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#6 in the After the Fade to Black series
Tag to Search and Destroy
Season 1 Episode 4
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Callen- "Thought we were going all black?"
Hetty- "Well sometimes damaged goods can actually be more valuable because of their unique qualities."
Callen- "Is that right?"
Hetty- "Umhum. Its a thought."
-Hetty and Callen
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Driving home after finishing his report after he had let Flynn out on the side of the road, G considered how alike they were. He also wondered how he was going to teach Nate the art of tact. After he had a talk with Hetty about her dispensing of double meaning pieces of wisdom. At least she had agreed with him that Sam' origami 'swan' was really a duck.
Nate's profile of Flynn had been a little to point about his past. What he had said had made G want to hit him for the first time in almost three and half years. It had taken the first six months they had worked together to understand when to back off especially if they were not alone and this was the first time he had forgot.
Sometimes G wondered if the filter between Nate's brain and his mouth was absent. Nate would say things that could easily be misconstrued and not even notice until someone pointed it out to him. Nate can say whatever he wants about how his past affects him, he had a home and a family with NCIS.
G had let Flynn go because he when the man would be safer on his own than anywhere WitSec would put him. Flynn had made good point that people like them did this job so everyone else could life their lives without worry.
G might dream of having a family like Sam did but he was too much like Hetty, the job was his life and Sam, Kens, Eric, Nate, and Hetty were his family.