wiTitle: Tea Party
Fandom: NCIS
Author: Alidiabin
Words: 376
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Warnings/ Spoilers/Rating: up to 9x04 | none| teen
Parings: Ducky/Gibbs
Summary: Ducky teaches Gibbs how to brew tea properly.
Tea Party
Gibbs walked up the stairs from his basement after he heard somebody walk into his house. He wondered if it was Abby, after her recent family tree revelation she may want to talk or more accurately speak at Gibbs. It could also be Ziva who was almost convinced Gibbs could not cook a meal for himself and regularly turned up with home cooked food. Gibbs knew it was just her way of taking care of her family and he was not complaining Ziva was a good cook.
He got to the top of the stairs to find neither Abby nor Ziva but Ducky. The elder man held in his hand a teapot.
"Abby told," Gibbs said. He wondered if his tea, was bad enough for a caf!pow swilling goth to complain to Ducky, who proclaimed proudly to be a tea purist, about.
"Abigail is not good with secrets," Ducky muttered. "Speaking of Abigail, is she all right? She doesn't seem quite herself."
"She will be," Gibbs uttered, trying not to reveal too much, because Abby had come to him in confidence.
"I see," Ducky whispered. He did not press for more, because as much as he worried about his friend, he knew it was not Gibbs story to tell. "Now, I did not come here to talk about Abby. I came to teach you how to make tea."
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A little while later, Gibbs sat in his kitchen drinking the properly brewed tea. Ducky sat opposite him. His hands wrapped around the steaming mug. He seemed to be in another place, he looked almost vulnerable.
"What ya thinking about, Duck?" Gibbs asked.
"Lots of things," Ducky replied. "You know me, my mind is always active."
He thought about his various friends; he worried about Abby and whatever had caused her to come to Gibbs, he worried about Tony who seemed distant and about Jimmy's impending vows. But as he sat drinking his tea, an inner peace ran over him. His worries disappeared if only for a little while.
"You need to turn that brain of yours off," Gibbs muttered with a cheeky smirk.
Ducky put down his tea and adjusted his glasses.
"Do you have any suggestions about how we may do that, Jethro?" Ducky replied.
A/N: Look what I found when I was cleaning out my computer. I'm still new to this pairing so concrit is welcome.