Title: Flicker in the Dark
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: none
Rating: PG
Summary: Post Twilight. What did Tony do in the time after Kate's death but before her funeral? One-shot
Spoilers: Twilight
So this is my first NCIS fic so please tell me what you think.
I sit at my desk in silence. The rest of the team had long since gone home but I stayed with the excuse that I needed to finish up some paper work. Given the circumstances nobody decided to argue with me this once. The memory kept replaying itself in my mind and I can still feel the warmth of her blood spattered across my face. I begin to turn my head towards her desk in a sad hope that this was all just a horrible nightmare. But this is reality and not a bad chick flick movie, so when I fully turn my head I'm greeted to an empty chair.
A single candle flickers on her desk and it's the only light that can be seen on the floor. Abby had lit it before she left, saying it was something they did back home to lament the dead. I guess I was being melodramatic but I hadn't had the heart to blow it out even though it had been hours since she'd gone home. I decide to go down to autopsy to take one last look at her before the funeral. I know it sounds strange but I want to be able to see the hole the bullet left in her body and somehow I know that, that will be a memory that will stay with me forever.
The door to autopsy creaks open as I walk through it. I don't bother to turn on a light because I know where I'm going. Third from the left, two down, I had memorized it as soon as ducky shut the door knowing that I would be making at least one trip down here. I remove the blanket and just stare down at her.
"You didn't deserve this, it should have been me." I almost don't recognize my voice because of how desperate is sounds.
"Don't you ever say that." Says a voice in the corner and in a heartbeat I have my gun out and pointed into the shadow. The person begins to walk towards me ignoring that fact that I have a weapon pointed at them.
"Is that really how you feel, Tony?" I lower my gun hesitantly when I realize who the voice belongs to. Gibbs. I should have known he wouldn't have gone home so soon.
"It's just she had her whole life in front of her, she deserved more than this."
"And you think you don't?"
I open my mouth but shut it again because I really don't have an answer.
"Come her Tony."
I walk over to Gibbs and he wraps his arms around me. After a second I return the hug but he doesn't let go he just holds me. And as I lay my head on his shoulder I do something that I haven't done in years. I cried.
*Thank for reading
