"It's never easy to come back," Tony remarked, getting up from the leather, black chair.
"No," Ziva agreed, "But the right thing to do normally is not easy."
Following suite, she stood up and went to take his hand. "What I feel whenever I'm around you.." she started shakily. "I don't know, it's hard to explain. But when I look into your eyes-" Ziva cut off, and turned around.
Tony caught her drift. "Ziva. I know. Life isn't easy."
Ziva seemed to read in between the lines.
"And if I stay?" she asked. "Where would I find a job? Where would we live?"
"Everything will work out," Tony said, brushing his fingertips against her cheek. "Maybe you could start up at NCIS again," he suggested.
"But-" Ziva began.
Tony put his finger to her lips. "I know about rule 12. But sometimes when times change, the code you live by must alter."
Just then, the door banged open and Gibbs came barging in.
"Dinozzo," he commanded, "A word."
"Yes boss," came Tony's reply, and Gibbs led him out of the room and into the dark hallway.
"Be careful," he said, and then walked away, leaving Dinozzo hanging. The words echoed in Tony's head, and he had to close his eyes tightly and shake himself awake.
He was being careful. But it wasn't every day that an old friend came back.
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TIVA FANFIC: Broken Years, Rivers of Tears (NCIS)
FanfictionThe year is 2015, two years after Ziva's departure. Both Tony Dinozzo and Ziva David have been leading two separate different lives and starting over, but they continue to miss each every day. So when Ziva comes back to the US because she wants her...
