The Salt in Our Letters
Don Hume x Original Female Character
Part 7 (for now) of “He’s Progressed and She’s Impressed”
Fic summary: Don joins the merchant marines while Kate navigates loneliness at home
Chapter summary: Don has some free time before being shipped out to sea
Rating: M (but this chapter is more like Teen)
Content warnings: Mild sexual innuendo
Word count: 7,000 and counting
Author’s Note: Still learning about and researching the Merchant Marines as I go; please be kind to me🙏🏻
Tags: @morningdawnbreaks @fwitoley @sassychicsings @blackroseguzzi @youredoinggreat-honey
Chapter 1
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Chapter 2: The Visit
*Three months later*
Thankfully, however, the US Maritime had a training facility set up in Seattle, which made it more convenient for him to visit when he could. What she didn’t anticipate though was that he would be away for the entire training period. She supposed she figured it’d be different being that the maritime wasn’t military but alas! She figured wrong! They may not be the military, but they still valued structure and discipline just as much. The worst part wasn’t even not having him in bed with her at night, it was how quickly he had to get back after the few times he was allowed to visit for a nice dinner! She hated it so much! She already missed him terribly and if she missed him this much, she didn’t want to think about how dreadful it would actually be when he was finally sent off to sea.
She refused to think about that right now though. Instead of dwelling on him eventually leaving, she forced herself to redirect her focus on the now, and tonight, her mother had invited her over for a nice dinner and evening. The offer alone lifted her spirits but they were lifted twice as much when she was told that Grady, her ‘little’ brother, would be there too. She always enjoyed spending time with him; even more now that he was busy with his university studies. Being with her family would definitely help take her mind off Don.
It would be a good evening.
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