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crack_van2011-10-05 08:52 pm
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Bottom of the Ninth by smallwaldo (PG-13)
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Gibbs/Tony (pre-slash)
Length: 17,865 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
smallwaldo
Author Website: Waldo's Writings (DW)
Why this must be read: From the author's summary: "Gibbs realizes that if he and Tony are ever going to have a relationship, he's going to have to do something about it. It takes almost a year, but he gets there eventually." And that's what I love about the story: It's basically an old fashioned courting over a period of time. Gibbs style, of course. *g* It follows early canon pretty closely, featuring many of my favorite episodes, from "Dead Man Talking" to "SWAK" and "Chained." The characterizations are spot on, and I love the way Gibbs woos Tony all manly-like. ;) Baseball as the recurring theme ties in perfectly with the ups and downs of our guys' lives during the courtship...until, of course, Gibbs hits a home run at the bottom of the ninth. ;)
Excerpt:
“We missed the softball playoff game. I figured at least we could go watch baseball. Abby showed me how to get tickets on-line,” Gibbs shrugged suddenly feeling self-conscious. He’d lay in bed for over an hour trying to decide if he should make any kind of indication to Tony that he’d like this to be something akin to a date and done little more than talk himself into it and back out of it again a dozen times. By the time he’d woken up he wasn’t sure the whole thing wasn’t a stupid idea. If for no other reason than he couldn’t remember being so nervous about planning a ‘date’ since he’d first asked Shannon out. With his other wives and anyone he’d dated between there’d been nothing to lose if they’d turned him down. Gibbs was suddenly very aware of how awkward he would make things for Tony if he knew that Gibbs had planned a date for them, but he wasn’t interested in things being like that between them.
After a minute of puzzlement, Tony’s face lit up. “Seriously? Just, you know… the two of us? I mean, is Abby coming?”
Tony was babbling a bit which Gibbs knew meant he’d somehow managed to make him uncomfortable. Gibbs decided that ‘not telling him’ was rapidly becoming the safer choice. “If you don’t want to go, DiNozzo – “
“No, no, I love the idea. Really. I haven’t gone to a pro game since I was like fifteen. Well, there was that pledge prank to sneak into an Indians game, but it was the Cleveland Indians… and we got caught and ejected by the bottom of the third…” He looked up to see Gibbs watching him, his expression half-way between amusement and concern. Tony dropped his eyes back to the papers, tapping them thoughtfully. “Seriously, boss, thanks. This’ll be fun.”
Gibbs smiled as he got up to get a refill. Maybe it would be okay after all.
(Bottom of the Ninth)
Pairing: Gibbs/Tony (pre-slash)
Length: 17,865 words
Author on LJ:
smallwaldoAuthor Website: Waldo's Writings (DW)
Why this must be read: From the author's summary: "Gibbs realizes that if he and Tony are ever going to have a relationship, he's going to have to do something about it. It takes almost a year, but he gets there eventually." And that's what I love about the story: It's basically an old fashioned courting over a period of time. Gibbs style, of course. *g* It follows early canon pretty closely, featuring many of my favorite episodes, from "Dead Man Talking" to "SWAK" and "Chained." The characterizations are spot on, and I love the way Gibbs woos Tony all manly-like. ;) Baseball as the recurring theme ties in perfectly with the ups and downs of our guys' lives during the courtship...until, of course, Gibbs hits a home run at the bottom of the ninth. ;)
Excerpt:
“We missed the softball playoff game. I figured at least we could go watch baseball. Abby showed me how to get tickets on-line,” Gibbs shrugged suddenly feeling self-conscious. He’d lay in bed for over an hour trying to decide if he should make any kind of indication to Tony that he’d like this to be something akin to a date and done little more than talk himself into it and back out of it again a dozen times. By the time he’d woken up he wasn’t sure the whole thing wasn’t a stupid idea. If for no other reason than he couldn’t remember being so nervous about planning a ‘date’ since he’d first asked Shannon out. With his other wives and anyone he’d dated between there’d been nothing to lose if they’d turned him down. Gibbs was suddenly very aware of how awkward he would make things for Tony if he knew that Gibbs had planned a date for them, but he wasn’t interested in things being like that between them.
After a minute of puzzlement, Tony’s face lit up. “Seriously? Just, you know… the two of us? I mean, is Abby coming?”
Tony was babbling a bit which Gibbs knew meant he’d somehow managed to make him uncomfortable. Gibbs decided that ‘not telling him’ was rapidly becoming the safer choice. “If you don’t want to go, DiNozzo – “
“No, no, I love the idea. Really. I haven’t gone to a pro game since I was like fifteen. Well, there was that pledge prank to sneak into an Indians game, but it was the Cleveland Indians… and we got caught and ejected by the bottom of the third…” He looked up to see Gibbs watching him, his expression half-way between amusement and concern. Tony dropped his eyes back to the papers, tapping them thoughtfully. “Seriously, boss, thanks. This’ll be fun.”
Gibbs smiled as he got up to get a refill. Maybe it would be okay after all.
(Bottom of the Ninth)