AN: Co-written by Ink on Paper and me (Weasley's Revenge). Chronicles Jibbs through the times of day starting with Predawn
Predawn
If you were to ask Jethro Gibbs his first impression of one Jennifer Shepard, he would be torn between saying : "Hot" and "smart ass" because she was both. Her first sentence to him was, "Do you prefer Leroy, Jethro, or Leroy Jethro," which she accented with her tantalizing smirk. Of course, he was married at the time which hadn't helped things much, and he was pretty sure Diane would hit him with a golf club if he ever acted on any of the
thoughts she stirred in him.
And if you were to ask Jenny Shepard her first impression of one Leroy Jethro Gibbs, she probably wouldn't respond. Because she really couldn't call her boss a "chauvinist" anymore than she could call him a "bastard"-regardless how well the two words defined this enigma of a man. Of course, she didn't really have much time to figure him out before he offended her (on purpose, she swears), evoking the infamous red-headed temper. "Do you prefer Jenny or Red," A comment that left her boiling, internally debating if she should kiss him or hit him with, say, a nine-iron?
And if you were to ask Diane her first impression of two partners, she would try and kill you (probably with a nine iron) because she saw what was going. And it didn't matter how much Jethro denied her claims. He was getting some somewhere else and she wasn't happy about it. She wondered how Director Morrow could be so stupid as to put a leggy red-head on Jethro's team. And yes, their marriage may have been doomed from the very start, but Jennifer Shepard sure didn't help things.
Of course, Diane was not right about everything, because it is human nature to be flawed. And so she was quite wrong in assuming that Jethro was participating in an extra-marital affair because after all, her distant husband did have a ethical code he adhered to, one of the first five rules happening to clearly state: Do not screw over your partner. And, in some sense, Diane was his partner. But it was his probie that actually understood him more than Diane could even try to. Jenny related to the job, the stress, and the pressures. Jenny kept the same schedule. And long stakeouts happened to be a good time to talk about the nothings that amounted to everything, and he would listen, occasionally adding his few cents. Jenny didn't press when it didn't matter, but she never relented when it did. When she had to save him from himself, or tell him off for being an ass–which was something only few were brave enough to do. And he admired her for it, and eventually respected her because of it.
They were friends before they were lovers because he was married, and she young, and they were too close to the situation to see what was obvious to everyone around them. Except for Director Morrow, who may or may not have been blind or stupid or a little bit of both.
And they were colleagues before they were friends because she was his probie and he was her boss. Because for some unfathomable reason fate had dropped her under his tutelage
Because apparently she either appeased the gods or royally pissed them off –for Jethro Gibbs was both a blessing and a curse.
Because Jethro Gibbs was Jethro Gibbs and Jenny Shepard was Jenny Shepard. And it was that simple. Simply complex and utterly simple.
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