Twenty-Eight

Jack rolled over in bed and blinked blearily, her eyes drifted over to the clock and she was shocked to see that it was already 0530. She had set her alarm for 0600 and she was a bit surprised that she had woken up before Gibbs who was still sleeping soundly beside her. He was on his side facing her, one hand tucked under the pillow and the other one resting on her hip.

She carefully extracted herself from his light grip and slipped out of bed, she grabbed Gibbs' hoodie off of the chair in the corner of her room and pulled it on as she walked down the stairs. She walked into the kitchen and started a pot of coffee, while it was brewing she opened the fridge to see what she had in terms of breakfast food and pulled out a carton of eggs and a package of bacon. She got the bacon cooking as the coffee finished brewing.

By the time Gibbs made his way downstairs, his hair mussed from sleep, she was sitting on the counter, the bacon sizzling happily in a pan on the stove, with a cup of coffee in one hand and her phone in the other.

"Mornin'." Gibbs muttered as he made a beeline for the coffee pot.

She handed him a mug from the rack behind her and accepted the quick kiss he offered her before he turned his attention back to the coffee pot. She shook her head with a small smile and went back to reading the news. She looked up again when she felt Gibbs' hand settle on her bare thigh.

"That's my sweater." He commented, eyeing her outfit with a raised eyebrow.

"It is." She agreed, "It's warm." She added.

"I know."

She gave a small laugh at his response and put her phone down before placing her hand on the back of his neck and pulling him between her legs.

"You sleep okay?" She asked.

"Yeah."

She grinned at him and ran her fingers through his hair in attempt to fix it before giving up and leaning forward to give him a slow kiss.

"How'd you sleep?" He asked when the kiss came to a natural end.

"I always sleep good when you're around." She admitted quietly.

He could see the light flush across her cheeks at the admission and reached out to brush a stray hair behind her ear before kissing her forehead.

"Me too." He replied, "Glad you called." His eyes darted to the pan beside her.

"You just like me because I make breakfast." She teased, pushing him back so she could hop off the counter.

"Among other things." He replied, "you want another cup of coffee?" He asked, nodding to her now empty mug.

"Please." She replied, "This'll be done in a minute if you want to grab two plates out of that cupboard."

She guided him through where she kept everything and within two minutes he had the table set and they were sitting down to eat. They spent most of the meal in companionable silence, occasionally speaking about work or one of the kids. A part of her was silently relishing how easy the conversation felt and the other part of her was amazed at how domestic it was.

"Good bacon." Gibbs commented.

"I got it at a butcher downtown." She informed him, "I like it better than grocery store bacon."

She took another swallow of her coffee and a bite of bacon, "Have you heard anything from Ducky lately?"

"Nah, Palmer has though." Gibbs replied, "said he's doing' well and enjoying himself."

She nodded and watched Gibbs finish the last few bites of his breakfast before he stood up and made his way over to the sink. He rinsed off his plate and placed it in the dishwasher before wandering back over to the table and grabbing her now empty plate, pausing to give her a quick kiss.

"I'll clean up." He offered.

"You're technically a guest here." She reminded him with a small smirk.

"Yeah, whatever." He snorted.

She knew that he was referring to the way that she cooked, cleaned and generally helped out whenever she stayed at his place, whether it was for a case or over the past weekend. She stood up and brought her coffee mug to the sink, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she did so.

"Thank you." She whispered, planting a kiss between his shoulders over his t-shirt.

"Thanks for breakfast." He replied, reaching behind him to give her ass a playful pat.

She chuckled and gave him another quick squeeze before pulling away to go get ready for work. It took her ten minutes to put on a light layer of makeup and fix her hair, by the time she wandered back into her room to get dressed Gibbs was sitting on the made bed with a book in his lap and her glasses on his face.

"Did you make the bed?" She asked with a raised eyebrow, "Are those my glasses?"

"Yes and yes." He replied without looking up.

She rolled her eyes with a fond smile and pulled an outfit out of her closet, a knee length navy blue pencil skirt and a loose white blouse before grabbing clean underwear and a bra out of her drawers. She raised an eyebrow at Gibbs again when he closed the book to watch her intently.

"Can I help you?" She asked with a smirk.

"Nah, just keep doin' what you were doin'."

She snorted and rolled her eyes as she pulled off her pyjama's and her underwear and quickly replaced them with new underwear and her clothes and tossed everything except for Gibbs' sweatshirt in her laundry basket.

"I'm going to have to keep you around if you're going to keep making the bed and doing dishes." She commented lightly.

"Not to mention other things." He added, wiggling his eyebrows.

She burst out laughing at his antics and lightly whacked his good knee as she walked passed him.

"Come on, Cowboy, let's go to work."

She laughed again when he stood up and looped his arm around her waist before pulling her back against his chest. She tilted her head to the side when he kissed the side of her neck and then turned around and placed her hands on his cheeks.

"Give me back my glasses and get going." She muttered.

"Bossy." He whispered before leaning down to claim her lips in a kiss.

She smiled when he pulled back and handed her back her glasses, she stood up on her tiptoes and gave his lips a quick peck before backing well out of arms length so he couldn't pull her back in.

"I'll see you at work."

"'Kay." He replied, stepping forward to drop one last kiss on her forehead.

Just some cute filler fluff for now… Hope everyone enjoyed! Please remember I own nothing but I love to hear from you guys!

~Katie