Abby Sciuto, I've fallen in love with you.
If only it was that easy.
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Tony DiNozzo had a predicament. How do you tell your best friend that you've fallen for them. And not in a I think I might like you more than I think way. In a I've fallen head over heels, body, mind and soul in love with you way. And he had no chance of falling out of love anytime soon.
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Damn Gibbs and his rule twelve
It was a rainy sunday night, and once again, Tony was sat on his couch, lost in thought. He had put one of his favourite James Bond movies on – The Spy who loved me, but instead of lusting over the Bond girl on screen, Tony's thoughts drifted to a certain lab tech in a mini-skirt and platform boots. His feelings for the goth had strengthened over time, not lessened as he thought. He didn't allow himself to be alone with her anymore, not trusting himself to blurt something out or jump her. Recently, his mind had been warming to the idea of telling her, or someone, how he felt about her. His first thought had been Ziva. She was a woman, she could give him a female perspective. But she would also never let him live it down – the great bachelor Tony DiNozzo had fallen in love. With his best friend, no less. For a second he considered McGee – but instantly dismissed it. He knew Abby and McGee had had a thing back when McGee had first been attached to the team, and he was sure McGee still had feelings for the lab tech. Jenny had helped him before when he had needed advice relationship wise – but he couldn't see her condoning a relationship with someone at NCIS, especially because of the way she and Gibbs had ended. Gibbs, aha. No. Freakin'. Way. Which left Ducky – the obvious choice. He hesitated though. Ducky was like a grandfather to Abby, and would probably not approve. So he put it all off again. He had been trying for two weeks, and yet again, he had stopped outside the doors to autopsy, and then turned on his heel.
Maybe he'd do it tomorrow.
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Abby reclined further in the tub and let her thoughts drift back to the previous week. Tony was acting weird. He barely spent any time in her lab anymore, and if he was, it was only because he was with Gibbs, Ziva or McGee. Before, he would just come down and hang out instead of doing paperwork like the others. Now, Abby saw more of Gibbs than she did Tony. Gibbs too, had noticed how Tony no longer spent as much time in the lab as he normally did, but had assured her it was just 'DiNozzo being DiNozzo' and that she had done nothing wrong. So what was up with Tony?