Tiva Songfic to Two is Better than One
Cos when I close my eyes and drift away I think of you and everything's ok
Tony. He was the one who got her through 3 months of torture. In reality, he was thousands of miles away, parted by an ocean, but in her mind he was there the whole time. Each time Saleem and his men inflicted pain on her, beat her, used her for their own gratification, she would close her eyes and picture his face. Her visual of his face kept her from crying, kept her from feeling, and seemed to numb her from some of the pain. 3 months she pictured him every time a hand, whip or some form of weapon touched her. 3 months until she didn't have to imagine anymore. Until there he was- seated across her, beaten and dirty.
So maybe its true that I can't live without you
"Why are you here?"
"Couldn't live without you, I guess"
His words echoed in her mind like a song that wouldn't go away. Those words were the light at the tunnel. The tunnel being Somalia and the light being that after everything she had done, after everything they had been through, he still couldn't live without her. She still mattered to him. And he definitely mattered to her.
MONTHS LATER…
There's so much time to figure out the rest of our lives
Tony: Are you ready for the adventure of a lifetime?
Ziva: It is just a movie, Tony.
Tony: How dare you? Is Mickey just a mouse? Ringling Brothers just a circus?
Ziva: Yes.
Tony: [chuckles] Well, you see, that's why you don't have any friends.
Ziva: I do have friends!
Tony: Really? Then what are you doing with me, watching a movie on a Friday night at work? Huh?
Ziva: You are my friend.
Tony: Really?
Ziva took a sip of her drink. She wanted to talk, to tell him how she was feeling, but things were getting back to normal. 'Another time', she thought. 'I'm not going anywhere'