Title: Something to Talk
About
Author: Holly
Rating: Anyone
Prompt: Ann
From the episode “Good
Intentions”: “It’s not the case I’m worried
about. I’m worried about you.”~ Harm (Use it in a
different contest).
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“Mac,
you’re hurting my hand...What’s with you on this flight?”
Harm asked as the plane continued to circle outside the city limits
as they waited for their turn to land. When Harm and Mac traveled for
the military they usually used military transport, but they had been
booked on a commercial flight back from Italy this time.
Mac
glanced down to where her trimmed nails were nearly breaking the skin
on Harm’s arm, which was exposed by the short sleeves of his
uniform. “I’m sorry...” she stammered quickly
releasing him.
Harm reached over to take her hand gently in
his hand. “Talk to me Mac. Why are you so uptight on this
flight? Did something happen I should know about during our layover
in Italy, before the call came in for us to take this flight?”
“No!
Yes! No!”
“That clears that up,” Harm
chuckled in spite of the concern he was feeling over Mac’s odd
nervousness.
“I’m not uptight...and yes, I guess
you could say something happened during the layover...or maybe it
didn’t and everything is fine.”
“Mac....”
“Harm
look...remember when I was holding some of our bags while you were
making out the tickets?”
“Yes...and I made an
extra one out.”
“Maybe...”
“Maybe?”
“Yes,
you see, I’m not sure if I checked your case on the flight or
if I lost it.”
“Mac, when did you start thinking
about this?”
“When they announced that we would be
in a holding pattern before we could land I started thinking about
the things we still need to do before we get home. I suddenly
couldn’t remember seeing your case tagged and loaded.”
“I’m
sure its there.”
“Great, but I’m
not!”
“Mac, I’m not worried about my case.
It’s got my identification in it and its locked. If it’s
in the airport, they’ll find it and send it along. I’m
worried about you. I don’t remember seeing you this flustered
before. Are you sure it’s not something else?” Harm
pressed.
“Harm you know I don’t like it when our
flight plan changes...and I am worried about your case. Did you
forget that its where you put all our reports that are
completed?”
“No. Mac, just remember I’m not
flying, so you should be safe enough. If my case is lost, we’ll
have a little more work to do redoing the report, but it only took us
an hour the first time, so what’s an hour more if we have to
redo it?”
“Thanks Harm.”
“No
problem Mac...you know, this is one time that talking things out with
you was a lot less painful then not talking.”
“Jerk!”
Mac laughed just before the pilot came on to announce they were next
in line for landing. “Does this mean I need to hurt you every
time I want to talk something out?”
“I guess so
Mac...hurting me is a lot better then letting me hurt you. I’ve
done too much of that. Did I ever apologize?”
“Yeah,
Sailor, you did. I of course informed you it was a sign of
weakness.”
“ In other words I can’t win with
you?”
“No...in other words, I need to rethink that
saying. Apology accepted by the way.”
“Thank you.
Remind me to show you my gratitude later...after we’ve landed,
changed out of our uniforms and have some privacy.”
“I
like the sound of that, Harm.”
The End