Authors Note: Ok, here is my attempt at a Kibbs fic...Takes place during Sub Rosa. Tell me what you think...I plan on this only being a 2-shot, so give me your opinions on it!

Disclaimer: NCIS and it's characters are not mine. If they were, I would have talked Sasha Alexander into staying on. Kate and Gibbs would be breaking Rule 12 along with Tony and Ziva and McGee and Abby. So yeah, clearly not mine!

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The submarine is zipping through the water at warp speed and she is now pressed up against Gibbs. His strong arm holding her tight to him, she grips his shoulders in an attempt to steady herself. She has had to harbor her feelings for her boss since he first showed up on AFO. Now, being in such close proximity to him, feeling just how strong he is. She knew that he was a well built man having been in the Marine Corp, but the feel of his strong shoulders under her fingertips is more than she could have ever imagined.

She looks up at him through her heavy eyes; she shouldn't be feeling like this towards him. He's her boss, but damn it, she's a woman and he's a man and she can't help but be attracted to him. His bright blue eyes penetrate her dark brown eyes.

"What's happening?" Kate asks over the commotion going on in the sub.

"Emergency blow!" Gibbs shouts back, looking down at her. She can't help the tingling feeling she gets when his hot breath hits her face.

She's not sure who moved first, but soon she is a willing participant in a very heated kiss. She has to admit that she's wanted to know what his lips felt like moving against hers since he first entered her life a short month ago. Her lips part for his request and soon they are exploring each others mouths.

In her right mind, she knows that they should not be doing what they are. He is her boss, and she is his subordinate, and there are the damn rules he made up so long ago to not only protect himself from being hurt, but also from DiNozzo being careless.

Their connection is lost as the door opens and a member of the crew comes in telling them that the Capitan requests their presence. The sub soon goes back to its horizontal position and Gibbs is the first to walk out of the small room, not so much as glancing at Kate.

She stares after him for a short moment, and shakes her head confused. Was he not in that room with her a short time ago? Does he not remember what took place? She makes it to the doorway and the young boy starts to smile trying desperately to hold in his laugh. She glares at him and squint's her eyes in an annoyed way, and the boy quickly sobers up.

Later that night in the bullpen, Tony has already gone home and Gibbs is up talking to the Director, and she is typing up her ROI. She knows that she could have just gone home and saved this assignment for the next day, but she wants to stay and hopefully talk to Gibbs about what had happened today. She can't hold back how she feels anymore, and she knows that this isn't proper work etiquette, but she has to tell him.

In a matter of minutes, Gibbs is pounding down the stairs and stops in front of her desk.

"Why are you still here Agent Todd?"

Kate looks up at him, and replies, "I'm finishing up my ROI, its one less thing for me to worry about tomorrow morning." Gibbs nods, and returns to his desk, and begins going over the case making sure that they didn't miss anything.

Kate stares at him for a moment and then returns to her task. She honestly can't believe him! He's acting as if nothing has happened and she can't get it out of her head. Finally deciding that she's had enough she saves what she has on her report, and shuts her computer down for the night. She gathers her things and leaves the bullpen, not even saying goodbye to Gibbs.

~*~

He knows that he shouldn't be feeling this way towards Kate, but he can't help it. His heart beats faster whenever she is in the room, or in his proximity. He finds himself smiling more, and being less of a hard-ass.

She's still at her computer when he returns from his talk with the Director, she tells him that she's finishing her report and he expects nothing less from her. She seems a little off tonight, and he wonders why. Neither of them has spoken much since returning from the sub, and Gibbs is pretty sure Kate is agitated about that.

The kiss they shared made Leroy Jethro Gibbs feel alive, something he hasn't felt since Shannon and Kelly were alive. Since Shannon, he's been married an additional three times, and all of the marriages have ended in failure. Even if he and Kate were to try a relationship, he doesn't want to chance breaking her heart. He cares too much about her to see her in pain.

She's already in pain, Jethro, he thinks to himself, you not talking to her about what happened, and ignoring that it did, is causing her pain and no doubt confusing her to no end as well.

The elevator doors close and he rushes to the stairs, he has to talk to her, if not for him then for her. She can't possibly feel the same way about him as he does to her, he's too old for her, he reasons. He makes it down to the parking garage before the elevator, and has enough time to catch is breath on the walk to her car. He leans up against it, and waits.

~*~

Kate wipes the tears off her face furiously with her sleeve. The day had taken its toll on her, and she hasn't stopped replaying the kiss she and Gibbs shared. The kiss made her feel like she was wanted. She hasn't felt wanted in a long time, and she was stupid to think that he felt the same about her.

She makes it to her car in record time and almost has a heart attack from his presence.

"Kate," he says getting her attention, making her jump out of her skin as well.

Kate places her hand on her heart in an effort to calm herself, "What are you doing here, Gibbs? You were in the office when I last saw you."

"I wanted to talk," he tells her.

Kate nods once and places her stuff on the top of her car and folds her arms under her chest, "Ok, we were on a sub, solved the case, and came back to headquarters. You'll have my Report of Investigation tomorrow morning by eight. What else is there to talk about?"

She watches as Gibbs walks around her car to stand in front of her. "You know what I am talking about Kate."

"Do I?"

"Damn it, Kate. I wanted to talk about what happened between us today."

Kate nods, "Yeah, the kiss that I haven't stopped thinking about. I know what you're going to say, Gibbs. Rule 12 was made for a reason, I know. You think it was a mistake and you expect us to not speak of it again. Well, I hear you loud and clear, Boss."

Something in the way she says 'Boss' tells Gibbs that she is already blocking him out. "Is that how you really feel?"

She scoffs at that, he really is clueless. So she lies, "Yes, Gibbs, that's how I feel."

His eyes penetrate her and he can see through her lies, "I never wanted to hurt you, Kate."

She blinks once and looks back up at him, brown eyes meet blue and she replies bitterly, "Good job on that."