Hair Dye

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It was another typically slow day at the navy yard. Gibbs' team hadn't caught a case in the past few days, so the atmosphere was pretty lax. Tony DiNozzo wasn't at his desk where he should have been, but down in the lab with Abby. He was sat on the metal table that was opposite Abby where she stood tapping away at her computer- finishing up on some fingerprint analysis for another team.

Twirling a lollipop between his lips, he watched Abby intently for a while before breaking the silence between them- despite the loud music already playing in the lab.

"Abbs?"

"Hmm?" The scientist responded as she entered a few more keystrokes into the keyboard.

"Do you dye your hair?" Tony asked as he turned his head and squinted slightly at the back of her head.

"Why do you ask?"

"Because I think your roots are showin'."

Quickly leaning forward, Abby grabbed her compact mirror that was coincidently sitting on the desk behind her keyboard. Lifting the mirror up past her forehead, she examined her hairline between her pigtails. Tony was right, she was due for a re-dye. "Great," she mumbled.

"Abbs, you're a-"

"You dare tell Gibbs and finish that sentence, I'll kill you myself."

As If ever on queue, Gibbs strolled into the lab depositing the Caf-Pow! he had in hand onto the desk and lent forward to kiss Abby on the cheek. "Tell me what, and finish what sentence?"

"Our Abby is a natural redhead, boss!" Tony couldn't help himself, he couldn't keep his mouth shut as he made a hasty retreat from her lab as Abby slowly glared and took a step toward him.

"I swear I'm gonna kill him," the Goth growled, staring toward the door with an unimpressed look on her face.

"This true, Abbs?" The special agent asked softly as he carefully examined her features.

Biting her lip, she was unwilling to tell him the truth. Though, there was no point in lying about it now. She nodded in agreement.

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Later that night, Abby was stood in her bathroom staring at herself in the mirror. She was slightly annoyed that Tony had blabbed to Gibbs that she was indeed a natural redhead. It wasn't exactly her MOAS, but she didn't want to be put in the same category as Gibbs' ex wives and girlfriends because of the red hair.

She sighed as she felt two strong arms wrap around her waist from behind. "You threw out my hair dyes, didn't you?" she asked as her head fell back against Gibbs' shoulder.

"Mmhmm," he confirmed as he placed a soft kiss on the side of her neck. "You can dye it again once I've seen what it looks like."

"Do you know how long that'll take!" She vented, frustration evident in her voice. It wasn't exactly a question, he knew exactly how long it would take for it to all grow out. "I'm gonna kill DiNozzo," she huffed as she stepped out of the bathroom.

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"Have a pleasant evening, boss?" was the first thing Tony had asked as Gibbs strolled into the bullpen the next morning.

"Yea, thanks for the intel." The elder agent replied as he sat at his desk. With a smirk on his face, Gibbs continued: "Oh, by the way Tony. Abby is looking for ya."

"Anthony D. DiNozzo Jr.," he heard an all too familiar female voice yell from the rear elevator. "When I find you, you're dead!"

"Catch you later, boss!" The very special agent winced as he jumped up from his desk and literally ran to the stairwell.

Gibbs couldn't help but grin watching the scene play out as Abby trudged into the bullpen asking where his senior field agent went off to. He knew he shouldn't, but he pointed over his shoulder to the stairwell and watched in amusement as his forensic scientist made a bee line for the stairs.

A/N: I know it'd never happen, but what if? Also, something tells me I like to torture Tony just little bit. R&R! (:
A/N #2: Yes, I'm pretty much aware of PP's natural hair colour. If I didn't research the show, the characters, the character background and history, the show and the actors, I wouldn't be very good at what I do- now would I? I'm writing about fictional characters in a fictional story for a fictional TV show. I know there's a huge difference between the actors and the characters played on screen. I'm portraying Abby with a natural hair colour of red in this one- otherwise my idea wouldn't have worked. Sorry for the second authors note, I just felt it was needed.