Jimmy took a deep breath as he, Tony and Tim entered their cabin. You could cut the tension with a knife. 'It would have to be a sharp knife,' Jimmy thought. 'Maybe one of the knives Rachel Ray makes, or Emril. Something that could slice through something really thick… or really tough… or-"
"Jimmy, move!" Tony exclaimed.
Jimmy jumped slightly. He hadn't realized that he was standing at the head of both his bed and the bunkbeds, making it impossible for Tony and Tim to get by.
"Oh, sorry, sorry," He apologized, moving out of the way.
Neither of them replied. They both just began to go to the bathroom.
They reached the door at the same time, getting stuck in the doorway as they both tried to go through at once.
They backed out and faced each other. "What are you doing?" Tim asked.
"What does it look like, Timothy? I'm going to the bathroom."
"Don't call me "Timothy.""
"Why not? That's your name, isn't it?"
"Only Ducky calls me that."
"Well, I wouldn't want to do anything to make you feel belittled. Wouldn't want you to think you're not a smart agent, as I apparently do often."
"You're not making any sense!"
"Great detective work, McGee!"
"Don't patronize me!"
Jimmy took a couple of steps towards them. "Um, guys, maybe you two could just talk this out in a calmer, and quieter, manner? I mean, I-"
"Shut up, Palmer!" They both exclaimed at the same time.
Jimmy nodded and turned around. "That's what I thought," He said before leaving out of the room.
Tim turned his attention back to Tony. "Why would you even think to tell Anna about Abby?"
"I didn't really think it would matter, McGee. Plus, I was just being honest. You do like her."
"That doesn't mean you go blab about it!"
"Hah! You don't deny it!"
Tim's eyebrows furrowed. "What?"
"Now that I think about it, you never denied it. Not once. You never denied that you weren't into Abby."
"Maybe I thought it went without saying."
Tony shook his head. "No, you like her."
Tim sighed. "Tony, that's not even the point."
"No, you're right," Tony replied, becoming angry once more. "The point is that you think I think you're a bad agent."
Tim rolled his eyes. "Come on, Tony! Get over it!"
"No! Just tell me why you think that."
"I don't know!" Tim replied, throwing his arms up, "Maybe it's all the negative nicknames, the lack of faith every time Gibbs let me do something, gluing me to things, should I really go on?"
"Come on, McGee, that's just petty stuff."
"Petty? Petty is super gluing my head to my desk? Petty is pretending to be an online girl who I like? Petty is-"
"Okay, okay!" Tony interrupted, "But that's just like playing pranks on a little brother."
"Tony, that's- Wait, what?"
"It's just pranks."
Tim shook his head. "No, the little brother part."
"Oh… Well, it's not like you didn't know."
"Actually, I didn't. You really think of me as a little brother?"
"Why do you think I rag on you all the time?"
"Because you think I'm lesser than you! I thought we already went over this."
"Do I think you're a lesser human being than me? Well, you spend free time playing online games, don't know how to properly flirt, have barely seen any movies, read a lot and take computers apart just to put them back together. So, yes, you may be a lesser human being and more of a robot, but I do not think of you as a lesser agent."
Somehow, that was one of the nicest things he'd ever heard Tony say to him. "Thanks, Tony. I'm- I'm sorry about what I said before. I was wrong."
Tony nodded once in reply. "Apology accepted."
Anna smiled as she stood outside of the cabin. She had been listening for a little while now, not wanting to interrupt by knocking.
Once she knew they were done talking, she knocked and, after they opened the door and let her in, she apologized.
Afterwards, she went around to everyone telling them to meet at the campfire… They still had story time ahead of them tonight.
I decided to go a different way with the Tony/Tim apologizing thing. I figured, since they were arguing with each other, it would be better for them to have a private argument instead of having Anna in there.
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