AN: Spoilers for 'Chained'. Tiny extended scene.
Some things he knew with certainty. Gibbs knew he was worried about Tony and too much of a bastard to admit it to Kate. He knew it was Tony who'd been calling then hanging up, and he'd been too damn slow to catch on.
He knew as soon as he saw the blood-streaked car windows, they were too late to alter the outcome. He looked through the gory back window, and knew Jeffrey White was dead.
Turning to the slumped, still figure in the front seat, Gibbs realized Tony might be dead too. He didn't want that certainty; one that would be undeniable once he opened the door, but he needed it one way or the other.
Gibbs' chest tightened painfully when Tony didn't react to the door opening. Then…relief as Tony's head turned slowly and he gazed up at him from dark, haunted eyes.
"I really liked him."
Gibbs knew with certainty his agent would carry scars from this case; the kind that no one would ever see.
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