A/N: Okay, this is short and sweet (well, you might not think it is sweet, but it is what it is). Just know I'm a Harm and Mac shipper, and I'm hoping for the best tomorrow night. CB has said she loves the way the "After JAG" story played out, and she knows most fans want Harm and Mac to be together.

Anyway, as I said in the last chapter, I've had trouble finishing this story. I thought about abandoning it, but I hate unfinished projects. So, here's the finale.

Reconcile

USS Allegiance
May 19, 2019
2100 Local

Captain Harmon Rabb entered his quarters after meeting with Agents Callen and Hanna in the comm room. More agents would arrive aboard the carrier within the next few hours. Time was of the utmost importance if they were going to catch the ISIS sympathizers.

Would the war on terror ever end? It was hard to imagine the world before 9/11. Yes, there had been terrorism before, but something changed that day. America had lost some of its innocence.

He recalled a cool spring evening in May of that year.

Mac, you have someone who will always love you.

And you have somebody who loves you.

If only they had acted on their feelings then. But it was another four years before they did. Amazingly, they remained friends for the most part—the time of the Paraguay incident being an exception.

Harm sat on his bunk. The past few hours had brought lots of surprises, not the least of which was seeing Mac, albeit via satellite communication.

Good to see you, XO.

Did she mean it?

You look good.

Lame. Of course, she looked good. The years had been kind to her. She didn't look much older from the last time he'd seen her.

Why had they allowed things to go wrong? There were bound to be ups and downs in their marriage. They were both strong-willed people. But they were once happy.

The first two years of their marriage had been difficult with Mac trying to conceive. Fertility tests, ensuring they made love at the optimal time for conception, talk of pursuing other methods. When they finally decided to give up and be a normal couple, it happened. Mac conceived.

The pregnancy was difficult. The miscarriage during the fifth month of pregnancy nearly destroyed her, coupled with the news she would never be able to carry a child. They stood by one another, grieving for their daughter.

It was almost a year before Harm approached Mac with the idea of adoption. It didn't go over well. As the weeks and months went on, they drifted apart. Harm's decision to return to active status in the Navy had been the last straw. Not only was he returning to duty, but he was also going back in aviation, not as a JAG.

He pulled out a photograph he kept of the two of them. It was taken in Afghanistan years earlier when they were doing their part in fighting terrorists.

Butch and Sundance. They'd made a great team. They had stood up for their beliefs and fought for what was right. Throughout the years they had fought for each other.

So why were they apart? Yes, they were both headstrong. One of them had no problems saying what she thought. The other one, although he had wowed juries and won verdicts by his ability to communicate in the courtroom, had trouble conveying his feelings to the one who meant more to him than life itself.

Despite all that happened, he still loved her. The marriage was still worth fighting for. In a matter of hours, he would see her again. And although they had a mission to accomplish, he would make sure they had time alone.

This time, he was determined to make things right.