Tony sat on his couch, cradling his pounding head in his hands as he avoided looking at his boss. He knew Gibbs was angry with him as he got drunk, but Tony didn't see the problem with him getting drunk after hours in his own home, he might add, and whoa Gibbs to judge, he did it all the time down in his basement!
"Look at me, DiNozzo." Gibbs demanded as he leaned against his SFAs door, as a precaution in case Tony tried to bolt. Gibbs knew that Tony was unpredictable when he was drunk off his ass so Gibbs had to prepare for everything from the tears to the rage to the trying to bolt. Gibbs frowned as his SFA avoided his gaze. Gibbs watched as Tony shook his head side to side, his frown deepened as DiNozzo defied a direct order. DiNozzo never defied Gibbs.
"That was an order, DiNozzo." Gibbs snapped harshly, Tony lifted his head and met his boss' hardened blue eyes. He felt his own green eyes narrow as he took in the stance of his boss blocking the front door with his arms folded across his chest.
"What are you doing here boss?" Tony asked, his voice had venom dripping out of it, something which Gibbs ignored as he had expected this from his SFA. Gibbs sighed as he looked at his son who was now pacing his living room angrily.
"I'm here to talk about what happened at the office today, or at least I thought I was," Gibbs said to his son who glared at him. "but imagine my surprise when I found out you were drunk off your ass!" Gibbs's voice had risen without him noticing, but he couldn't help it: his son had put himself in danger by consuming the amount of alcohol he had. His son was lucky that Kate had driven him home after the flashback and that he left his keys to his car on his desk, he didn't want to think what would had happened if he had driven around the city drunk, he didn't want to think about getting the call about how his son had crashed and wrapped himself a tree and was never coming home because he got wasted for no reason expert to forget what he remembered this morning after he had read Ryan's medical history.
"I'm an adult and I can get drunk if I want to, you get plastered every fucking night!" His son roared as his pacing increased. Tony was mumbling ways to kill Gibbs, who in turn had let his lips curl upwards into a half smile before it left his face and he became stern again.
"No I don't, DiNozzo, and I know you're an adult but you can't go and get drunk because you remembered something you had buried and now it's resourcing because you haven't dealt with it!" Gibbs barked as he moved away from Tony's door and started walking up to his son and catching him by his shoulders. Gibbs looked into his son's green eyes that were filled to the brim with anger and fear as the younger agent scoffed. Gibbs tightened his grip on Tony's shoulder, his grip not loosening as his son struggled.
"Oh believe me, I've dealt with it, a long time ago." Tony had all but thundered at the man he considered a father. Gibbs snorted and rolled his eyes.
Yes, his son had clearly dealt with whatever had been brought up from the investigation of Ryan's death. Gibbs thought to himself.
"No you haven't, Tony. So here's what you're going to do: go get some pyjamas on while I clean up, then from then until the sun is in the sky tomorrow morning, you're going to tell me everything about what Senior did to you, is that understood?" Gibbs asked, his tone had a 'no room for arguments because you'll never win' to it. Tony sighed before he walked into his bedroom, the door slammed behind him. As he started to clean up, Gibbs allowed himself to smile when he heard his son mumbling about 'how unfair' his boss was being. It was so childish but it was obvious that Tony didn't have quite the same upbringing like the rest of the team had had.
Tony was going to tell him everything about what his so called bastard of a father had done and then, with the help of Kate, Tim, Abby, McGee and Ducky, Gibbs is taking Senior down, whether his son wants him to or not.
After tonight, Tony is Gibbs's son and Gibbs alone.
A/N: Sorry about the short hiatus on this story but I needed to take a step back from multi chapter fics for a little bit.
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Family is family
FanfictionTony is forced to confront his demons when a case that has him flashing back to his childhood. Will Tony let Gibbs help him face his demons and open up or will he push the only father he's ever known away?
