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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Underage
  Category:
      M/M
  Fandom:
      NCIS
  Relationship:
      Anthony_DiNozzo/Jethro_Gibbs
  Character:
      Anthony_DiNozzo, Jethro_Gibbs, Jackson_Gibbs, Ducky_Mallard, Abby_Sciuto,
      Caitlin_Todd, Timothy_McGee, Jenny_Shepard, Jimmy_Palmer, Tobias_Fornell,
      Shannon_Gibbs, Kelly_Gibbs, Ziva_David, Anthony_DiNozzo_Sr., Original
      Character
  Additional Tags:
      Mpreg, Angst, Tibbs, Presumed_Dead, Same-Sex_Marriage, Consensual
      Underage_Sex, Implied/Referenced_Underage_Sex, Alternate_Universe_-_Canon
      Divergence, Suicidal_Thoughts
  Series:
      Part 1 of Separate_But_Not_Apart
  Stats:
      Published: 2016-04-26 Completed: 2016-05-04 Chapters: 33/33 Words: 18001
****** Tony Lost ******
by Fairhaven74
Summary
     One night changes Tony and Jethro's lives forever.
     *Please note that this is a Mpreg story. It is also underage, because
     while Gibbs is 18 Tony is only 17. There is no rape or non-con as
     Tony wanted to have sex with Gibbs. He was not drunk or impaired in
     anyway. While I don't agree with underage sex, I'm not stupid to
     think it doesn't happen. This is AU, because one men can have babies
     and two DADT does not exist. Please do not read if you find this
     offensive.
Notes
     All mistakes are mine. I'm doing this for fun only. No money is made
     by me for doing this. Comments are welcome, but please be kind. If
     you find mistakes please let me know so I can make changes.
***** Chapter 1 *****
Jethro had had a great time last night. He just hoped his dad never found out,
because he would tear into him. It wasn’t anything the other recruits weren’t
doing. He did see what his dad meant though, he really should have waited until
he found the right person. It had been great though, it had felt beyond
wonderful and Tony was really good looking. Tony also, wasn’t a prostitute like
the others he was just a college kid out for a good time. Jethro was looking
forward toward boot camp. In eight weeks he would be getting an official
assignment, because he was not going to wash out. His name was called to board
the bus.
Eighteen weeks later Gibbs called his dad to tell him that he would be home for
a week, before he was sent for further training.
“Hey, dad it’s Leroy,” Gibbs said.
“Son, did you want to tell me something?”
“Yeah, I will be home in about four hours and I have a week before I have to
report back.”
“Well, I will see you shortly. We definitely need to have a chat when you get
here.” With that his father hung up.
Gibbs shook his head that was a strange conversation. His father was usually
chatter; probably just caught him at a bad time.
Four hours later Gibbs was entering his father’s store, he was surprised to
find someone strange behind the counter. However, when he looked closer the
person looked familiar and then if hit Gibbs, Tony.
“Leroy,” he heard his dad’s voice behind him.
Gibbs swallowed before he could speak, “Dad, what is Tony doing here?”
“That is what you and I need to talk about, son.”
Damn he was in trouble.
***** Chapter 2 *****
Chapter Notes
     All mistakes are mine. If you find any please let me know. Comments
     are welcome.
Jackson called to Tony to lock up the front, they were closing for the rest of
the day, besides they only had another thirty minutes left of the day. Tony was
worried that Jethro would be mad. Tony only intended to inform him of the
situation and leave, but Jackson Gibbs would not hear of it and had informed
Tony that until he talked directly face to face with his son Tony was staying
put. Tony wasn’t stupid, he did what he was told.
Tony tried to hide his growing midsection, but at his point it was pointless,
he was defiantly showing. He sighed, he figured he might as well get it over
with. He walked in to the back room where Jackson had set up a small sitting
area for when he wanted to talk to guests. Jethro’s back was to him when he
entered so it was Jackson who noticed him first.
“Ah there you are Tony. Sit down.”
As Tony replied “Yes, sir,” Jethro turned around and his eyes went wide.
“What the hell,” he shouted?
“Watch your language, son,” Jackson said as he hit Jethro in the back of the
head.
“Ow…sorry, but why…how” Jethro stuttered.
Tony figured he better take control of the situation, “I didn’t know that I was
a carrier. If I had, I would have taken precautions. I just came to let you
know and see if you wanted to keep the kid yourself, if not I plan on giving it
up for adoption. My father kicked me out and disowned me, again. If I stay away
and give the baby up, he probably with forget all about it and as much as I
want to keep it, I can’t raise it on my own. I don’t have any money or a place
to live. Your father was kind enough to let me stay here and…and,” Tony had
been fighting tears, but it all became too much and he finally let it go.
Jackson glared at Jethro and shoved him towards Tony. Jethro knelt down in
front of Tony trying to catch his attention.
“Hey…It’s okay. The two of us will work this out. I only have a week here, but
before I leave we will have everything worked out,” Jethro gave Tony his best
encouraging smile.
Tony’s sobs had slowed and he was calming down, he gave a small smile back.
Jackson had insisted that Jethro take Tony home and put him to bed. So, by the
time Jackson finally made it home he found Jethro in the kitchen and Tony was
upstairs napping.
“What are you going to do, son” Jackson asked?
“I don’t know yet. We only spent one night together, we haven’t even been on a
date.”
“He is only seventeen, Leroy.”
Gibbs’ eyes went wide at that, “Shit, he told me he was eighteen when we meet.
I would never have done that if I had known.”
Jackson’s eyes narrowed at his son’s use of profanity, but he let it go for
now, “Well I think you need to think long and hard about what you do want. Take
him on a few dates see if you can even be in the same room for more than a few
minutes. As I told him he is welcome to stay here until the baby is born.”
“Dad, how can I date him? I’m being shipped out at the end of the week.”
“I can’t tell you what to do son, but if it was me I would marry the boy. He’s
smart, funny and very polite. I told you what I think you should do. I have
said my peace.”
At that Jackson turned and left the room.
Jethro wasn’t sure about this, he had never dated guys’ only girls. He had only
slept with Tony, because he was just a bit drunk and kind of wanted to know
what it was like. He had enjoyed himself and he did find Tony attractive, maybe
he could date him. Jethro started to make a plan.
Tony awoke to find Jethro sitting on the bed next to him. He smiled at him.
“Sorry, I’ve been getting tired lately and I’m not even that far along.”
Jethro smiled back, “Probably normal. Look, I…let me take you out on a date. A
proper date. Maybe we can make a relationship work. I always wanted kids and I
don’t think I can let you give this one up, but I can’t raise it by myself. So,
Tony will you go out with me?”
Tony blinked at him that was not what he was expecting. Tony bit his lip as he
thought about how he wanted to answer; yes Tony liked Jethro and he would not
mind finding more out about him, but he did not want the relationship to be
based on the baby. Tony knew from personal experience that that type of
foundation usually ended with one or both parties hating each other and the kid
stuck in the middle.
“Under one condition, if we don’t like each other or think that we can’t make a
relationship work for ourselves and not just for the kid than we call the whole
thing off.”
Jethro was surprised by that but he had to agree, “Deal.”
***** Chapter 3 *****
Chapter Notes
     All mistakes are mine. Feedback is welcome.
It had been a whirlwind week for Tony. He was falling for Jethro, hard. He just
hoped that Jethro was falling for him too. He had been helping Jackson in the
store since early morning, because Jethro had some errands to run. Jethro had
promised Tony that he would be back in time for dinner.
Tony wasn’t sure how the week would end, but he knew that Jethro would be
leaving soon and Tony would miss him. Tony had decided that even if he and
Jethro couldn’t make a relationship work Tony would stay with Jackson until the
baby was born. Jackson had decided that he couldn’t let Tony give the baby up
either so he offered to help Jethro take care of the child. Tony figured that
he could make some arrangements to see the baby and when he finally got on his
feet maybe he could get some kind of visitations. Tony was drawn out of his
musings when Jethro wrapped his arms around him and kissed his neck.
“Hey, sweetheart how was your day?”
Tony always wanted to melt when Jethro did that.
“Good…fine,” his brain was short circuiting.
“Let’s get out of here. I want to take you some place special tonight.”
“Okay,” Tony said as he was pulled out to Jethro’s car. Jethro drove them out
to a secluded cabin. Tony looked a bit worried at this, because he really had
no idea what Jethro was up to.
Jethro just smiled at him and grabbed his hand entwining their fingers
together. He pulled Tony along with him toward the bank of a brook. Tony smiled
shyly at Jethro when he realize that Jethro had set up a picnic dinner for
them. He carefully lowered himself to the ground with Jethro’s help. Jethro
started to pull out all of Tony’s favorite finger foods and they started to
eat. By the time they finished eating, the sun was setting.
Jethro grabbed Tony’s hand, looked him in the eyes, “Please don’t interrupt me,
I have a lot to say and want to say if in one go. Can you do that?”
“Yes,” Tony answered.
“Alright, Tony I know that you said you wanted our relationship to be more than
about the baby; I understand that, but without the baby you and I would not
have even tried to have a relationship in the first place. The baby does play a
very large part in it, but I believe we can have something that goes beyond
just that. I love you Tony. Tony, will you marry me?”
Tony blinked, “Yes I will marry you.”
Jethro surged forward capturing Tony’s face between his hands and kissing him.
Tony responded by kissing back and pulling Jethro down onto their sides. The
kiss became more heated, Tony started to moan into Jethro’s mouth. Jethro
pulled back and Tony whimpered in disappointment.
“Hey, sweetheart I’m not done yet. Let’s go into the cabin and find the bed. It
will be more comfortable.”
Tony nodded and allowed Jethro to help him up and into the cabin. Before Tony
knew it he was on his back naked and moaning as Jethro explored his entire body
taking him apart one moment at a time.
***** Chapter 4 *****
Chapter Notes
     My first attempt at writing anything truly explicit. This chapter has
     some porn in it. All mistakes are mine. Feedback is welcome.
See the end of the chapter for more notes
Tony was excited, Jethro was supposed to be back at the end of the week. They
had been married for four months and they hadn’t seen each other since the day
after they got married. Jethro did not want Tony to follow him until he had a
permanent place to live. Tony had not been happy about it, but he had accepted
it when he realized he probably would not have seen Jethro much anyway with him
still training to be a sniper.
Instead, Tony had stayed in Stillwater and lived with Jackson. It had been a
difficult time for Tony, some people gave him dirty looks and others were out
right mean. It had taken time to figure out that they did not like Jethro and
wanted to hurt him anyway they could. Tony had tried to shake it off, but it
had been difficult for him and he had only been able to talk to Jethro on the
phone once a week.
He was due any day now and he wanted Jethro to be there for the birth. The plan
was for Tony to move with Jethro back to his base after the baby was born and
he couldn’t wait. He missed Jethro so much, he just worried that Jethro would
find him unattractive being so large. He felt like a house.
Jackson wouldn’t let Tony help with store anymore, so Tony was sitting in the
back room of the store trying his hand at knitting. His mother had taught him
before she died, but he had not tried it since he was about twelve when his
father because angry with him for it. He had a good start on a baby blanket
that he wanted to finish before he gave birth.
The week went by fast for Tony, with planning for the birth and getting
everything ready to move with Jethro he realized that Jethro would be there
soon. He had stayed at the house that day so that when Jethro got there they
could spend some time together.
Tony figured he had everything he could ready, so he laid down for a nap. He
woke to Jethro wrapped around him kissing his the back of his neck.
“Hey, when did you get here” Tony asked?
“About an hour ago. You looked so peaceful I didn’t want to wake you.”
Tony rolled over in Jethro’s arms and gave him a quick kiss. Jethro turned the
kiss heated and Tony was moaning wanting more, but before they could get any
farther Tony stopped.
“Hey, what’s wrong?”
“I need to pee. Can you help me up, please? I’m as big as a house.”
“You look perfect to me. Here let me help you,” Jethro Tony up and into the
bathroom.
As soon as Tony was done he returned to bed. Jethro pulled him onto his side
and started to kiss him again, “Missed you so much, sweetheart.”
“Missed you too, I can’t wait until we can live together. Oh…Jethro
please…please,” Tony begged.
“What you want, sweetheart” Jethro asked.
“You…now.”
Jethro shifted so that he was behind Tony and gently entered him. It had been
too long and neither man could last long. It was over way too quick, before
either one noticed they were both coming. When they were done Jethro cleaned
them up and they both fell asleep.
Chapter End Notes
     Sorry, if the sex parts sucked.
***** Chapter 5 *****
Chapter Notes
     All mistakes are mine.
See the end of the chapter for more notes
Jethro was thrilled, he had a son. He and Tony had a son. A perfect little boy,
named Matthew Gibbs. Tony was resting right now. Jethro was sitting in Tony’s
hospital room watching him and their son. Jackson, quietly entered the room
smiling.
Keeping his voice down Jackson asked, “How are they?”
“Fine dad, just tired. We can leave tomorrow afternoon. Do you want to see
him?”
Jackson just rolled his eyes at his son, “Of course I want to see him that is
why I’m here. I couldn’t wait until tomorrow to see my first grandchild.”
Jackson walked over to the bassinet and looked down at his grandson. He was
perfect, at least to him. He chose not to pick him up as he did not want to
wake Tony.
“When do you have to report back, son?”
“In two weeks; I know it’s not ideal, but I can’t leave Tony or Mattie here. I
promised him when the baby was born he could come with me.”
“Good, he has been pining for you since you left four months ago. He’s a good
kid Leroy, but he has had a difficult life. I tried to talk to his father, but
the man made me want to lock myself in a room with him and teach him a few
moves I learned in the service.”
Jethro winced, he had called Tony’s dad as well, “Yeah, not the best father in
the world.”
“That’s an understatement. Did Tony tell you when he was ten his father took
him to Hawaii for a vacation and left him at the hotel by himself for three
days, while he was off with some woman.”
“No, but it doesn’t surprise me. I don’t want that man around Tony or our son.”
Jackson was satisfied with that, he only stayed a few more minutes promising to
have a nice dinner for them tomorrow.
The next day Tony, Jethro, and their son left the hospital and headed to
Jackson’s house. Jethro could tell that Tony was worried about something.
Instead of waiting for Tony he asked, “What’s wrong sweetheart?”
“You’re keeping your promise that we can come live with you?”
“Tony, of course I am. Tony I don’t want to leave you here. I didn’t want to
leave you here in the first place, but it wasn’t the best place for you. Now I
have a place for all of us to live and I want you with me, alright?”
Tony gave Jethro the biggest and brightest smile he had ever seen.
A week later, Jethro was packing his car up while Tony and Mattie said good-bye
to Jackson. This was hard for Tony, as much as he wanted to go with Jethro he
would also miss Jackson. Jackson had become like a surrogate father to him for
the last nearly nine months.
“Now, don’t get all upset on me. You can call and talk to me anytime you want,
understand?”
“Yeah, it’s just hard and I’m still a bit emotional still from giving birth.
I’ll miss you.” Tony hugged Jackson.
Jethro came up at that moment, “We’re ready to go, sweetheart. You got
everything?”
“Yeah, I’ll be in the car.”
Jethro and Jackson finished saying good-bye and before Tony knew it they were
on the road to their new life together.
Chapter End Notes
     Alright I decided to not do the whole graphic birth. Been there, done
     it personally three times not sure I want to write about it. Feedback
     is welcome.
***** Chapter 6 *****
Chapter Notes
     Sorry, more sex. I would say skip it, but it's sort of important to
     the plot. Mistakes are mine. Feedback is welcome. I hope it's not too
     sappy.
Life was good for Tony and Jethro that first year. They had their ups and downs
as any couple, but they always made it through. It was shortly after Mattie’s
first birthday that Jethro had gotten orders that would take him away from home
for six months. Tony wasn’t happy, but he figured he could live with it. Tony
had been taking classes at college for a while now and he had decided that he
wanted to go into psychology and sociology. He thought that it would give him a
way into law enforcement without the danger. They had enough danger in their
life with Jethro’s job.
Tony was just cleaning up after Mattie’s party when he felt his husband come up
behind him and wrap his arms around him.
“So, beautiful want to fool around while dad has Mattie,” Jethro asked?
Tony blushed, but turned in Jethro’s arms to give him a kiss, “How long do we
have?”
“A few hours. Dad wants to spend some time with his grandson before he has to
go home.”
“Mmmm…let’s go.”
Jethro had Tony naked and on his back before Tony knew what happened. “Want you
so much, sweetheart. Need you…”
“You have me Jethro…always.”
Jethro surged forward and kissed Tony hard and demanding, they only stopped
when the needed to breath. Jethro was entering Tony and kissing him as Tony was
moaning. Jethro would never get enough of Tony like this. He was perfect. He
was thrusting harder and harder driving both of them to the edge. He knew Tony
was close because he started to beg.
“Jethro…please…so close…need more…love you.”
Jethro took hold of Tony and started to bring him closer and closer to the
edge, when his own release was close he pushed Tony over the edge by hitting
his prostate dead on. Tony shouted his name as he came.
When Tony and Jethro were clean and back in bed with Jethro wrapped around
Tony, Tony spoke “I’m going to miss you. I love Jethro.”
“I know sweetheart, but it’s only six months and then I’ll be back. You will
have school and Mattie to worry about while I’m gone. It will go quick. I love,
too.”
“I don’t know what I would do without you Jethro.”
“You would go on without me, for Mattie. Promise me that Tony. If anything does
happen to me, you will make sure that you keep it together for Mattie.”
Tony swallowed the around the lump in his throat, “I promise Jethro. You have
to promise the same Jethro, no matter what happens.”
Jethro did think he would survive the loss of Tony, but he did not want to say
that so instead he agreed.
“Love you Tony, always.”
***** Chapter 7 *****
Chapter Notes
     All mistakes are mine. Feedback is welcome. If you find any typos or
     mistakes please let me know.
Jethro devastated and in shock. He was on a plan back to the states; he had
only been go two months when he was informed that Tony and Mattie had been in a
horrific car accident. They both died when the car caught fire. Jethro had been
given extended family emergency leave. He was headed home to bury his husband
and son.
His father was waiting for him when he arrived. It was a good thing because
everyone was pretty certain that Jethro would try to end his own life if
someone wasn’t watching him. A buddy of Jethro’s that had been injured and sent
home was also there to keep an eye on him.
“Son,” Jethro’s dad greeted with a sadness in his eyes.
Jethro just nodded. He missed Tony, Tony should be the one to greet him with
Mattie in his arms not in some grave with nothing left but ashes. Jethro
followed his dad to the car in a fog; he could not feel anything but pain and
grief.
Jethro was so consumed by grief that he did not really know what happened after
his return. The funeral was a blur, he did know that Tony’s father had shown up
and Jethro had decked him when he started to try to garner sympathy from the
other mourners. If it hadn’t been for his father and friends he would have
tried to strangle the man. Jethro could not believe that he would show up like
he had even seen his son in two years. He had never even met his grandson, when
Tony called to tell him that he had given birth to a boy his father told him
that at least he had gotten that right and Jethro might not leave him now.
Jethro had wanted to go to Long Island and beat the shit out of Anthony
DiNozzo, Senior.
Jethro when Jethro finally started to emerge from his fog he found himself
sitting on his and Tony’s bed holding a stuffed bear that Jethro had bought for
Mattie. Next to him was his gun; he so wanted to end his life, but he kept
replaying the conversation that he and Tony had had their last night together.
He had made Tony promise to keep going if anything ever happened to him; he had
promised Tony the same thing. He picked up the gun locking it away; he wouldn’t
end his own life, but it didn’t mean he wouldn’t take risks now that he didn’t
have Tony or Mattie to come home to. For now he would find go back to work, he
had a job to do. If he couldn’t protect Tony and his son anymore, he would
protect others families.
***** Chapter 8 *****
Chapter Notes
     Thank you for all the interest in this story. Feedback is always
     welcome. All mistakes are mine. Hey if you find any let me know.
See the end of the chapter for more notes
Tony woke slowly; every inch of him hurt and he could not remember doing
anything that could cause that. His brain was in a fog; he reached next to him
to wake Jethro, but found that he was not in their bed. He opened his eyes and
found the room in dim light, but he was able to make out that he was in a
hospital room. He couldn’t move his left leg and he began to panic when he saw
he was alone.
He knew he could not panic that would not solve anything. He took a deep breath
and took stock of himself, he found the bed controls and raised the bed up a so
it was at a slight angle. That was when he found that his leg was in a brace.
Mattie he thought; were was his son. His hand flew to the call button, he was
starting to remember. He and Mattie had been on their way to the store, when
his car had been hit. Tony hadn’t prayed in years, but now he was hoping that
his son was alright.
When the nurse came in she was followed by a small man in a white coat. As soon
as the nurse approached Tony’s bed she started to check all his monitoring
equipment. The small man started to speak, “Mr. DiNozzo, it’s good to see you
awake finally. What do you remember?”
Tony blinked in confusion at the man, he had changed his last name to Gibbs
right after he and Jethro married. “It’s Gibbs and I was in a car accident.
Where’s my son? Has anyone contacted Jethro or Jackson Gibbs?”
The man gave him a sympathetic smile, “Forgive the confusion, but your father
out DiNozzo on your intake paperwork. Mr. Gibbs your son is fine, he is with
your father right now. I’m not certain of anyone named Jethro or Jackson Gibbs
having been contacted. Who are they?”
Tony was getting more confused by the minute. Why was his father here? “Jethro
is my husband and Jackson is my father-in-law. Why is my father here? How long
have I been here? What is your name?”
“Forgive me, I’m Doctor Atwood. To answer your other questions you have been
here for nearly two months. You were transferred here to this facility for
rehabilitation when you awoke. Your father was the one to have you transferred.
He had your medical power attorney. Is that not correct?”
“No, my husband had my medical power of attorney and in the event he wasn’t
available it fell to my father-in-law. Where is my father, I want to see him
now” Tony was getting very angry.
Doctor Atwood instructed the nurse to find Mr. Dinozzo while he tried to talk
to Tony.
“Mr. Gibbs you were severely injured in the car accident. You were lucky;
however, most of your injuries have healed already. Your leg is still in a
brace as a precaution until we have you up and walking again. We removed the
cast only a few weeks ago. The other good news is that you are still pregnant,
which was extremely lucky considering how injured you were. We were concerned
about brain damage, but from what I have seen so far I believe that is not a
concern.”
Tony was overwhelmed by all the information the doctor gave him, before he had
time to sort through all of it his father was entering the room.
“Junior, thank goodness you are awake. I was getting very concerned,” his
father smiled at him.
Tony hated that smile, it was always so fake. “Dad, where’s Mattie? Where’s
Jethro and Jackson? Why are you here?” Tony was starting to get a bad feeling
about this situation.
“Matthew is with the nanny that I hired for him. Son, I’m…sorry to be the one
to have to tell you, but shortly after you were in the car accident Jethro was
killed in action. I was told that when Jackson heard the news he had a heart
attack. He survived, but is in poor health.”
Tony wanted to scream that it couldn’t be true. He wanted to hit something. He
wanted to break everything in the room, but instead he cried silently. Tony
knew if he became hysterical they would sedated him and he did not want that,
he wanted his son and he wanted to go home.
Chapter End Notes
     Alright, I almost decided not to post this story this way, but after
     debating it with myself for half the day I decided that this would be
     the best way to tell this story. I hope no one will be too
     disappointed. Thank you.
***** Chapter 9 *****
Chapter Notes
     All mistakes are mine. Sorry for the short chapter.
It had been a year since Jethro had lost Tony and their son. He was still in a
bad place and he knew it. He wasn’t taking as many precautions as he should,
but he couldn’t seem to stop himself. He missed them every day and he never
stopped thinking about them.
He knew his commanding officer was watching him, he was afraid that Jethro
would do something reckless and get himself and others killed. Jethro knew it
was only a matter of time before they sent him home and discharged him, if that
happened he had nothing left. He had to get his head on straight. The only
problem was that he did not know how to do that.
On his latest mission he had taken a risk that should have gotten him killed,
instead he was going to get a medal. Jethro hated to talk about his feelings,
but he was pretty sure if he did find some safe outlet for his anger it would
get him kick out. Maybe it was providence, but a few weeks later the chaplain
approached him. He had heard about Jethro’s loss and believed he could help
him. Jethro didn’t like the idea of spilling his guts to a complete stranger,
but he had to do something. He had to keep his promise to Tony.
***** Chapter 10 *****
Chapter Notes
     All mistakes are mine. Short chapter again. They will start to get
     longer soon.
For the first time in a year Tony felt good. He was free of the leg brace, he
had given birth to his and Jethro’s second son, Justin Gibbs and he was
watching Mattie chase after his new puppy. Tony missed Jethro every minute he
was awake and even in his dreams, but he had a promise to keep. Tony was sure
that he would never find anyone to love as much as he had loved Jethro, but he
had two sons to take care of and that would keep him alive. Tony was drawn from
his musings by the presence of his father at his side.
“Junior, you really should make the nanny keep that boy in check. He is too
wild.”
Tony sighed this was an old argument between the two of them, “Dad, I already
agreed to the nanny for the boys so that I could continue to attend school, but
they are my children and when I am not busy with school or homework I will take
care of them. Mattie is only two dad, he should be a bit wild.”
His father just shrugged and walked away. Tony knew he would never approve of
how Tony wanted to raise his kids, but he didn’t have a say over it. That was
one of Tony’s conditions to moving with his father, Tony would raise his sons
how he wanted. After Tony had been released for rehab his father had suggested
a move to Italy. Apparently, Senior had a villa there and thought it would be a
good place for Tony to heal. Tony had agreed to it under the conditions that he
would finish his education and his sons were his, not his fathers. The only
concession that Tony had made for his father was that both Mattie and Justin
would call Tony dad, instead of mom as he and Jethro planned. Tony figured it
was a small thing to make peace with his father. His father had agreed to pay
for his schooling and the care and upkeep of Tony and his boys.
Tony figured in a few years when he had his degrees he could look for work and
move away from his father, but until then he would take what he could.
***** Chapter 11 *****
Chapter Notes
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Jethro hurt; every inch of him hurt. He was being flown back to the States for
treatment, they were sure that with time he would be fine, but almost being
blown up will do some damage. Right now all Jethro could think about was if he
hadn’t made it he could have seen Tony and Mattie again.
A month later Jethro was sitting up on his own and generally being a grumpy
patient. He hated being inactive and this was the worst, because all he could
do was think and thinking always led to Tony and Mattie. He was being promised
mobility soon, but via a wheelchair.
Jethro had been told he could return to active duty, but after considering his
option he decided that he wanted to find a new path. If he continued on his
current one he would end up dead and he did not want to break his promise to
Tony. While he had been in the hospital an agent for Naval Investigative
Service, or NIS for short; had come to see him, he was sure that his commanding
officer had talked the guy into it. Mike Franks and told him that he could be
an NIS agent and still help his fellow soldiers. Jethro told him he would think
about it.
Three months later Jethro was up and mobile on his own. He had seen Mike Franks
at least once a week. Jethro had decided to become an agent with NIS, he was
scheduled to start FLECT in four weeks.
***** Chapter 12 *****
Chapter Notes
     Feedback is welcome. All mistakes are mine.
Tony was furious. He hadn’t been this angry ever. He had just gotten home from
school to find that Mattie had been sent off to boarding school, by his father.
Tony was storming through the house looking for his father. He finally found
him in his study with several of his father’s cronies and a young woman with
very striking red hair. Tony gave his father a fake smile when he entered the
room, “Dad, could we talk please?”
“Of course, Junior. My guests were just leaving.”
As soon as the men had departed Tony turned on his father, “What the hell, dad?
You sent Mattie to boarding school without consulting me?”
“Now, Junior you know that it will be for the best. That boy was a handful and
you were letting him get away with too much. He will be better off in a school
away from here, you will see.”
“Dad, he is only six and he is my son not yours. We discussed this when I
agreed to move here, I would raise my sons how I saw fit. I did not agree to
him being sent off to a boarding school. I want him back now.”
“Junior, that just isn’t possible right now. If we pull him out now I’ll
forfeit his tuition, and that is a very sizable amount. We can revisit this at
the end of the semester.”
With that his father left the room. Tony was shaking with anger, but he was
afraid to go against his father right now so close to his goal. Tony only had a
few weeks left and he would be able to finally get a job. He already had
several offers, but if he pissed his dad off he could pull his funding of Tony
and he would not get his degrees. His tuition had been paid for already, but he
knew his dad would find a way to make certain he did not get to finish school
leaving Tony reliant on him. Tony just prayed that Mattie would be alright for
a few weeks.
Three months later Tony was unpacking boxes in his new place. He could not
believe it, he was finally on his own. He had finished school and had found a
good job that allowed him time with his sons. He had been able to convince the
nanny to stay on with less money, but full room and board. The best part was he
had Mattie back with him.
***** Chapter 13 *****
Chapter Notes
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Jethro had been working at NIS for several years now as Mike Franks’ probie.
Well technically he was no longer a probie, but he was sure that Mike would
always call him probie. It had been a good move for him. He was always kept
busy so he had less time to think about what he lost. This might have been what
led him into asking out the red headed seamstress who worked at the dry
cleaners he frequented. Jethro hadn’t dated anyone since Tony was killed, it
had felt like a betrayal of what they had had.
When he saw her though he instantly felt an immediate connection. He was
somewhat surprised when he asked her out, he had not intended to do so. He was
even more surprised when she said yes after she confirmed that he was not a
lumberjack. She apparently had a rule against dating lumberjacks.
They were on their fourth date when Jethro found out why she had that rule. A
man approached them at the restaurant they were eating at, “Shannon, I thought
that was you.”
Jethro noticed Shannon’s tight smile, “Bob, how are you?”
“Fine, how is Hank,” Bob practically sneered at Shannon.
Shannon stiffened but responded, “I wouldn’t know. If you’ll excuse us we were
just leaving.” Jethro was about to reach for his weapon and credentials, when
Shannon grabbed his hand and started to pull him towards the exit.
“Shannon, what the hell was that about,” Jethro asked?
“No here.”
Once they were at Shannon’s apartment, she told Jethro her story.
“I should have told you sooner, but…I really like you and most men run for the
hills when I tell them.” Jethro just gave her a questioning look and a quick
nod for her to continue. “I was young and stupid right out of high school. I
married my high school sweetheart and things were really good at first, but
things changed about a year into the marriage. I became pregnant at the same
time he lost his job. My rule about lumberjacks is about him. Anyway, he
started to drink and get mean. He never hit me so I stayed and just avoided him
when he was drinking. Then one night I came home late from work; we needed the
extra money so I had stayed, unfortunately he didn’t like that. He started to
hit me and I was lucky to still be close to the door and was able to escape. I
ran to my parent’s house, the filled a police report and had him arrested. I
was luck, because my step-dad was well like in town and he has powerful
friends. Hank was charged with assault and domestic violence. A few months
later I gave birth to our daughter, I agreed to drop all charges if he would
sign over all rights to her. He agreed and we went our separate ways. Kelly, my
daughter is with my parents until I get better situated. I know I should have
told you about her sooner, but I just…I’m sorry.”
During Shannon’s story Jethro had become increasingly angry at Hank, a guy he
never met. How could someone hit his wife pregnant or otherwise? He lost his
boys and would give anything to have them back and his ass just threw his
family away. He was furious on Shannon and Kelly’s behalf. However, he didn’t
want Shannon to think that he would run just because she had a daughter. He
might not be in love with Shannon, but he did care about her. Shannon could
never replace Tony in his heart, but maybe she could carve a small place for
herself.
He gave her a small smile, “Hey, Shan it’s fine. I understand not wanting to
talk about something that is painful. I’m not going to run and I would love to
meet Kelly.”
“I would love for you to meet her, next time I bring her for a visit maybe we
can go to the zoo?”
“That would be good. I would like that,” Jethro replied.
Chapter End Notes
     This chapter was hard to write. I hope I'm not confusing anyone on
     the timeline. To make it clear Jethro and Tony's stories are
     basically running concurrently with each other. I really don't like
     putting hard and fast dates in my stories, because I become too
     bogged down in trying to keep everything straight. I also realize
     that both Tony and Jethro are OOC.
***** Chapter 14 *****
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Tony had been on his own for over a year. The first few months had been hard,
but now he had a rhythm going. He was enjoying his job and it did pay the bills
with just a bit left over each month. When Tony had first agreed to travel to
Italy with his father it was so that he could get some distance from his life
with Jethro. After Justin was born and Tony decided to return to school he
convinced his father to return to the U.S.
His father had agreed to pay for Tony’s school as long as he agreed to take
business classes. So, Tony had taken both business finance classes and
psychology. He thought that he could convince his father that psychology could
be useful in business. He father agreed so Tony became a double major. After
graduation Tony had found a job working in the finance department of a large
corporation that his father had contacts with. Tony returned to school a few
months later to earn his MBA and a Masters in psychology, unfortunately Tony
still needed his father’s help to pay for school. Senior had agreed, but only
if Tony followed some of his requirements. Tony had relented and agreed to
attend his father’s business dinners and send his son’s to a private school;
however, Tony had refused to send them to boarding school.
Tony had a plan once he completed his Masters degrees he was going to apply to
the F.B.I., he figured with his background in finance and psychology he would
have a really good chance. He didn’t want to be a field agent though; not
because he didn’t think he could handle it, but because of his boys. He did not
want to take the chance that his father would end up raising them if he got
himself killed.
Tony was pulled from his thoughts by one of his dad’s associates asking about
Tony’s thoughts on a recent advertising campaign and what Tony thought the
public’s reaction to it would be. Tony smiled at the man and answered his
question. Tony really wanted to go home; he hated these dinners and his dad’s
friends gave him the creeps. He would rather be at home watching movies with
his sons. The only thought that kept Tony going was one more year and he could
get away from these people.
Chapter End Notes
     So votes on Senior? Evil or just a bad parent?
***** Chapter 15 *****
Chapter Notes
     All mistakes are mine. Please let me know if you find any. I want to
     thank everyone who has commented on this story so far. I am now in
     the dilemma of answering all the comments with a simple thank you,
     because any other answer will give away too much of the plot.
“Hey, Shan where do you wants these boxes” Jethro asked?
Shannon came out of the kitchen to see which boxes Jethro was referring to. She
smiled at him, “Those go in our bedroom.”
Jethro nodded and headed up the stairs to put them away. Jethro was content; he
had asked Shannon and Kelly to move in with him a month ago. Shannon had
agreed, so here they were moving all of Shannon and Kelly’s things into
Jethro’s house in Alexandrea. Jethro had moved all of his boy’s things into the
attic; he couldn’t get rid of anything that was theirs. The only thing he kept
out was a picture of the three of them at Mattie’s first birthday party and it
was behind his NCIS I.D.
Jethro still hadn’t told Shannon about his boys, but he just didn’t want to
share them with anyone. He had even stopped talking to his father because
Jackson wanted Jethro to let go. Jethro didn’t feel like brining Shannon into
his life was letting go of his boys, because he was letting her carve a place
in his life for herself. He was not giving his heart away to her, because he
had giving Tony his heart years ago so all he could offer Shannon was his
affection. He knew he really wasn’t being fair to Shannon, but he felt
compelled to protect her in any way he could. Maybe if he had met Shannon first
she would have had a chance but life hadn’t worked out that way.
Kelly was a different story; Jethro had loved her from the moment he saw her.
She could not replace Mattie, but she had grabbed his heart, settled in and
wouldn’t leave. With her he felt that he was gaining a daughter not a
replacement for his lost son.
As Jethro made his way back down the stairs he ran in to Kelly and scooped her
up into his arms. “Hey, darling where are you off to in such a hurry?”
“I’m hungry,” she exclaimed.
Jethro smiled at her, “Alright let’s see what your mom has planned.” With that
the two headed off to find Shannon.
***** Chapter 16 *****
Chapter Notes
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     mistakes please let me know, that is how I learn.
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Tony was pissed. The day was supposed to be just him and his sons. They had
plans to go into the city and visit Central Park Zoo and now his father was
calling to demand he attend a business lunch he had planned.
“Dad, no. You know today is my day with my kids. We agreed that I would get at
least one full day with them, no interruptions from anyone. We have plans.”
“Junior, they won’t even remember that you weren’t there to take them to some
museum that they probably never wanted to see in the first place. This lunch is
extremely important. I wouldn’t ask, but one of my big investors arrived
suddenly and he wishes to meet you. He has heard some good things about you.
Apparently, even with your appalling work ethic you have made a decent
impression on some people. However, if you don’t wish to continue your
education well I hope you have fun with those boys.”
Tony sighed, he understood his father’s threat; he either attended the lunch or
his father would pull his education funding. Tony only had a few more months to
go and it was too late to get a student loan and even though the classes were
paid for Tony knew his father would find a way to make it disappear.
“Fine, dad you win. I’ll be there,” Tony said defeated.
“See you soon Junior,” with that his father hung up.
“Maria, could you please come here,” Tony called the nanny.
When Maria saw Tony she knew immediately something was wrong, “You look pale
Tony, are you ill?”
Tony’s laugh held no humor and he answered her, “My father called and it’s
imperative that I attend a luncheon at his house today. I know I promised you
the day off, but if the boys still want would you take them to the zoo?”
“Of course Tony, but they really wanted to spend time with you.”
“I know and I’ll talk to them now, but if I don’t do this for my father I will
never be out from underneath him. I’m so close to escape.”
She smiled sadly at him and she went to retrieve the boys.
 
Tony was so happy to finally be home and away from his father’s cronies. He
entered his apartment and was slammed into by two small boys shouting, “Daddy.”
Tony smiled and scooped both boys up into his arms.
“How was the zoo, boys?”
“Great, we got to see a polar bear. He was huge and he…he bent this bar into a
hook with one paw,” Mattie said with wide eyes.
Tony widened his eyes and said, “Wow, I’m sorry I missed that,” and he really
was.
“How about I give you guys your baths and read you a bedtime story?”
“Yeah,” both boys shouted in unison.
Chapter End Notes
     Just as a side note. The polar bear incident actually happened. I was
     a little kid visiting New York City and we went to Central Park Zoo.
     I saw the polar bear they had there at the time bend a piece of rebar
     into a hook. Taught me healthy respect for polar bears and wild
     animals in general.
***** Chapter 17 *****
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Jethro had asked Shannon to marry him six months after she and Kelly moved in
with him. As much as he would always love his boys he did not want to be alone
for the rest of his life. Jethro’s only regret was that he was not in love with
Shannon; he did love her and cared about and he hoped that would be enough. He
wasn’t surprise when Shannon had said yes.
They had been married for three months when Jethro brought up him adopting
Kelly. He loved the little girl very much and was concerned that he could lose
her if anything happened to Shannon. Shannon had agreed so Jethro adopted Kelly
as his daughter. For the first time in years Jethro was actually happy.
His and Shannon’s marriage wasn’t passionate, but it was solid. Jethro believed
he had found someone he could spend the rest of his life with. He had a good
job, a beautiful wife and a wonderful daughter; he was the envy of many at
NCIS. Unfortunately, for Jethro he never saw the cracks in his marriage so when
the end came it left him in shock. They had been married for just over two
years when he came home to find Shannon sitting at their dining room table with
a box he recognize having come from the attic.
“Shannon, what are you doing with that,” he was angry; he had asked Shannon and
Kelly to stay out of the attic.
“I thought I heard rats in the attic, so I called an exterminator. Imagine my
surprise when he came down and said that he got the rats out, but he was afraid
they had damaged some of the things up there. He said they had made a nest in a
crib. I couldn’t figure out why we had a crib in the attic since I didn’t bring
Kelly’s when we move in here. You know what I found when…”
“Stop,” Jethro said harshly, “I know exactly what you found up there. Dammit,
Shannon those things are private…”
Shannon held up her hand for Jethro to stop, “Jethro, I really don’t want to
fight about this. What I want to know was why you didn’t tell me that you had
been married before, to a man. Why you didn’t tell me you had a child with said
man?”
Jethro took a deep breath, “They died Shannon, I…shit…I really never got over
their deaths. I…should have told you, but it is just so damn painful even after
all these years. Tony was the love of my life and I just…I’m sorry Shannon.”
“Do you love me Jethro?”
“I…care for you. I love you, but I’m not in love with you. I’m sorry.”
Shannon sighed and gave him a wry smile, “So, I have to ask this, is Kelly a
replacement for your lost child? Because if she is I don’t want you anywhere
near her, you will just end up hurting her.”
Jethro felt the ground open up beneath him when Shannon said that, “No! Shannon
you have to believe me that I adore Kelly. I wish she was mine biology, she is
not a replacement for Mattie. She has her own place in my heart…I…please don’t
take her way from me,” he begged.
“Calm down Jethro…I don’t plan on taking Kelly away from you, but you realize I
can’t stay. We will work out some form of custody arrangements, but Kelly and I
need to move out. I will be moving back with my parents until I can figure out
what I want to do.” With that Shannon wiped her face of the tears and left the
house, leaving Jethro with nothing but memories.
Chapter End Notes
     This was a difficult chapter to write. I almost didn't write it this
     way, but the plot sort of required it. I really felt bad for Shannon
     in this part of the story.
***** Chapter 18 *****
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This was the first day Tony had had off in nearly three weeks. He had plans to
spend the day with his boys watching movies and pigging out on junk food. He
really never let the boys eat junk food, but he thought this was a special
occasion. For the first time in he couldn’t remember how long he had no
obligations to anyone but his kids. His father was off in Europe for the next
few weeks and Tony’s boss at the F.B.I had given him the next forty-eight hours
off. A few years ago Tony had finally gotten a job at the F.B.I. against his
father’s wishes.
“Boys, movie day” Tony shouted.
It sounded like a herd of elephants were in his apartment, instead of two
children as his boys ran in to the living room to get read to watch movies with
their dad.
“What’s first, Dad” Mattie asked?
“Well, I was thinking we could start with The Jungle Book and then watch
Casablanca,” Tony knew that Mattie was a classics kind of kid. He loved any
movie made before 1960. Justin was more into cartoons, so Tony hoped his two
first picks would be a decent compromise.
Both boys seemed placated, when the said “Cool.”
“Alright, let me get the popcorn started and order the pizzas. How about you
boys get yourselves something to drink, and yes you may each have one soda
either now or with your pizza. Water or juice after that.”
The boys knew that their dad wouldn’t budge on the soda issue, so both chose
juice to start and would have a soda with their pizza.
“You’re getting pepperoni, sausage, and extra cheese right daddy,” Justine
asked?
Tony gave him a look, it said why would he even needed to ask that question,
“Of course.”
Tony sat between his two boys on the couch and as soon as the movie started
both boys were cuddled up to his side. The only thing that would have made it
better was if Jethro had been there.
When Tony was tucking two very tired boys into bed that night, Mattie asked
“Daddy would you tell us a story?”
Tony smiled, Mattie only called him daddy now when he was very tired. “Sure
baby, what do you want to hear?”
“’Bout how you meet Papa,” Mattie yawned.
Tony wasn’t surprised by the request, ever since he told the boys about Jethro,
they always wanted some story that included him in it. Tony had told the boys
that they should not mention Jethro to his grandpa, because it would upset him,
but they were free to talk about him when it was just the three of them.
“Sure…Well you see Papa was my knight in shining armor. He rescued me at a
really bad time in my life and took me to meet his daddy, Grandpa Jackson….”
Tony told his boys a very altered and PG version of how he and Jethro met. Even
if Jethro couldn’t be here for their sons, Tony would do everything in his
power to make certain that they knew how much Jethro loved them and would have
done anything for them.
***** Chapter 19 *****
Jethro knew he was a bastard; hell ever since Shannon had left him he down
right mean. He liked to push his team to their limits, because if they could
not handle it he did not want them on his team. His team consisted of three
other members, Caitlin Todd his SFA, Timothy McGee his Probie, and Ziva David
his Mossad liaison that Director Jenny Shepard had pushed on him. Kate had
joined his team right before Stan Burly left as an agent afloat. Kate really
didn’t have the experience to be his SFA, but she was the only one who would
continue to work with him.
Timothy McGee came to his team, as a fresh faced probationary agent right out
of FLECT. He was great with computers and technology, but lacked confidence and
a back bone. He was willing to learn and that made him useful to Gibbs.
Ziva she was another story. Director Jenny Shepard foisted her on him. He
didn’t see why MCRT would need a liaison to Mossad. Yes, Ziva was talented as a
spy and undercover work, but as an agent she lacked the temperament.
Jenny Shepard was another story. Ever since she arrived at NCIS as the director
she had been make advance to him. He easily ignored her, but the longer she was
there the worse it got. If he was anyone else he would have reported her; hell
if he was still married he would report her. Honestly, he just didn’t care what
she wanted. He was not going to date her or marry her.
The only two people at NCIS that Jethro wasn’t a bastard to, were Dr. Donald
‘Ducky’ Mallard and Abigail ‘Abby’ Sciuto. Ducky was like an older brother to
him and he would not take any of Gibbs’ shit. As for Abby, he thought of her as
his younger sister. She was manipulative at times, but she had a really large
heart and she loved Kelly.
Kelly was Gibbs’ reason for getting up in the morning. Shannon had been true to
her word and they came up with a visitation schedule that allowed Jethro to
keep Kelly for two weeks during the summer. That had worked well for a while,
until Shannon had had an issue with her first ex-husband. She had moved back in
with Jethro for a time until the situation was resolved. Jethro gave a small
smile at how that was resolved. Shannon and Kelly were at the house alone when
her ex had shown up; he had tried to kidnap them. FBI Agent Tobias Fornell had
just stopped by to talk to Gibbs about a case and walked in on the attempted
kidnapping. Three months later Shannon was moving in with Fornell; Jethro was
happy for them.
***** Chapter 20 *****
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Tony loved his new position at work. He basically floated between divisions.
His business, finance, and psychology background made him highly sought after
by many inside the FBI and other agencies. The great thing for Tony was he
could do most of his job without having to travel; this allowed him to spend
most nights with his sons.
Tony had dated a few people, but none of them had lasted more than three dates
when they found out about his two sons. He would not date or be in a
relationship with anyone who could not accept his sons, he refused to ship them
off to boarding school just so he could have a relationship. Tony’s only issue
was his father. Senior was still trying to bring Tony back into his business
dinners, but Tony usually used work as an excuse to get out of it.
Tony was working on tracing a money laundering operation that had just appeared
on their radar. Tony was starting to suspect he would have to contact the
Secret Service, because he was sure they were also into counterfeiting. He was
just contemplating his next action when his phone rang.
“DiNozzo,” he snapped.
“Junior, I’m having a dinner tomorrow night and I know that you do not have to
work. I need you there.”
“Dad, I can’t I’m not working, but I’m spending that time with the boys. You
will just have to do without me.”
“Very well Junior, but you know you owe me. I paid for all those degrees you
have.”
Fuck Tony thought guilt trip him. He knew his dad was right, if he hadn’t
helped him he would not be where he was now. “Fine, dad I’ll be there.”
Tony hated his dad’s dinners, they were filled with creepy men that were
probably breaking a dozen laws each. This time he was seated next to a
gentleman only slightly older than himself. He got impression that he was
expected to engage the guy in conversation.
“Anthony Dinozzo, Jr” he introduced himself.
“Victor Ellis. What line of work are you in” he asked?
Tony gave him the DiNozzo smile, “Federal Bureau of Investigations” Tony
replied. He enjoyed watching the man’s eyes bug out.
“You’re an FBI agent” he whispered.
Tony looked at him confused, he was sure that all of his dad’s acquaintances
knew his line of work, “Yes, I really don’t work in the field, but I’m
qualified to.”
“It must be interesting work.”
“I enjoy it. What do you do Mr. Ellis?”
“Victor, please. I’m in…procurement.”
“And what exactly do you procure, Victor?” Tony knew he was flirting, but that
was what was expected of him tonight. He father always had an angle or agenda
for Tony to fulfill. He hated this part, he was not going to sleep with the guy
just so his dad could compete some deal.
“This and that. Nothing really big. So, maybe we could go get dinner and see a
movie tomorrow night. I hear that you are a huge movie fan.”
Evasion Tony thought, “Tomorrow is not a good night for me; I already have
plans.”
“Hm…to bad. Maybe some other time.”
“Excuse me I need to use the facilities.”
Victor nodded to Tony. Tony headed to the downstairs bathroom, but he stopped
when he heard his father’s voice.
“No, I am certain that he does not know about the trust.”
“He better not, Anthony or it could turn out very bad for you,” an unknown
voice responded.
“Of course,” his father’s tight voice said.
Tony quickly headed on to the bathroom, he did not want to get caught listing
to the conversation. Tony wondered who the other man was, his voice did not
sound like anyone who was currently at the dinner. Tony needed to get out of
here and find out what the hell that conversation was about; he had no doubt
that it was about him.
***** Chapter 21 *****
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Gibbs was frustrated by their latest case. If they did not get a break soon it
would go cold and Gibbs hated that. He looked at his team and knew that they
were just as frustrated. He figured that maybe Abby had some information for
him by now, so with that in mind he shouted his orders.
“McGee, pull and review the financials of our suspects. Kate review all our
current evidence and profile are suspects. Ziva, check your contacts, see if
there’s any chatter. Hell, contact our analysts and see if they have pick-up
any chatter. I’m going to see Abby. You better have something for me when I get
back.” With that he swept from the bullpen to a chorus of “Yes, Boss.”
As soon as Gibbs left the elevator he was on his phone to Fornell, he may hate
to share jurisdiction but he had a feeling that they might need the FBI’s help
on this case.
“Fornell,” his friend snapped into the phone.
“Tobias, I…need a favor. I have a case that is going to go cold unless we find
a lead. I think that the case my go beyond the Navy, but not sure.”
He could hear the smirk in his friend’s voice, “I can be to the yard in an
hour. Play it as usual?”
All Gibbs did was hang up and smile.
Moments later Gibbs strode into Abby’s lab with a Caf-Pow for her and hope that
she had found something for him. Her music was blaring as usual, so he walked
over and turned it off. She turned to yell at the newcomer until she realized
that it was Gibbs brining gifts.
“Gibbs, Gibbs, Gibbs,” Abby excitedly shouted.
“What you got for me Abbs?”
“Not much…the money is real…no finger prints on anything…no dust, dirt or DNA
on anything…I think they were working in a clean room. Sorry Gibbs” Abby said
sadly.
Gibbs kissed Abby’s cheek, “Thanks Abbs.”
Gibbs figured that he had about thirty minutes until Fornell showed up, so he
was going to head out for fresh coffee when his phone rang. Glancing at it he
saw it was the Director, he really did not have the patience for her today.
“Gibbs,” was his snapped answer.
“Jethro, I have a situation in MTAC. I could use your help.”
Fuck, he had a case to work “On my way.”
As he entered the bullpen his team jumped up to start reporting to him; he just
held his hand up to stop them and pointed toward MTAC on the floor above. “Keep
working,” he snarled at them.
He figured he could get done with the Director and hopefully Fornell would have
something for him when he got back.
Gibbs shivered as he swept out of MTAC and head to the head. He had to take
deep breaths to calm himself. The Director had wanted him to help her with an
undercover op. she was running on a gun runner. Gibbs did not blindly run into
situations so he told her he would need to think about the operation before he
could take it, after all he had a daughter to think about. When Gibbs made it
to the head he pulled the picture of his boys out of his wallet. He looked at
it for a few minutes and calmed down enough to head back to work.
Gibbs wasn’t surprised to find Fornell in the bullpen when he arrived.
“What do you want, Tobias.”
“Might have a case that overlaps. Wanted to check and see. Got a problem with
that.”
This was a game that the two played to keep people thinking they did not like
each other. Everyone figured that Gibbs should hate Fornell for living with his
ex-wife, but Gibbs was quiet happy for the two. Gibbs just nodded for Fornell
to continue.
“FBI’s been investigation a money laundering ring, I think you might have
stumbled onto a piece of new information that we could use.”
“Not giving the case up.”
“Didn’t think you would. The agent in charge of the case is…well unique. He
hardly does field work, but he is damn smart and could probably kick your ass,
Gibbs.”
Gibbs raised his eyebrow, “Why no field work?”
“Something to do with family,” Fornell’s probie scoffed.
“What’s wrong with family, Agent Sacks” Gibbs growled at the man.
“Get him here Fornell.”
“Gibbs, it’s not that easy. He works alone and he is based out of New York.”
Gibbs got in Fornell’s face, “Don’t care. Get him here. Tell him to bring his
family if he has to.”
Chapter End Notes
     Not sure if Gibbs comes off sounding right.
***** Chapter 22 *****
Chapter Notes
     All mistake are mine. Feedback is welcome.
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Tony could not believe it. If he had not learned patience and how to play a
long game he would have marched right over to his father’s house and strangled
him. Now Tony had to put together a case that could be independently verified
and find a way to put his father in jail for a very long time. His big worry
was that his father would try something to stop Tony and the best way to do
that was his boys. Tony was coming up with plans to get his boys some place
safe for now, but it could not look suspicious.
The answer to his dilemma came in the form of an Agent Fornell out of D.C. He
had contacted Tony about a case that NCIS was working that might just overlap
with his laundering case. Apparently, the agent in charge of the NCIS case was
a bastard and hard to work with, well so was Tony that was why he worked alone.
He would need to travel down to take a look at their evidence, he probably
could have had them email it to him, but this would work better. He booked a
hotel room and packed his boys and Maria up with the excuse that he did not
know how long this case would take.
Tony figured he could work on both cases from there and maybe if Fornell turned
out to be one of the good guys he could hand the case he was building on his
father over to him. That would solve some of his issues. Tony had decided to
take the train down to D.C. so that he could spend time with his boys.
When they arrived in D.C. Tony rented a car so Maria would have a way around
while he was working. He had told Fornell what hotel he was staying at and he
would need someone to pick him up. The next morning Tony was not surprised to
find that Agent Fornell came to get him personally.
“Agent DiNozzo?”
“Yes,” Tony responded.
“Agent Fornell, I have a car waiting. Sorry to pull you away from home, but I
really think there is a connection.”
“Not a problem, the timing couldn’t have been better. The case was stalling, so
if there is a connection it may move it alone. Who will be taking point on the
case?”
“Joint operation between NCIS and FBI and normally I would be point for the
FBI, but as it is your case if you want it it’s yours.”
Tony was surprised by that most senior agents didn’t want some other agent
coming into their territory and taking over. Instead of voicing this Tony just
nodded his head and got into Fornell’s car.
Chapter End Notes
     Not sure if I got Tony's voice right in this chapter. As you can
     guess the next chapter will be Tony and Gibbs. : )
***** Chapter 23 *****
Chapter Summary
     The Reunion
Chapter Notes
     Okay, so I was going to wait to post this, but Chapter twenty-four is
     taking longer. So here it is. All mistakes are mine. Feedback is
     welcome.
See the end of the chapter for more notes
Tony was riding up the elevator with Agents Fornell and Sacks; he really did
not like Sacks. Sacks had made some snide comments about Tony until Fornell
gave him a death glare. Tony would have laughed if he wasn’t playing the hard
ass agent.
When the doors to the elevator opened Fornell and Sacks stepped out with Tony
on their heels. He squinted at the horrible orange partitions that made up the
cubicles. Whoever picked it should have been fired. Tony watched Fornell
approach two beautiful dark haired woman and ask where their boss was.
“MTAC, is this the agent we’ve been waiting on.”
Tony figured he better introduce himself as the others seemed to lack manners,
“Agent Anthony DiNozzo, Junior” he held his hand out to shake.
“Special Agent Caitlin Todd, this is Agent Timothy McGee, and Office Ziva
Davis. Our boss, Special Agent Gibbs is in MTAC with our director.”
At the name Gibbs, Tony felt the blood drain from his face; there had to be
other people with that last name, it did not have to be his Jethro. He shook
his head to clear it.
“Pleasure to meet you. Why don’t you bring me up to speed on your case?”
The NCIS team spent the next hour briefing Tony on all the information that
they had. The one thing that was new for Tony was the evidence of a clean room
being used and NCIS had suspects. The only problem was that those suspects had
put up a fight, two dead and one in critical condition. That did not help the
case. Tony was focusing on the case and trying to put his pieces of it with
what NCIS had uncovered. Than it hit him; he quickly started looking through
what he had collected on his father, after twenty minutes he found the
connection.
“Shit, this is so not good.”
“Did you find something, Agent DiNozzo,” Agent Todd asked?
Tony closed his eyes and took a deep breath before he answered.
“Agent Fornell, I need to hand this case off to you. I…there is a conflict of
interest…I’ll give you all my files and return to New York. You can contact me
with questions, but I cannot be involved in this case if we want to prosecute.”
Fornell was stunned by that; he had heard many things about Agent DiNozzo and
he had never heard of the man giving up a case, for any reason.
“I need a reason…” that was as far as Fornell got before he was nearly knocked
over Gibbs.
“Tony…I thought you were dead…it is you right…I’m not dreaming…” Gibbs babbled.
The entire room was in complete silence and shock as the normally taciturn
Gibbs was near to tears and hugging the FBI agent.
Tony snapping out of his shock, wrapped his arms around Jethro and buried his
face in his neck wanting to sob.
“It’s me Jethro…it’s me.”
Chapter End Notes
     Too sappy?
***** Chapter 24 *****
Chapter Notes
     All mistake are mine. Feedback is welcome.
See the end of the chapter for more notes
The room erupted in chaos as Tony and Jethro had their reunion. Everyone was
talking over each other trying to figure out what was going on.
Kate, Fornell, and Ziva were demanding to know what was going on. McGee looked
shocked and confused. Sacks just looked disgusted. It wasn’t until the Director
whistled that the chaos quieted. She slowly made her way down the stairs toward
the two men how had not broken apart despite the chaos surrounding them.
“Jethro, who is your friend” she asked with a sneer?
Jethro really did not care what was going on around them; all he wanted to do
was drag Tony home, find out what the hell happened, make love to him and never
let him go. Then it hit him, “Mattie” he whispered in near anguish.
Tony understood immediately, “He’s fine Jethro. He’s with his brother and nanny
at the hotel.”
The word brother registered with Jethro and he pulled back from Tony, “You are
with someone else.” Gibbs felt his heart breaking at that thought.
Tony just gave him the sweetest smile he had ever seen, “No, silly. Justin
Gibbs. Our son, I was pregnant when the car accident happened. I had just found
out and was going to tell you as soon as we talked, but…well....What happened,
I was told you were dead. You just said you thought I was dead, too.”
“I want to see the kids and we can discuss all of this at my house. There is a
lot we need to talk about,” Gibbs winced thinking about his marriage to Shannon
and his adoption of Kelly.
“Okay…let’s get out of here.” Both men had forgotten where they were and that
they had an audience. It wasn’t until the Director put herself right in front
of the men that they remembered.
Again the Shepard demanded, “Jethro, who is this man?” If anyone didn’t hear
the jealousy in her voice they had to be deaf.
Jethro took Tony’s hand and entwined their fingers together before he spoke,
“Director, everyone this is Tony Gibbs my husband.”
Not waiting for the shock to wear off, Gibbs grabbed Tony’s hand and pulled him
toward the elevator. He had two son’s to see and some serious discussions to
have, he did not have time to deal with everyone demanding answers to questions
he had yet to ask.
Chapter End Notes
     So no kids yet, but soon.
***** Chapter 25 *****
Chapter Notes
     Feedback is welcome.
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Everyone in the bullpen were trying to comprehend the situation that had just
happened. It was Fornell that came to his senses first.
“Alright,” he shouted to get everyone’s attention, “DiNozzo, or whatever his
name is, just handed his case over to me. I have a feeling that right now,
Gibbs couldn’t care about the case leaving Todd in charge. Let’s review all we
have and know, maybe we can figure out what had DiNozzo spooked.”
The Director knew she couldn’t stop the case from going forward even if she
wanted to know who the hell this Tony was and why Jethro was acting strange.
She did not believe the married thing, because it was not in his file and
Jethro would have told her about it. Besides, Jethro was supposed to help her
with her little undercover operation and once that was over she knew he would
stop playing hard to get. She just nodded to Fornell to continue on with the
case as she headed up to her office.
While everyone was busy trying to figure out what was going on McGee had taken
a quick snapshot of the two me and sent it to Abby. He knew that the incident
would be all over the yard in a matter of minutes and if Abby heard it from
anyone else she would be mad at him. He did not like Abby mad at him. With that
McGee settled down to work and figure out what the hell had spooked the FBI
agent.
Ziva, was on the phone with her contacts trying to gather all the information
on the FBI agent that Gibbs had just left with. She and Kate figured that the
more information they had on him the better it would be, because something was
not right. Ziva and Kate both hated being kept in the dark.
Several hours of work later and Fornell swore, “Fuck. This is so not good.”
“What is it Fornell,” Kate asked?
“McGee how do I get this thing to work,” Fornell asked fumbling with the remote
to the plasma.
McGee quickly stepped over and had the information on the computer showing on
the plasma screen. The remaining members of the team quickly digested the
displayed information. If what they were reading was correct than they could
see why DiNozzo removed himself from the case. If DiNozzo was really Gibbs’
husband, Gibbs was going to go ballistic when he found out.
“Todd, McGee verify all this information. I do not want to be the one to bring
this to our directors without confirmation. David, anything from your contacts
yet?”
“No, I will check in again.”
Fornell was tired when the other agents finally had some confirmation of the
information. He could tell that the three others really did not want to report
any of it. “Alright let’s get this over with. Go.”
They each looked at the other and with silent agreement Ziva began, “My
contacts confirmed that Gibbs was married to an Anthony Dinozzo, Junior when he
was eighteen. DiNozzo was only seventeen at the time, they had one child
together a Matthew Gibbs. DiNozzo was pregnant with the child when they got
married. It would appear that DiNozzo and Matthew were killed shortly after the
boy turned a year old; however, the death certificate was never filed with
either the state in which the death occurred or with the Social Security
Administration.”
Kate picked up the narrative, “I found that DiNozzo was hospitalized for
approximately two months and was in rehab for another month before he was
released. What I could not find out was why he was hospitalized for so long. I
have requested Ducky to look into it. I also, found that DiNozzo changed his
last name back to DiNozzo after his apparent death. He spent some time in Italy
with his father and after his second son was born he went to school for
business and psychology. After he completed he degrees he joined the FBI.”
“So, DiNozzo faked his and his son’s deaths. But why?”
“I…I don’t think he was involved in it” McGee started. “I think more was going
on. I found evidence that DiNozzo’s father might have been involved. I found
that DiNozzo was left a sizable trust fund, but could only collect it once he
had had a child. When DiNozzo was supposedly killed his father’s finances were
less than stable, but after his ‘death’ DiNozzo Senior started to receive a
yearly sum of nearly ten million dollars.”
Everyone’s eyes widened at McGee’s implications.
Chapter End Notes
     Sorry not Tony or Jethro in this chapter, but I kind of needed to do
     a bit of explaining for the story to move on. Not sure about Shepard
     or if I got the other characters voices right. Just so you know
     Shepard was supposed to come off a bit slimy.
***** Chapter 26 *****
Chapter Notes
     I want to thank my new beta ncisgirl2014.
Jethro was driving like a mad man and Tony had had to glare at him to get him
to slow down. Jethro was just very excited, he wanted to see his sons. He was
going to take them all back to his house, he wanted them on familiar ground. He
could tell that Tony was worried about something and he needed to know what it
was.
When they arrived at the hotel had to stop Jethro from storming into the room.
“Jethro, I know you want to see the boys, but I think it would be best if I
explain some of it to them first. They know who you are, but they think you are
dead. I also don’t want you to be too disappointed by them,” Tony bit his lip.
“What are you talking about, sweetheart? How could I be disappointed by our
sons?”
“Jethro, don’t forget that Mattie isn’t the little boy you remember. He’s
thirteen and Justin is eleven. They don’t always react to things like little
boys would, because they aren’t little boys anymore.”
Jethro realized what Tony was saying. He hadn’t even thought about how much of
his children’s lives he had missed. As soon as he knew they were all safe he
planned on finding out what the hell happened and who he could hurt for keeping
him away from is boys. He accepted Tony’s assessment of the situation and
agreed to wait outside the room until Tony said he could enter.
***** Chapter 27 *****
Chapter Notes
     Feedback is welcome. I got my chapters mixed up.
Tony entered his hotel room emotional exhausted; however, he was not going to
show it in front of Jethro or the boys. If he was honest, he was still in shock
and working on autopilot. He would breakdown later when he was all by himself,
probably in the shower it wouldn’t be the first time.
Mattie and Justin looked up from their video games to smile at their dad. Tony
smiled back, “Boys, can you put your games down. We really need to talk and it
can’t wait.”
Their dad was never like this, he always was willing to wait to talk to them.
What ever happened had to be important. Both boys put their games down and
looked at their dad.
Tony sighed, this was going to be hard, “You boys know the stories I told you
of your papa? Well today I learned some information that could really change
all of our lives.”
Mattie hated it when his dad would beat around the bush, “Dad just spit it out.
What happened?”
Justin glared at his older brother realizing that their dad was having a
difficult time with whatever he learned.
Tony just smiled at Mattie, “Sometimes you are so like Jethro. Alright, I went
to NCIS and the lead agent’s name was Gibbs. Your pa…” was all Tony got to say
before Mattie was pushing past him and heading for the hotel room door. He
threw it open and saw a slightly older man than the few pictures he had of him,
but it clearly was his father. Mattie was tall for his age, so when he flung
his arms around Jethro he came up to his chin. Jethro clearly stunned by this
reaction, just wrapped his arms around his oldest son and held on.
While Jethro and Mattie were having an emotional reunion Tony turned to Justin,
who looked in shock. Tony had long figured that both of his boys had traits of
each parent. Mattie was the practical but fun loving one. He hated it when
people didn’t say what they meant. Justin was more reserved, but he was known
to take to flights of fancy.
“You okay buddy” Tony asked?
Justin gave him a death glare before answering, “What do you think dad?”
“Yeah, sorry. Look just give him a chance, alright. I…he and I still need to
discuss everything, but he is your father, okay.”
“Yeah, alright. I’ll try.”
“Jethro,” Tony called out.
Jethro came over to Tony and Justin with his arm around Mattie’s shoulder. Tony
gave his a smile, “This is Justin, our son. Justin this is Leroy Jethro Gibbs
your father.”
Justin just rolled his eyes at Tony’s antics. It wasn’t like he hadn’t figured
out who the man was.
Justin turned to Jethro saying, “Hi,” sullenly.
Jethro gave his an amused smirk, “Hello, can I sit?”
Justin just nodded. Tony figured he should wrangle dinner for the group and let
Jethro and the boys get to know each other. As much as Tony and Jethro needed
to talk it could wait, this was more important.
***** Chapter 28 *****
Chapter Notes
     Sorry, no Tibbs this chapter. Feedback is welcome. Sorry this should
     have been Chapter 28
Fornell was beat as he entered his house. He had kept the two teams working
late into the night trying to find all the connections, but had finally let
ever one go. They were all to return to work in the morning and he hoped that
he could get Gibbs and DiNozzo back down to the yard so that they could figure
what the hell was going on.
He checked on Kelly before he headed into his own room to climb into bed with
Shannon. Shannon stirred when she felt the bed move.
“Tobias, you’re home. What happened?”
Tobias flinched he really didn’t want to have the conversation right now, “Can
I tell you in the morning? It’s been a long day and it’s a long story.”
“Alright,” Shannon said sleepily.
The next morning after they had gotten Kelly off to school Shannon pinned
Tobias with a look and he broke, “Alright, I don’t know the whole story yet;
but what I do know is that Jethro was married before he met you. He thought
his…uh…husband and son were dead, but yesterday the FBI agent from New York
showed up and he…well…he was Gibbs’ dead husband,” Fornell floundered.
Shannon wanted to laugh at him, he seemed so worried that she would be upset
about the whole situation. In truth, she was upset to know that Jethro had
already been married when they were married, but she was sure that he did not
know his husband was alive. “It’s alright Tobias, I know about his husband and
son. Well, I knew that they had existed; not that they were alive. How did
Jethro take it?”
“He was very un-Gibbs like. As soon as he could he pulled DiNozzo out of the
building and no one has spoken or seen them since. I’m not looking forward to
it, but I’m going to have to drag them into headquarters to discuss the
situation.”
“Well, don’t be too hard on Jethro. He really does love, Tony. I only know
about them because I accidently found out. It’s the reason we split. Now, you
don’t want to be late.”
Fornell glared at her, but went to get ready to leave giving her a kiss as he
did.
Fornell made it into the yard and was not surprised to find Gibbs’ team already
hard at work. He did not see any sign of Gibbs or DiNozzo in the bullpen.
“Todd, anything from Gibbs?”
“No, and the Director is getting really insistent that we get him and DiNozzo
down here to answer questions.”
“I’ll handle that, think I could borrow Ducky?”
Kate laughed at Fornell, “Ducky might be mad enough at Gibbs to make Abby look
mellow.”
Fornell grimaced, but headed off to autopsy in search of the man in question.
***** Chapter 29 *****
Chapter Notes
     Thanks again to my beta ncisgirl2014. Feedback is welcome.
It felt good to wake up with Tony in his arms again. Jethro knew that they
didn’t have long before someone showed up to bring them in to ask questions,
but he didn’t want to move. Last night Tony had relented when Jethro had wanted
to move all of them to his house. Tony had first objected, but Jethro had said
it was familiar territory for him and if anyone needed to find them they would
think to look there first.
Tony and Jethro had been so tired last night that they had not even had time to
discuss anything. Jethro was aware that they would need to have that
conversation soon. He felt Tony shift and start to wake.
“Morning sweetheart.”
“Mmmm…this feels nice. I’ve missed this…missed you,” Tony rolled over in
Jethro’s arms and started to kiss him. Pulling Jethro on top of him, Jethro
took control of the kiss. They kissed until breathing became essential, they
only pulled back enough to press their foreheads together.
Jethro whispering, “Missed you so damn much. I want you so damn much right now,
but we need to talk before anything happens.”
Tony smiled sadly at him, “Yeah, I thought as much. Missed you too Jethro. Want
to feel you again. Love you” Tony thrusted up into Jethro.
Jethro pulled back, kissing Tony one last time before he removed himself from
the bed. “I need a shower,” Jethro said and retreated into the bathroom.
Tony sighed he knew that Jethro was hiding something that was really bothering
him. Tony was certain it had to do with the time they were apart; Tony might be
hurt by what Jethro told him, but he still needed to know the truth. Tony heard
a light nock on the door of the bedroom and went to answer it.
He found Justin standing there, “Hey, buddy. You hungry?”
Justin nodded, still half asleep. He was not a morning person, “Alright, just
give me a few more minutes and I’ll be down to find something for you to eat.”
Tony found clean clothes and dressed quickly heading down the stairs to find
the kitchen. He really hoped that Jethro had something he could fix the kids
for dinner. He found both boys sitting at the table in the kitchen, “Okay,
let’s see what Papa has for breakfast.” Tony went to the refrigerator to see if
there were any eggs, than he looked for cereal of some kind. When he was
getting desperate to find even some crackers to give the kids Jethro walked
into the room.
“Sorry, guys. I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t had time to get food. How
about I take us all out to my favorite diner?”
“That might be a good idea. Go on boys get ready and we will go get something,”
Tony said.
“Awesome,” both boys shouted as they went to get ready.
Jethro just looked at Tony with a question, “We really don’t eat out very
often. It’s a treat when we do.”
“After breakfast we need to really talk, Tony.”
“I know Jethro, I know.”
Breakfast went well, the kids asked Jethro questions about his job and what he
liked to do.   Jethro asked about their interests and how school was going.
Tony could tell that he wanted to get to know the kids and that was all Tony
had ever wanted. It was weird even though they were married, Tony felt like
they were on their first date.
Once they were all back at Jethro’s house he and Tony sent the kids up to the
spare room so Tony and Jethro could talk. Tony could tell that Jethro was
stressing about what he had to tell him.
“Jethro, just tell me.”
“Tony…shit…I thought you were dead. I had a death certificate and everything. I
am so sorry.”
Tony gave him a wry smile, “I thought the same thing. I woke up in a hospital
trying to remember what happened. They told me that I was unconscious for two
months and while I was in a ‘coma’ you had been killed in action.   I asked
about Jackson and my dad told me that he had had a sever stroke. I was still
recovering from my accident and was really confused. By the time I had fully
regained my senses I had two kids depending on me and a life I needed to
rebuild. I should have checked my father’s story, but I just didn’t think about
it.”
Something caught Jethro’s attention in Tony’s story, “Wait did you say your
father told you I was dead?”
Tony looked confused, “Yes.”
“Tony your father attended yours and Mattie’s funerals. I punched him for
saying crap about you. Fuck, he lied and he knew all along that we were alive.”
With that everything clicked into Tony’s brain. He could see all the
connections that had been bothering him since he started his case.
Tony’s eyes went cold and hard as he said, “He knew…he fucking knew…he made my
life miserable and took away my kids father from them. I will…” before Tony
could finish there was a knock on Jethro’s door.
***** Chapter 30 *****
Chapter Notes
     Feedback is welcome.
Jethro yanked the door open to find Fornell and Ducky on his front porch. He
cursed silently, he wasn’t ready to deal with Ducky. He just raised an eyebrow
and moved to let the two men into his house. He was just grateful that the
entire team hadn’t shown up. He wasn’t sure how Tony would take Abby’s over
bearing personality.
“Jethro,” Ducky greeted.
“Gibbs,” Fornell said with a slight apology in his tone.
Jethro just walked back over to Tony and put himself between him and the other
two men. He could feel Tony roll his eyes at him and move to his side.
“Agent Fornell, and you are? Jethro here was never really good at the social
graces. I’m Anthony Di…well I guess I’m still Anthony Gibbs, Jethro’s husband.”
Jethro could see Ducky was fighting a laugh, so he let the comment go. “Well,
Anthony I’m Dr. Donald Mallard, but my friends call me Ducky.”
“Well, Ducky my friends call me Tony. It is a pleasure to meet you.”
Fornell interrupted the friendly conversation, “Look I hate to do this, but
Gibbs your director wasn’t answers to questions only the two of you can
answer.”
Gibbs narrowed his eyes, “What the hell kinda questions does she need answers
to?”
Tony put a restraining hand on his husband, “Jethro,” but before he could
finish Fornell continued, “Look Gibbs, I really don’t care what she wants, but
I need answers to questions only he can answer” nodding his head towards Tony.
Gibbs was about to object, but Tony was pulling out his phone “Maria…yeah…could
you come to Jethro’s and take the kids...thanks…I’ll text you the address…bye.”
Turning to Jethro he said, “Maria will be here to take care of the kids. Agent
Fornell we will meet you at the navy yard shortly. It was a pleasure to meet
you Ducky, if you’ll excuse me I need to get the kids ready to go.” With that
Tony swept from the room.
“Well, Jethro he is a very polite and charming man. It would seem that you owe
us an explanation to his arrival.”
Gibbs knew his friend was hurt that he had not spoken of Tony to him, but Gibbs
really did not want to have this conversation fifty times, “Look Duck, I
know…can you wait until I can tell it once? I still haven’t had a chance to
tell Tony about everything yet. I was just getting to that when you showed up.
Fornell, can you give us a bit longer? I want to be the one to tell Tony
everything, I don’t want him to hear if through gossip.”
Ducky and Fornell both winched, “Sure Gibbs. Two hours.”
“Quite, right Jethro. I believe we can all have patience and wait for answers,”
Ducky said.
After the two men left, Jethro went upstairs to find Tony. He found him
corralling the boys and their things together. Jethro could not figure out how
after less than twenty-four hours two boys could make such a mess. Well, maybe
Gibbs could because Kelly could. That thought made Gibbs wince, he really
needed to talk to Tony.
Once Tony and Gibbs got the kids off with Maria, Jethro pulled Tony towards him
and gave him a toe curling kiss. He pulled back panting, “I wish we had time,
but we need to talk Tony before we head in. I need to tell you somethings and I
want to be the one to tell you.”
Tony nodded for Jethro to continue, “I love Tony, I never stopped, but I did
have a few relationships after you…well you know…I married a woman, Shannon, I
liked her and felt drawn to her…I wanted to protect her, but I never really was
in love with her. The thing is Tony when I met her she was coming out of a bad
relationship and I was tired of being lonely. I…I have a daughter.”
Tony stared at Jethro in shock. He figured Jethro hadn’t been celibate, but he
didn’t think he would have another kid. Jethro could also be in trouble for
bigamy unless they could prove he didn’t know that Tony was alive. Before
Tony’s mind could spiral anymore Jethro continued, “I mean I adopted Shannon’s
daughter Kelly, legally. She is my daughter, but not by blood. Tony I love you
and the boys, but I can’t push Kelly aside either. I hope you understand.”
Jethro winced at the cold fury he saw in Tony’s eyes, “Of course I understand
Jethro. Why do you think I never remarried? I couldn’t find anyone willing to
accept the boys even as step children. I would be really disappointed in you if
you tossed her aside just because you found us again. Look, Jethro I had a few
encounters in my time too, nothing permanent, but I did ‘see’ some people. I
won’t be a hypocrite and say that you should have stayed faithful to someone
you thought was dead, I didn’t. But now that we each know, I want try and work
this out. I still love…I never stopped.”
Tony stepped into Jethro’s personal space and pulled him into a toe curling
kiss this time. He didn’t break it until air became a requirement. Tony started
to push Jethro towards the stairs walking him backwards. As they entered the
bedroom, “Want you right now Jethro…can’t wait any longer…make love to me,”
Tony whispered into Jethro’s ear.
Jethro threw caution to the wind and started to remove Tony’s clothes, just as
he had Tony naked on the bed, his phone rang.
***** Chapter 31 *****
Chapter Notes
     All mistakes are mine. This chapter is a bit steamy, but the chapter
     does move the plot along. Feedback is welcome.
See the end of the chapter for more notes
Gibbs rolled off of a grumbling Tony to grab his phone. He really wanted to
throw it across the room, but he had a rule about always being reachable, so he
answered with a growled, “Gibbs.”
“Jethro,” came Jenny’s sickly sweet voice “I believe Agent Fornell is under the
impression that you and Agent DiNozzo are to be arriving shortly to the Navy
Yard.”
“We had a lot to talk about Director,” Gibbs growled at her.
“I’m sure you did Jethro, but must I remind you that we have a case to solve.”
“We’ll be there when we get there Director,” Gibbs said as he hung up the
phone.
He climbed back onto the bed a said, “Now where were we?”
“I think we were getting ready to go, Jethro.”
Jethro took hold of Tony’s erection and started to stroke him, “I think you
meant we were getting ready to come.”
Tony’s groan turned into a moan, “That was a terrible joke. Jethro, your
director is looking…oh that feels so good…for you.”
Jethro continued to stroke Tony reaching for the lube he kept in his night
table. He opened the bottle and started to prepare Tony who continued to moan.
“I really don’t care. She can wait…I haven’t had you in twelve years Tony…I
can’t wait…want you so much…please,” he pleaded.
Tony was lost in pleasure with the duel sensation of Jethro’s hands on him and
in him. He hadn’t had this in far too long. “Yessss…right there…oh God…please
Jethro,” Tony now pleaded.
Jethro removed his hands from Tony and slipped on top of him, wrapping Tony’s
legs around him. Jethro pushed in gently until he bottomed out and began to
trust in long smooth strokes. Tony was babbling incoherently as Jethro pushed
him higher and higher.
“Feel good sweetheart? Ready to come? Missed you so much…need you…don’t leave
me…come for me my love…” Jethro whispered into Tony’s ear. Tony lost it at that
point and came so hard he nearly passed out, Jethro was pushed over by Tony’s
release. Jethro wanted to stay where he was forever, but he knew he had to
move. He pulled gently out of Tony and cleaned them both up, before pulling
Tony to him and wrapping him in his arms. Both men drifted off to sleep.
They were woke by the shrill sound of both Tony and Jethro’s phones going off.
Moving to get his phone Jethro answered with a gruff, “Gibbs.”
“Ah, Jethro you may wish to hurry before the Director sends a team of agents to
escort you in.”
“Thanks, Duck let everyone know we will be there in forty,” Jethro replied
before hanging up.
“I see your phone manners have not improved,” Tony smirked at him. Gibbs
stalked over to his husband and pulled him up kissing him before turning them
both towards the shower. Thirty-Nine minutes later Jethro and Tony entered NCIS
headquarters still slightly damp.
Fornell gave Gibbs a knowing smirk; but kept his comment to himself, he valued
his life. Unfortunately, the director arrived right then and she seemed
perturbed by their appearance. “So nice of you to grace us with your presence
Jethro, Agent DiNozzo,” Shepard said.
“As my husband said Director Shepard, we had a great deal to talk about,”
DiNozzo replied coldly.
“Yes, well Agent DiNozzo I believe that Agent Fornell has some questions for
you. I’ll let you get to that, Jethro if you’ll accompany me to my office.”
Jethro could feel Tony stiffen next to him at both the dismissal and the
implication of her demand for him to join her in her office. “Director I
believe I should stay with Tony as I may have pertinent information regarding
the case.”
“That was not a request Agent Gibbs,” the director demanded.
Before Jethro could explode Tony stepped in, “It’s alright Jethro, go with your
director and straighten things out. You can catch up with us after.” Jethro
went to follow Shepard to her office, when he felt Tony pull him to face him.
Tony then gave Jethro a kiss, long and slow with just the hint of tongue,
leaving no doubt in any ones mines as to who Jethro belonged to.
When Tony was done he gently pushed Jethro away saying, “See you in a bit; love
you.”
Once Jethro caught his breath he replied, “Love you too, sweetheart.”
Tony turned to Fornell and Jethro followed the Director to her office.
Chapter End Notes
     Okay, terrible sex scene? I'm just starting to write these and not
     sure if they come off corny or hot.
***** Chapter 32 *****
Chapter Notes
     All mistakes are mine. I'm not sure if the next chapter will be the
     last or not. Feedback is welcome.
Tony followed Fornell towards what he figured was an interrogation room. He
wasn’t bothered by this; he had nothing to hide. As soon as they entered the
room Tony found a seat facing the two way mirror and glanced up to see the
light showing they were recording the ‘interview’. Tony wanted to laugh; just
because he didn’t spend much time in the field, didn’t mean he wasn’t a skilled
investigator and interrogator. Hell, the last few years he taught integration
methods at Quantico a few times.
“So, Agent Fornell what questions did you have for me?”
“Why did Agent Gibbs think you were dead? Were you hiding from him?”
“He thought I was dead because someone faked mine and our son’s deaths. Why
would I want to hide from my husband?”
“Well if he was…um…”
“Abusing me? No Agent Fornell he was not and besides he was not even in country
when it happened. He was deployed someplace that I didn’t know where.”
Fornell sighed, “Look, DiNozzo it looks funny alright. People want answers.”
“Fine. How about these answers. I woke up two months after a car accident to be
told by MY father that MY husband had been killed in action while I was in a
coma. I have spent the last twelve years raising our two sons by myself because
of my father’s lie. I find out from Jethro that my father knew both of us were
alive, because he attended my funeral. In fact, my husband apparently punched
him for saying things about me at my funeral. If I had to bet I would say that
my father set up the whole damn thing from my car accident to my spending two
months in a coma. I’d also bet that it had something to do with the trust fund
that I didn’t know about until recently. I have just pieced a few fact together
for you Agent Fornell, now why don’t you use all your resources and find the
rest. I would really like to see my father behind bars right now,” Tony smiled
at him sweetly.
Fornell closed the file he had in front of him and left the room.
Jethro had followed the director to her office in the hope to finish this
quickly. As soon as they entered her office, Jenny turned to Jethro and was in
his personal space demanding answers.
“Why isn’t there a record of your marriage to that man in your file?”
Gibbs just raised an eyebrow to the director, “Actually, there was a record of
it, but Director Morrow willingly removed it to prevent a back lash towards me.
Even if it’s legal not everyone approves of relationships like mine and
Tony’s.”
“You know that there could be repercussions for DiNozzo regarding hiding his
identity. He should have reported his status before he joined the FBI.”
Jethro was confused by this, “What are you talking about Madam Director? Tony
has not done anything wrong.”
“Jethro, Agent DiNozzo failed to disclose the ten million a year he receives
from a trust fund,” she smiled. Jenny knew that this information could ruin
DiNozzo; he had to disclose the money and its source to the government as a
Federal Employee. If he went to jail for falsifying his application and failure
to report income she could swoop in and take care of Jethro. Jethro glared at
her before turning and walking out of her office.
“Agent Gibbs we are not done here,” she said as she followed him out on to the
stairs leading down to the bullpen.
She was not expecting the look of pure hate coming from him when he turned to
face her, “Yes, Madam Director I believe we are done. I will be taking my
husband home and if anyone has any more questions for him or me they will have
to speak to our attorney. Good day, Director.”
Gibbs saw Fornell coming from the direction of the interrogation rooms and
figured that that was where he would find Tony. He was still fuming when he
entered the room they had Tony in and he grabbed his husbands hand pulling him
to his feet. “Come on we’re leaving,” Jethro said with a growl.
Tony followed his husband through the bullpen towards the elevator just before
he entered it he smiled at everyone in the room giving a little wave, “Nice to
meet all of you.” As the doors closed everyone could see Gibbs pulling Tony to
him and kissing him.
***** Chapter 33 *****
Chapter Notes
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It had been six weeks since Tony and Gibbs has walked out of NCIS Headquarters.
A great deal had happened in that time. Fornell had continued his investigation
on not only Tony’s father, but also on the trust fund that Tony was supposed to
have. He found that Senior had not only faked Tony’s death, but he also had
faked Tony’s identity at the bank to gain access to Tony’s money.
It turned out that the money was originally left in trust for his mother and
she could only receive it if she had a child. She was to receive five million
per child for the first two children and a million for each subsequent child;
Tony still couldn’t figure out why it was so much money, it wasn’t like five
million per year wasn’t enough to live off of. It was also stated that if
Tony’s mother should die before her oldest child reached maturity the money
would stop and would then be held in trust for any of her children. Tony’s
mother had died when he was only nine, so the money had stopped. Tony’s father
had thought that the money had been forfeited, it wasn’t until a lawyer showed
up looking for Tony that Senior had found out that Tony was entitled to the
money.  
Senior had apparently been in debt to some very bad people and he saw a way out
by gaining access to the money that was meant for Tony. After convincing his
business partners that they could make money by staging Tony and his son’s
deaths they put the plan in action. It honestly would have worked if they
hadn’t gotten so greedy and started to branch out and entered the money
laundering business. They were taking dirty money and filtering it in with
Tony’s money in legitimate business dealings.
Fornell had brought down the organization and most of the parties were awaiting
trial, some had decided to roll on the others and had copped plea deals. Tony’s
father was one of them. Tony would have to wait for the outcome before his one-
hundred twenty million could be returned to him, but it wasn’t like Tony really
cared all that much about the money.
Jethro and he had decided to take some personal leave from work to figure
things out. Jethro wanted to get to know his kids and Tony wanted to get to
know Jethro again. Tony had decided to transfer down to the D.C. area so that
he and Jethro could work on their relationship. They had had their ups and
downs since the move, but things were starting to smooth out. Tony was brought
out of his musings when he heard the front door open and Jethro call for him.
“Hey, how was your first day back,” Tony asked?
“Basement,” Jethro growled.
“Well, that good,” Tony said. Jethro had to go back to work before Tony did.
Well, Tony was actually going to start teaching classes at Quantico, because he
had never really wanted to be out in the field while his kids were young. He
figured he better see what had happened before the kids got home. He followed
his husband down the stairs, but half way down the smell of sawdust and bourbon
hit him; normally that smell was a comfort to him, but today Tony turned and
sprinted up the stairs to the kitchen sink and threw up. Tony was still
throwing up when Jethro came to check on him. Tony felt awful, he hadn’t felt
this bad since he was… “Shit…I’m pregnant.”
The end
Chapter End Notes
     I'm considering writing a sequel to this story. It would follow Tony
     and Jethro's rebuilding of their relationship, the kids, and the NCIS
     team members to Tony. What do you think?
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