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Chapter Five
Gibbs made sure to pay extra attention to Green Eyes over the following few days, to see if his suspicions could be either proved or disproved in any way. He knew it shouldn't be possible for the vampire to be a member of law enforcement. For all vampires were a part of daily life now, no matter how many people still feared them, there were a few jobs that vampires simply weren't permitted to have, law enforcement being one of them. The prospect of a vampire losing control at a particularly bloody murder scene or when confronted with an injured victim was deemed too great, and the negatives outweighed the positives (speed and agility when chasing suspects, low sleep requirements, heightened senses and accelerated healing for instance). The military however, wasn't so strict and accepted vampires, even though they were as a rule kept separate from their human counterparts in battle.
His suspicions weren't disproved however. He was slowly becoming more and more convinced that Green Eyes was a cop after all. It shouldn't be possible, there was a blood test performed on all police officers both before they entered the academies and at random intervals throughout their careers, to check for the irregularities that were in vampire blood. Unless someone had been covering it up to get an undercover cop in vampire circles... Gibbs wouldn't be surprised. Green Eyes did have a lot of meetings, that was for sure, though none were at night anymore. Gibbs suspected that was his fault, and the vampire had been rearranging things so he could be there at night. It wasn't that Gibbs wasn't appreciative, the solid nights of sleep were something he was starting to get used to, and actually enjoy, but he wasn't used to being mollycoddled, as it were. It was nice, but rather strange.
He smiled, remembering a conversation that they'd had earlier that day. Green Eyes had been intrigued as to how Gibbs met Kate. He knew that she'd been with the Secret Service prior to NCIS, and had listened intently to Gibbs' tale of the whole Air Force One incident.
"So, it was sort of like the movie 'Air Force One', was it? Inside the plane and everything?"
"Yep."
"Cool." Green eyes lit up with amusement as a thought crossed the vampire's mind. "I hope you don't turn out to be like your namesake from the movie though."
"Huh?"
Green Eyes groaned. "Your namesake! Agent Gibbs, the Secret Service bad guy? Did you even watch the movie?"
Gibbs did a double take, wondering when Green Eyes had learned his name before remembering that the vampire had seen his ID. "Oh yeah, I remember now. It's been a while since I saw the movie, gimme a break." He grinned. "No, I'm not like my namesake, as you call him."
"I'm glad to hear it."
Gibbs was jolted from the memory by Green Eyes knocking on the bathroom door.
"You okay in there?"
"Yeah. I'll be out in a minute."
Gibbs finished getting dried off from his shower quickly before getting redressed and going into the main room. Green Eyes was playing the piano, for the first time since Gibbs had met him. "You don't mind, do you?" He asked. Gibbs shook his head.
The vampire was quite talented, long fingers gliding gracefully over the keys to produce classical music that Gibbs didn't recognise, but enjoyed all the same. He played for almost an hour, before standing up and giving an exaggerated bow with a grin when Gibbs applauded. He disappeared into the bathroom and Gibbs lay back, thinking about how long it'd been since anyone had played piano for him.
He hadn't realised how lost in his thoughts he'd become until Green Eyes appeared from the bathroom, freshly showered with still damp hair. The vampire climbed into bed next to Gibbs, who took up his usual position before they both went to sleep.
.
He walked into the living room at his home, following the sounds of the piano, the slightly clunky sounds indicating Shannon and Kelly practising together. Wandering in with a smile on his face, he turned to look over at the piano and stopped, horrified at what he saw.
His wife and daughter were both covered with blood, obviously dead but still sitting there playing the piano like they had so many times before. They began to turn to face him, and –
He woke up with a yell, obviously giving Green Eyes a shock as the vampire also sat up, fangs out, looking for the danger. Gibbs was breathing heavily, barely paying attention as the vampire retracted his fangs on seeing there was no danger before reaching out to touch Gibbs' shoulder. Gibbs flinched away violently, and the young vampire didn't try again, instead waiting until Gibbs' breathing evened out before speaking.
"You okay? Nightmare?"
Gibbs nodded.
"Wanna talk about it?" He asked, concern in his eyes.
Gibbs shook his head. "Not really."
"Want to go back to sleep then?"
"Not really."
Green Eyes thought for a moment, before looking at the clock.
"It's 4AM." He sighed. "Wanna go for a drive?"
Gibbs looked up. "What, go out of this room?"
"No, I thought I'd bring the car in here. Might be a tight fit, but I'm sure we'd squeeze it in somehow. Actually driving it could be a problem though," he said sarcastically. "Yeah, outside. You want to?"
Gibbs pondered this. "Yeah, yeah I do."
.
They got dressed quickly, before heading down to the parking garage. Green Eyes kept Gibbs close to his side, an arm around his waist but they didn't meet anyone on their way down. Gibbs looked around, wondering which car belonged to the young vampire as they walked down the rows, before stopping.
"Here she is, my pride and joy." Green Eyes pointed at a red Ferrari. "1979 Ferrari 308 GTS, like what Magnum drove." He seemed overjoyed at this, but his grin faltered when he saw Gibbs' blank look. "Oh come on, surely you know what Magnum is?" Gibbs shook his head, and the vampire started muttering under his breath. "Okay. You seriously need to watch more TV, starting with Magnum P.I."
They got in and Green Eyes drove off, his driving style matching Gibbs' speed but with a lot more finesse, the hair raising corners certainly no slower, but a lot smoother. They drove for almost an hour, eventually slowing and pulling onto a grassy verge overlooking some trees, with DC in the distance.
They got out and leaned against the side of the car, looking over into the distance.
"You wanna talk about it now?"
Gibbs shook his head. "Nah. Wasn't much different to any I've had before, nothing to talk about really."
"Okay. If you're sure."
They stood in silence for a while longer before Green Eyes spoke again.
"It's been three weeks now. I saw Leo with his latest victim yesterday, seems to have forgotten all about you."
Gibbs nodded. "I know."
"So... you can er... go home, if you want. I can drop you off somewhere... if you want."
Gibbs thought about it, and discovered that he really didn't. "I don't, not really. I think I'd like to stay with you, um..."
"Tony." The vampire supplied. "My name, it's Tony."
"Jethro."
"You go by your middle name? Interesting."
Gibbs smiled. "I think I'd like to stay with you, Tony."
"Okay, if that's what you want to do." Tony started to laugh. "How on earth did we manage to get through three weeks of each others company, yet never need to use each others name?"
Gibbs shrugged. "Hell if I know." He honestly hadn't realised until that moment that they hadn't.
Tony moved to stand in front of Gibbs. "Since we're sort of on the subject, if we're going to be staying together there's something I need to do. I hope you don't mind, but I um... I've seen you looking." He bent his head down and paused, his lips millimetres from the other man's. "This okay?" He asked.
Gibbs grabbed the back of the vampires head and pressed their lips together. "More than okay," he replied when they came up for air.
The two men stood there as the sun began to rise, leaning against the side of the bright red Ferrari, kissing lazily before Tony pulled away.
"Damn, is that the time? I gotta get you back to the room, and fast. Everyone will be starting to move around soon and I don't want to have to walk you through that lot if I can help it. Come on, we'll have to go."
They reluctantly pulled apart and began to get into the car when Tony's cell phone beeped. He pulled it out and groaned, before tossing his keys in Gibbs' direction. "Here. You drive, I gotta make a call."
Gibbs eyed the keys, then the car. "You're seriously gonna let me drive your car?"
Tony shrugged. "Sure. You can't be that bad a driver, surely?"
Gibbs grinned. "Nope, not at all."