Chapter 4

They quickly finished up in the shower and dried each other with the soft fluffy towels Abby had hanging in the bathroom.

Within minutes Abby was sprawled out on her back on the bed, Gibbs crawling up next to her. She watched him as his big body approached and settled beside her, the weight of him heavy against her side.

"You know this isn't just about the physical part of our relationship right?" Gibbs asked, his hand settling on her flat stomach, his fingers circling her belly button. "Love you, Abby...more than I thought I could ever love anyone again."

"I love you too Gibbs, I have for the longest time. While I'm gonna enjoy every minute of the sex, it'll never just be about that." She rolled over to face him, their naked bodies pressing together once more, but the honesty of the gesture not lost on either of them. "We're both lucky to be alive, and I don't like being alone...but you're the only one who can stop me feeling like that. Pretty sure you're the other half of my soul..."

Gibbs framed the side of her face with his hand. He'd never thought it would be possible for someone to care about him as much as Shannon had, and a part of him had also wondered whether he even deserved to be loved that way again.

"Didn't think you could ever need me as much as I need you."

Abby could only guess how some of his failed marriages and relationships had affected him; the death of Shannon and Kelly was enough to emotionally scar anyone without everything else he'd had to endure. Gibbs didn't like to let others see that vulnerable side of him, and even though he joked about his more recent marriages, he'd already told her enough tonight to know those women had left their fair share of lasting wounds.

She wanted to take any doubts he had about them being together, and about himself and make him understand that this wasn't going to be like those relationships. She wasn't going to try and change him, she'd fallen in love with him because of the man he was. In her eyes he was already perfect...perfect for her.

"I do need you," Abby admitted, kissing him and pushing him onto his back. "Let me show you."

Climbing on top of him Abby kneeled on all fours, her legs resting on either side of his hips and her hands placed next to his shoulders. Gibbs lifted his large hands to her hips, his strong fingers pressing into her.

Leaning down to rest her forehead on his, Abby smiled as she softly spoke. "It might not only be about the sex between us, but right now I want you so bad."

Not giving Gibbs a chance to respond Abby kissed him, lowering herself and rubbing her chest slowly against his as she sucked on his bottom lip. She'd had enough time to recover from her first climax, her body more than ready to have him inside her now and she was done waiting. He was safe and warm, and there was no reason for them not to give in to what they'd wanted for so long.

Sitting up and hovering over him, Gibbs' hold on her hips tightened as she stroked his hard length before guiding him inside. Abby gasped then held her breath as she gradually sank down on him, her body accommodating and yielding to him with every inch that pushed deeper.

"So good, Abbs..." Gibbs groaned, his head lifting off the pillow to watch. "You feel so damn good."

Once he was fully buried Abby flexed her internal muscles around him, squeezing him rhythmically and making Gibbs throw his head back into the pillow. His hips thrust up in an attempt to get even closer to her and Abby leaned forward slightly to place her hands on his chest.

She circled her hips once, moaning at the feel of him fitting so snugly within her. Hot and hard Gibbs had been right; the two of them together was better than anything she'd imagined.

With agonizing slowness Abby rose up, letting him almost slip entirely from her body before sliding back down on him again. An unsteady breath escaped her as she began to gently ride him, her hands splayed out over his chest, Gibbs firmly holding onto hips as they moved in unison.

Gibbs struggled to keep himself in check, watching her body move above him, her full breasts beginning to bounce as they rocked together and the bed starting to shake underneath them. Her dark eyes held his, the pleasurable sounds coming from deep in her throat turning him on even more as he watched Abby lose herself in the feelings surging through her.

The sound of their bodies moving together on the jolting bed, heated fleshed rubbing and increasing in tempo, rang out through the room in among the building pleas for more.

Without warning Gibbs sat up and flipped them over, Abby whimpering when he slipped from her. He'd stayed passive as long as he could, letting her take control until his willpower had crumbled. He'd waited so long to be with her like this that he couldn't contain the urge to want to possess all of her and mark her as his.

Abby shifted her legs further apart and he settled between them, pushing back into her without a second thought.

She heard his growl of "mine" as he slid home, his teeth breaking the skin on her neck before licking over it to sooth the area.

Unable to deny her excitement at the realization that she was his, Abby speared her fingers through his silver hair, bringing his face to hers.

"I'm all yours...body, heart and soul. And I'll have you forever Gibbs," she whispered, answering his question from earlier, "not sure even that will be enough."

Her words snapped any remaining shred of restraint Gibbs had and he began thrusting into her, Abby's heels digging into his back, her moans for him to go harder and faster stifled when he leaned down to kiss her.

Gibbs' fingers clenched onto the mattress, his movements picking up speed, his hips driving forward as their tongues tangled, the need for oxygen eventually becoming too great and forcing them to break the kiss.

Looking down on Abby, her parted lips swollen as screams of undeniable pleasure burst from between them, Gibbs knew with absolute certainty he would do anything to make her happy...to make sure she always felt loved and appreciated. He wanted to show her she was desired, needed and beautiful, and he didn't want her to live another day thinking that she had no-one to stand beside her to help her through anything.

"You're everything, Abby," he breathed next to her ear. "Everything that matters."

Abby's arms tightened around him, unable to speak as the combination of being joined with him and his words overtook her senses. He invaded every part of her and she finally felt like Gibbs had truly become a part of her...he was her everything too.

Before she could form even the slightest thread of coherent thought the responses of her body once again took over and with a few more forceful thrusts Abby was crying out his name. Her back arched up off the bed, her muscles tensing and her body gripping onto him as Gibbs continued to stroke into her.

As the world blacked out around her, Abby felt Gibbs' hips jerk against her several more times, his orgasm crashing over him only moments later as he groaned his release out against her neck.

Neither of them spoke for the next several minutes, content to catch their breath in between tender kisses and gentle touches.

"I didn't hurt you did I?" Gibbs asked softly, brushing his lips over the marking he'd left on her neck.

"You never hurt me Gibbs...though don't expect you're gonna get away without me branding you myself," she teased.

"Guess that's fair," Gibbs chuckled and rolled off her.

Abby snuggled into his side, entwining her fingers with his to rest on Gibbs' stomach.

"Can't say when I drifted off to sleep on the couch that I ever expected I'd end up with you in my bed, much less you telling me you love me."

"I'm just sorry it took me so long..." Gibbs trailed off.

"Not just you Gibbs...I was scared of losing you and our friendship too." She lifted her head and smiled at him, cupping his cheek with her hand. "You always amaze me with how brave you are."

"You know I stood out in the rain for an hour before coming up here right?" Gibbs admitted.

Abby kissed his chin before leaning forward to sweep her lips over his. "I guessed maybe you were out there a while to get so wet...but that doesn't matter, what matters is that you did come up here."

Gibbs shifted onto his side so he was facing her, their bodies molding together as he pulled Abby closer to him. He reached out to run his fingers slowly down the side of her face, the intimacy of the gesture and the shiver that traveled through her unexpected considering what they'd just done. But that was the effect he had on her.

"I needed to make everything alright for you Abbs, didn't want you to feel like you're alone anymore and I don't wanna be alone either...problem was that you're the only one I wanna be with."

Abby nuzzled her nose playfully against his, her arms wrapping around his waist. "Don't feel alone now, far from it...how about you?"

Gibbs grinned. "Feel closer to you right now than I've felt to anyone in a long time."

He didn't mean just the nearness of their bodies; Shannon had been the one and only other person that he could let his guard down with and not feel like he had to justify everything. Abby knew there were no hidden agendas with what was happening between them, their bond was already too strong, too important, for either of them to play games.

Gibbs could tell her he loved her without feeling like a part of his soul had died because he hadn't meant it. And he knew Abby would give all of herself without expecting anything in return; she didn't want material items from him and being with him wasn't some kind of status thing. Her love was unconditional.

He trusted her, not just to love him for the man he was with all his baggage and faults, and to not try and change him...he trusted her with the part of himself that Gibbs didn't think he'd ever be able to share with anybody again...his heart.

"Stay with me?" Abby asked, hoping he'd understand she wasn't just talking about tonight.

"Want to stay, don't think I can move away from you now," Gibbs reassured her, pushing a strand of her tousled dark hair behind her ear. "We've got the weekend off...was hoping I could wake up next to you, spend some time just you and me, unless you have plans."

"Only plan I have is to be with you," Abby smiled, placing a barely there kiss against his lips.

Still worried that he might get sick from being out in the rain, Abby moved away from him temporarily to grab the bed covers and drag them over their cooling bodies.

Rolling over she switched off the lamp on the bedside table before lying down on her side and snuggling her back against Gibbs' chest. She let out a sigh of contentment when he wrapped his arms around her, his legs tangling with hers and his lips skimming over her neck.

Abby was tired but was hesitant to let herself sleep for fear that she might wake up and find the bed empty...to find that she really was alone and this was her mind playing tricks on her. She was having enough difficulty trying to let it sink in that Gibbs hadn't left during the night, let alone the thought that he wouldn't go anywhere while she was sleeping.

"Can hear you thinking Abbs," Gibbs interrupted her thoughts. "Sleep...we'll talk in the morning, but I meant everything I said, including the part where I said I love you."

Abby rested her arms on top of his, sliding her fingers between his and gripping onto him as if that action alone would keep him with her. It wasn't that she didn't trust him to stay, it was more that everything that had happened since waking up to find him watching her seemed too good to be true. After the heartache of the last several months, Abby had started to believe that good things just didn't happen anymore, but Gibbs had proved her wrong this time. And this was one time she was willing to concede.

"Love you more," she whispered sleepily, exhaustion from the day's work and her physical activities with Gibbs forcing her eyes closed moments later.

Gibbs felt Abby relax in his arms, sleep claiming her as she let herself succumb to her tiredness. He kissed the back of her head, burying his nose in her hair and inhaling before settling his head on the pillow they were sharing.

His last thought before he joined Abby in sleep was that not only would he do anything to keep her safe, he'd also do whatever was necessary to make sure she never felt alone again. Just by being near her, she took away Gibbs' feelings of loneliness and that was something he was determined to give back to her.

TBC...