Title: Come Undone. Author: SA3466996. Rating: M, FRM (for language). Category: Angst. Genre: Gen. Pairing: None. Character(s): DiNozzo. Summary: This time DiNozzo doesn't want an audience. Spoilers: General spoiler for upcoming S7 ep Flesh and Blood/Flesh and Bone. Disclaimer: NCIS characters belong to Bellisario, CBS and Paramount. No copyright infringement intended.
AN: Based on 'Come Undone' by Robbie Williams (4:38). 174 words
Crap. This was not how it was meant to happen. Tony kept his distance from the older man and purposefully kept his expression neutral. Strained relationships were one thing but the team had a particular history of strained paternal relationships; first Gibbs, then Ziva. His, however was the mother of all strained relationships. He did not want to do this with the rest of the team watching. They were all too eager to see him struggle. He didn't want an audience watching him as he succeeded in failing to impress the man who – during his childhood - had always been impossible to impress. He certainly didn't want them offering paltry insincere advice on matters they knew nothing about. No – fuck them all. He was not doing this. Not now. Not yet. Maybe not ever.
The case was as good an excuse as any. It may seem cold to the rest of the team, but this awkward relationship he had with his father had lasted well over twenty years. It could last a little longer.