Title: Shoelaces (Boyfriend Jobs)
Author: SplishySplash
Characters: Tony/Ziva
Pairing: Who else?
Genre: Friendship
Disclaimer: I own nothing, this was kind of an idea that I've been pushing around. It's very short and I didn't want to compromise it by creating subplots and junk. SO I left it, it was kind of inspired by yesterdays episode, because even though EJ is in the way I think Tony/Ziva's relationship is getting stronger, I mean did you see that he gave her half his croissant? And I'm silently protesting EJ (because Tony respects Gibbs and EJ SHOULD respect Tony) Rant complete…. Oh I'm accepting ideas for either BF/GF jobs, if anybody has any
Summary: Her hands were full and her shoe was untied, how exactly do you fix that without putting the boxes down?
Her hands were full. Spring cleaning around the Navy Yard meant filing all the paperwork that had collected in the filing cabinets to the secure moving truck in the evidence garage to be moved into secure storage, or whatever the process may be she never really questioned it and did as she was told every year. She had come in early to get a head start before she was 'assigned' Tony's paperwork load because she was still a probie when it was convenient to him.
As she returned from her second trip, the boxes had gotten heavier and it was taking longer, mostly because she would stop to greet an arriving coworker. She greeted Gibbs who offered her some coffee and she leaned against the desk with her arm on her third load and she chatted lazily with McGee as he came in with armfuls of cords and wires to back up their computers.
She sat her coffee on her desk and picked up the boxes, heading towards the elevator. She balanced awkwardly, loosening her shoelaces in the process to free her hand to push the elevator button. The door opened with the familiar ding to reveal her partner on the other side, his bright smile on his face readying him for the task of the day. "Good morning Ziva." He said.
"Good morning." She answered, returning his bright smile with an amused one of her own as she stepped to get into the metal box, but she stood on her untied shoelace and tripped. Tony caught her gracefully with a strong, steady hand on her arm.
"Have a nice trip?" He asked smartly and she glared at him, walking again cautiously to actually get inside the box, but she couldn't see her feet and the same result occurred. Tony laughed loudly as he unshouldered his backpack. "Hang on."
His hands traveled down her black slack from the knee down, smoothing out the ruffles in her slacks and picked up the white string in his large hands and he mused slightly that she had new shoes, dark blue 'girly' tennis shoes that hugged her small feet and with practiced ease he crossed them over and tucked one side under, pulling them tightly before looping the string, fastening it with the other and puling it through the "rabbit hole", well that was the story he was told when he learned how to tie his shoes.
He pulled the loops so they were equal and repeated the motion on the other shoe, not that it was undone, but coming loose. "There you go." He announced standing up to full height.
"Thank you Tony." She said genuinely and was even more relieved when he stepped into the elevator with her, taking the top box off her hands.
He shrugged as he hit the button to the basement. "No problem, it's what partners are for." He said lightly, bumping her with his shoulder.