Nov 21
We've weathered hookups and breakups, flake-outs, smiles and frowns.
We've seen each other through all of life's ins, outs, up, and downs.
Tim smiled as he handed another photo over to Abby. This had been a great idea.
After a boring case that had involved the two of them watching over a hundred hours of the most boring reality TV show ever – footage of a diner where everyone seemed to go to sob their hearts out, Abby had made the suggestion that they make a scrapbook together. Torn between the urge to hunt down some of the people on the footage and tell them that their lives weren't as bad as they thought they were and buying a massive box of tissues and crying the night away, he had decided to go along with her idea.
It was fun to see old pictures of himself and the team. Abby recorded just about everything that occurred in her life. Looking at a photo taken when he had first met her, they had giggled. His most recent NCIS official photograph had also appeared out of nowhere – Tim wasn't sure he wanted to ask where it had come from.
But there were photos showing everything – fights, tears, laughs, nights out. Gibbs headslapping Tony had made the scrapbook, as had Ducky and Ziva in deep conversation over a body.
It showed him how much their relationship – everyone's relationships – had survived through. How strong the bonds between them really were. Most people were unable to work with the same people every day without hating at least one person, but they made up all the time. They watched each other's backs and came through in one piece.
He smiled again as Abby waved a new photo under his nose. "What about this one?" she asked.