Chapter 1 - Date Night
By dead-body-number-2
Author's Note: The team goes undercover as gay couples to catch two killers targeting homosexual sailors at local nightclubs. Sorry, no smut and no slash!
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Gibbs' team was gathered in the bullpen early in the morning. Yesterday they had been handed a new case. Two men had been assaulting gay sailors and their partners at local D.C. night clubs and gay bars. Another NCIS team had been handling the case until two days ago when it escalated to murder. Gibbs' team had spent the day gathering evidence and interviewing witnesses trying to find out who had beaten a petty officer to death and left his companion in a coma.
Abby said, "These guys are good Gibbs. They haven't left much forensic evidence behind for me to test. No fingerprints, no DNA and the footprints and fibers we did get are too common to narrow anything down.
"Not much from the witnesses either Boss," DiNozzo added. "White, average height, average build. Wearing gray hoodies, dark pants, sun glasses and scarves and over their faces."
"We are treed," lamented Ziva.
"I think she means stumped," said McGee. "However Abby and I have analyzed the pattern of the attacks and we have narrowed it down to these places as the most likely to be where the next attack will occur."
McGee put a map up on the plasma.
"We need a new plan," said Gibbs. "You're going undercover."
"Yes!" yelled Tony. He loved undercover work almost more than he loved movies. Ziva thinks it is because he's secretly a frustrated actor who'd rather been in a film than watch one.
"What are we going as? Bartenders? Waiters?"
"No DiNozzo. You'll be going as a sailor."
Tony hissed, "Yes!", again.
"And McGee's gonna be your date."
"Boss?" McGee said with a bit of fear in his voice.
"Don't worry Probie. I'll be gentle," Tony said as he smiled.
Ziva started to giggle at McGee's reaction.
"And you Agent David will be with Abby."
"Cool!" said Abby. "I haven't done any undercover work in a while." Abby remembered when she and Ziva and Agent Lee have played arm candy for McGee's alter ego, Thom E. Gemcity, when the were trying get into One club. She felt a twinge of sorrow for Agent Lee who had been killed in a shootout while trying to save her kidnapped sister.
"Ha!" said Tony with a smile that threatened to split his head in half.
"DiNozzo, I am warning you!" said Ziva with an angry stare.
Gibbs' slap to the back of his head only partially wiped the smile off Tony's face.
"McGee, get with Abby. You're going to need to be dressed right."
Abby smirked at McGee. "Oh, this is going to be fun. Come on Timmy let's go shopping."
McGee looked at the others with his best "Help me!" face, but it was no use. Ziva and Tony just smiled at him and Gibbs stared at the map on the screen.
Abby had McGee try on a dozen outfits in the store before she found the one that worked. McGee stood before her in a purple, long sleeved shirt with subtle, embroidered vertical lines. He wore a pair of skinny jeans and dress boots with a slight heel. The shirt wasn't tucked into he pants and the top few buttons were left unbuttoned to show off a silver necklace with a St. Christopher pendant.
"Oh, Tim it's you!"
As he looked in the mirror he had to admit he looked good and was grateful that he had dropped all those pounds a while back.
"It's still missing something," said Abby as she walked around him. "I know! You need an earring!"
McGee didn't like it, but it did seem like a good idea.
Abby went over to the jewelry counter and quickly selected an earring. McGee came over and saw what she was looking at.
"Abby no! No, I am not letting you talk me into getting my ear pierced! You don't even have pierced ears! Besides isn't it going to be obvious that I just got it done with all the swelling and stuff?"
"Yeah, you're right. Guess we can use a clip on, but damn you would look so hot with a diamond stud!"
Abby selected a small pierceless earring for him and he tried it on.
"Perfect!" said Abby as she admired her handiwork.
Back in her lab, Abby was trying to persuade McGee to let her superglue a diamond stud earring to his earlobe when Tony walked in wearing a Lieutenant Commander's uniform.
"Wow! Don't you look sharp!" said Abby.
"Well, when you got it you got it and when you don't your name's McGee."
"Thanks Tony,"said McGee sarcastically.
"Actually McGorgeous, you're not looking bad. I assume this is Abby's doing."
"You assume correctly. Now, the clothes and hair and jewelry are done. Next you need to practice."
"Practice what?" said Tony.
"Being a couple. You know. Touching, hugging, kissing," said Abby with an evil grin.
Tony and McGee looked at each other uncomfortably.
"What? You're going on a date. You gonna stand six feet apart the whole time? Now huddle up."
After some eye rolling McGee went over and stood in front of Tony. Abby took McGee's arms and placed them around Tony's back and positioned Tony's around McGee's waist.
"Now kiss!"
McGee sighed and gave Tony a peck on the check.
"McGee! Your guy has been at sea six months and that's how you kiss him?"
"Abby."
"Shush. Now kiss like you mean it."
This time the two men kissed briefly on the lips.
"Better, but ..."
Abby moved Tony's right hand down to McGee's ass.
"McGee, you keep rolling your eyes like that and they're going to get stuck. Here let's try this. Close your eyes and keep them closed."
Abby took McGee's face in her hands and gave him a long, passionate open mouth kiss. After she pulled away, McGee, eyes still shut, had a big grin on his face. Tony smiled assuming she would do the same to him.
"Okay, remember that, keep your eyes closed and kiss Tony."
Tony winced slightly, but said nothing.
McGee did as he was told and kissed Tony the same way Abby had kissed him. After a few moments he broke the kiss. A string of spit dangled briefly between the two men's mouths.
"Nice! Now you're getting it. You have to think of it like costume you're putting on."
Tony smiled and leaned in to whisper in McGee's ear. "You have very soft lips Probie."
"DiNozzo…," McGee warned.
"Now go over there and practice. I have work to do."
She watched as Tony and McGee kissed again. Then McGee pulled away suddenly.
"Tony, you stick your tongue in my mouth again and I will slug you!"
"Sorry, force of habit."
"Yeah right!"
"Get over it McPhobic."
"Oh yeah? I almost forgot about that guy who tonsils you swallowed … Stringfellow!"
Tony reached up and flicked McGee's earring. McGee shoved Tony and Tony shoved McGee back hard. The fight was on. They jumped on each other and wrestled to the floor.
Abby shook her head and buried her face in her hands. It was going to be a long night.
FOOF!
Author's Note: McGee is referring to the events in Season 1 Episode 19 "Dead Man Talking" when Tony is undercover using the alias Stringfellow and unknowingly kisses a preoperative transexual, living as a woman, who is wanted for murder.