Title: Fix
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: None
Summary: Written for Week 2 of the Gabby Hiatus Creative Drive on the forum.
She gets twitchy if she doesn't get her fix. Working alone in the lab all day is great in some ways, but she tends to get wrapped up in her work, and if she's not careful, she forgets to eat and drink.
When Gibbs arrives in her lab, carrying a coffee in one hand and a Caf-Pow! in the other, something within her eases. Taking the soda from him and sipping from the straw, she sighs happily and gets to work, laying out the results for him with renewed energy.
She's still twitchy, though, and that makes her babble. He probably blames it on the caffeine, but the truth is, she can't relax until she has what she needs.
"Abby." He halts her mid-word, a small smile playing about his lips, and she blinks up at him, waiting for his next words. "DNA match."
"Right," she agrees, focusing on the task at hand, making sure that he knows everything she knows – which is probably the problem half the time…
Gibbs nods, leans in close and kisses her cheek. "Good job."
He's already turning away, but it's enough. She relaxes, takes a sip of her drink and drifts on the high.
Too long without a Gibbs-approval fix, and she's useless. She guesses she's just lucky he chooses to show her he cares, even if sometimes she does have to wait a little while between doses.
