Friends with benefits 6
Two months later
"Jethro, are you home?" Ducky called out as he entered the living area, on route to kitchen.
"Stay there a minute, Duck." Gibbs instructed, his voice travelling up the stairs from the basement. "Don't come down here."
Tim pulled his achingly hard cock out of Jethro's ass with a sigh. It had been a ten days since Director Shepard's funeral and a week since Ziva had returned to Israel. This morning Tony had departed for his assigned agent afloat position. It was the first time they'd been together alone in ten days. They'd seen DiNozzo off that morning and rushed back to Jethro's to make up for lost time. They still hadn't come out to anyone. "To be continued later." He promised, kissing Jethro. As they scrambled to find their clothes. The afternoon had started in innocently enough, working on sanding the rib of the boat, sharing occasional kisses, Tim had worked himself down on his knees, giving Jethro a blowjob to clear his mind and working his long slender fingers in and out of his anus as he sucked, nipped, licked his balls and dick until he was panting to be taken. Tim had come down prepared with a bottle of lube, and a box of condoms which would now permanently reside down here and he'd taken Jethro from behind in one quick motion. Jethro had been keening and just about ready to climax when Ducky's voice floated down and broke the mood.
Ducky heard Jethro's voice float up from the basement, he heard ruffling of clothes and hushed voices Indicating his dear friend wasn't alone. The voices were muffled by the door to the basement that was mostly closed. Ducky moved to the kitchen bench, to start a fresh pot of coffee for his friend and to wait and see if his friend would reveal the identity of his elusive new partner.
"Hey Duck, what's up?" He asked as he exited the basement stairs pulling his T-shirt on. Ducky noted that his belt was still unbuckled too and bit back his chuckle at Jethro's predicament.
"Not a lot," Ducky began. "I've just been visiting with Mother and it reminded me we haven't had much time to talk since the funeral." Jethro looked at the basement door pensively for a fleeting moment before focusing on Ducky. "Have I caught you at a bad time? Perhaps the mystery lover is downstairs."
"Ah, yeah Duck." He admitted, running his hands over his head, through his hair, trying to smooth it down praying it didn't looked too messed. "Would you like to meet them?" Jethro asked, making a split second decision. He had known and was friends with Ducky for a long time now and knew Ducky wouldn't react too badly to the duo's news.
"I'd be delighted to meet him." Ducky answered and Jethro hooked an eyebrow at him in surprise. "Please Jethro, I am not naive. If your new lover was a woman, you'd have introduced me already. I do not care that you've taken a male lover. No one is totally straight in this world and it's been a delight to see you happy and settled with your new love."
"Sheesh, Duck. Be right back."
Jethro darted down to the basement, where Tim had been working on his laptop, typing an email to his Penny, most likely. They traded emails frequently, but Tim was yet to drop the news of their relationship to his beloved grandmother. Tim hadn't bothered getting dressed, he'd just thrown his boxers on and setttled in on the old sofa with his laptop. "Get dressed babe," Jethro instructed, kissing Tim softly. "We're coming out to Ducky, ok?"
"Really?" Tim asked, delighted to see the happiness in Jethro's eyes. He knew that Jethro had wanted to tell Ducky for a while, but it was either not the right moment or he couldn't find the right words to do so.
"If it's ok with you?" He asked, kissing Tim again and embracing him tight. He felt Tim nod and Jethro released him. "I'll see you upstairs soon."
"He'll be up in a minute." Jethro said to Ducky as he re-emerged from the basement. He watched his friend with fascination as he prepared tea for Ducky and poured two coffees of his friends usual black sludge he passed off as coffee. Ducky had been so fascinated by Jethro he hadn't heard the basement door.
"Hmmm, thank you." Tim said softly as he took the offered coffee from Jethro and kissed him light and chastely. "Hey Ducky," he greeted him as he turned towards Ducky with a smile.
"Timothy?" Ducky asked fully surprised, not really comprehending the situation. "This is a surprise." He declared, before registering what he'd just seen. Ducky's mouth went still and silent as it finally registered. 'Timothy and Jethro' Ducky mused silently 'in a relationship. At least I hope they're in a relationship, after all they did just kiss in front of me.'
"Yes Duck." Gibbs confirmed. "Tim and I have been seeing each other almost eight months now?"
"About eight months," Tim confirmed, as they moved the conversation into the living room.
"I'm surprised, I didn't know either of you were … that way inclined." Ducky admitted.
"I'm bisexual Ducky, have been since my teenage years." Tim stated "As the only son of Admiral John McGee, I learnt at a young age to keep that side of me well hidden."
"Guess I'm bi too." Gibbs admitted. "Only ever had one other male lover and it was in my teens too."
"It's marvellous you've found each other." Ducky stated, shaking both of their hands. "Pray tell, am I the only one who knows?"
"Ah, except Emily yeah." Gibbs answered. "We're not hiding it, Duck. Not flaunting it either, but it seems no one's really figured it out yet."
"I dropped enough hints to Tony for a while." Tim said, but he got distracted with Ziva's new relationship."
"I must say, I'd noticed a change in both of you, especially you Jethro, but nothing to indicate you two were together. It makes my old heart happy to know that you've found love with each other." Ducky observed the couple. Jethro had his arm stretched across the back of the sofa, with Tim sitting almost flush against him, his feet curled up beside his body. Their hands linked, comfortably resting on Jethro's thigh.
"I am baffled, I must admit, as to how this relationship came about." Tim and Jethro shared a small laugh and a knowing smile.
"I had requested multiple times, to up Tim's training with Director Shepard but all requests were rejected. She felt Tim didn't belong in the field and resented the times I did send him out." Gibbs began. "Eventually I got sick of being turned down and we outsourced it."
"Every spare weekend, Jethro had me at the gun range, in the gym, training with Marines and anything else he could think of. Eventually we got to know each other and became friends. Soon friendship wasn't enough."
"Haha, you left out getting your heartbroken by Simone." Jethro chuckled.
"Best thing that ever happened to me." Tim laughed and they shared a heated glance as they recalled that first day to themselves. Their shared looks allowed Ducky to see the love and tenderness they both share and the friendship that lies within.
"Join us for dinner, Duck? I'll grill up some steaks and Tim makes a mean salad and vegetable dish."
"You actually eat vegetables and salad?" Ducky asked truly shocked. Of all the meals he and Jethro had shared, Ducky had always met resistance when it came to salad and vegetables with his friend.
"He does." Tim confirmed. "He doesn't get dessert if he doesn't." Tim laughed, as did Ducky, thinking why he'd never tried that tactic with his friend.
"In that case, I'd be delighted."
They moved into the kitchen, settling Ducky behind the breakfast bar with a fresh cup of tea while Tim and Jethro moved flawlessly around each other in the kitchen. Ducky was impressed with the duo. Jethro prepared the steaks, trimming the fat and seasoning them perfectly. Ducky rose an eyebrow at Jethro trimming the fat off, he'd been on his friends case for years to cut back on his bad habits and that included grilling his steak with the fat on it. Tim prepared a small garden salad with spinach, cherry tomatoes from the window ledge above the sink and some pine nuts. He blanched some green beans while Jethro prepared some garlic butter to go on the baked potatoes that Tim would do in the oven with some light tasty cheese.
"It's as plain as the nose on my face." Ducky said suddenly and both men looked up from their respective tasks. "You two are very in sync with each other. I don't know how I didn't notice it before."
Ducky was impressed that a quick simple meal looking meal, had been cooked and prepared in his friend's kitchen. He was more amazed that Jethro had eaten everything on his plate without argument. A simple berry compote with some plain Greek yoghurt was dished up for dessert. "I don't think I've ever eaten such an elaborate meal in this house before, Jethro." Ducky wondered out loud and Tim laughed.
"I've met two out of the three exes, that's not surprising." Tim laughed and Jethro put his arms around Tim and kissed his temple.
"Tim makes me eat better, very rarely let's eat crap too."
After waving Ducky off from the front porch, the couple closed up the house and headed upstairs for a quick shower before Jethro held Tim close to him, in his arms and huskily asked "Now where were we?" Tim playfully pushed Jethro onto his new bed and climbed on top of him, taking Jethro's semi hard dick with his and rested them between their bodies.
"Here seems like a good starting point." Tim purred as two of them began to rock as their dicks frotted against each other. "We can take the edge off, first. Before I drill you into the mattress completely."
"Hard and fast, just the way I like it." Gibbs asked with a cheeky grin.
"Soft and agonisingly slow, too." Tim added with a dirty grin and right then, Jethro knew they wouldn't be getting much sleep that night.