Title: Good People
Pairing: Tony/Ziva UST (WHAT, I know)
Rating: K
Genre: Angst, Character Study, Drabble, UST
Cat: Het
Spoilers: Minor spoiler for In The Dark. Takes place around that time, so season 4.
Warnings: None.
Summary: She knows he's happy, and that's all that really matters. Or so she tells herself.
Author's Note: Yeah, was listening to "Where I Stood" by Missy Higgins and that song is such a Tiva song, what, so I had to write something. It's incredibly short, but I had to get it out of my system and I don't know that I could make it much longer and have it have the same impact. Hmm. Anyway. Enjoy.


Ziva knows, from listening to how he talks on the phone with her, the other woman . . . He loves her. And she loves him. And that's more than she can say about herself, really.

She can't even really consider Tony's girlfriend "the other woman," or she shouldn't, because that . . . thing between them wasn't even a thing. Not really.

She knows a relationship between them couldn't work, because she isn't sure she wants to let him in, and she knows he won't allow her that luxury when it comes to himself, but she can't help but long for him and allow jealousy to burrow its way deep inside her stomach whenever he laughs at something his girlfriend says.

He used to do that with her, and she would act annoyed (and often was, because Tony is rather a pig much of the time), but Ziva secretly enjoyed the attention and found herself trying harder to get it . . . not that she had to try hard in the first place, because he bathed her in come-ons and sexual innuendo every chance he got.

But now, he's so distracted and Ziva has to tell herself it's for the best, because he truly seems happy, and in love. And he deserves that much. For as much of a swine as he can be, and as juvenile and immature as he acts (especially toward McGee, the brother he never had), Ziva knows that Tony truly is a good person.

That's why she loves him. And that's why she can allow herself to let him go.

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A/N: So yeah, not what I normally write, but I hope you liked it, anyway! If you liked this fic/my other fics, you should "like" me on Facebook! Link's on my profile page! Thanks in advance! :)