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This is my first attempt at a Jess/Becker story, so let me know if it's any good :)

OUTBURST

Few people had ever called Jess scary or frightening. If they had, if was laced with sarcasm, or it had been Halloween, (and once because of an outfit she'd worn to a friend's house, but that was different).

So watching most of Becker's men cower against the walls as she stormed down the halls, heading straight for the armoury, red heels clicking dangerously in warning to those ahead of herm, made her feel a small amount of pride.

It wasn't enough to lessen her anger though.

It was all Becker's fault.

It was Valentine's Day and he wouldn't even say a simple "hi" to her.

That had really hurt.

It wasn't like she'd been expecting anything, maybe some chocolate, but she got some after almost every alert, and so it wouldn't have made it special.

She hadn't been expecting anything out of the ordinary, if he had done anything though, she'd agreed to tell him how she actually felt, but he hadn't even looked at her.

That bothered her a lot too, mostly because she'd picked out her outfit to impress him. Just a simple pink 3/4 sleeve shirt, a high waisted red mini skirt with a white belt, red stilettos and a red necklace, bracelet and headband, each with a small red heart (it was Valentine's day after all).

Yet his eyes had stayed completely unfocused on her.

Her anger filled eyes locked onto his back as she rapidly approached.

"Becker!" she called tensely through gritted teeth down the hallway.

The men he'd been talking to quickly took a few steps away from his now tense form, but stayed within listening range.

He still didn't turn to face her and it was like pouring salt on an open wound, the way he was embarrassing her in front of half the ARC staff.

She could feel herself reaching her breaking point, but tried again.

"Captain." She growled, stopping close enough behind him that whenever she breathed he could feel it on his neck.

Still nothing.

"Captain Becker." Her voice dropped dangerously low and she had the satisfaction of hearing him gulp loudly.

That was it; she could practically hear the snap inside of her. She'd long since passed her breaking point.

She knew it would be a cheap shot, that she was the only one beside him who knew what he was about to say, but he deserved it.

"Hilary!" She screamed, starting to take a step around him to see what he reaction would be, but he was faster.

Suddenly he was in front of her, glare clearly directed at her. None of the soldiers dared to laugh at their captain's first name.

"What do you want Jessica?" he demanded more than asked. She knew he was really mad since he'd used her full name.

"What is your problem?" her arms raised in ridiculous gestures as her voice rose.

"Jess…" he sighed as his shoulders slumped in defeat, none of the tension leaving his body. "You never could make things easy for me, could you?" His voice much softer than it had been since they'd started talking.

"What do you me-"

Becker cut her off as he put a delicately rapped small heart shaped box of chocolates into her hands. She wasn't exactly sure where it had come from, but he did have a lot of pockets…

"No orange." He smiled nervously. "Jess, will you…" he gulped and straightened up, keeping his eyes locked with hers. "Be my valentine?" he asked hesitantly.

Her eyes went wide in astonishment for only a few seconds before smiling brightly. She was so happy all she could do was nod.

Becker breathed a breath of relief. Why had he been ignoring her again?

He looked up and saw most of his men were still standing around, listening and watching the exchange, but quickly pretended to be doing anything the moment he looked around. "Back to work." He commanded, quickly switching back into work mode. The others left in record time.

Jess turned to leave as well, finally happy with how the day had ended, when Becker caught her wrist. "Just so you know, part of our agreement includes a date. I'll pick you up at 8." He smirked, leaving before she could respond.

Jess stood there, mouth opening and closing like a fish, no words coming out. Finally she smiled and turned back towards the ADD.

Sorry if they're out of character… hope you enjoyed it :)