Note: so this is different from what I usually write. It is my first NCIS fic. It is sort of like a profile of the profiler. I like Sloane and especially the connection between Gibbs and Sloane. So this is sort of a What is happening inside of Sloane's head in S15eE07. I was inspired by what Sloane says to dr. Grace in s16e23 about someone she likes so I went back and started to watch season 15 again and this popped in my head. Let me know what you think.
Jack Sloane's office
Sloane leaves her office and walks to her car. He minds keep wandering back to the conversation she just had with Gibbs. Or more like the outburst Gibbs just had at her.
"How could he think that she would go behind his back? Doesn't he trust her? last week they had that moment, or so she thought that they did, in the observation room next to the interrogation, and… tonight he doesn't trust her and thinks she would go behind his back and disrespect his trust. How could he do that to her?"
It makes her upset and hurt that he would think she would betrayal his trust that easily. She had told Gibbs that she had had lunch with Hicks attorney but, she could never betrayal her teams trust. She is a special agent. She knows better than anyone how important trust among team members are. She can't wrap her head around it. She has only worked with Leroy Jethro Gibbs for a couple of weeks, but he has managed to frustrate her but also charm her in that short time.
Last week he gave her partial credit for solving the case. He said "they" would solve the case, together…" That world 'together' had made Sloane smile all the way home that night. He had included her and recognized her attribute to solving the case. The night they had closed the case and he had come to her office while she was hanging up some paintings, he had offered to help her get the pictures to hang straight. He was difficult to understand. Sloane had quickly realized shortly after she meets him that he was going to be challenging for her to understand, but… Sloane had always liked a good challenge and a fight. She just never anticipated that any man could make her so frustrated and confused and flattered as Leroy Jethro Gibbs. He had been furious when he entered her office. She had managed to convince him to trust her, at least enough for him to open up to her about his dilemma. He had hoped that she would give him the answer to his conundrum but somehow, she had a feeling when she left the office that she had given him some sort of answer to how to handle the situation.
Sloane reached her car and gets inside. She places her purse on the passenger seat and finds her car key. As she has her car key in her hand her brain starts wandering and asking a lot of questions.
"What was it about this ex-marine Special Agent? A man of few words and jet so charming and easy to have so many feelings about."
As Sloane drove home that night, she knew she needed to have a talk with Gibbs once this case about Hicks was over and tell him to trust her, but… she also had a feeling that he did trust her. Gibbs seemed like a man who would never let anyone near his team, that he didn't trust.
Gibbs car
As Sloane was sitting in the passenger seat next to special Agent Gibbs and they were watching that S.O.B. Gabriel Hicks who had played them Sloane looked over at Gibbs. She could see he was just as frustrated as she were about how they had been played by this man. They knew he had killed at least 7 people and he had managed to play them and even ruin a good FBI-agents name and career. She had been played by a psychopathic serial killer and so had Gibbs. They left the batting field soon after their realization and Gibbs had, like the gentleman he is offered to drive her home or wherever she needed to go. She knew she needed to have a talk with him about trusting her, but she wasn't sure whether now was a good time. They could soon enough have that talk.
"how about a beer?" she had asked as they were driving towards her home. he had just quickly looked over at her and then back on the road to see if she was serious. She was leaning back in the seat. She had one knee bend against the glovebox. She felt so exhausted but she was to worked up about being played to actually go home and sleep. As she looked over at Gibbs to see if she had heard what she had asked he had this iconic sweet smile of his that she had already come to be quite found off.
"what do you say, cowboy? Should we grab a beer?" She asks. Sounding way more confident then she feels.
He laughs. "alright." He says and quickly makes a turn in the middle of the road.
"where are we going?" she asks surprised by his sudden turn of the car.
"I know a great place. I think you will like it," he says and quickly looks over at her with a smile. She just smiles at him and leans back comfortably in her seat.
No need for questioning whether he trusts her or not. She knows Gibbs well enough by now, to know that he wouldn't bring her to a place that he likes if he didn't."
thanks for reading please leave a review to let me know if you liked it or what you think of the style of it(the monolog inside a characters head-style.