AN: Sorry for the lack of updates! Life got a bit busy, but I hope to play catch up over the next couple weeks. Hope your Thanksgiving was as blessed as mine! I really enjoyed the two-parter, and I for one LOVE delving into the past and unanswered questions. And so, here are the first two tags with a bit of that theme continued. Thanks so much for reading! More to come soon!


McAllister: You ever work with Jenny Sheppard?


The past was never something Gibbs could put behind him. Whether it was his Father, his ex-wives or his most painful memories. Sometimes he wasn't sure what was worse, remembering when he lost her or remembering the moment she walked into his life.

She was beautiful.

To say the least.

Everything about her drove him crazy and she revived feelings that he thought would be dormant for good.

But just like everything else, there was no happily ever after.

There was no fate. No fairy tale.

So he did what he always did. Completed the mission.

And that's what he would keep doing.

Because the past is the past.

No matter how much it refused to stay there.