Dr. Eliana Calder knows how to survive. She's done it since childhood. But when an act of violence forces her into the ICU, survival alone is no longer enough. Told through quiet moments and unspoken truths, this story follows a teenage physician, a hospital that begins to see too much, and the dangerous vulnerability of being found. This fanfiction deals with heavy themes, including trauma, sexual assault. These topics are treated with care, but they may be triggering for some readers. Please take care of yourself if you choose to read this work.

When a joint case pulls NCIS into the orbit of Special Task Force prodigy Dr. Maya Quinn, they expect arrogance and inexperience-not a razor-sharp mind forged by illness, injury, and survival. But when a deadly anthrax outbreak turns the autopsy lab into a quarantine zone, Maya becomes both the key to the investigation and its most vulnerable target. As Gibbs and his team push back against command to protect her, lines are drawn between duty and humanity-and Maya must fight not just to solve the case, but to live.

When the body of Malia Whitlock washes ashore on a Navy beach, the NIS team is called to investigate. But nothing prepares Mike Franks for the moment he recognizes her name-because it means one thing: her nine-year-old daughter, Ashlyn, is missing. When Ashlyn is discovered alive but brutally injured, the case becomes personal. Mike, Gibbs, and Tish must uncover the truth behind a hate-driven attack... while helping a silent, traumatized child find her voice again.

They call her "Viper"-the quiet, lethal kid with a sniper's calm and a driver's fury. When a mission shatters her sense of safety, Riley Quinn is benched and buried in autopsy. But she refuses to stay silent. Hidden in vents, hallways, and shadows, she unravels the case no one else sees-until the truth forces her to confront the trauma she's been outrunning for years. With Mike Franks as her anchor, Riley must face the nightmares that stole her sleep... before they steal everything else.

Fourteen-year-old Sadie Calloway has survived years of neglect, abuse, and being shuffled through a broken system. When the NCIS Origins team investigates a Marine's death, a faint sound in a basement leads them to a terrified, filthy girl chained to a pipe. Mike Franks becomes her unexpected protector as he and the rest of the team slowly earn her trust. From panic attacks and medical discoveries to her first meal in safety, Sadie's journey forces everyone-including Gibbs-to confront what justice looks like when the victim is a child who's never had a chance. But safety is only the beginning. Healing will take more than rescuing her-it will take patience, compassion, and a team willing to fight for her.

Kaya Franks knows how to blend in. A military brat. A smart kid. A girl who knows the rules of every base she's lived on. But after she's attacked walking home from school, everything she thought she understood about safety shatters. Mike Franks will burn down the world to protect her - and Gibbs isn't far behind. As secrets spread through the base and the boys responsible go into hiding, Kaya must find the courage to speak... before her silence protects the wrong people.

Gibbs and Tony are prisoners-but a silent girl named Anabella risks everything to help them escape. Once freed, the team discovers she's more victim than captor. As her godfather Ryan Hale steps back into her life, NCIS becomes the anchor that helps her navigate healing, safety, and family.

A routine crime scene becomes a nightmare when NCIS discovers a child-sized room untouched by time-and a photo revealing that the missing girl is Mike Franks' daughter. With threatening messages, a registered offender, and a vanished little girl with medical needs, the team is thrown into a race against the clock. Each clue brings them closer to Sophia... and to the men who wanted her silenced. Gibbs and Franks will stop at nothing to bring her home.

Ava Volkov, a teenage operative trained in Russia's covert Red Echo program, is loaned to NCIS for a case. She's cold, brilliant, and lethal-but beneath the steel is a child who has never known safety. When Gibbs discovers what Homeland has put her through, he takes her under his wing. But Ava's past is darker than any file, and NCIS becomes the first family she's ever had to fight for. She was trained to obey. NCIS teaches her to live. Raised in shadows. Used as a weapon. A girl who never learned to be a child finds her first real family in Gibbs and his team.

When NCIS responds to the home of a missing Marine, they find something no one expected- a silent, broken little girl hiding in the dark. Barely breathing. Barely conscious. Barely six years old. She clings to Gibbs with the last strength she has left, and suddenly the case isn't just a case anymore. Her name is Hope. And she just chose him