by admin | Apr 5, 2025 | chapter
Chapter 4 Gibbs watched Abby and Tony leave for the evening with a little smile. For all his protests, Gibbs got the feeling that Tony was secretly pleased to have been invited out for an evening with Abby. He was certainly pleased himself – Tony was a damaged sub...
by admin | Apr 5, 2025 | chapter
Chapter 3 It was late by the time Gibbs got home. He’d kept the new kid hard at it and had only let him go when he was sure that DiNozzo had learned the basics. Gibbs had covered the finer points of filing by leaving a stack of it on DiNozzo’s desk and not letting him...
by admin | Apr 5, 2025 | chapter
Chapter 2 The guy from the FBI was in his mid-fifties. He was a big, pompous top with a patronizing smile. Gibbs’s gut screamed its dislike the minute he walked into the interrogation room. The nice lady from HR hadn’t been keen on his choice of interview venue, but...
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Part 2 His driver dropped him off at his Georgetown townhouse and he was grateful to stand under the hot water in his shower, allowing it to soak and soothe away the night’s excesses. By the time he’d finished up and cleaned his teeth the Advil had kicked in and he...
by admin | Apr 5, 2025 | chapter
Part 4: Pride Tony called Director Shepard, and then he called in the team. Gibbs’s team. Now they were his team. For the first time in his life, he was in charge. “You’ll be fine,” Shanti said, pacing to and fro around Gibbs’s living room. “We’ll find him. I know...
by admin | Apr 5, 2025 | chapter
Part 3: Pretence Gibbs returned to NCIS to get paperwork issued for Tony, to check on the progress of the autopsy, and to do some research on their dead Marine. Then he went home to grab a couple of hours sleep, take a shower, and get changed. “Why didn’t you...