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"Happy birthday dear Erik, Happy birthday to you!" Team Gibbs plus Ducky, Abby and Jenny chorused.

"Alright buddy, blow out the candle!" Tony said video camera in hand. Gibbs was standing behind Erik's highchair holding his hands so he couldn't stick them in the flame. (A/N: my cousin's daughter actually did stick her hand in the flame at her first birthday, funny thing is she didn't cry…)

Tony could tell it was actually Gibbs that blew out the candle but Erik was happy, that is until Abby moved the cake onto the main table so it could be cut.

"Alright Erik, you get the first piece," Gibbs said as he put a bib around the baby's neck so he wouldn't ruin his clothes.

Tony cut normal sized pieces then he cut one in half giving one part to Erik and keeping the other for himself and leaving the regular sized pieces for everyone else.

McGee raised an eyebrow, and Tony shrugged in response as he ate his cake watching Erik like a hawk.

"Cool it Tony, he's one the kids bound to get messy." Abby said rolling her eyes.

"If you know what I went through and the money I spent on those clothes you would be singing a different tune." Tony said not taking his eyes off of the child.

"Are those the one you got the day Douglass' sister snatched you?" McGee asked.

"Some of them, these happen to be the more expensive ones." Gibbs said eyes glued to Erik as well.

"Would you two chillax! I mean come on the clothes are going to get dirty at some point!" Abby said smacking Tony in the back of the head.

Like a domino effect Tony smacked McGee who punched him in the arm and without thinking Tony punched Gibbs who just stared for a moment looking down at his arm then at Tony and back again.

"Oops," Tony said before taking off at a run Gibbs hot on his heels.

"Your daddy's going to get it now," Abby said picking Erik up out of his chair and getting him cleaned up.

Several moments later a crash was heard from the general area of the living room and they all headed towards it cautiously. They found Gibbs and Tony rolling around the living room floor like a couple of kids. When Erik saw them on the floor he squirmed until Abby's only options were to either put him down or drop him. She set him down and tried to keep a hold of his hand but he managed to wiggle free.

"Daddy!" Erik squealed happily standing on Gibbs' legs and trying to climb up Tony's back.

"You have a crazy dad Erik," Gibbs informed the child.

"Papa!" Erik said climbing down and trying to wiggle his way between the two men. Tony sat up so he was straddling Gibbs' hips and plopped Erik on the mans chest.

"Are you quite comfortable," Gibbs asked dryly glaring at Jenny who had the video camera in her hands.

"Yes thank you," Tony said smirking.

"That's too bad," Gibbs said grabbing hold of Erik before flipping over landing Tony on his back on the floor before standing.

"That wasn't very nice," Tony muttered pouting.

"Never claimed to be nice," Gibbs said pointedly holding out a hand to help the other man up. Erik was instantly clamoring trying to reach the man.

"I think you're just fine with your papa," Tony said rolling his eyes even as he took the child into his arms.

Erik laid his head down on his daddy's shoulder yawning as he closed his eyes.

"I think that's our cue you leave," Abby stage whispered to the others. There was a round of laughter before everyone filed out of the house.

Tony smiled as he carried Erik up to his room laying him down in his crib to sleep before returning downstairs.

"I think he had a good time today," Tony said as he laid his head on Gibbs' shoulder.

"It seemed that way, I don't see how he could have been any happier. He only got enough toys for about five kids." Gibbs said looking at the pile of gifts still on the kitchen table.

"That's okay, every child deserves to be spoiled every now and then." Tony said with a shrug.

"Something your going to keep trying to convince me of every time you get him a new toy for the heck of it, whenever he asks for it?" Gibbs asked smirking as he raised an eyebrow at his lover.

"So I'm probably going to spoil him a lot, he's my son. I'm supposed to give him his every heart's desire." Tony said moodily.

"Alright," Gibbs said backing off knowing this was going deeper than a dad defending his rights. This went all the way back to Tony's own crappy childhood.

Tony settled against Gibbs for a moment before moving to the table and gathering up all of the gifts Erik had gotten so he could put them in their proper place. "Do you want to get the cake in the fridge?"

"All over it," Gibbs said as he lifted the cake up off of the table pressing a kiss to the back of Tony's neck before he moved away.

"Thanks Leroy," Tony said before exiting the room arms full of toys.

Gibbs smiled as he finished putting the cake away. For some reason Tony had taken to calling him by his first name. Not many people had ever called him Leroy, his father did it and others in Stillwater sometimes called him Leroy, but usually it was either Jethro or Gibbs. But then Tony swarms into his life and he's back to being Leroy.

"Hey Leroy!" Tony yelled bringing Gibbs back to reality.

"Yes Tony?"

"Want to watch a movie?" Tony asked batting his eyelashes at the man trying to win him over on the idea.

"Sure, what did you have in mind?" Gibbs asked dropping onto the couch as Tony put a DVD on.

"How does 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' sound?" Tony asked plopping his self at Gibbs' side.

"Nightmare before Christmas?" Gibbs asked raising an eyebrow, he'd obviously never heard of it before.

"Yeah, it's a claymation, one of my favorite movies. It's actually getting pretty popular these days among the Goths and Emo's. Wouldn't be surprised if Abby starts wearing Jack Skellington gear one of these days." Tony said with a shrug.

"You like a movie popular with Abby's crowd?"

"Yeah, but I liked it before it was popular with her 'crowd.'" Tony said calmly as he started the movie laying the remote down on the coffee table before settling back against Gibbs again.

"You are an odd duck Tony, you'd watch anything wouldn't you?" Gibbs said amused.

"Yeah pretty much." Tony said distractedly not really paying attention.

Gibbs rolled his eyes and settled in for the movie. It actually ended up being better than he thought it would. He liked it more than some of Tony's other selections but he didn't think he could classify it as one of his favorites.

"Pizza," Gibbs asked as Tony stood to take the movie out.

"Sounds great," Tony said smiling at the man as he turned around.

Gibbs just nodded in acknowledgement as he called in the order while Tony went to get Erik's dinner ready.

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Holy Cheese people! This is the third chapter in the last three days! I've been really nice with this story so I'd appreciate a review from each and everyone of you telling me if you like it or not, doesn't have to be long or anything just an 'I loved it' or 'I hated it' will do!

Love always,

Emily Rai