Tony sickfic

Chapter 19

Tony's face was buried against Gibbs' chest as he silently cried. Gibbs held him as he cried, rubbing his back soothingly and murmuring quietly to him.

"Shh," Gibbs whispered, trying to calm his lover down.

The heart monitor reading was higher than normal, but it wasn't enough to bring the nurse back into the room. She knew what had happened and that the young man was crying, mourning for the loss of a beautiful woman. 

"B-b-b-boss," Tony managed into Gibbs' shirt, his voice muffled. 

"Yes, Tony?"

"I want to see her."

"Tony, they won't let you down there," Gibbs said reasonably, still holding Tony, glad he wasn't crying as much and that his breathing seemed to be okay. 

"Oh, God, I'm going to be sick," Tony said. 

Gibbs reached behind him for the clean basin, holding it for Tony as he emptied his stomach. He held the basin with one hand and Tony with the other, keeping Tony's back pressed against him comfortingly. After Tony was done Gibbs took the basin to the bathroom and emptied it, then took the bottle of water off the food tray and took it to Tony. 

"Here, rinse your mouth out," Gibbs said, handing him the bottle, then holding the basin for him again to spit in. "You need to take a few sips if you can." 

Tony finally leaned back against the bed, looking at Gibbs through tear-glazed green eyes. "Boss, I want to be there."

"Tony, that's not the best idea you've had."

"Boss," Tony said pleadingly. 

Gibbs had never met the little girl or her mother till that day, but he knew to Tony they were special. 

"Honey-" Gibbs froze when that word fell from his lips. He wasn't the kind of person to use endearments or give cute names for someone, but it somehow felt right. Smiling gently, he cupped Tony's face with one hand.

"Gibbs, she needs someone. Her mom was the only person that little girl had," Tony managed to say despite the fact that he was crying again. 

"Okay, Tony, I'll ask, but don't expect too much. "

"You're Leroy Jethro Gibbs. You can make anything happen." Tony tried to shoot him a smile, but he was hurting too much right now. 

Gibbs kissed the man, softly and passionately, his tongue invading Tony's mouth. Tony returned the favour, his tongue already knowing just the right spots to hit in Gibbs' mouth to make the man moan softly; the feel and taste of it caused Tony to moan, too.

Gibbs moved his free hand to the back of Tony's head, pulling him into the kiss more. The hand that was cupping his face moved, stroking from temple to jawline, stopping at the chin. After he traced Tony's face he broke the kiss.

"I'll try, okay, but" -Gibbs hand on Tony's chin lifted his face so they were looking eye to eye- "and this is a very big but if the doctor says no, we listen to him. But then we have Ducky come by in the morning and fry them all."

Gibbs smiled when he said the last, bringing a smile to Tony's face, too. He placed a quick kiss on Tony's lips before heading out the door. Gibbs then did a strange thing; he shut the door behind him.