NCIS Daily Drabble
Episode 1.01 – Yankee White
Original Airdate: September 23, 2003

Title: The Craftsman
Characters/Pairings: Gibbs, Kate, Tony
Word Count: 100

Summary: What Gibbs creates

Beta: The lovely Karaokegal


The chisel glides slowly along the rough timber. With each successive stroke, the graceful hull of a boat emerges. In the hands of the craftsman, a simple beam of wood is transformed into a work of art.

He does that with people, too.

Tony DiNozzo, once a weathered, jaded homicide cop; now, the best young agent he's ever worked with.

In Caitlin Todd, he's found another diamond in the rough. She knows how to obey the rules. And how to break them.

She called him an asshole. She called him a bastard.

And now, she's going to call him "boss".