I Can Fly Anywhere

Alright, as promised a bit of McGibbs goodness. A few new characters. This ended up a bit longer than I felt comfortable with what Ziva and Tony are going to find in Savannah Winters' past (it was over 3,000 words and I hadn't even finished the chapter...) I'm sorry that it took me so long to update, personal drama, ugh... but I should have the second half of this chapter up either later today or tomorrow. Thanks to all those who have faved and alerted the my story. It makes my day. Please R&R!

Tim had barely gotten through the door before Jethro attacked him. Grabbing at the younger man's coat to take it off, Jethro was in full heat, pushing Tim up against the closed front door while forcing his tongue into Tim's mouth. "Jethro…"

"What, Tim?"

"We have to put up the Christmas decorations like you promised, remembered?" Tim said with innocence, trying to get out the assault that was coming upon his body.

Jethro growled, knowing that the assault he had planned for Tim was being diverted, but he was a man of his word. "Alright, fine. I'll go get a tree. You go find the trim, the ornaments, and the lights." He planted a long kiss on Tim and unbuttoned three buttons before Tim swatted his hands away and shooed him out the door.

In the car, Jethro let out a curse so loud he was sure Tim could hear in the house.

Back in the attic, Tim started to go through the boxes with writing on them. He had put the Christmas stuff in a box that read "DO NOT OPEN TIL CHRISTMAS". It always offended him when he saw "XMAS" so he always put "Christmas" on the decoration boxes. He found them in about 10 minutes of going up there. He was on his way down when he remembered that Jethro had wanted everybody over at 07h00, which meant he was going to do something about the matching hickeys that Jethro had given him in the elevator earlier that evening.

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About an hour later, Jethro had returned to the house with a tree it was about 6'5" with a nice, strong apex to put a ~shining star upon the highest bough~. His mind always liked finding the perfect line from a song to express himself a little better. He was like DiNozzo in that way. He noticed the Nativity scene that Tim had bought their first Christmas together was already up in the front yard. But he did notice that the Baby Jesus was missing, as well as the three wise men. He was going to say something, but decided to ask for call Tim for help. "Hey, Tim, I'm outside with the tree. Would you mind coming out and helping me bring it in?" He didn't mind the cold, but he sure wasn't going to stand outside more than was necessary.

Tim agreed and rushed outside to see Jethro sitting in the cab of the truck at the end of the driveway.

*BANG*

McGee was on the ground, behind the tree in the front yard, gun in hand. He hadn't seen a flash, but he was trained enough to not give into assumptions. Every light in the neighborhood went on as the sound resounded.

"Damn truck!" cursed Jethro, as he hit the dashboard. "Sorry, Tim! This damn thing has been backfiring on me all damn night!"

With this statement, out came the neighbor across the street, Mr. Derek Greer, an older man in late 50's, slightly overweight with a small frame and greying hair, always loved helping Jethro with any fixer-uper projects he endeavored. He had a lovely wife of 54 years and his three sons were visiting with their wives and children for Christmas. Derek had been the first one in the neighborhood to welcome McGee when he started to live with Jethro. Derek's youngest son, Aaron, had been killed because he was gay and he didn't want anything to happen to Tim, not that Jethro would let that happen. He had told Tim the very first time he had met him that he was always welcome at his house, in an attempt to make things better with the universe and Karma for the way he had treated Aaron.

"Hey, Jethro! Is that thing giving you trouble again? Do you realize what time of night it is?" Derek called out from the curb, walking to the truck.

"Yeah, Derek, it's 20h00. And it looks like I'm gonna have to put it back in the garage and fix it again. Wanna help?" Jethro said with a smile.

"Sure thing, Jethro! Is Tim going to fix us up some grub or are we going to have to fend for ourselves?" inquired Derek.

"I'll be glad to fix some food for you and Jethro if you fix the darn thing," replied Tim graciously as he walked around the truck bed, holstering his gun. "Mr. Greer, would you mind helping us bring in our tree?"

Jethro got out of the car and the three of them got the tree in the house and in the stand. Tim thanked Mr. Greer by giving him some of the pot roast that was in the fridge. "Ya know, Tim, don't let my wife know, but you're a damn better cook than she'll ever think and hope to be," Derek said with a deep, rich laugh as he left.

"Well, we better get started on putting up the tinsel and lights, Jethro. Everyone's going to be here bright-eyed and bushy-tailed tomorrow and I want them to come into the house with Christmas decorations, after all it's only a couple days until Christmas." Tim started as Jethro put his arm around the Tim's waist.

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It was 0h00 when the two of them finished putting the lights and tinsel on the tree. Tim had found an old train track with a model train that he wanted to put under the tree. Jethro saw the unbridled joy that was on Tim's face and couldn't say no to him. They were laughing and watching A Muppet's Christmas Carol, something that reminded Tim of Christmas at home. Tim, as usual, was pointing out all the inconstancies of the movie. He was especially intrigued by the fact that in the book the Ghost of Christmas Present was supposed to have two children–Ignorance and Want–under his robe, which he introduces to Scrooge as he suggests that Tiny Tim should hurry up and die if it meant a decrease in the world's surplus population, using Scrooge's words against him, right before Scrooge is to meet the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come and the movie did not include them. With the end of the movie, they decided that they needed to go to bed.

Jethro was in the bathroom, getting ready for bed, when he saw a shirtless Tim. He put his toothbrush away silently, and made his way over to finish assault that he had begun earlier that evening.

He put his arms around the bare torso and began to sway with Tim in his arms. Tim simply let out a moan and arced his back to put his neck in the crook of Jethro's neck. He was getting aroused so simply. He loved that Jethro's calloused hands felt so incredibly soft when they flowed across his body. As Jethro began to pull Tim to the bed, Tim went willingly to lying on his stomach. Jethro then used those calloused hands that were so used to working on wood, began to work over the younger man's tight back muscles. All Tim could do was moan and melt into the hands that were working over his back.

As Jethro worked on Tim's back, he decided he risk it. He pulled the waistband off Tim's ass and decided he was going to get some tonight. Not disapproving of Jethro's intentions, Tim simply lifted his ass and allowed Jethro to remove his shorts.

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Back at the hotel room, Daigh and David were with another agent, Agent Nathan Blankenship. Agent Blankenship may not have the ability to sign in Japanese but he was very proficient at the Japanese language, nonetheless–after all, he was a bigger nerd than any person in Cybercrimes or McGee combined.

Agent Blankenship was a short man, standing only 5'5". He was a clean-cut dirty blonde with blue eyes of about 200 pounds that had the personality of a social butterfly. He could make anyone laugh with one of his stories from his community college days. He especially loved regaling the one time where he called out the president of the college over something that he shouldn't have done, for appearances sake. The president got so pissed that he accused Blankenship of slander and brought him before the Student Advisory Committee. He loved to tell that when he went before the committee, he had brought U.S. penal code that stated he didn't have to have the committee's permission to record them. When they saw the code, they all looked like deer in headlights and even had all three of the campus security come to try to verify it before they dismissed him by saying that they would have to consult their lawyer. He then brought out penal code defining slander, stating that what he had said was malicious, yes, maybe defamatory, but it was certainly not false. Since the conjunction 'and' was used, the law required that all three requirements of the statement be fulfilled in order to be charged of slander. The president was speechless and pissed off even further, knowing that he couldn't do anything about it. It was then Nathan Blankenship fell in love with law and penal codes. His father was in the Navy, but having a boyfriend of seven years, he didn't think he stood a chance. So he did the next best thing, he joined NCIS' legal department and ended up working under Agent Isuma Yamato. He father was proud, nonetheless that his son was still connected to the Navy. When he was first introduced to Agent Yamato, he had only been exposed to a few Japanese anime, but after coming on-board with Agent Yamato, the two started to share the passion and a budding friendship was found. Yamato taught Blankenship Japanese as Blankenship did the research to help Yamato win in the courtroom with Gibbs' cases, spending countless hours in front of law books to find the right precedent or law that could move the rock from the hard place. It only helped matters that Blankenship was a second generation Irish on his father's side and his grandparents had taught him Irish.

Daigh and Agent Blankenship were hitting it off well, to say the least. David was looking back and forth, confused, so Agent Blankenship would write down what he and Daigh were talking about. They were talking about David's parents, so Agent Blankenship could report to Gibbs when he took Daigh and David to his house in the morning. This was a very unusual case, if Agent Blankenship ever had seen one.

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At NCIS, Tony and Ziva were going through Savannah Winters' background.

What they discover will be up shortly... I'm still having to deal with personal problems... ugh, people... hope you have enjoyed this story so far :)