A minor introduction to this collection - I wrote small Christmas-y oneshots this year for various friends. These friends support different ships, hence the jumble in here. I hope you enjoy!
Kitten Tinsel - Jibbs
"Jethro, stop teasing that damn cat."
Leroy Jethro Gibbs looked up at his wife with his most innocent expression on his face. It was Christmas Eve and he had long since grown tired of the Christmas Spirit he was supposed to have, Abby had worn him out with her constant excitement for the last month, Tony seemed to have been on a permanent sugar high, while Ziva had not understood their repeated explanations of the festive season.
Not to mention the presents he was supposed to buy (and the endless lines he'd had to stand in to buy hideously overpriced gifts from scowling shop assistants), the repetitive annoying 'festive' music playing everywhere that made him want to pull out his gun and go on a killing spree, and the tacky decorations and lights he had been bumping into since before Halloween.
So who could fault him for teasing Jenny's kitten?
"It's tinsel, Jen," he remarked calmly, flicking his wrist with practiced ease and letting the shiny thread dance across the floor, which was rapidly followed by the kitten pouncing on it and trying to bite it.
Jenny smiled as though the kitten was her own child before rounding on her husband again. "You're teasing her. Plus she doesn't know not to eat it." She smiled at the kitten once more. "Right sweetie?"
Jethro flicked the tinsel again and the kitten ignored the redhead to attack. He smirked as Jenny frowned, offering his end of the tinsel to his wife. Jenny looked at it, considering. Then she took it and grinned.
"But it's important we play with her," she decided.
He smiled as he watched his two girls at play, and decided to lay in a supply of tinsel every year.