Disclaimer:
NCIS, Ziva David, & Tony DiNozzo aren't mine and I seek no prophet from this pitiful bit of fic.
A/N:
So apparently Cote de Pablo is leaving NCIS.
What does my brain do with this news? Toss Tiva ficlet at me. I love NCIS and I'm not opposed to Tiva but its not an OTP for me. So why did my brain insist I immediately type up the folllowing snippet? Particularly when it's been refusing to let me write much of anything the last several months.
So yeah. Here's this. It's short. It's sweet. It's just a snippet and I can't promise it'll ever be more than it is now.
"You are my home, Tony. You, Gibbs, Abby, Tim, Ducky, and Jimmy. You are all my mishpacha, my family, and you, especially you, are my home. These past months I have come to realize, the job never defined me. All of you did. And I know that I am that to you as we'll, but you, you are "Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo". That is so much a part of who you are and I never want that to change. So let me do this. We will be together as life partners instead of professional ones. Yes?"
He wanted to argue, but before he could say a word, Ziva put a finger over his lips. "This is what I want Tony, a relationship with you, a life with you. To have that and both of us stay on the team would mean to have it in secret. That does not even work in your movies so why would it work here? And why would we want it to, einayim sheli? Hmmm? Ani ohevet otchah. I fought it for so long because I feared it would get in the way or weaken me. Now I know that it gives me strength and hope. I do not want to hide this light for the sake of the job."
Tikvah - [teek-vah] - hope
Mishpacha - family
Ani ohevet otchah - I love you
einayim sheli - "my eyes", meaning very precious