This is a story I've been working on for awhile. I keep going over it to make it perfect. Something I normally don't do. Anyway, a few warnings...
THERE WILL BE SEX BETWEEN TWO MALES IN THIS STORY! A bit of kissing in the chapter. Mostly just some fluff. Because fluff makes everything better.
More warnings will be added as the story goes on as I do not know where this is going to end up.
I have to ask do you guys like me replying to the reviews or should I stop doing that? Please tell me what you think!
I own nothing. Please review, favorite, follow. Anything that lets me know you like this story. Enjoy!
"Hey Boss," McGee greeted climbing into the elevator.
"What are you doing here?" I asked flipping the off switch.
McGee looked around before leaning against the wall. I didn't like the look that was in his eyes, but I knew that it must have been better than the one that Darren had been giving him.
Tony was right. The first crime scene was always the worst. Everyone always reacted badly the first time they saw a dead body. I would have been worried if he hadn't been sick.
"Darren understands now," McGee explained softly, "He understands my job."
I had spent years hearing from my three ex-wives that they wanted nothing more than to understand why I did what I did. No matter what I said though they never did fully get it.
Now Darren had seen what McGee did first hand and obviously they had talked to each other. McGee didn't seem to like the idea that Darren did understand why he did this job.
I couldn't say I blamed him. No matter how trained a person was the real test was how they reacted at a crime scene. Some never made it past the first scene while some of the stayed. This job wasn't right for everyone.
And Darren wasn't trying to become a cop. No, he wanted to be a psychologist and if I remembered correctly not even a criminal psychologist. Why exactly did he want to observe us?
"He told me to come back," McGee continued calmly, "He told me that we had to do our job and find the man that did this."
"Good idea," I nodded slightly.
Silence filled the small elevator before McGee finally slipped something out of his pocket. He played with it in his hands for a moment until he looked up at me and opened his hands.
It was a brand new key. I stared at it in confusion for a moment before I remembered what McGee said about moving. By the smile on his face McGee was quite happy about the move.
"I got the keys before I came back," McGee smiled, "I figured Darren needed some good news today."
"One year," I stared at him.
"Yeah. We've been together for almost one year now. He realized it was stupid to go back and forth to his dorm and my apartment. One day he just brought his things in and he never left."
The smile grew on his face before he gently put the key back in his pocket. As his eyes slowly lifted to mine though the smile was replaced by a look of pure confused sadness.
"I can't keep this up, Boss," McGee shook his head, "I can't keep this from Darren."
"McGee," I said cocking an eyebrow.
"After the case you need to talk to Darren. You need to tell him that you're his father. Boss, he's going to hate me for lying to him, but I might be able to keep this from blowing up too much if you tell him now."
"Tim…"
"I'm sorry, Boss. If you don't tell him that he's your son when the case ends then I'm going to have to do it myself."
I stared at McGee for awhile with a blank face though I felt surprise fill me. I knew that McGee loved Darren, but to see him this protective was something else. I couldn't help but be proud.
At the same time it also made me think. I knew that McGee was a good man and would take care of Darren no matter what. So, why did it feel like I was going insane knowing they were together?
Part of me already knew that answer. I didn't know Darren. By looking at him I got the impression that he was like Abby and McGee had already been hurt by someone like her.
Wait, was it possible that I wasn't feeling overprotective of Darren, but of McGee? That would make more sense since I didn't actually know the man as of yet while I already thought of McGee as my son.
This while situation was giving me a headache. I was protective over Darren, protective over McGee, curious as to why McGee wanted Darren away from Abby. He was right. This needed to end now.
"After the case," I agreed calmly.
McGee smiled slightly at that and turned to face the doors as I turned the elevator on. I didn't know how long the case was going to take, but I knew that it wasn't going to be long enough.
I didn't know what I was supposed to say to my son and even worse I didn't know how he was going to react. And I was on a case so all of these thoughts got pushed to the side.
This was my son though. I needed to know what I was supposed to say and do to make it not only easier on him, but I had to make sure in the end McGee wasn't hurt as well.
My agent was taking a risk by lying to the man he loved and I knew that. If this didn't go well then he was going to lose that love and I knew that it was going to be my fault if he did.
No, McGee was right. I needed to tell Darren what was going on before this blew up in our faces. I just had no idea how I was supposed to do that. How did you tell a man who thought he was an orphan you were his father?
"How is Darren?" Ziva asked McGee when we walked up.
"He's going to be back tomorrow," McGee answered with a smile, "He's a little shaken, but I know him. He's just going to come back and be even more determined than before."
"He is a very determined person."
"He is. Look, I know that Darren is a little much to take in sometimes, but he's a good guy. You'll like him once you get past his walls. Which takes awhile, but it's worth it."
Ziva and Tony exchanged a look when McGee said that. They knew McGee well enough to know that he had a good heart. An innocent heart. In the end it would be very easy to take advantage of him.
That was a thought that came into everyone's minds when they heard that McGee talk about someone he was friends with. They needed to know that in the end he wasn't going to get hurt.
No matter what Tony and Ziva thought of McGee as their younger brother. It was their job to protect them. How were they going to react when they realized who Darren actually was?
"I'm just asking you guys to go easy on him," McGee continued with a hopeful smile, "He's going to ask questions that you're going to hate answering, but he really does want to help."
"Okay," Tony sighed, "We'll go easy on him. If…"
McGee's eyes widened when Tony said that. Tony always had something up his sleeve when he wanted something. What exactly was the 'Very Special Agent' going to ask for?
"Why is Darren getting a degree in Criminal Psychology?" Tony asked staring at McGee.
"I can't answer that," McGee said shaking his head, "That's Darren's story. I will tell you that he's not getting a degree in Criminal Psychology, but just plain Psychology."
Tony nodded his head before looking at Ziva who took a step forward at that moment. It seemed both of them had decided it was time to get to know the student. Even if he wasn't here.
"You commented on his heart," Ziva cut in cocking her head to the side, "Is his heart weak?"
"That I can answer," McGee sighed sadly, "Darren was in a car accident when he was a kid. The doctors were able to save him, but only because they replaced his heart with another persons. He still has some things that he can't do because of that. Running from one side of the city to another while on a sugar high is one of them.
I made that comment because he ended up having to go to the hospital and they ended up giving him a new type of medication. He had an really bad allergic reaction to it and had to spend a week in the hospital while they helped him get better. Sarah does her best to keep him away from sugar so he doesn't do that again."
"Sarah and Darren are good friends?"
"Best friends. Sarah's a little more sarcastic than Darren, but they get along really well."
"Are they dating?"
I watched McGee's jaw tighten ever so slightly at that. It seemed like that wasn't the first time that he had been asked that question. The only difference was he couldn't tell anyone that he was the one dating Darren.
Why hadn't he told the team that he was bi-sexual? Let alone already dating someone. He did say his Father didn't react well, but how badly had the man reacted for him to hide for this long?
Now that I thought about it I found myself not wanting to know the answer to that. The point was that he had come out to me and I was going to help him do the same with everyone else.
"No," McGee responded shaking his head, "They're just friends."
"Alright," I interrupted, "Back to work. We have a case to solve."
AgentFraniJones: That shall be coming very soon! But not before a little McGee/Darren angst!
i-am-the-wallace: I promise that Gibbs will not be mean. Just extremely confused. As for Abby, well, let's just say that there will be Abby bashing involved.
Novemberbaby1983: Thanks for reviewing!
