May 14
To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.
C. Kent Wright
Timothy McGee was not a confident person. He had never been one, and it did not help that he now worked with three supremely confident individuals, all of whom were happy to take control.
Sometimes it was necessary to fade into the background for the good of the team.
But tonight he was going to try his hand at speaking in public. At a poetry recital.
He was extremely nervous. He would have been more comfortable giving a reading from Deep Six in the guise of Thom E. Gemcity, as at least he would have something of a cloak around him. But this was going to be an appearance as Tim McGee, a very anxious, tense man.
However, he was not alone. His teammates had rallied around him and were sitting somewhere in the audience. Upon learning of his evening plans, Abby and Ziva had insisted on coming along to support him. From them, Ducky had heard of it and politely invited himself as well. Palmer had blabbed to Tony, so the Italian had grinned like a fool and promised to be present, and Tim was hoping he would be on his best behavior as Ziva could keep him in line.
Rumor had it that even Gibbs would make an appearance to support his agent.
Tim smiled to himself as he waited for his turn. Although the support could not calm the butterflies in his stomach, it was making him feel more confident.