He knew as soon as it was out of his mouth that he shouldn't have said it – that the universe was going to throw the words and sentiment back into his face, and hard. Telling Gibbs that he was all but sure he was destined to be childless, and worse, rootless, because he had long since stopped relying on the man as his surrogate dad, and Senior certainly was no anchor in the storms of life – what could he have possibly been thinking? And then, three mornings later on his rare weekend off, Zoe had informed him that things were about to change and in a big way. And he didn't know whether to be ecstatic or scared shitless, so he see-sawed between the both of them. And when he'd recovered a little from the shock of it all, his first thought was to tell Gibbs, because even though things weren't the same between them, and probably never would be, Tony remembered all the good times before, when Gibbs had given a damn about him and how he'd felt about what happened in his life. But that was then, and this was now. And when he'd flat out told his boss and friend of almost fifteen years that he was looking for a sense of belonging, the man who so casually tossed around 'familyisms' to Abby and Ziva couldn't be bothered to muster a single word to the fact that Tony already had family, and that he belonged to them – to Gibbs, and Abby and Tim, and now Bishop. Not even a grunt of disagreement, just an odd look, and then back to the case at hand. Well, now Tony could either let them in or not, though eventually they'd all know anyways. Still, it would have been nice – would have felt good, and real – if he had thought Gibbs cared enough to be told right now, like a proud grandfather. He didn't know really what was going on with the older man, and anymore it was getting so he didn't care. And for the time being, he didn't have the inclination to figure it out. He had a life to live, a family of his own now, and he belonged to them heart and soul. Like Dorothy looking for where she belonged, he didn't need to look any further than his own front door.