Soft Medicine
Title: Soft Medicine
Author: AbbyGibbs
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Gibbs/Abby
Rating: M
Category:, Multi chapter story.
Spoilers: "Red Cell"
Summary: Let's say that when Abby sees how bruised Gibbs is after the case she decides to give Gibbs some homemade remedy
Warning: Sexual content.
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to CBS and the fantastic people who created NCIS.
No copyright infringement is intended.
A/N: First of all, if you DON'T like GABBY PAIRING DON'T read this!
Second this is for you Laci because I think you really need it. If you're asking me there's not even a plot in this one just something that flashed into my mind that I thought was worth writing. It's my take of what could have happened after that, if Abby had seen Gibbs injured and I think that for a lot of people this would be a sweet medicine and that would work way better than real medicines.
I just love playing with them; it's much fun doing so. It's so easy for me to imagine them in situation that sometimes it is scaring me
It might appear a little OCC though, or not depends on how you see things, so you've been warned. But most of all, people don't forget that this is just a story.
I really hope you'll enjoy reading this story.
Thanks to Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Sean Murray, David McCallum and all the other for giving life to the wonderful characters of NCIS.
Feedbacks: well, I'd love them, of course – who wouldn't? But please, only if you respect my work because it takes a lot of time and energy to get a story together. I love writing; I wouldn't allow anyone to discourage me from doing so, never. I don't have any problems at all with readers who choose not to go for this, but I decidedly do with those who write disrespectful mails just because they didn't get the ending they would have wanted. If you want to tell me what I might have done better within the story I made up, you're always very welcome to let me know. But if your only concern is to rant about it, then please, do it in private, okay? Thank you.
— ONE—
"WHAT?" Abby almost yelled in her cell phone.
"They're just bruises, Abby, nothing more, I swear."
"It doesn't matter, Tony. And where were you and Kate when this happened?"
"We were outside, talking to Simmons in hope she would be able to tell us what happened and why Turner and Blake were dead, and left Gibbs with Gunnery Sergeant Leeka. Simmons told us what had happened and told us, he who killed him. I called him, Abby, to warn him, but he didn't pick up his phone, you know how he is. So we rushed back in. The door was locked and we heard noise in the room but we couldn't get the door to open and... And Gibbs is a big boy, Abbs. He can defend his own self."
"Still you should have been there." She told her friend in a somewhat angered voice.
"Abby he is our boss for God's sake not a porcelain doll!" Tony answered in an aggravated voice.
"You should have been there!" She said again and hung up the phone.
"Damn it, Abby!" DiNozzo let out in frustration.
"Something wrong, DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked his agent as they were about to get into the car after Gibbs had freshened up a little in the men's bathroom.
Tony sighed as he looked at his boss while he opened the car door.
"Let's say I just made the mistake of calling Abby and telling her that... well Leeka gave you a few bruises."
Now it was Gibbs's time to sigh. "DiNozzo, don't you know better by now? You know she freaks out like mad when one of us gets hurt." Gibbs smirked.
Maybe, but when, you are hurt, she almost gets hysterical... Tony restrained himself from voicing his thought and took his seat behind the wheel. One look at her boss and Kate knew she had to sit in the passenger seat.
Gibbs would sit in the back of the car.
A few moments later, they were on the road back to NCIS. They barely exchanged a word for once… Gibbs appreciate the silence as his two agents kept quiet, he was doing fine. It hadn't been the first fight with a suspect — who turned out to be — the killer — in quite a long time. Gibbs and Leeka had fought back a good bit; the Gunnery Sergeant didn't exactly go down without protest giving Gibbs quite a few punches.
The most important was that Leeka was now in custody.
It would take some time but the bruises would heal. The difficult part in this would be to convince Abby that wounds weren't as bad as they looked.
"You should directly go..." Kate started, but Gibbs cut her off.
"That's what I intended to do, Kate." The NCIS team leader answered.
"Not sure, you'll have to go down to her lab." Tony intervened then.
"You're probably right." Gibbs smiled, but the smile vanished almost faster than it came because of the hurt it caused him in his left cheek. It didn't hurt that much earlier when he had arrived at the car.
Kate looked at her boss through the rear mirror, and told him "She won't leave your side for five minutes, I'm afraid."
"I know." He answered in a strange voice.
Kate frowned; if she hadn't known him better she would have sworn she saw a sparkle in his eyes the moment he realized that their forensic scientist would not leave him alone for a second. Nah, she was telling herself stories. Gibbs preferred red heads anyway. Everyone knew that... unless...
No. Agent Todd shrugged off the thoughts that were spinning in her head.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs wouldn't have admitted it to anyone but he loved it when Abby was gravitating around him closely. The NCIS forensic scientist she was, made him feel good about himself, she made him smile. She made him feel so very much alive, from day one. The NCIS lab rat had something about her that just made him want to spend time with her; she seemed to understand him in so many ways — sometimes even without saying words. Most of the times, Abby anticipated his wants.
Plus, Abby wasn't bad to look at and she had such wonderful green eyes.
The rest of the route was silent, all of them lost in thoughts.
000
Kate couldn't help but wonder about the sparkle she had caught in her boss's eyes.
Tony was feeling guilty about snapping out at Abby. Because of him snapping at her, she had hung up on him, something she had never done in all the years they had known each other. She was the way she was, over concerned and protective about the ones she loved and it simply was worse when it came to their boss. He should have known better than to answer her to way he did.
Gibbs was annoyed or equally out of control and very unpleasant when something happened to Abby — they were all concerned, but it seemed as if they had a special connection or something and neither of them would calm down until they knew the other one was safe. That was just the way they were. Tony knew it, so why did he still snap at his best friend when she was being difficult like she always was when she'd learned that Gibbs had been injured or in some kind of danger?
Tony held back a heavy sigh. Kate would definitely think he was crazy for this, but he was sure that there was more between his boss and his best friend than meet the eye. Though he wasn't entirely sure the two of them were aware of the fact.
The two of them should get together and see where that particular road would lead them. Maybe Abby was the woman Gibbs is looking for long. The most unexpected things are often the best ones too.
He really had to apologize to her.
000
When they entered the NCIS building a little later, Abby was indeed waiting for them just like Tony had predicted, and the moment she made eye contact with Gibbs she ran toward him, throwing herself at him.
"Abby" Tony says softly but firmly.
The lab tech suddenly loosened her grip on Gibbs "I'm fine, Abby, I promise." Gibbs whispered into her ear. She let go of him then and took a few steps back to assess his injuries.
"I bet the Gunnery Sergeant who did this to you, has couple of bruises of his own."
"He has. If he had known, I think he would have thought twice about it." Kate said.
Remembering her phone call with Tony then, Abby thinks to herself.
He can take care of himself for sure, but he can't prevent himself from getting punched at and having bruises as a result.
Abby made a face, not sure if she could hugs him, Gibbs didn't really say anything, but it was evident he was in pain.
As he looks at her intently, Gibbs senses her hesitation so he made a little sign with his fingers, which told her she could come and hug him again.
The others hadn't seen Gibbs's fingers move so surprise washed over their faces when a smile lit up their friend's feature. Taking a step toward him once more, she slowly puts her arms around him, careful not to crush him like she had a tendency to do.
The moment she was in his arms Abby closed her eyes in relief; he was here, safe and holding her.
"Thank God you're alright."
"I think someone has already told you that." Gibbs said softly.
"Yeah, someone already did," Abby Sciuto told her boss, in a slightly sad and guilty voice.
Slowly letting go of the NCIS team leader, she turned around to face her best friend, and suddenly she's overwhelmed by a rush of emotions that makes her eyes brim with tears.
"I'm sorry I yelled at you, Tony..." She utters out.
"I'm sorry that I've been so harsh with you, Abbs. Now come here, and give me one of those hugs of yours." Tony simply says smiling, opening his arms for her.
Abby rushed into her best friend's arms. Tony hugged her tight.
When she was in his arms, he leaned very close to her and whispered: "You should tell him how you feel, Abby; take the leap and see what happens, the outcome might surprise you."
The forensic scientists leans back in Tony's arms just enough to be able to look in his blue eyes, intrigued. How did he know? Abby thought she'd been pretty good at hiding. Her eyes asked him how he knew and in response to her question, DiNozzo just smiled.
"We're good again?" Abby inquired.
"It's never been otherwise, Abbs." Tony told her, as he leaned toward her and placed a kiss on her cheek.
A little later, Gibbs left the federal building with Abby. Tony and Kate were watching them leave and couldn't help but smile. Exactly has they thought, Abby wasn't leaving his side, she was driving him home and would take care of him. Ducky should probably have taken a look at him that it was likely that their boss would have refused.
DiNozzo had decided to stay and do some paper work. Agent Todd thought it was not such a bad idea, she too had some work to do, she could catch up with her paperwork.
000
En route to Gibbs's place, Abby couldn't help but think about the words her best friend had said.
You should tell him how you feel, Abby, take the leap and see what happens, the outcome might surprise you.
Had Tony seen something she hadn't? Sure, he was right, she was in love with Gibbs, but she didn't think it was so obvious. If he had seen through her, had other seen it too? Did the men sitting next to her see it too? She felt like she was going crazy. Too many questions… without answers. She needed to stop thinking.
In all the years, she had known her best friend, he had been crazy, done as many crazy think making her feel sick to the point, her stomach would hurt, but he could be deadly serious too, and like with Gibbs, she wouldn't hesitate one second to place her life in his hands and she trusted him fully too.
A smile found its way to her lips and eyes, as she decided that she would take the leap and tell Gibbs how she felt tonight, but she wouldn't do it in words
TBC…
A/N#2: I've decided to rewrite this story, cause when I read it, I realized that there was a part of it that was unclear. It didn't really make sense. Now I've added a few things. Thank you so much for you comprehension