Friends with benefits
It was the special bond between Abby and Gibbs which everyone was noticing, but no one could ever explain it exactly. Also Gibbs was always standing way too close to Abby for being just friends, he was always invading her space. But what the team didn't know, what nobody knew was that Abby and Gibbs had been friends with benefits.
It started around the first year. Gibbs was frustrated, being left by his first wife after Shannon and Abby was frustrated being left by a jerk which had been her boyfriend after a month. It started as a normal: boat-bourbon session with a lot of alcohol and somehow they made their way up to his bedroom to release their frustration. They made rules, not showing/telling anything at work, repetition always welcomed, but they weren't in love, just enjoying very good sex.
So the years went by. Abby told him how to spell and read ASL, Gibbs told her how to sand the boat correctly, they got to know each other way better, talking about the past, hopes, frustrations, and a lot more, but still no one had fallen in love. They were now very good friends with benefits and their codeword for it was: "Gibbs, tonight" or "Abby tonight". No string attached and somehow it was comforting.
But it was in the 10th year when something started to change in Abby. She wanted more. She couldn't stop thinking or fantasizing about her silver-haired-fox. She had always dreaded the moment when she'd fall in love. They say women never can have sex without starting to fall in love and maybe it was true. Oh god how she longed for this man, to be with him for real, not just have sex, but a real relationship. But now he was with Ryan and it seemed pretty serious, which meant no sex at all and not much time to spend with Gibbs. She felt her heart breaking.
But it was also a hard year for Gibbs. Abby was invading his dreams, his thoughts; even her smell drove him crazy, provoking a hard on instantly. When she had told him the news on the case in front of the MTAC he had nearly forgotten and kissed her properly, but they were at work, so it just had to be a kiss on the cheek, or better, a kiss which wouldn't make it obvious. When he was sleeping with Ryan he had to think about Abby to even make it possible to sleep with her. It would be sooner or later that he'd cry out her name and it happened sooner than later.
So it ended again with Abby and Gibbs spending the night at his house. When Gibbs wanted to kiss her she withdrew herself.
"Abbs, what is it? Don't you want it anymore?" Gibbs was puzzled.
"I can't do it anymore Gibbs!" Abby had tears in her eyes, but she willed herself not to cry
"What, why?"
"Oh god Gibbs…I don't know how to explain it…" Abby started to sob.
Gibbs moved closer to her and took her into his arms.
"Just tell me." He said calmly
"But it'll change a lot Gibbs."
"It doesn't matter, Abbs. Tell me now please." He tried to comfort her and stroked her hair to calm her.
"I don't know when and how…but somehow along the way….Gibbs…I've fallen in love."
He looked shocked. Abby had fallen in love. With whom? She hadn't told him she was dating someone. No, that couldn't be true.
"…with you." she added whispering
Gibbs took her face into his hands and kissed her profoundly showing her that he felt the same, that it wasn't just sex anymore, that it something more serious, more bigger, more lasting than just a fleeting moment of joy. It would be a whole future with happiness and love. A love he never imagined to experience again.