Title: An Unlikely Romance
Pairing: Ziva/Ducky romance
I love the characters of Ziva and Ducky. This idea popped into my head while I was watching my season 4 NCIS dvds.
Rating: Teen for now
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my college textbooks, so please don't sue.
Dr. Donald Mallard sat at his desk in the morgue doing paperwork one morning. His mind however, was not on his work, but on the beautiful Mossad officer upstairs. Looking back, Ducky couldn't remember when he fell in love with Ziva David, only that he looked at her one day and he knew. He let out a sigh. She was so beautiful, mysterious and intelligent. There was no way that she could or would ever want him. Ducky was so lost in thought that he didn't hear the doors open, and he jumped when he felt the gentle hand on his shoulder. Looking up he found himself staring into Ziva's kind, brown eyes.
"Ducky are you alright?" He cleared his throat. "Oh yes, I'm fine." "Gibbs sent me down for your report on Master Chief Lewis." Ducky raised an eyebrow and Ziva looked sheepish. "Alright, well….I volunteered to come." They looked at each other for what felt like (to Ducky anyway) several minutes. Almost as if she could read his mind, Ziva suddenly said "you're not old Ducky." He looked startled and she continued "I volunteered because I like you. You don't judge me, and" she picked up his hand, "you're kind." Ducky squeezed her hand. "Thank you my dear." He handed her the requested report, and she looked at it like it was an alien. "Jethro will be wanting that soon." "Oh right" she mumbled. As Ziva turned to go, she softly kissed Ducky's cheek and slipped out of the morgue.
Ziva sighed. It was two o'clock in the afternoon and she was tired of paperwork. Since it was a slow day, the team was catching up on the more clerical aspect of their jobs. Ziva looked up when she heard the elevator ding. One of the ground floor security guards stepped out carrying an enormous vase of colored roses and cala lilies. Making his way over to her desk, he sat the vase down. "These were just delivered for you Officer David." Tony sat up straighter at his desk while Ziva looked at the fragrant blooms suspiciously. No one had ever given her flowers before. Giving her thanks to the guard, she carefully located the card and slipped it out of the tiny envelope.
To the most beautiful, mysterious, exotic and intelligent woman I have ever known. Ducky
"So who is he Zee-vah?" Tony drawled.
"A friend" she answered heading towards the elevator. Pushing the button for the morgue, she leaned against the railing, took a few deep breaths and tried to collect her thoughts. As the door dinged open, she stepped out, resolved to figure out what exactly was happening with herself and the medical examiner.
As luck would have it, Ducky was alone, well as alone as one could be while performing an autopsy. She stood outside and listened to him while he talked to the corpse. "Have you met officer David yet Major Kinnarty? It's a shame you didn't. If you had then you would see why she's been in my dreams every night. But alas," Ducky sighed with reservation "she would never want me. Now, let's see what exactly your last meal was."
After hearing Ducky's confession, Ziva disabled the door alarm and quietly slipped into the room. She stealthily crossed the room and hopped up onto the autopsy table behind Ducky. She watched him as she worked. She couldn't explain it, but she liked Ducky and she cared for him….a lot. It was, how did Tony say it? Oh yes, complicated.
"You know" Ducky spoke again to Major Kinnarty, still completely unaware of her presence in the room. I should ask her out maybe invite her to dinner, somewhere that makes Mediterranean and kosher foods. I bet she misses Israel."
Ziva sniffled. She couldn't help it. Ducky heard it and turned around in time to see two big, fat tears roll down her face. "How do you see me when I'm invisible to everyone else?" she tearfully asked. Ducky used his thumbs to wipe away her tears. "Because I love you Ziva." "I think" she tentatively began "I mean I'm not sure yet, but I think maybe I love you too." Ducky let out a breath that he didn't know he'd been holding. "I want to kiss you Ziva, but this is not romantic" he gestured to the corpse "and you deserve so much more than that. May I take you to dinner tonight at 8 o'clock?"
"Yes. I would love to. Thank you for my flowers. No one has ever given me flowers before." Ducky leaned in and kissed her cheek. "Plan on getting used to being spoiled sweetheart, because I plan on doing it a lot." Ziva shook her head in wonder. "What did I ever do to deserve you?"
Just then Gibbs appeared on the small rectangular monitor by the computers. "David get up here, you've got visitors!"
"I wonder who it could be?" Ziva mused.
Ducky peeled off his gloves and slid the body back into the refrigerated wall. "I don't know but I'll come with you."
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