Title: In The End
Fandom: JAG
Characters: General + (Harm/Mac)
Prompt: #21 – Friends
Word Count: 232
Rating: PG
Info: Season 10, after The 4 Solution
A/N: So by now you know the drill so I don't have to say it, right? Wrong. Unfortunately, my legal department says I'd be better off mentioning that they're still not mine.
"One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention." -Clifton Paul Fadiman
Sometimes they are perfectly in sync. They can sit together in comfortable silence and work side by side, but it takes only a teasing glance or a shared thought to bring matching smiles. They have the most fun when the finish each other's sentences just to surprise people. Those are the times she loves the most.
Recently, they both seem to have grown up. Maybe the time spent apart has taught them to appreciate each other... Maybe it just doesn't matter why anymore.
Part of the danger of knowing someone so well is knowing all the things that hurt the most and just how to use them, but that hasn't happened much lately, and she's thankful for that. Now though, it feels like they're almost back to normal, and this time she knows deep down, that it's only a matter of time before their paths will collide for good.
Many a time she's heard it said that love is friendship set on fire, but only now does she actually get it. It's what kept her from giving up on them so many times in the past. It's what's made all the pain worth it, and in the end, it is what will save them.