With things eased off now, Tom was able to get a nice day planned for them. He'd called Katie and told her she was off for the day and gave her an address to enter into her GPS. He smiled waiting outside a fancy hotel. He just waited for her to get out of her truck.

With everything going on it'd been hard to get time alone. So instead of going out somewhere, he ordered out getting her favorite. Rented a movie she'd been wanting to see and decided to just have a nice night in. A small break from the insanity they were dealing with. He waited for her to come back home to see her face. He waited for her outside and smiled when she pulled up.

Love wasn't really anything I expected to feel. Growing up I really didn't have that structure. It was a firm hand, and a rough beating to get me in line the way the old man liked. My mother either out of pure fear if my father, or maybe she just never liked my ass to begin with avoided me, avoided the whole thing and made me think it was normal. That I deserved it for being a brat kid. So I just never thought much about it.

( That all changed for me in June of 83, when I first met Katie Cohen. )

Muse | Tom Ryan
Fandon | The Unit
Word Count | 1,043

"You lied to me."

Tom Ryan stopped what he was doing and looked up to see his wife standing there. His brow perked a bit, last time he heard those words out of her mouth things went badly. Badly as in they spent two years apart with her plotting his death. The smirk on her face really didn't help much.

"The hell?"

"You lied to me Tom."

"What did I lie about Babygirl?"

He watched her foot tapping then and her arms fold across her chest. She knew that put him at ill ease and she loved using it against him. Though to anyone else but her he seemed not effected by it, but she could read him like a book backwards and forwards. She cleared her throat and raised a brow.

"Thomas Ryan what did you say when you left our house?"

"That I'd be gone for an hour tops."

"What time was that?"

"0300 Hours"

"What time is it now?"

Tom blinked at that and looked at the clock that read clearly a little after 0800 hours.

"Fuck."

"Not unless you get that ass of yours home before 0900 hours."

He watched as Katie headed out with a cheeky grin and his brow perked. He looked at what he had been working on and glanced up to where she had been. He muttered an 'Oh hell with this shit' and stood grabbing his keys. He got home and as soon as he walked in he found himself pulled into a kiss.

Muse | Tom Ryan
Fandom | The Unit
Word Count | 253

01. Make sure my men and their families can come home.

02. Spend more time with my wife.

03. Not try and take on everything myself and allow others to help.

04. Make sure the brat knows I love her.

05. Spend some time with said brat.

06. Tell Katie I love you once or twice a day at least.

07. Relax more and not stress so much.

08. Make sure the men and staff know how much I appreciate the crazy shit they do.

09. Try not to get dishonorably discharged because they are pissing me off.

10. Try not to be such a jackass at times.

11. Have that real wedding ceremony.

12. Take Katie on a nice honeymoon, she deserves it.

13. To have another happy year of marriage.

Muse | Tom Ryan
Fandom | The Unit

*blinks at his one Christmas gift.*

Funny Mack, really.

Tom chuckled he knew his wife was a bit drunk from her random call. Now all he could hear in his head was her talking about cake on her nipples and he shook his head clear so he could finish up what he was doing. He hated paperwork but it kept him busy and he wanted it out of the way so he could relax. He got another call from Mack then informing him he was getting married on the fifth of January and he just raised a brow. He would have to get things together and in order for that. He and Katie had been waiting long enough for one.

He stopped at the store as promised and picked up her favorite cake. She got hungry after a few drinks and she loved her cake. He set it down and made the drive home then and walked inside still getting used to the sheer amount of lights she had rigged up.

"Babygirl I'm home."

Tom Ryan's Holiday Wishlist

- No santa hats
- no one putting lights in my office.

Wait, those don't work do they? Hell I don't even know, okay given who I am married to I'm doing some sort of Christmas thing.

Okay so maybe a new watch, some new shirts, and hell whatever people get me if anything. I'm not asking for gifts so you all can save your money.


OOC:

A nice header of Tom (he is from a show called The Unit, and his pb is Robert Patrick for those who don't know who he is.), some icons.

A really nice manip of Tom and his wife (pb Famke Jensen, yes he has a hot looking wife.)

Tom didn't really have time to plan when he knew these guys were just going to sit on their asses and wait for the state department to come in. He knew it wasn't going to do any good, all they'd try to do was negotiate with these bastards and he already knew they weren't out for that. These guys were out for blood and waiting for these suits to play their little games put Betsy Blane in a lot more danger then she was already in. All this negotiating bullshit would just piss these guys off and they'd snap and kill their hostages a lot faster. So Tom's plan formed quickly, it was the only thing he could think of. Let them take him as well. It was just trying to pull this all off without Katie getting involved. He should have known better.

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Tom Ryan by no means thought he was perfect. He was a cold man to everyone. Angry all the time, or so it seemed, he was always yelling. The day he went in to welcome in the new recruits that passed unit selection ended up being one of his better days. He was scaring everyone else just how he liked it, and was on his way to meet the final newbie in. Matthew Cohen. It was just a formality even if this one he saw potential in above the others. There were always one or two he saw that in and he pushed them harder then the rest. Sometimes they broke, but most times they pushed back. He had two current unit members he could point out in his mind already that fit that. Jonas Blane and Mack Gerhardt, both men he pushed, and both who pushed back. They were his two best men, and now he was poised to try and add another. He already had Cohen teamed up with Mack, the start of tapping into the potential he saw.

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Can't wait to get outta here.

Tom had been in this position plenty of times it seemed, came with his time served as a unit member. You never knew what shit storm you were being thrown into it. Though admittedly it had been a damn good many years since he'd been in this type of situation. The fact he purposely put himself here was something he had accepted before he had put things into effect. What he hadn't been counting on was having his wife sitting beside him in this place. Though he was in a way glad she was here, the support was nice. He could only focus now on getting Betsy and his wife out of here. They'd managed well to avoid letting their captors know they were a couple. Their touches to soothe each other were discreet, or seemed no different then what any soldier would do for another. He was silently thankful when they came in and roughly forced them to their feet, that Katie stayed quiet. He swallowed hard because he was afraid even as he was putting on a brave face for the young soldiers. He glanced at Katie then and watched helplessly as they dragged the Second Lieutenant off.

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Muse | Tom Ryan
Fandom | The Unit
Word Count | 2,017
Spoilers for ep 4.08
Katie Ryan is an OC borrowed from her mun. Katie is located here.

Name: Tom Ryan
Are you single?: No
Your favorite number?: Don't have one
What is your favorite class in school: Math
Who is/are your best friend(s)?: Katie, Cassie, Mack
Are you outgoing?: Hell no
Do you have a crush on anyone right now?: My wife count?
How tall are you?: 5' 11½
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue


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He leaned back then and smiled looking her over. He was very impressed by the silk. He whistled softly and grinned softly. He studied her.

"How about the rest of it."

He gave her a smirk and chuckled settling back in his seat.

"Unless we leave here and go home now."

He didn't mind either way all he knew is he was liking what he saw.

[Visible to Katie, Mack, and Cassie.]

01. The fact she makes me think from different angles on thimgs.

02. She gives me good competition, and can even best me at times.

03. No matter how tensed and stressed I am she can make it better.

04. She's my center, she keeps me balanced.

05. She keeps me in line and makes sure I'm well taken care of.

06. We can beat the hell out of each other and still say I love you.

07. Her ass. She know it was going to be on here.

08. The fact we can just lay in bed and talk and hold each other.

09. How no matter how long we were apart, in the end she always seemed to return to me.

10. We can have rough sex one night, and be gentle and loving another. It's never boring.

11. She's one of the best soldiers I have, and I know she'd always have my back. Even when I try getting myself left in other countries.

12. She's the smartest person I know and understands me like no other can.

13. She's not afraid to call me out on anything.

Colonel Tom Ryan
The Unit

Tom had heard Katie was down and he hadn't liked hearing that. So sending her a phone she could call him on seemed a good idea. The lines were secure and untraceable which was what they needed. He'd decided to see her, maybe it was partially selfish reasons that he just needed her close for just a bit. He hoped this would be all over soon and things could return as they were.

He had called to let her know he was close and finished the drive. When he got there and to her door he looked more like a civilian then she'd ever seen him. Dressed down fully into faded jeans and an old light green t-shirt. He forwent even his army boots and wore a pair of old tennis shoes. Head covered by a baseball cap.

He waited then.

Days like this one being a "clerk" is really stressful