Dive Bars on Saturday Night by Myerlemon (PG-13)

[skripka.livejournal.com]

Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: slight Gibbs/Kate
Author on LJ: myerlemon
Author Website: myerlemonfic
Why this must be read:

I have a big weakness for stories that feature drunken revelatory episodes, and, well, this piece is a dense and angsty description of Kate's revelatory episode.

It reads true-to-character and is just wonderful.

The redhead is the kind of woman who makes Kate feel gawky and awkward, even though she knows she’s not. The redhead is very polished: a grown woman, whereas Kate sometimes feels like she still dresses like she did when she was fifteen. She knows that men find her attractive, and, usually, when she looks in the mirror, she’s happy with what she sees. But she’s never been the girl who could slink across a room.

She feels faintly silly when she wears a skirt. She’s not sure she even owns any nylons. And she could never wear lipstick that vibrantly red. Pulling off that shade of fire-engine crimson takes that particular brand of self-confidence Kate doesn’t have.

Finally, the line moves. Kate makes it to the bathroom, pees, washes her hands. She avoids looking at herself in the mirror, especially when the redhead comes out and touches up her makeup needlessly. They leave the bathroom almost simultaneously.

The redhead, walking in front of Kate, sways up to a tall, older man.

"Hi," Kate hears her say.

"Hey, you," she hears the man reply, and she stops in her tracks.

The man is her actual boss.

Her actual boss is in a bar.

With a woman.

Her brain is saturated in several gallons of alcohol, but it’s still working at a high enough speed to calculate that this can mean one of two things:

a) Gibbs is here on a date with the redhead.
Or,
b) Gibbs is just randomly here in the bar and the redhead is picking up on him, and he’s letting her.

She’s not sure which of these options is more horrifying.

Dive Bars on Saturday Night by Myerlemon

Comments

[tatkreiswok.livejournal.com]

Since the month is winding up, I just wanted to let you know just how much I've enjoyed your NCIS fic recs. It's not a fandom I had previously explored, so thanks for opening my eyes to it!

[skripka.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I hope you keep having fun with it... there's a lot to love :)