we are a family
People don't expect a lot of me. They do that because they believe the mask that they see. That of the goofball, slacker, spoiled rich kid and flirter façade. A mask that conceals all my feelings and emotions behind a hundred watt smile.
There are a few people who get to see the real me. Not all the time but they see the glimpses. They are my family in all but blood.
There is my grandfather Ducky aka the teams pathologist. A wise older man who can amuse me with lots of interesting stories tough they are a little long winded. He saw through my mask from the first moment he saw me. Not surprising really because he dabbles a bit in psychology.
Than we have my father Leroy Jethro Gibbs aka gunnery sergeant Gibbs aka Gibbs aka boss aka the boss man (if your Abby). The strict parental figure but with a golden hart. He always follows his gut and it has never been wrong. Gibbs saw the real me after a difficult case we had and I had trouble keeping the mask on.
My sister Abby aka our forensic scientist extraordinaire is a walking contradiction. She is the happiest Goth that you'll ever meet. She is one of a kind. She always says what's on her mind so how could I keep hiding myself from a gentle person like her. She takes me the way I am. The mask has never been up with just her around.
My dork of a little brother Timothy Mcgee aka agent Mcgee our computer expert aka famous writer Thom E. Gemcity. You know I tease him a lot. I give him nicknames like probie or Mcdork, I'll superglue his keyboard or just basically get him in trouble with our father (sorry boss). He has seen a lot of glimpses of the real me he's just not sure which me is real.
Then there is my uncle Leon Vance aka the director of NCIS. You know that one family member that you absolutely hate. He is that to me. He'll never really see me but every family has someone you don't like but you can't leave them out of the family because otherwise you'll feel like there's something missing.
My cousin Jimmy Palmer aka the autopsy gremlin. When I first met him I didn't like him. He was always in the way. But I got to know him better when father (Boss) went on "vacation to Mexico". He saw the real me the day after Gibbs left and I needed a drink from Ducky's hidden whisky bottle not knowing that palmer was still around. I got drunk and he listened.
Last but not least Ziva David aka Mossad ninja agent. Okay, she isn't really a ninja but she can kill in 14 different ways with a spoon. I don't know what she is to me really. The feelings I have for her are confusing. Sometimes I feel jealousy when she goes out with another guy and sometimes I feel like I have to protect her like she's my sister. Maybe I'm in love with her or maybe all we have is sexual tension. Maybe she's an foreign cousin or maybe an adopted sister. All I know is that she's family to me. What part she plays, I don't know but the future will tell.
To the real world we are the major crimes team of NCIS.
colleges and friends.
but in my world we are so much more than that.
we are brothers, sisters, fathers, uncles and cousins.
we are a family