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A little over an hour later, Gibbs pulled into the driveway, the passenger side of the truck filled with bags. Sliding them onto his arms, he made his way into the house. Tony wasn't in the living room. Heading to the kitchen he dropped the bags onto the counter and looked inside. He picked out the items that needed to be refrigerated and shoved them into the fridge. Then headed back into the living room and to the steps.
"Tony?" He waited and no reply. Maybe Tony decided to take a shower. Quietly he made his way up the steps and towards the bedroom. There was no water running, but the bedroom door was closed part way. Slowly pushing the door open, he froze, his eyes fixed on the man in his bed.
"Thought I'd see if they had the effect you hoped for." Tony said lying on the bed wearing only the green underwear they'd bought. He skimmed down Gibbs' body and saw the bulge already visible in Gibbs' pants. "Guess they do."
Gibbs ran his hand over his mouth afraid he was drooling.
Tony rose to his knees and wiggled a finger beckoning Gibbs to him.
Drawn like a moth to a flame, Gibbs made his way to the bed, stopping as he reached the side.
Placing himself before Gibbs on the side of the bed. Tony smiled. "So you like them?"
Gibbs' eyes leered down Tony's half naked body then back up and nodded.
Pushing the hem of Gibbs' t-shirt up, Tony sighed. "I think this needs to come off."
Gibbs lifted his arms and Tony pulled the t-shirt off, tossing it aside. Then eager hands caressed up his stomach and spread across his chest.
With a quick glance, Tony dipped down kissing across Gibbs' chest, stopping at a nipple and greedily licking and sucking it into a hard nub.
Letting out a moan, Gibbs' hand gently caressed the back of Tony's head. A second later warm lips latched onto his other nipple and it received the same treatment.
Kissing back up Gibbs' chest, Tony's lips made their way up Gibbs' chest and to his throat, then took Gibbs' lips prisoner. He demanded control, devouring the man's lips then forcing his tongue into Gibbs' mouth and tasting every inch. His fingers slowly danced up Gibbs' ribcage.
Ripping their lips apart, Gibbs stared into the lust filled green eyes. "If you're trying to drive me crazy, it's working."
Tony smirked. "I'm just getting started." His hands made their way around Gibbs' body and caressed down Gibbs' back to the waistband on his jeans. "One good thing about you wearing your jeans two sizes too big." He snickered as his hands easily slid down into Gibbs' pants and he squeezed the older man's ass. Tony's eyebrows went up. "Commando?"
Gibbs groaned as Tony's hands clenched his bare ass. "I was kinda in a hurry this morning."
"I like it." Tony purred pulling his hands from Gibbs' pants and running his fingers around the waist, stopping at the button in the front and popping it open. "A lot."
"I'll remember that." Gibbs sighed, his hands fisted at his side.
"I never said you couldn't touch me." Tony saw Gibbs' knuckles turning white. He dragged the zipper down over Gibbs' hard cock. "And here I thought I'd have to use the tape to keep you compliant."
"Compliant?" Gibbs' eyebrow went up. "Is that what you want me to be?"
"Yes." Tony nodded as he pushed the jeans down over Gibbs' hips letting them pool at Gibbs' feet. He glanced down at Gibbs' hard cock. "Your cock's being very compliant."
"So is yours." Gibbs smirked. "I think those ties over your cock are about ready to break."
"I'm about to throw my husband down and have my way with him." Tony's fingers ran up the length of Gibbs' cock causing Gibbs to growl. "For the first time, in our home, in our bed... knowing he really wants to be my husband. So yeah, my cock is extremely excited."
Gibbs leaned forward slight. "Then you better do it, because if you wait much longer, I won't be so compliant."
Grabbing Gibbs' arms, Tony tossed him down onto the bed. Without being told, Gibbs wiggled his body around lying in the middle of the bed.
"Such a good boy." Tony smirked as he straddled Gibbs' prone body. "Are you going to be just as good when I tape you up?"
Gibbs' eyes narrowed.
Reaching over to the night stand, Tony picked up the bondage tape and scissors, he laid the scissors next to Gibbs' body and peeled back the tape starting the roll. "Gonna put your arms up, or do I have to make you?"
Thinking about it, Gibbs took a deep breath, but put his arms above his head.
Tony snickered. "You still don't think the tapes gonna hold?"
Gibbs shook his head.
Wrapping the tape around one of Gibbs' wrists, Tony pulled it through a rung of the bed made a few loops around the rung, then ended with wrapping Gibbs other wrist. Picking up the scissors he cut the tape and pressed the end down against the tape. Then he smiled down at Gibbs. "Go ahead, give it a tug."
Giving his wrist a quick, hard jerk, Gibbs was surprised when the tape held.
"See." Tony put the scissors on the night stand and ran his hands down Gibbs' arms and across his shoulders. "It's not gonna break."
"We'll see." It would be a different story when Gibbs' adrenaline kicked in, increasing his strength.
"Oh yes we will." Dipping down, Tony attacked Gibbs' throat as his hands worked their way down Gibbs' ribcage to his hips.
Gibbs groaned tossing his head back as Tony sucked and bit gently at his throat.
Nibbling his way to Gibbs' ear, Tony sighed breathlessly. "I can't decide exactly what I wanna do to you... or maybe I should just make you watch." He drew back and ran his hand over his cock.
The groan turned to a growl as Gibbs watched Tony's actions.
"You like to watch, like that first night." Tony squeezed his cock and moaned. "When you caught me."
"I think you wanted to get caught." Gibbs' eyes jumped back and forth between Tony's face and cock.
"Subconsciously maybe." Tony rocked his hips rubbing over Gibbs' cock.
"Fuck!" Gibbs howled.
"This underwear is getting uncomfortably tight."
Gibbs stared at Tony pulling the knotted string free, loosening the underwear enough for him to get a glimpse of Tony's cock. "Tony!"
"You wanna see more?" Slowly, Tony unlaced the underwear and his cock sprang free. "Better?"
"Much." Gibbs licked his lips and yanked at the tape again.
"Teasing you like this makes me so hard." Tony groaned as he stroked his cock. "Or maybe it's feeling your hard cock under me." He rubbed back and forth over Gibbs' cock again.
Clenching his jaw, Gibbs snarled as the soft fabric caressed his cock.
"Although I think it would feel even better naked." Tony climbed off of Gibbs' body only long enough to remove the underwear and then straddled Gibbs' groin again.
Feeling Tony's bare ass against his cock, Gibbs shuddered and pulled on the tape again.
"That does feel good." Grinding his ass back and forth over Gibbs' cock, Tony's hands pressed down on Gibbs' chest. "I bet I could make you come just like this."
The only response was Gibbs trying harder to free himself.
Sliding a hand up Gibbs' chest, Tony clutched at the side of Gibbs' neck as he stared down into the glazed over blue eyes. "Grinding over your cock while I jack myself off."
Gibbs howled as he jerked on the tape causing the entire bed to shake.
"But you want your turn to play don't you?"
"Yes!" Gibbs hissed. "God yes."
Tony shook his head and clicked his tongue. "Too bad." He wrapped his hand around his cock and stroked hard as he continued to grind his ass over Gibbs' hard on.
"Oh fuck!" Gibbs roared wrenching at the tape like some restrained animal.
Grunting and groaning, Tony felt Gibbs' cock twitching under him. "You wanna come so bad don't you." He felt the bed shake under him again as Gibbs struggled desperate to get free. Dipping down, Tony brought his face just a few inches from Gibbs'. "Not sure how much longer I can hold on." He whimpered. "I wanna feel you come." He started making quick short strokes over his cock.
"Son of a bitch!" Gibbs was so close and he jerked on the restraints again trying anything to get the tape to break. He watched as Tony continued to grind over his cock then slammed his eyes closed, the image pushing him to the edge.
"Come for me." Tony ordered.
Closing his eyes, Gibbs threw his head back, his entire body arching up as he screamed his release. A second later he felt the splash against his stomach as Tony came. Then he collapsed back down onto the bed, all energy spent, his skin tingling, his heart beating dangerously fast, his mind barely functioning and his entire body still lost in the ecstasy. He wasn't sure how long he lay there like that, he only knew at some point he heard the erratic breathing next to him. Slowly, he opened his eyes.
"Get this tape off me." Gibbs managed to whisper. He felt the bed shift slightly and then the resistance against his wrist disappear. Letting his arms fall against his side, he didn't even attempt to remove the tape still wrapped around his wrists.
"Told you, you wouldn't be able to tear it." Tony sighed rolling over onto his side and looking down at Gibbs.
Shaking his head, Gibbs took a deep breath. "You are full of surprises."
"Thought I should welcome my husband home properly." Tony grinned.
"You can welcome me home like that anytime."
"Really?" Tony's eyebrow went up. "You're going to actually let me tape you up again?"
"Oh yeah." Gibbs cupped Tony's cheek. "But I think I'll fight harder to keep one hand free."
"Now where's the fun in that?" Leaning down, Tony gave Gibbs a quick kiss.
"I think fun will be me using the tape on you."
"And you think I'll let you?"
"You don't have to let me." Gibbs smirked. "I'll just do it."
Tony wiggled his eyebrows. "Gonna get rough with me Special Agent Gibbs?"
"If I have to." Gibbs winked.
Emerging from the bathroom, Gibbs smiled when he saw the man asleep in the bed. Tony had opted for a quick clean-up and a nap instead of a shower. Pulling off the towel at his waist, Gibbs climbed under the covers and spooned up against Tony. He heard the contented sigh as he tugged Tony against him.
"You feel good, nice and warm." Tony murmured placing his arm over Gibbs' at his waist.
"You wanna sleep for awhile?" Gibbs kissed Tony's cheek. "I can get you up in a couple hours."
"No." Tony said half heartedly. "I should get up."
"Okay."
"What are we going to tell everyone?"
"The truth." As soon as Gibbs said it he heard the laughter.
"The truth?" Tony spoke through the laughter. "That you confessed you loved me while you were drunk and then tricked me into marrying you. We had to stay in Vegas for an annulment because the judge was a narcissistic power hungry ass. Then we had wild animalistic sex, I realized I loved you and begged you to stay married to me. And to top it all off you asked me to move in with you. All of which happened in what, a four day time span." Tony shook his head. "That's what you want to tell everyone?"
"No." Gibbs sighed.
"Then what?"
"That we love each other, but were both afraid to admit it, until Vegas." Gibbs paused. "We got married on a whim and we're happy."
Tony smiled, knowing Gibbs would sense it.
"Better yet." Gibbs dropped a kiss to Tony's neck. "We tell them it's none of their damn business, we're happy and that's all that matters."
Tony started laughing again. "Somehow I don't think that will work."
"Probably not." Gibbs chuckled.
"They're gonna ask." Tony shook his head. "Abby already has questions. I called her last night when I went to the lobby."
"Figured that."
"She wants the details of the night we didn't end up at the diner with them." Tony had given her the running into frat brother story. "And if we're telling everyone the truth, she's gonna know the frat brother story was a lie."
"You can tell her whatever you want." Gibbs honestly didn't care. "That's up to you."
"Oh she would so love hearing about me waking up in bed with you, both of us naked, me not really remembering what happened." Tony laughed, he could see Abby's face. Eyes bugged out of her head and mouth hanging to the floor in shock.
Gibbs had the exact same image of Abby's reaction in his head.
"Although, it's probably better that people don't know all the sordid details." Tony groaned. "Because then it becomes blackmail material."
"Abby wouldn't blackmail you." Gibbs snickered.
"Oh she has you so snowballed." Tony balked. "She's all sunshine and rainbows with you, but she can be evil."
"I have no doubt." Gibbs was in no way snowballed about Abby's dark side, well murky side. She cared too much about people to be really dark and evil.
"And what edited version did you tell Fornell?" Tony hadn't really asked that night, he'd had other things on his mind.
"I didn't go into great detail."
Something in Gibbs' voice made Tony turned around. He searched Gibbs' eyes. "You told him about the marriage didn't you?"
"Yeah."
Tony's eyes narrowed questioningly. "You and Fornell are friends, I mean really friends?"
Gibbs nodded.
"Can I ask you something about him?" Tony quickly added. "And you can reserve the right not to answer."
"Okay."
"That cased we worked about a month ago? He was... happy, smiling, less obnoxious than usual." Tony grinned. "He's seeing someone?"
"Yeah."
"Someone I know?"
"Yeah."
"And you're not gonna tell me?"
"No." Gibbs shook his head. "When they're ready they will tell everyone."
"It's complicated?"
Gibbs studied Tony's face. "You know who it is?"
Tony shrugged. "I have my suspicions."
"Not gonna share those suspensions?"
"Nope." Tony sighed. "I'm going to relax a little bit, then my husband's going to make me dinner, since we are way past lunch."
"I don't have to make dinner, I bought dinner." Gibbs hated to cook, other than steaks.
"Pizza or Chinese?" Those were always Gibbs' staple to-go meals.
"Thai."
"Wow. What's the occasion?"
Gibbs kissed across Tony's shoulder. "Something hot and spicy, for my hot and spicy husband."
"I love the sound of that." Tony reached back and touched Gibbs' hip. "The husband part, although I am pretty hot and spicy."
"Yes you are." Gibbs' fingers crawled down Tony's stomach and circled around the already hard cock.
"Jethro." Tony whimpered.
"I always get my turn." Gibbs growled into Tony's ear. "Remember that."
Tony didn't care, he was already descending into the madness that was his love for Gibbs. The madness that consumed him, body and soul, the madness he never wanted to be cured of.
Grabbing a bottled water from the fridge, he closed the door and leaned back against it and downed half the bottle. He let out a long breath, then took another sip. If they kept going like this he'd need an I.V. to stay hydrated and a feed tube. Even with dinner, he still felt famished, but then he'd burned dinner off an hour or so after they ate. He chuckled and shook his head. He always knew he had a healthy libido, but his husband had him beat... and they hadn't even actually done it yet. He groaned and closed his eyes, it would only get worse then, for both of them. A simple touch or look, that's all it took and he was hard and wanting more. It shouldn't be that easy... or maybe it should. He used to hear people say how easy everything was with the right person, how everything just falls in to place. He smiled, then snickered when an arm slipped around his waist and warm lips pressed against his cheek.
"What are you smiling about?"
"You." Tony's hand combed through the hair at Gibbs' temple and around to the back of his head. He grinned and opened his eyes. "And your libido."
"I take it by the smile, it's not a complaint?"
"No." Tony laughed. "Not complaining."
"We'll do something, see a movie, go somewhere." Gibbs kissed Tony's forehead. "I'll control my libido for awhile. Don't want you to start thinking I only want you for sex."
"I know." Tony nodded. "We could pick up the DVD player from my place and watch something here."
"Don't wanna go out?"
Tony shrugged. "We can."
Gibbs grinned. "Maybe I should start to worry."
"Oh you are definitely my sexual play thing." Tony's hand clutched at the back of Gibbs' head roughly and he felt the now familiar stir of desire. "But I might be able to give you a little break tomorrow."
"Technically, it already is tomorrow."
"I said a little break." Tony tossed the almost empty bottle of water in the trash can and took Gibbs' hand. "And right now breaks over." He pulled Gibbs out of the kitchen and toward the steps.
"I'm ready if you are." Gibbs smiled.
"I still can't believe you bought something other than cereal for breakfast?" Tony said then took a bite of his breakfast burrito.
"I bought them because you like them." Gibbs was reading the paper, his glasses on the tip of his nose and he didn't look up.
"They're good." Tony took another bite. "We slept late, especially for you."
Gibbs gave a slight nod.
"It's almost lunch."
Another nod and Gibbs took a sip of coffee, still reading the paper.
"So movie day?" Tony asked between bites.
"Yeah."
"I still say, let's get the DVD player and watch a movie here."
"If that's what you want."
"Or we could even stay at my place, then bring some of my things over the next day."
"Sure." Gibbs flipped the paper over and continued reading.
"If I got naked, would that make you look up from the paper?" Tony asked annoyed.
"No."
Tony's eyebrows went up. "You like reading the paper that much?"
Gibbs shrugged.
As soon as Gibbs picked up his coffee, Tony got up and climbed onto the end of the table in front of him.
Gibbs put his coffee down beside Tony's leg, put his elbow on Tony's knee and started reading the paper again.
Ripping the paper of Gibbs' hand, Tony tossed it on the floor and glared at the older man.
Picking the paper up, Gibbs went to bring it back up and Tony grabbed it again accidently tearing it in two.
Tony's eyes went wide. "I didn't mean to."
Gibbs let out a sigh.
"I really didn't-I was playing around-I'll go get-" Tony stopped when he saw the crooked smirk on Gibbs' face. He punched Gibbs' arm. "You did all that on purpose?"
Gibbs' hands caressed up the outside of Tony's thighs to his hips. "Here or there it doesn't matter to me."
Tony put his hands around Gibbs' neck. "It would be nice to pick up a few things."
"Then we'll go to the apartment." Gibbs patted Tony's hip.
"We can stop and I'll buy you a new paper."
"Nah." Gibbs shook his head. "Nothing interesting in it anyway."
Again, Tony punched Gibbs' arm. "Smart ass!"
"And for the record." Gibbs slid himself and the chair closer to the table. "You ever get naked by this table, I can't be held responsible for what I'll do to you." Tony flashed a smile and Gibbs' heart melted. He inadvertently let out a sigh.
"That smile really gets to you, doesn't it?" Tony laughed.
"Yes, it does." Denying it would only make it worse.
"I promise to only use its power for good."
Gibbs laughed this time. "Somehow I find that hard to believe."
"I can't help it if you'll do anything I say when I smile at you."
"Not quite." Gibbs rolled his eyes.
"But almost." Tony smiled again. "Can we get around and go?"
"Sure."
"Did you get popcorn yesterday at the store?"
"Yeah."
"We need to take that with us." Tony gave Gibbs a quick kiss. "Can't have movie day without popcorn."
Standing in front of the apartment, Tony unlocked the door, then turned around and looked at Gibbs.
"You know it's kinda hot-" Tony smirked. "Bringing my husband to my bachelor pad."
"That so?" Gibbs took a step closer to Tony.
"Yeah, I mean those days are gone." Tony fisted his fingers in the front of Gibbs' shirt and pulled his husband against him. "I'm all yours now."
"Yes you are." Unable to resist, Gibbs captured Tony's lips in a show of possession. His hands clawing up Tony's ribcage.
Without breaking the kiss, Tony turned the door knobbed and dragged them inside. Gibbs kicked the door closed behind them and Tony shoved him against the door.
Finally tearing their lips apart, Tony grinned. "I think it's my turn to push you against the wall and suck your cock. Like you did to me in Vegas. I did love your lips wrapped-" The hand on Tony's mouth prevented him from finishing the sentence. His brow furrowed in confusion as he looked at Gibbs and realized the older man was staring past him and into the living room. Then Gibbs turned him around, the hand leaving his mouth. Tony's mouth dropped open, his eyes wide with surprise and shock, the same expression on the faces of the four people sitting in his living room.
Abby, McGee, Ziva and Palmer were sitting in Tony's living room, Chinese containers in their hands on the coffee table. All of them, face's frozen in different stages of complete shock and confusion. The bite of food McGee had on his fork fell off and back into his container.
"What the hell are you all doing here?" Tony asked.
"Case from yesterday just finished." Ziva answered first.
"We were hungry." McGee added.
Tony shook his head. "What does that have to do with you being here?"
"Big Wongs." Palmer said holding up the container.
"Your place is closest to Wongs." Abby added.
"No it isn't." Tony barked. "Gibbs' is."
"Yeah, but we all have a key to your place." McGee explained.
Palmer put up his hand. "I don't."
Abby nudged Palmer's shoulder.
"What, I don't!" Palmer said looking at Abby.
"Not the time Jimmy!" Abby snapped at him. "Bigger issues right now."
"Right." Palmer stared back at Gibbs and Tony.
Tony ran his hands down his face. Then glared at the people in his living room. "How many times have you done this?"
They all shrugged.
"A few." McGee said his fork still suspended above his container.
"You are supposed to be in Vegas." Ziva stared at Tony.
"With a frat brother." Palmer finished the excuse Tony had given for remaining in Vegas.
"And you." Abby glared at Gibbs. "You-You didn't say why you were staying in Vegas. Just left a cryptic message saying you were staying and not to call you."
"Hello!" Tony bellowed. "You are all in my apartment!"
"Tony." Gibbs touched the small of his back.
"NO!" Tony glared back over his shoulder at Gibbs and the hand left his back. He turned back to his friend and pointed at each and every one of them. "I want every one of your keys!"
"What happen to DiNozzo's dating rule number three?" Abby asked a slight smirk playing across her lips.
DiNozzo dating rules? Gibbs chuckled to himself.
Tony pushed the palms of his hands into his eyes, then ran his hands down his face. "He already knows where I live."
"Oh yeah." Abby cocked her head.
"So are you two-" Ziva looked back and forth between Tony and Gibbs. "You know?"
Abby looked at Ziva as if it were the stupidest question anyone had ever asked. "Did you not hear what Tony said when they came in? Cock sucking going on."
"That does not mean they are dating." Ziva snapped. "They could just be having sex."
Abby's eyes went wide again and she slowly turned to stare back at Tony and Gibbs. "Is this just about
sex? That's totally cool, everyone needs to get off, but it's you two and-"
"Enough." Gibbs barked ending this before it descended into vulgarity . "It's not about sex."
All four of the people looked at him eyebrows up.
Gibbs glared back at them and the eyebrows quickly went down. "We got married in Vegas."
McGee's suspended fork fell into his container and his mouth practically hit the floor. "Ma-married?"
"Yeah." Gibbs nodded.
"No way!" Abby grinned then pointed at Gibbs. "Did this happen that night you two didn't meet us at the dinner?"
Tony shot a glance and a smirk over his shoulder at Gibbs, waiting for an answer.
Gibbs ignored Tony and answered. "We're married, that's it."
"That's it?" Abby stood up now talking with her hands. "You can't just tell us you're married and say that's it! I mean when did this start, who started it, are you going to move in together, have you secretly been living together, who proposed, was there a proposal or did you just see one of those all night chapels in Vegas and decide to do it? What are-"
"Abby stop." Gibbs said in his boss voice.
She put her hands down then started wringing her hands. "Can I say one more thing, it's not a question."
Gibbs sighed.
"This is so awesome!" Jumping over the coffee table, she propelled herself into Tony's arms wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist.
Tony stumbled almost falling back into Gibbs. "Okay, can't breathe."
Letting go of Tony she dropped back to her feet and smiled at Gibbs. "I hugged him first because he was easiest to get to." Then she wrapped her arms around Gibbs' chest. "You're in love right?" She asked in a whisper.
"Yeah." Gibbs kissed the top of her head and she stepped back.
"We're all happy for you." She smiled. When she didn't hear anything behind her she turned around at shot an angry look at her friends. "Right?"
A chorus of rights rang up.
"We will totally clean up and get out of here." Abby smirked. "So you two newlyweds can be alone."
"Right." McGee was already grabbing containers and shoving them back into the bags they came in, Ziva and Palmer quickly following his lead. A second later they were all heading towards the door.
Tony stepped aside and Gibbs opened the door. "I don't want to see any of you till Thursday morning when I walk in the bullpen understood?"
They all stood there a moment and Abby walked out first, smiling happily and giving a wave, Ziva, then McGee both nodded a goodbye. Palmer went to walk out eyes down, but glanced up briefly at Gibbs, then hurried out.
Gibbs closed the door behind them and shook his head.
Abby shook her head as the four of them walked down the hallway towards the elevator. "Seriously did any of you see this coming?"
"No." McGee sighed. "I never saw that coming."
"Tony and Gibbs." Ziva pushed the elevator button as they reached it. "Married."
"It's like love conquers all." Abby sighed. "It's so romantic."
They stepped into the elevator.
"We're surprised about the marriage right?" Palmer asked. "Not about them having sex?"
All three of them looked at the Palmer as the doors closed.
"What?" Palmer balked. "I'm asking because of the pools. I mean those have been going for like the last four years."
Abby folded her arms across her chest and glared at Palmer. "Those pools were started by you... did you know something?"
"NO!" Palmer shook his head repeatedly. "We all agreed the way Tony acted when Gibbs retired, was weird, like it was about more than just friendship."
"Actually." McGee mirrored Abby's stance. "We just agreed with you when you brought it up."
"I didn't know anything! I swear!" Palmer backed up a few steps making contact with the elevator wall.
"Did you know something was going on in Vegas?" Ziva asked.
"No!" Palmer said adamantly. "I thought Callen had the hots for Tony. Seemed like Callen was hitting on Tony in Vegas."
Abby's hand fell from her chest and her glare faded. "Yeah me too. I mean Callen seemed super into Tony." She put up her hands. "Maybe that's what did it. Gibbs got all jealous of Callen and went after Tony."
"Could be." McGee nodded. "Gibbs always struck me as the jealous type."
"Absolutely the jealous type." Abby smirked as the door opened, then glared again at Palmer and pointed at him. "I still think you knew something!"
"Well, that was not how I expected this day to go." Tony sighed, dropping down on the couch. He looked over at Gibbs. "You know this isn't over right? Everyone's going to have more questions. They were just too shocked to ask, well except Abby."
"I know." Gibbs sat down next to Tony.
Tony started laughing. "McGeek's face was hilarious though."
"It was." Gibbs chuckled.
"And I'm not sure Ziva even believes it."
"She will, as time goes on." Gibbs squeezed Tony's knee. "You okay?"
"Yeah." Tony leaned against Gibbs' shoulder. "I'm actually glad that's out of the way."
Gibbs kissed the top of Tony's head. "Me too."
"Palmer's dating Fornell." It wasn't a question, just a statement.
"Yeah." Gibbs knew Tony had seen the look Palmer gave him.
"That's what Palmer talked to you about when he called off the wedding?"
Gibbs nodded.
Tony sat back up.
"They decided to keep it quiet for awhile, because of Emily, let her get to know Palmer, see how things went."
"How is it going?"
"Emily adores him."
"Oh God!" Tony laughed. "What's Diane gonna say when she finds out you and Fornell both switched teams?"
"It's gonna be ugly." Gibbs shook his head. "But she'll get over it."
"Let's just go home." Tony said. "I'll grab a few things I need."
"Thought you wanted to watch a movie?"
Tony shrugged. "We'll figure something out." He went to stand up and Gibbs pulled him back down.
"What is it?" Gibbs asked.
Looking around the apartment, Tony sighed. "You know four months ago, when I asked if I could stay because the heater went out?"
"Yeah, you stayed for almost two weeks."
"The heat never went out." Tony took a deep breath and let it. "I was sick of being here, being alone." Another deep breath. "I always felt safe, cared for and at home when I would stay with you."
"I always said no at first-because it was so hard when you left." The house was always so still and silent after Tony left. It reminded him of the first night he spent alone in the house after Shannon and Kelly's death.
"Guess we were both lying about what we wanted." Tony always wondered why Gibbs protested so much, yet seemed more than happy to have him there once he was staying, even offering to let him stay longer.
"Get your stuff and we'll go home."
Tony grabbed Gibbs face and gave him a kiss. "Thank you."
"For what?"
"Everything." Tony sighed wistfully. "For making me feel safe, wanted, and loved like I never have."
Gibbs nodded afraid if he spoke, he'd lose control over the emotion he was holding back.
