Well, it's part of Halo: Evolutions. It takes place on High Charity after the last scene in Halo 2 (that scene is the start of the story) and runs until John finds Cortana in Halo 3.

Like I mentioned above, it's not a full on "I love John and wanna marry him" but it is a fantastic insight into Cortana about her feelings towards John.

Some snippets...

"John," his gravelly voice said slowly. "John. So that's what you call him. Most touching."

It was the use of John's name that made Cortana feel suddenly violated. And it was more than realizing that the Gravemind had breached the mainframe--not just the metal and boards and composites, but the software processes themselves. It was the invasion of something personal and precious.


Will John miss me? Will he prefer the other AIs? Will he forget me? Does he really understand how much he matters to me? I don't actually know what he thinks. Maybe he doesn't care any more than Dr. Halsey. Maybe--

The realization hit Cortana like a powerful electric shock throughout her entire body. She squealed. It was agony.


John's real. Even if he's not here, he still exists. That's all that matters.

Cortana clung to that thought. If John had really made it back, then she would be happy, not because she might survive but because he'd kept his promise. He cared enough to come back. If he hadn't--then she decided to be satisfied that the last coherent thought she might have would be about him.



There are a ton of paragraphs like that--the ending scene between the two of them is sweet, though she did change the scene we see in Halo 3 slightly. But, dude, it's enough for my shippy fanigirly heart. LOL

Some of the other stories are meh...The idea that John finds his childhood girl crush (on Earth, no less!) and she has been holding his picture since he "died" was, um, a bit of a stretch. And in the same story we have a solider who hates Cortana (surprise! Read the previous sentence) and if John "were to ask nicely [she'd] give up [her] lucrative carrer in the Corps and start pumping out [his] babies..." Ick. Just ick.

But, dude, I can forgive all that since we got "Human Weakness".

Ick, that other story indeed sounds ick XD

But that Human Weakness one sounds great, I'd have to read Evolutions sometime then :)