“Nervous, Captain?” She gives him a look that tells him that she’s not amused and shakes her head.

“No, sir. Or at least not as nervous as Laura was.” It’s a lie, of course. He has never met a woman who wasn’t nervous on her wedding day. He also has known her long enough now to know very well that she’s at least as nervous as Laura was - and ( Read more... )

“No! My daughter will not go out with this guy. Just… no!” Okay, daddy does not sound happy, that much is sure.

“Newsflash, Evan: She already went out with him. Twice.” Mom! She wasn’t supposed to tell him that! She was supposed to keep quiet and let her handle this! Enraged about her mother’s betrayal she’s about to storm the living room… ( Read more... )

“No, this is not… Darren! No… Just great.” A little flustered she stops in front of her team leader’s door. When nothing else comes, she shrugs and wants to continue walking but then she hears something crashing to the floor and some serious cussing and so she decides that it’s probably better to reassure herself that everything is okay.

A ( Read more... )

“Out!” she hollers at him and he raises his hands in defeat.

“Hey, I just wanted to…” Several pairs of eyes glare at him and those of his wife are the most threatening.

“Rodney… out!” And now that Jennifer also started behaving like an ogre he starts backing out walking slowly backwards… and in the end breaking into a run for the last ( Read more... )

He watches her. Well, her and the little boy named Aaron James Lorne. They arrived three days ago and at first he hadn't even wanted to look at his grandson… and the moment he did look he knew why. He’d simply been afraid he might actually like the kid… and he did. The moment he saw Aaron the first time he’d known Mary had been right about every ( Read more... )

“James, look at them,” Mary nudges him but he just ignores her. “Really, you have to see them. Your grandson is such a cute little boy and Evan and Laura really look…”

“No.” Now he has turned around again because dammit, she shouldn’t have said that name. Those names. As his wife she should have known that those names are forbidden in their ( Read more... )

She has no idea why she’s here and what she’s doing here. Or at least she likes to pretend that it’s like that. If she’s honest she liked to pretend a lot of things in the last few weeks… months. In reality, though, she knows exactly why she’s here. He invited her. No… they invited her. It’s as simple as that. As simple yet complicated as that, ( Read more... )

“I want a man with a slow hand
I want a lover with an easy touch
I want somebody who will spend some time
Not come and go in a heated rush
I want somebody who will understand
When it comes to love, I want a slow hand.”

Pointer Sisters, “Slow Hand”

“Right, so… night, Laura.”

“Yeah, night… Evan.” She still can’t bring herself to ( Read more... )

She can’t help it; she has to sneak him another look. She doesn’t even know his name yet - didn’t get close enough to read the name tag - but he already caught her attention. And because she doesn’t want it to appear like she’s ogling him, she pretends to be reading her instruction manual again. Officially it’s called “Orientation Guide to the ( Read more... )

“This is stupid, Laura, and you know it!” Wham. A door slams open and their former team leader, Lieutenant Colonel Evan Lorne, comes running through the team ready room, chasing their only female team member, newly promoted 1st Lieutenant Laura Cadman in what looks like one of their most spectacular fights… well, yet.

“One… two… three…” He ( Read more... )