Title: Boats
Author: MNMmie
Character/Pairing: Ziva David, Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Genre: General/comfort
Rating: G
Challenge: #258 Why?
Wordcount: 204
Spoilers: Well, for me it takes place after 4x16; but I do not exactly mention the episode.
Warnings: None
"Why do you do it, Gibbs? Why do you build these boats?"
The man you are talking to does not look up at your words; if it was not his usual manner of response you would think he had not heard you. But you know better by now, his silence is not a bad thing. It is the reason you came here in the first place. The peaceful silence.
"How are you feeling right now?" He asks you after a while. You snort in reply, while you wipe away one of the numerous tears that have been rolling down your cheeks ever since the moment you sat down at your current spot at the top of the stairs.
´That you even ask." You reply dryly.
"Come down here." He says, waving his hand at you.
As you stand next to him he puts the sanding block in your hand.
"Now, with the grain." He tells you as his hand guides yours.
"Keep some pressure on it, or you will do no good. Concentrate."
You put yourself at the task of sanding.
You do not notice him stepping away from you, you do not notice your tears slowly drying up. He does, and he smiles.