What's The Point? - NCIS Fan-fiction

Chapter 9

What’s The Point?

Chapter 9

“I quit.” He whispered.

Gibbs heart momentarily stopped beating.

“What? Why?” he asked softly, walking round to kneel in front of Tony. Tony looked at the floor.

“Never mind, forget I said anything.” Gibbs placed a comforting hand of Tony’s knee.

“You know I can’t do that, Tony. What makes you feel that you have to quit?” Gibbs asks quietly. Tony’s eyes filled with tears, but refused to let them spill over.

“It’s stupid.” He whispered so quietly, that Gibbs had to strain to hear it.

“It’s not stupid Tony. I can’t help you if I don’t know what is wrong.” Tony glanced up at Gibbs for a moment.

“Promise you won’t get mad?” Tony sounded so much like a scared child; Gibbs wanted to hug tight, squeezing all the fears and insecurities out of him.

“I promise.”

“I don’t feel as if I can trust them.” Tony told him softly, ‘them’, being Tim and Ziva. Gibbs couldn’t blame him after that…’attack’. He nodded.

“I understand that Tony, I do.” He told the distressed man. “But don’t quit. How about we make a compromise?”

“Gibbs, you don’t make compromises.” Tony stated softly, cracking a small smile. Gibbs smiled and shrugged a shoulder.

“True, but I do make exceptions for family.” Gibbs told him. Tony’s head shot up.

“F…family?” he stuttered. Gibbs nodded. Tony couldn’t keep the tears at bay anymore. He ducked his head as the tears ran silently down his face.

“W…what’s the compromise?” he asked, swiping the tears away angrily, but the flow wasn’t stopping. ‘God, I’m such a baby.’ He thought. Gibbs gently took Tony’s hand away from his face, keeping them in his calloused ones.

“Stop it.” Gibbs told him softly. “You’re gonna hurt yourself.”

“Sorry.” Tony apologised softly. “Compromise?” he asked again.

“Just take some time off.” Gibbs voiced. “Take some time to re-group, maybe spend a little time with Ziva and McGee to get to trust them again.” Gibbs suggested. Tony nodded slowly.

“Yeah…yeah, I like that.” He softly agreed. Gibbs smiled slightly.

“Okay. Will you stay here while I’m upstairs, then I’ll take you home when I’m done?” he asked. Tony nodded.

“Sure.” Gibbs patted Tony’s knee and swiped away the last stray tears gently with his thumb. Tony leaned into the touch. Gibbs let his hand linger on Tony’s cheek for a moment before patting the young man’s cheek and stood up.

“I shouldn’t be long, okay?” Gibbs told him, waiting for Tony’s acknowledgement before making his way up to Vance’s office.

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Gibbs stormed past Cynthia, but stopped when he saw his agents sitting in the little ‘waiting area’.

“I thought I told you to go in there.” Gibbs growled, pointing towards the director’s office.

“Cynthia told us Director Vance is busy.” Ziva told him hotly, crossing her arms across her chest. She wasn’t sorry for what she had done. Her eyes, she had done nothing wrong.