first a bit awkward in their new roles as parents. But they got over all the bumps and they prevailed. They were true soulmates. Their love was going even stronger after 10 years of marriage and they, and everyone who knew them, knew they would never be separating, no matter what happens.
Soulmates, after all, are meant only for each other.
THE END