Tony looked up when he felt his lover's tears wet his hair. He smiled warmly at Gibbs and dried his tears away with the sleeve of his shirt.

"Why are you crying, my love?" he asked and brushed his lips to Gibbs' once more.

"It doesn't matter", Gibbs said with a small grin. "Not anymore."

A creak from the basement door caused both men to look up just as their daughter Sarah appeared on the ledge. Her long, brown hair was tousled from sleep and she was rubbing her eyes with a little fist as she clutched one of Tony's old shirts in the other. They could both see that she had been crying, as her cheeks still were striped with tears and dry sobs escaped her chest.

"What is it, sweetheart?" Tony asked and walked up to her. "Did you have a bad dream?"

"Yes, Daddy", Sarah said as Tony picked her up and hugged her protectively. "The monsters where after me again."

Tony gave his daughter a kiss on the cheek and hugged her closer, bear and all.

"The monsters will never be able to hurt you again", he mumbled. "You are safe now."

"I know, Daddy. I love you."

"I love you, too."

Gibbs leaned against the railing as he watched his partner and daughter, a smile playing at the corners of his mouth. He still remembered the day when they had brought Sarah home two years ago. Tony had been so scared of that he would screw the whole parent thing up, but he had turned out to be an excellent father. And Gibbs never grew tired of seeing them two together.

He walked up to them and took the girl from Tony when she reached out to him. He hugged her tight and gave her a light kiss on the temple before smiling down at her.

"Hey, kiddo", he said. "What is it that I hear about monsters hunting you?"

"They almost caught me this time, Papa", Sarah said earnestly and pressed her little form against him.

"They did? What did you do to get away?"

"I woke up, Papa. Just as you told me to do."

Gibbs smiled and caressed Sarah's soft curls. "Good girl. Ready to get back to sleep?"

Sarah nodded, but then she frowned and looked insecurely up at him.

"Can I sleep with you and Daddy tonight? Please?"

Gibbs looked over at Tony, who shrugged and then nodded with a smile.

"Of course you can."

They walked up to the bedroom and soon Gibbs found himself lying with Tony's head on his chest and Sarah lying in the crook of his arm on the other side, her head resting on his shoulder. He burrowed his nose in Tony's hair and wondered what Shannon and Kelly would've thought about Tony and Sarah. The next second he could have sworn that he heard Kelly's hearty laughter and felt Shannon's loving hand on his cheek. He smiled into the dark, a single tear falling down his cheek, and surrounded by his entire family, he fell asleep.

Tony smiled when he felt the body under him relax completely. He reached out, and carefully not to wake her up, he took Sarah's little hand in his. He sighed happily and just as he slipped into perfect rest and comfort, his ear filled with the soothing sound of heartbeats, he breathed in the three scents he loved the most.

The smell of Sarah. And the smell of coffee and sawdust.

THE END

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