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Side sim - Harris' Quarters - I'm Back

Posted June 15, 2021, 12:13 a.m. by Colonel Calvin Harris (Marine Commander) (Jerome Davis)

Posted by Lieutenant Belle Harper (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Side sim - Harris’ Quarters - I’m Back

Posted by Colonel Calvin Harris (Marine Commander) in Side sim - Harris’ Quarters - I’m Back

Posted by Lieutenant Belle Harper (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Side sim - Harris’ Quarters - I’m Back
Lieutenant Belle Harper had strolled quietly through the corridors seemingly on auto-pilot, her mind drifting back to boat decks and piano bars. She had intended to not make her presence known at all unless duty dictated she must. It’s not as though she had any feelings left for the man. Their romance had been passionate but brief. Maybe a long time ago she even loved him. Now, however, she felt nothing.

So why did she wind up standing outside his quarters late in the evening? It was as much a shock to herself as it would undoubtedly be to Cal. She activated the chime and immediately regretted it. “This was a mistake,” she said out loud and turned to go.

-Lt. Belle Harper, Chief Intelligence Officer

It was at that moment, Belle heard a voice… that voice… which she hadn’t heard in years. “Excuse me…” Came the surprised tone from the man rounding the corner in Marine sweats. “… can I help…” He froze before her. The man’s blue eyes flashed in surprise… confusion… pain. The man standing before Belle Harper was every bit the man he was when she last saw him yet, different. There was distinct greying of his jet black hair by his temples, his eyes had more noticeable crows feet, and his hair was longer now… a short, wavy style that made him look a little more… grown up. Harris took in all the changes to the woman before him… one of three that he had ever loved… and until this moment, all but one of those women… Harris was absolutely certain… were quite dead. Tears sparkled in the corners of his eyes and the Marine reached out a gentle, trembling hand. As his voice caught in his throat, the very softest tips that hand brushed her cheek as if to see if she were really there… like a ghost. “B–Belle?!”

Col. Calvin Harris, Marine CO

For the first time since coming aboard the Dresden, Harper felt ill at ease. She almost flinched at the soft touch of Harris’ fingers but managed to control her reaction. For the first time since… the Monty… six years… she felt… something. She didn’t smile she didn’t move. She just looked. She ooked into the eyes of a man she remembered from another life that felt more like a dream from long ago than actually a part of her past. Time had aged him, but like a fine wine, it was all for the better. Harper could only imagine what she must look like to Harris. Her bald head and steel-gray eyes must look so foreign. The lights of the corridor reflected off of her almost metallic skin, giving her a wet slick appearance. “Hello, Cal,” was the only thing she could think of to say.

-Lt. Harper, CIO

Cal looked as though he had been struck… by lightning. Tears fell from painfully sad stormy blue eyes as the man’s hand ever so gently cupped her cheek. It was really her… but… but how?! “My god Babe…” His voice trembled as he spoke, his eyes never leaving hers. “… wha–what happened to you?” The question was spoken as if it caused him physical pain to ask it. The love for her roared like a flame behind those eyes and the care… the protection in his touch… was there just as it was that night in New York harbor.

Carefully, slowly… he lowered his hand and asked in confused shock. “How are you even… even here?” Cal wanted nothing more than to reach out, touch her… hold her… if for anything else… to remember her touch just one last time. But so much had changed… good and bad… and as tears flowed, Cal stood… visibly shaking… and said in a cracking voice. “You… you were dead.”

Col. Harris, MarDet CO


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