Co-written with sarajen93.
Thanks to BritMum for the beta.
As much as we'd love to, neither sara nor myself own the brilliance that is NCIS.
Prologue:
Date: February 29, 1991…or is it?
There were three of them: Jethro, Shannon and Kelly Gibbs. One man. One woman. One girl. A father. A wife. A daughter. A family. Shannon and Kelly were the only things in his life that Jethro was actually proud of; that had actually gone right. Until September 29, 1991. 12 years ago, some dirt bag had played "God" and had taken away everything he lived for; had taken away Shannon and Kelly. He avenged their deaths by putting a bullet into the forehead of their killer. He thought it would make him feel better, but he still longed to see Kelly and Shannon just once more. To tell his little girl and his other half how much he loved them and missed them. To set Kelly on his lap and talk about her day at school. To have one night with Shannon to show her how much he loved her. But he would never get that chance…