Title: And I Love you so
Author: Trista Groulx aka dustytiger
Rating: T (like the show)
Disclaimer: NCIS belongs to it's network, creator, writers, actors and actresses who bring it to life weekly. I am a very poor crafter who is board being unemployed and am only doing this for funzies.
Warnings: This deals with character death, Ziva's. This fic also alludes to the fact that Ziva and Tony had a relationship in the past. Tony's love interest in this is Zoe Keates. I don't want to be harassed for choosing to tell this story this way. I am not going to stop writing because of a few bad apples being bullies and I hope that other authors will also take a stand. All non-constrictive will be erased and reported when possible (although this site allowing anonymity means authors just have to keep seeing awful things and all we can do is erase it.) Rant over sorry kids.
Summary: After DiNozzo finds out that Ziva was killed in Israel he discovers she had a daughter – their daughter. He has to fit her into his new life with Keates.
Notes: This idea came to me a while ago like most of my plot bunnies it kept me up until I started to hash out a fic. I know that some of you are going to say this is out of character for Ziva, and you're right but this is something I really wanted to write. The title is of course from a song, it's by Don McLean and although it's likely about a romantic love I think it fits for a father and daughter. As usual I will be updating daily and this fic is twelve parts long as of right now. DiNozzo's daughter will appear in part three.


Anthony DiNozzo was sitting at the bar with a rocks glass in front of him, sipping on whisky. He was just starting to relax when he saw a newsfeed start up. He looked up at the screen a little surprised to that ZNN was playing as he waited to see if any of his co-workers would come join him. Something about what he was seeing caught his eyes.

"Can you put the sound on?" he asked the bartender.

"I can hit the closed caption, man," the skinny moustached man replied.

"Thanks."

He looked at the closed caption reading "among the dead is the daughter of the former director of Mossad." He sighed softly and shook his head. It had been a long time since he'd seen her but it didn't lessen the shock. He knew she had chosen her homeland even if it was dangerous, but he'd hoped since she was no longer part of Mossad she would be safe. He certainly had never expected this.

"You all right over there?" the bartender asked.

"As okay as anyone would be seeing that an old friend was killed," he replied sourly.

"Sorry man."

"Thanks."

He put some money down on the bar, more than he really needed to, before he left. As he opened the door a cold wind slapped him in the face. He wondered how long it would be before everyone in the building found out about what happened. He already knew that there would be whispered and stopped conversations around him the next day at work. He just hoped the people he worked most closely with would respect his need to stay quiet on the matter.

He pulled into the driveway of the townhouse he now shared with his fiancée. He went inside, and found no lights on, which he was happy about. He went to the bathroom to brush his teeth before stripping down to his boxers and slipping beneath the sheets.

"Spider?" a sleepy voice asked.

"No one else showed up," he told her, not wanting to talk about what had happened yet.

"Oh okay."

He knew she was asleep again only moments later. He punched his pillow and stared up at the ceiling in the dark, knowing he wouldn't be getting much sleep that night. There was too much going on in his head. He couldn't believe that Ziva was really gone. He hadn't even thought about her in so long now everything they had gone through together kept replaying in his head.

Notes: Well that was part one. Please be kind if this isn't your jam that's fine but you don't need to be cruel. Reviews are good for the soul. Well it's out now…. So glad to have something out there in the universe right now. Chapter sizes in this might be on the small side on this one but it was time to share it.