25 Days of Drabble: NCIS

by Raindrops on Roses

[Drabble] In which Tony is nosy and McGee is sarcastic. Part of multifandom 25 Days of Drabble.

7. In which she hopes beyond hope

Day 23
Characters: Ducky/Kate; Kate, Gibbs

Fold. Crease. Repetitive, soothing.

"Kate? What are you still doing here?"

Fold. Crease.

"Do you know the story of the thousand paper cranes?"

Scrape of a chair on the linoleum floor.

"No."

Smile. "It's said that a person who makes one thousand paper cranes will have a wish granted." Hold up the finished product. "Sixty-four." Take another piece of paper.

Hand running through silver hair. "Go home."

"He'd almost gotten there, you know." Fold. Crease. "Number nine hundred eighty-eight was waiting on my desk that morning."

A sigh. "Kate..."

"I knew what he would wish for." Whisper. "I even knew what my answer would be."