Warnings: Spoilers for "Cabin Fever"
A/N: Liked the episode well enough, glad the whole Sergei thing is done. Onward and upwards to bigger things, maybe? This popped into my head while watching last night. I would think after the connection was made that Ari was Sergei's half brother... someone would have tried to call and warn Ziva. I find myself torn about the possibility of her return this season, I guess if the storyline made sense and she wasn't brought back just to break up Tony and Zoe and have Tiva ride off into the sunset, I would be okay with it, but I don't have hope that the writers could do her return well. They never wrote her well when Cote was there. Of, FYI this takes places after Leah has informed Tony that she's pregnant, AKA the first chapter of "Tiny Photographs" :)
"No Answer"
Tony came home to find Leah asleep on the sofa, buried underneath a heavy fleece blanket and wearing his favorite Ohio State hoodie. After a trying forty-right hours, it was nice to be home and although she was asleep, he was happy to see her. He had only checked in on her once that day and he felt pretty awful. She was having a horrible time with morning sickness and he had only asked if she needed anything once.
Leah wasn't complaining. She hadn't said a word when he told her that he was going to be working later, that Gibbs had taken off for a few days to "clear his head." But still... their first child and he was leaving her in the lurch.
He dropped down into his easy chair and pulled off his boots, quietly putting them on the floor. Tony sat there watching her for a moment. It felt like a giant weight had been lifted off his shoulders. Sergei was dead. He'd seen the body himself. Gibbs, his team, Leah... they were all safe. For now at least. Until the next threat came along and they had to deal with it.
Tony was just content to sit there until morning he was so tired but his phone vibrated. You have got to be kidding me...
She didn't answer, was all Abby had typed. But he knew, immediately what she was referring too. Ziva.
Sorry. Wish I could say I knew why, Tony typed back. Truth was... he didn't understand her silence. Soul searching, sure, but to not call her friends once and a while... it was just... odd... almost like she was dead.
Do you think she's okay?
Our Ninja? Yeah... sure she's fine. Nothing can take her down.
Leah stirred on the sofa when his phone vibrated again, but she quickly settled back to sleep. Tony looked down at his message. You're probably right. Sergei might not have known about Ziva. I'm worrying too much, aren't I?
Tony smiled and gave a shake of his head. Abby had been worrying about Ziva for a long time now, even if she had moved on from their friend departing, but something like Sergei and it got her all on edge again. He quickly typed a response, to calm her frayed nerves. No. You're not but... it's out of our hands. She left it out of our hands for a reason. Get some rest, Abs. It's well earned. Leaning back in his chair, he sighed and realized that it was well earned indeed.
short i know, but I hope you liked it :)