Eddie is a widower who meets a battered wife and befriends her. Although he is old enough to be her father, the contrast between him and her abusive husband is immense. They quickly develop a relationship.
A little stand-alone Startrek story, set in late season two of Startrek: Enterprise. When the crew of NX01-Enterprise find an M class planet suitable for shore leave, Trip Tucker and Malcom Reed have a beer idea. Predictably the resident Vulcan gets her knickers in a twist about it.
He came back from the war a grown up man, but had to go back to school. The teacher was a young, beautiful woman. By accident he found out her inexperience and helped her out a bit.