Proclaimer: I own nothing of NCIS, just love the show!
Pairing: Gibbs and Abby.
Red or black?
3. Thinking about Shannon
"Hey Marine, wanne buy a lonely girl a drink?"
With a shrug of his shoulder he was back in the present world and looked somewhat confused at the woman next to him.
"Marine?", he said, trying to buy time and get his mind straight. Green eyes stared into his.
"Haircut", she pointed to the top of his head.
"Right", he smiled with one corner of his mouth. "What would you like to drink?"
"Passionate pursuit", she said with a seductive voice, leaning a bit closer to him.
He chuckled. "Come again?"
She held up her empty glass. "It's called "Passionate pursuit".
"A drink, huh? I think … "
"... think what, Marine?"
"Well, I think it's hardly a pursuit when you approach me passionate like this". Nice twist of words, Gunny. Don't plan anything, you've already had too much to drink so the passionate plans go out the window for tonight.
"Have we met before?", he asked, trying to hide his curiosity while ordering the cocktail for her and another bourbon for himself. Why couldn't he remember her? She had a loveliness about her that reminded him of Shannon. Ouch! Of course, red hair, attractive, of course his first thoughts were of Shannon. But apart from the hair colour there was no resemblance. Delete option.
"I'd certainly remember a guy like you. There aren't many of your kind around." She broke his train of Shannon thoughts, locked eyes with him again and suddenly he felt swept off his feet by her. She was intoxicating him with just body language and the way she looked at him with a look that said "I want you". He swallowed the bourbon to break the spell, but it didn't work, it just made him more drunk.
"And what kind would that be?" he asked, dreading the answer, but not showing it.
"The righteous kind. You're honest, searching for the truth, following the rules. Definitely not the talking kind".
"Marines follow rules.", he stated, determined to tell her nothing about his own rules. Righteous?