Kensi backs out of the trip to Mammoth with Deeks, among other things, which sets a string of events in motion that will eventually lead them right back to each other.

They knew it couldn't have lasted forever. But nothing had them prepared for the day when the Office of Special Projects was compromised. What began as a simple case investigating the most dangerous cartel in Los Angeles turned into a fight for their family. Wounded and hunted, Kensi, Deeks, Sam, and Callen must take down the people that ruined everything- and above all survive.

Ziva David, now a literature professor, is drawn back into the life she thought she left behind. Is it coincidence? Fate? Or someone's design? Tony/Ziva, casefic, AU...very, very AU.

The death of a probationary agent in the winter of 2015 links back to a case Ziva, Tony and McGee worked on their own after quitting NCIS in the summer of 2013. The story jumps back and forth between the two timelines, focusing on the changes in Ziva and Tony's relationship and the devil that Ziva can never seem to get off her back. T/Z relationship, angst and casefic. Out of canon