A/N: I came up with this story when I was watching the episode "Headcase" during season 3. Ziva was reading an email that Tony got (and was reading) and then commented, "I didn't know your nickname was Honey Buns." Then Gibbs sneaks up in his usual way and says "Only Naomi and I call him that." To which Tony replies "I didn't think you were going to say anything about that boss." This is just my take on that scene (or rather, what happened after the episode was done).
Disclaimer: I don't own anything you recognize. They belong to big companies with expensive lawyers. I'm just borrowing for a little bit and making no money.
Tony and Gibbs are on Gibbs' couch, watching a rerun of Magnum PI. Gibbs is sitting up on one end and Tony is lying down, across the couch, with his head on Gibbs' lap.
Suddenly, Gibbs remembers the something about the day before. "So who is this Naomi chick who emailed you? And why did she call you honey buns?" He says, slightly on a offensive note.
"She is just a cousin of mine whom I haven't talked to for a while. It's nothing." Tony explains, trying to stay away from the honey buns question.
"Why did she call you honey buns?" Gibbs asks, losing the hard edge of his voice. "I don't know much about your family but normally, a name like that, there's a story behind it."
"No, there is no story behind it." Tony says, trying to lie, but knowing its not going to fool Gibbs. He is still facing towards the TV and not looking at Gibbs.
"Yeah right. I promise I won't tell anybody." Gibbs says.
"Okay, fine. I'll tell you but it doesn't leave this room and you're going to promise to take it to the grave."
"I promise nobody is going to know it from me."
Tony turns so his face and body are facing upwards. "Well one summer when I was 13 and Naomi was 16, I stayed their farm for about a week, like I usually did. We were wandering around and were pretty far from the house when we spotted a tree that we'd never seen before. It was perfect for climbing. I wanted to show off, so I climbed a little too fast. When I was about 6 feet up, I slipped and fell. On the way down, however, I hit a beehive that still had honey in it. Needless to say, my ass landed on the beehive. Luckily, there were no bees in there. Either that or I squished them all. Once I recovered enough to get up, we had to walk a long way back to the house. Which it would have been an uncomfortable enough walk with just the sore ass. My ass cheeks were stuck together and made a squelching noise every time I took a step with my left foot. Ever since then, she has called me honey buns."
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