Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous that's what you are.
Note: Was listening to Not Meant To Be by Theory of A Deadman and was getting teary eyed because it made me think of Tony and Ziva do not, I repeat Do Not listen to it and think of Tiva. Very bad idea. Anyways, I was struggling with writing one of the casefics that came to my mind so I wrote this because it will help me a lot with writing lengthy stories there will be twenty-six chapters in this and if there just so happens to be another fanfiction using the same words, I apologize for I haven't read any alphabet stories so...This is also AU, Ziva never left.
. A is for Askew .
His apartment is huge. Something that wouldn't typically bother him, especially since it is currently being funded by the government since he was transferred rather quickly, but the vastness is a reminder of just how alone he is. He had to leave everyone, only got a day to decide his fate and everyone told him to go as if he didn't even matter to them. So he went and regrets the choice greatly.
There's a wound in his brain where some geek should be rambling along with nonsense, the back of his skull doesn't bare the pain of a head slap, his ears aren't being talked off by a goth or from absorbing too much of a medical examiner's history, and their is a hole in his heart where a certain Israeli isn't teasing him profusely. He is lonely, which is so askew. He has so much headed for him in this busy city where a serial killer is on the lose, he has so much in making a great name for himself now that he is no longer under Gibbs' shadow. He has so much before him, but far too much behind back in Washington.
He needs his team.
...
The rest of the day goes on with him unpacking, first his bathroom supplies so that he can shower and then his suits that are all wrinkly and could use a good time at the dry cleaner's. He decides to order take out even if he isn't starved, his first day is tomorrow and he can't make a terrible impression. He is curious about his new team, supposedly two agents...a Malcolm Cook and Jane Finny, great agents who have both been on other team's but nothing amounting to anything lengthy. Both are young, only in their mid-thirties and will in no doubt point out his age a couple of times, if he decides to be the ever so kind boss.
He hasn't decided the kind of boss he wants to be. Should he use head-slaps? Should he yell? Should he be nice? Keep paperclips on hand? Should he call them probie? Make fun of them? Pick fights?
He barely touches his dinner, instead he logs on his computer and searches aimlessly through google about what type of boss he should be, mostly getting mentions that he should be himself. The problem? He has no clue who he is. DiNozzo, is the man who is childish, hits on women - not in two years -, makes movie quotes, and fights with his coworkers. Tony is the kind one, the one only a few people have really gotten to know.
He scratches his stubble, contemplates getting off and trying to get some sleep when he spies "ninjagirl25" hop online. A smile graces his features as he requests a video chat and almost immediately he sees her face pop onto the screen with her own wide smile.
"Hello." Ziva greets him, running a hand through her curls. He can tell she's in her bedroom, seated on her bed wrapped in her white sheets, a coffee mug - most likely filled with tea - sits on the bedside table beside her, but all he truly sees are those beautiful eyes and not to mention the white tank top that hugs tightly against her breasts.
"Well, Hi." He greets in turn, flashing her his wide DiNozzo grin. They are miles apart, but suddenly he feels so close to home."What are you doing up so early?" He jibes, not at all surprised when she fires back with:
"What are you doing up so late?" She smiles when she says it though and he can feel his heart pounding with so much longing to have her here beside him, it doesn't make anything easier to know she wants to be here too.
"Trying to figure out what kind of boss I want to be." They stopped being dishonest two years ago and he sees no reason to lie to her now, in fact she'll probably offer him some advice in the matter. As soon as her mouth begins to open he leans back, taking the laptop in his lap and tilting the screen up slightly so that he can get a better view of her.
"You will be the best boss, Tony. Have a little confidence in yourself, I have seen you in action before." He watches her bite down on her bottom lip as if remembering that time almost, in fact relatively close as in a year away to a being decade now. "I miss you." She says breathlessly, her gaze falling towards something on the bed. "A lot."
"I miss you too, sweet cheeks. I'll be home soon." He adds the last part after a moment of hesitation because the truth he doesn't know if he will be home so soon, this serial killer could prove to be a huge problem if not caught quickly... it could take months before he could get home.
"Damn." He hears her curse as she looks at her phone. "All I ask is for one night, I have to go Tony. It is Gibbs." She frowns, her hand reaching out as if she would be placing an affection touch on his cheek but there is a screen blocking her from doing such so instead she just runs her hand along the spot that would be his cheek, a saddened smile on her face. "I will call you when I get the chance."
"I look forward to it." He smiles, reaching out to rest his palm against the screen where hers still lingers. "Take care of yourself."
"You too." She looks as if she is about to add something, but then the screen goes dark and he can practically hear the frustrated war between Gibbs and her.
Sighing, he flips off the laptop and saunters to the master bed, flopping down without a seconds thought. He would love nothing more than to have her here, to finally have the conversation they have been so skillfully working towards and yes it's taken them a decade to finally get to this point in their lives, but he wouldn't change one single moment.
Before someone whines and says I was bashing one of the team , Nope, Nope, I wasn't. I love them all, even Vance and I would never talk badly of them. Also, it seems as if I have been uploading something daily and this is because my mojo is really striking, I don't know how long this will keep going on so I might skip a few days and I apologize for that. Have a glorious day.~