By Kalnaman
A/N: Thank you all for your reviews.
Mr. DiNozzo never thought that what he just heard would hurt much more than what his brother did to him. Could it really be true did his son and agent Gibbs built a father/son bonding? If so had he lost his son forever? Would he ever get a father/son bonding with his son back? Or had he really lost his son to agent Gibbs? How could this be happening? Now that he'd thought he had his son finally back in his life. Pop DiNozzo promised himself that he would do anything to, not to lose his son once again. And if he had to get agent Gibbs out of his son's life to be able to he would. He knew it was wrong, but he couldn't stand the thought to have lost his son even before he had him back. He would make sure of that Tony would forget that he saw a father in Gibbs, since he now had a real father that loved him very much.
"Yes son I promise you. I will make sure you get anything you want… except from Daddy Gibbs. Sorry son, but you don't need him anymore. Your real father is back so you don't need a surrogate father anymore. Gibbs is your boss and not your father. I'll make sure you're going to face that fact son.
Tony kept sleeping he didn't even stir. Pop DiNozzo saw it as a sign that his son agreed to it at least subconsciously. Yeah he knew that it was stretching at straws or wishful thinking. But he needed that hope. He wouldn't survive if it really turned out that he had lost his son for good.
Tony didn't seem to wake up from his nap. His father had a feeling that he would sleep the whole night through. He kept sitting at his son's bedside the whole night, afraid that it all was a dream, that he still was in his brother's captivity and his son under Vince's evil clutches. But at last he had to give in, he felt asleep on the chair, which would give him a very sore neck in the end.
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Tony started to stir. When he was finally able to open his sleepy eyes he looked confused around the room. He was very confused his surrounding looked very unfamiliar. When he finally noticed a figure sleeping in a chair beside him he smiled. But when he looked closely his smile fated and panic appeared instead on his face, when he noticed that it wasn't Gibbs who was in the chair. He was about to get as fast out of the bed as he could, but he then finally remembered what had happened yesterday. It was his real father who sat on the chair and not his evil uncle. He had to remember that. He had wondered yesterday to why he so easily had agreed to take a bath when his father had asked him to. Now he knew why. When he had thought that his uncle was his father he would be punished severely if he didn't do as asked. And even though he knew that man wasn't his evil uncle, he still was afraid to go against him as he still didn't quite knew his father yet, how he would react to the word no.
As soon as Tony noticed his father started to stir he hurried closing his eyes, afraid what his father would do to him if he found out he wasn't sleeping. Too many memories of what his fat… u-uncle had done to him over the years was still hunting him. Just after he'd visited his uncle at jail he thought he could forget everything his uncle had done to him and start to have a care free relationship with his real father. Without being afraid that his father would become violent toward him like his twin. He wondered if he ever would be able to have father/son relationship with his pop like the one he had with Gibbs? Would it be impossible because of what his uncle had done to him and his pop? And if they would be able to how would Gibbs react?
When Tony could feel a gentle hand brushing his hair away from his forehead Tony started to relax. His uncle was never that gentle toward him ever. So maybe he shouldn't be so worried how his pop would treat him. And how would they be able to get a father/son bonding as long he was afraid to be himself in the present of his father? At least he'd had a peaceful sleep last night with no nightmares at his father's home. Talking about home… would his father go back home soon? If so would he ask him to go with him? To leave his friends and the rest of his family behind?
Tony slowly opened his eyes.
"Good morning son. For someone who didn't want to take a nap you for sure had a long one."
"Good morning si… Pop. Yeah I guess I was really tired."
"Well. You better get up. I have lot of plans for us to do today. I'll go and let you do your business. See you in the dining room for breakfast."
"What plans are you thinking off?"
"I thought we could go shopping and I want to show you something."
"Shopping?"
"Well like DVDs, books or whatever your heart desire."
"Sounds cool. And what are you going to show me?"
"O that will be a surprise son."
"S-Surprise?" Tony said looking worried at his Pop. His uncle's surprises never meant something good and he didn't quite know how he should react to his Pop's surprise.
As if his Pop could read Tony's mind he said, "Don't worry. I'm sure you're going to love the surprise."
"Sorry. I still have to get use to you not being mean and evil toward me. When h-he wanted to surprise me it wasn't very pleasant for me… I-I…" Tears were now running down Tony's face. His Pop dried them gently off his face with his thumb and then gave Tony a hug.
"You never need to apologize to me because of that. It's understandable that you have to adapt that I'm not my evil twin. Don't worry, I'll make sure you will trust me in time and I promise you that you'll never fear me ever again." Senior gave his son a squeeze and released the hug. "Well I better go. See you soon at breakfast."
When his pop closed the door behind him Tony let out a deep sigh. It really looked like he shouldn't be afraid of his pop. That he was really the gentle and loving father he remembered from when he was very young. He really hoped that it was the case. Then he would have two caring fathers.
TBC