TITLE: Behind Blue Eyes
AUTHOR: nicis_anatomy
CHARACTER: Jenny Shepard, Jethro Gibbs
GENRE: Gen
SUMMARY: Boat, Bourbon, Basement … but that's only a part of what really defines Gibbs. - Response to challenge #22 'Behind Blue Eyes' over at lj's ncisdrabble100
RATING: G
WORD COUNT: 200
DiSCLAIMER: I don't own these characters, nor am I making any money from them. I merely borrow them from time to time.
COMMENT: not Beta'd.
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Boat – that's something he works on for distraction.
Bourbon – the bad habit that helps only for a short time not as a long-time solution.
Basement – that's where he finds peace; a place for him to relax.
Bastard – that's what he used to call himself. It makes things easier, he once told me, though I know it's not true.
Boss – that's what he's damn good at.
Boat. Bourbon. Basement. Bastard. Boss
Five 'Bs' to define him – if you deal with him only superficially. If you know him better, you know there is one more; one that defines him the most; one you can't get rid of once it had caught your attention.
Blue eyes – the part of him that combines everything: his pain, his grief, his love; the urge to make a difference, his sense of justice, and also his kindness.
His blue eyes haunted me for all these years. They evoke all these regrets I still have.
His blue eyes immediately drew my attention when we first met, and they now show all the certainty I need to know I'm still welcomed; no matter what happened in the past, no matter how much of his pain, his grief I've caused.