Harm's Seduction
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G through L › JAG
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
7
Views:
8,878
Reviews:
4
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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I do not own JAG, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Chapter 2
From Part 1:
“It’s a long story, Mattie.” He signed the credit card receipt for their dinner and placed it in the leather booklet.
“Well, since you said it wouldn’t look appropriate for me to crash on your couch tonight we have a long drive ahead of us back to my place. Although, I still don’t understand why it’s okay for you to stay with me, but I can’t stay with you.” Mattie stood up from the table and put her coat on as they prepared to leave.
“I don’t really understand it either; I just know until we’re legal it looks better.” Harm said as he too put his coat on and they walked towards the exit.
Once they were in his car Mattie looked over at him waiting for him to tell her about this mysterious woman. Harm took a deep breath and started his life history with Mac. “We meet in a rose garden….”
Part 2:
Harm shocshocked at how easy everything was coming out. As he drove, he told Mattie about their first case, their first real fight, their first kiss, about their exes, everything. In the process he included Mac’s past, Diane, Russia, Sydney, Afghanistan, all the times they had saved each other’s life, all of the times they were there to support each other. Harm was pulling into Mattie’s driveway by the time he got to Singer’s murder and Paraguay.
They both got out of the car and headed inside. It was already 11pm, but they mutually went into the living room where Harm continued his story. For the most part Mattie had been silent taking it all in. She got the impression he had never talked about this before and didn’t want to break his stride. He needed to get it all out before she gave her opinion. The picture he was painting of their relationship was beautiful and tragic at the same time. She found it interesting whenever Harm told her of the mistake’s Mac had made; he immediately followed it with defending her and explaining why she did what she did. It was obvious he didn’t want anyone to have a bad impression of her or maybe it was just Mattie that Harm was worried about.
Harm had glossed over all of the classified aspects of their cases but finally finished with, “….so I now know that she’s not involved with Webb, but she still said ‘never’ and I have no idea where to go from here.” He was worn out, having talked for two houtraitraight. Mattie was staring at him not sure where to begin.
“Wow, that’s some story Harm.”
“Tell me about it. And the fact that I’m willing to take advice from a 14 year old should tell you how desperate I am.” They both laughed at this easing the tension a little bit.
“Well, first off you know Mac the Marine really well; it’s when you try to deal with Mac the woman that you get into trouble. Believe it or not I can be a big help to you in this area.”
Harm sat up curious, but a little apprehensive about the kind of advice a teenager would give.
“From your description of Mac’s past I kind of know where she’s coming from. Because of our fathers, we lost our mothers. I think she had it worse though. My dad neglected us, if my mom told him he was drinking too much, he would just leave. A couple of days later he would be back. He was never abusive, he just ignored us. I was still left with the feeling that he didn’t love us….love me but at least I knew my mom loved me unconditionally. With Mac, not only did she think her father didn’t love her, but he hammered it into her head that no one would ever love her. Probably told her it was her fault that her mom left. I can’t imagine what that would do to a teenager. I mean, we tend to depress ourselves enough without it being reinforced.”
Harm smiled at this knowing how true it was.
“I had the business to keep me grounded after my mom died, but I was really scared of being alone for the rest of my life. I tried to convince myself that I didn’t need anyone, that I was perfectly capable of taking care of myself. I thought no one cared what happened to me. I’m not going to tell you how often I cried myself to sleep. I would have survived but I’m not sure how much I would have liked the person I became. Then you came and offered me a place in your life; I can’t tell you how much that meant to me, Harm.”
He brought her over to him for a hug at her admission.
“I had no idea you were so scared, you seemed so confident and spunky.” He said as he kissed the top of her head and held her.
“I didn’t want anyone to know so I just built up walls and acted like everything was okay.” She pulled out of his embrace and moved back to her side of the couch. “But we’re getting sidetracked. My point is even though Mac over came her past and is a now a strong independent woman there is still a very small part of her that believes no one will ever truly love her. So even though you’re uncomfortable sharing your feelings; that’s what she needs from you.”
“My track record with woms nos not that good, Mattie. They all leave me because I can’t commit like they want me too. The last thing I want to do is hurt Mac in the same way. What Webb said tonight was wrong, I already trust her with my heart; I just don’t trust myself with hers.”
“Well news flash Harm, whether you trust yourself or not, it sounds like you’ve had it for a long time and you’re both just too stubborn to admit it. You hurt her more when you hide, just like she hurts you when she hides; it’s a two way street you know. Show her that you’re attracted to her and you want more than friendship.”
“She knows I’m attracted to her, I’m not dead you know.” Harm still couldn’t believe he was having his conversation with a teenage girl.
“Oh really, have you ever asked her out on a date?” At his blank stare she continued, “Have you ever kissed her for no reason other than you wanted too? When’s the last time you gave her a hug, or told her she was beautiful?” At that Harm looked up.
“I told her she was beautiful in Paraguay.” He mat matter-of-factly.
Mattie let out a sigh in frustration. “Harm, that was like 7 months ago! And before you say you two haven’t been that close lately, when did you give her a complement before that?” Mattie asked.
Harm tried to think back and to his dismay he couldn’t say for sure. “I’m not sure.”
“Geez Harm, I can’t imagine why she didn’t realize you wanted a relationship with her,” Mattie said sarcastically.
Harm looked at her annoyed, “I thought you were suppose to be on my side here.”
“I’m sorry Harm; I am on your side. I’m not saying Mac doesn’t share equal blame, but she’s not here so what good will it do to focus on her mistakes?” Mattie reasoned.
“Alright, I see your point. So now that we’ve established that I’m a clueless idiot when it comes to treating Mac like a woman, what do I do now?”
“Well, my advice is to start off simple.” Mattie looked hard at Harm before adding, “Notice I said simple, not slow.”
Harm got the feeling she was teasing him with that last remark and with his pointed look she added in her defense, “You’ve been best-friends for over 8 years, you know each other better than anyone else, you’ve seen each other at your best and worst, so there’s no reason to go through all the ‘get to know you stuff’.”
Harm silently agreed and was trying to come up with a plan of action when Mattie continued.
“So, start off with giving her at least 3 VERBAL complimentsay, ay, take her to lunch, maybe send her some flowers, ask her out on a real date and then seduce her,” Mattie said simply.
“What!!” Harm couldn’t believe what she just said. “You shouldn’t even know what that word means Mattie!” He was going into father protective mode.
“God Harm, I may be young and inexperienced but I’m not naïve. I doubt either you or Mac are blushing virgins.” She said exasperated.
He chose to ignore the ‘blushing virgin’ comment, he wasn’t about to have a conversation about his sex life with her. “You just make sure you stay inexperienced young lady.”
Mattie rolled her eyes and Harm had another thought. He wrinkled his brow and asked, “Mattie, you’re mother gave you…..you know……’The Talk’, right?” Harm was getting more uncomfortable with the way this conversation was going.
Mattie was amused at Harm’s discomfort. “Yes, she told me all about sex, condoms, pregnancy, STD’s, and how to break a guys nose if he doesn’t take no for an answer,” she answered with a grin.
“Good, but you know if you have any questions you can……I mean……you can ask me….”
“No offense Harm but if I have any questions about sex I’ll ask Mac not you.”
“You don’t even know Mac and she’s barely in my life right now. I don’t know how much you’ll actually see her when you come to live with me.”
“Well if you would just hurry up and seduce her, I’m sure I would see her quite often.” Mattie was trying to get a reaction out of him and she didn’t have to wait long.
“Matilda Grace, go to your room!” Harm said and pointed his hand in the direction of her bedroom.
Mattie couldn’t keep the grin off faceface as she stood up to go crash in her bed. “Relax Harm, I was just messing with you,” she said as she started to walk towards her bedroom.
Once she left Harm sighed in relief, raising a teenage girl was going to be a lot tougher than he originally thought.
TBC
“It’s a long story, Mattie.” He signed the credit card receipt for their dinner and placed it in the leather booklet.
“Well, since you said it wouldn’t look appropriate for me to crash on your couch tonight we have a long drive ahead of us back to my place. Although, I still don’t understand why it’s okay for you to stay with me, but I can’t stay with you.” Mattie stood up from the table and put her coat on as they prepared to leave.
“I don’t really understand it either; I just know until we’re legal it looks better.” Harm said as he too put his coat on and they walked towards the exit.
Once they were in his car Mattie looked over at him waiting for him to tell her about this mysterious woman. Harm took a deep breath and started his life history with Mac. “We meet in a rose garden….”
Part 2:
Harm shocshocked at how easy everything was coming out. As he drove, he told Mattie about their first case, their first real fight, their first kiss, about their exes, everything. In the process he included Mac’s past, Diane, Russia, Sydney, Afghanistan, all the times they had saved each other’s life, all of the times they were there to support each other. Harm was pulling into Mattie’s driveway by the time he got to Singer’s murder and Paraguay.
They both got out of the car and headed inside. It was already 11pm, but they mutually went into the living room where Harm continued his story. For the most part Mattie had been silent taking it all in. She got the impression he had never talked about this before and didn’t want to break his stride. He needed to get it all out before she gave her opinion. The picture he was painting of their relationship was beautiful and tragic at the same time. She found it interesting whenever Harm told her of the mistake’s Mac had made; he immediately followed it with defending her and explaining why she did what she did. It was obvious he didn’t want anyone to have a bad impression of her or maybe it was just Mattie that Harm was worried about.
Harm had glossed over all of the classified aspects of their cases but finally finished with, “….so I now know that she’s not involved with Webb, but she still said ‘never’ and I have no idea where to go from here.” He was worn out, having talked for two houtraitraight. Mattie was staring at him not sure where to begin.
“Wow, that’s some story Harm.”
“Tell me about it. And the fact that I’m willing to take advice from a 14 year old should tell you how desperate I am.” They both laughed at this easing the tension a little bit.
“Well, first off you know Mac the Marine really well; it’s when you try to deal with Mac the woman that you get into trouble. Believe it or not I can be a big help to you in this area.”
Harm sat up curious, but a little apprehensive about the kind of advice a teenager would give.
“From your description of Mac’s past I kind of know where she’s coming from. Because of our fathers, we lost our mothers. I think she had it worse though. My dad neglected us, if my mom told him he was drinking too much, he would just leave. A couple of days later he would be back. He was never abusive, he just ignored us. I was still left with the feeling that he didn’t love us….love me but at least I knew my mom loved me unconditionally. With Mac, not only did she think her father didn’t love her, but he hammered it into her head that no one would ever love her. Probably told her it was her fault that her mom left. I can’t imagine what that would do to a teenager. I mean, we tend to depress ourselves enough without it being reinforced.”
Harm smiled at this knowing how true it was.
“I had the business to keep me grounded after my mom died, but I was really scared of being alone for the rest of my life. I tried to convince myself that I didn’t need anyone, that I was perfectly capable of taking care of myself. I thought no one cared what happened to me. I’m not going to tell you how often I cried myself to sleep. I would have survived but I’m not sure how much I would have liked the person I became. Then you came and offered me a place in your life; I can’t tell you how much that meant to me, Harm.”
He brought her over to him for a hug at her admission.
“I had no idea you were so scared, you seemed so confident and spunky.” He said as he kissed the top of her head and held her.
“I didn’t want anyone to know so I just built up walls and acted like everything was okay.” She pulled out of his embrace and moved back to her side of the couch. “But we’re getting sidetracked. My point is even though Mac over came her past and is a now a strong independent woman there is still a very small part of her that believes no one will ever truly love her. So even though you’re uncomfortable sharing your feelings; that’s what she needs from you.”
“My track record with woms nos not that good, Mattie. They all leave me because I can’t commit like they want me too. The last thing I want to do is hurt Mac in the same way. What Webb said tonight was wrong, I already trust her with my heart; I just don’t trust myself with hers.”
“Well news flash Harm, whether you trust yourself or not, it sounds like you’ve had it for a long time and you’re both just too stubborn to admit it. You hurt her more when you hide, just like she hurts you when she hides; it’s a two way street you know. Show her that you’re attracted to her and you want more than friendship.”
“She knows I’m attracted to her, I’m not dead you know.” Harm still couldn’t believe he was having his conversation with a teenage girl.
“Oh really, have you ever asked her out on a date?” At his blank stare she continued, “Have you ever kissed her for no reason other than you wanted too? When’s the last time you gave her a hug, or told her she was beautiful?” At that Harm looked up.
“I told her she was beautiful in Paraguay.” He mat matter-of-factly.
Mattie let out a sigh in frustration. “Harm, that was like 7 months ago! And before you say you two haven’t been that close lately, when did you give her a complement before that?” Mattie asked.
Harm tried to think back and to his dismay he couldn’t say for sure. “I’m not sure.”
“Geez Harm, I can’t imagine why she didn’t realize you wanted a relationship with her,” Mattie said sarcastically.
Harm looked at her annoyed, “I thought you were suppose to be on my side here.”
“I’m sorry Harm; I am on your side. I’m not saying Mac doesn’t share equal blame, but she’s not here so what good will it do to focus on her mistakes?” Mattie reasoned.
“Alright, I see your point. So now that we’ve established that I’m a clueless idiot when it comes to treating Mac like a woman, what do I do now?”
“Well, my advice is to start off simple.” Mattie looked hard at Harm before adding, “Notice I said simple, not slow.”
Harm got the feeling she was teasing him with that last remark and with his pointed look she added in her defense, “You’ve been best-friends for over 8 years, you know each other better than anyone else, you’ve seen each other at your best and worst, so there’s no reason to go through all the ‘get to know you stuff’.”
Harm silently agreed and was trying to come up with a plan of action when Mattie continued.
“So, start off with giving her at least 3 VERBAL complimentsay, ay, take her to lunch, maybe send her some flowers, ask her out on a real date and then seduce her,” Mattie said simply.
“What!!” Harm couldn’t believe what she just said. “You shouldn’t even know what that word means Mattie!” He was going into father protective mode.
“God Harm, I may be young and inexperienced but I’m not naïve. I doubt either you or Mac are blushing virgins.” She said exasperated.
He chose to ignore the ‘blushing virgin’ comment, he wasn’t about to have a conversation about his sex life with her. “You just make sure you stay inexperienced young lady.”
Mattie rolled her eyes and Harm had another thought. He wrinkled his brow and asked, “Mattie, you’re mother gave you…..you know……’The Talk’, right?” Harm was getting more uncomfortable with the way this conversation was going.
Mattie was amused at Harm’s discomfort. “Yes, she told me all about sex, condoms, pregnancy, STD’s, and how to break a guys nose if he doesn’t take no for an answer,” she answered with a grin.
“Good, but you know if you have any questions you can……I mean……you can ask me….”
“No offense Harm but if I have any questions about sex I’ll ask Mac not you.”
“You don’t even know Mac and she’s barely in my life right now. I don’t know how much you’ll actually see her when you come to live with me.”
“Well if you would just hurry up and seduce her, I’m sure I would see her quite often.” Mattie was trying to get a reaction out of him and she didn’t have to wait long.
“Matilda Grace, go to your room!” Harm said and pointed his hand in the direction of her bedroom.
Mattie couldn’t keep the grin off faceface as she stood up to go crash in her bed. “Relax Harm, I was just messing with you,” she said as she started to walk towards her bedroom.
Once she left Harm sighed in relief, raising a teenage girl was going to be a lot tougher than he originally thought.
TBC