New thing, guys. I'm starting way too many of these, and not finishing the ones I should. But I kinda think Touch is winding down to its own natural end, and possibly even the same with Fists and co. I don't know. Oh my word is still going strong (thanks to the wonderful words as donated by AutumnGray) but I really felt that this needed writing (I also have another idea for a hideously depressing one, but since I only updated on that front like 2 days ago, I'm thinking, maybe leave it for a while).

This is set in the summer between Seasons 5 and 6 – the summer where the team was broken up, Ziva went back to Israel and Tony had lots of fun on a boat for five months. The main premise comes from a tag (I re-watched 6.02 the other day) – when Ziva says 'You could have called' it got me thinking. He didn't call...but he could have written. And then I was thinking, five months (I think?? In this fic, anyway), a letter a month, that he never sent, and how the tone of the letters could have changed over that time. I always got the impression that Tony grew up massively in those months away, and I really wanted to explore that through him being perfectly honest about it. And what better way that through letters that he never intended to post? And, because I'm a sucker for some Tiva, the letters would be for Ziva, and happy/sad loveliness would ensue.

Anyway. Massive authors note (as usual, I ramble way too much). But, ooh, one more thing! And this excited me SO much! It probably won't excite you, but anyway. I watched the Season 6 episode South by Southwest today (when I should have been doing all my homework, and now I'm fanfictioning...hmmm) and that's the episode where an NCIS Agent gets shot, and Tony thinks he might be about to inherit millions from his dead British uncle. And there's a bit where Tony and McGee are pretending to be painters on board a ship to catch this guy, and Tony mentions HENLEY ON THAMES.

OK. I know for the VAST majority of you this will be a bit '...yeah, and?' But for me it's one of the most exciting things ever! Because Henley on Thames is LITERALLY half an hour down the road from me (I'm still sensing some '...yeah, and?'). But this is important, because although I adore NCIS with my entire heart (sadly, it's true) they NEVER mention anything I'm really familiar with, geography-wise, apart from Ducky who occasionally rambles on about London or Edinburgh. But Tony, TONY, actually said the words Henley on Thames!! HIS CHARACTER IS AWARE OF A VILLAGE HALF AN HOUR FROM WHERE I LIVE! My God. I literally squealed out loud when I heard it (and then giggled like a fool at his amazing British accent). SO anyway. Incredibly fizzly news for me :)

Haha. Just realised that the AN for this is actually about 10 times the length of the actual thing. But it's a prologue, so it doesn't count. Here we go:

Summary: One long summer, and he didn't call once. But oh, he wrote...

Disclaimer: So unbelievably not mine.

Anthony DiNozzo was never one for eloquence. He could say what needed to be said, and he could be flippant or funny about it, but he could never make the words beautiful. Anthony DiNozzo was trapped in a floating metal box with five thousand other lives and he had never felt so alone. Anthony DiNozzo did not call.

There were five letters. One for each month.

I'm not expecting reviews for this. But Letter One is already up :)