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"McGee body found I need you to go and secure the scene." Willis barked at his youngest agent.
"On it." Tim got up. Taking the directions from his hands.
"Well you're at it get in touch with the Team from DC who are in charge of the case. I believe it's Gibbs Team."
"Of course." Tim silently groaned and thought about how for the first time in his career he'd be coming face to face with his father in a professional capacity. And just his luck it was during a time when he didn't want to even see his father in a personal capacity. Plus he had to figure out how he'd be around Tony without people realizing there connection. He swallowed and squared his shoulders. He'd do it. He'd get through it he just had to plaster on his professional face. Once he made it to the scene he then dialed the number on the slip of paper and was transferred to Tony. He swallowed he'd never talked to Tony in a professional capacity before but at least it wasn't his father.
"Agent DiNozzo how may I help you?"
"Agent DiNozzo this is Agent McGee from the Norfolk office. I'm in charge of cordoning off the body here. "Should I close off" the blue barrels laying on the ground.
Tony was slightly surprised to hear Tim's voice come over the phone. He knew they were going to Norfolk but he hadn't really considered that they might run into Tim. He cleared his head trying to think of the question Tim had asked him. "No The best thing is for you to do nothing okay agent McGee just secure the area and wait for us to get there."
"Okay." Tim disconnected the call, biting his lip to keep the I love you that he was used to saying to Tony from falling from his lips. He finished securing the scene as he waited for the MCRT to show up.
"Are you guy's ready to go?" Gibbs looked at his team. He was on edge as it was with the whole Tim situation.
"Yeah we're meeting an agent McGee at Norfolk." Tony said standing up from his own desk. Gibbs looked at him eyes narrowed slightly. Why did it seem like there was a smirk hidden in the way Tony said that. He felt his heart stutterer he had to see his son. The one who wasn't even talking to him. He listened to Kate babble and tried not to roll his eyes though he wanted to snap her head off when she spilled his coffee.
This day just kept getting better and better. He groaned. Hoping that once face to face with his son Tim would act professionally and not do anything to give the personal connection away. Or at the very least not start shouting but he trusted his son to do his job in a professional manner.
"You spilled Gibbs Coffee I don't think I've ever seen Gibbs without his coffee."
"Shh Tony." Kate hissed grabbing her go bag and determined to stay out of Gibbs way that day.
"DiNozzo stop gossiping with Kate and get your butt into gear." He shouted behind him hearing what he'd told Kate about his morning Coffee. They made it to the scene and he saw his son setting up the perimeter and talking to Ducky who had made it to the scene before them.
Tim looked up at his father as he and his team walked onto the scene he tried not to look at the body but he also didn't really want to look his father either. "You Agent Mcgee?"
"Yes sir." He nodded looking towards his father as he addressed him. He inwardly smirked knowing how his father hated to be called sir.
"Good well it looks like you set it up well."
"That he did Gibbs that he did." Ducky looked up from the body. "Very well done young man but you do seem to be having some issues are you going to be okay?" Ducky asked noticing that the younger man looked like he was about to barf.
"I'll be fine."
"McGee come with me you can help me sketch." Tony called out seeing the tension between father and son.
Gibbs shook his head he trusted his son but sometimes he wondered how Tim figured to ever be a field agent if he couldn't even handle the sight of a body.
Tim silently cursed himself for his inability to keep his stomach even. He had to do better he would one day make field agent and he'd make sure of it.
"You okay?" Tony whispered as he started to sketch the scene.
Tim just nodded.
"Why don't you take a seat down there?" Tony nodded towards a case on the ground and Tim took a grateful seat. As Tony did his sketching he made sure to keep an eye on Tim worried he'd lose his breakfast at any moment.
Gibbs was pissed the DNA registry was backlogged and no one knew who his dead victim was. He glared at his son who was sitting on the case he needed. He wished Tim would just suck it up but no the boy still looked like he was going to barf. "Pull it together Agent." He snapped grabbing his case and jarring Tim.
"Sorry Sir I'll do better." Tim said shakily as he stood up. He wouldn't let his father get to him he just wouldn't. He looked away not in the mood to see Tony's sympathetic eyes. He walked towards Tony standing beside him wanting desperately to take his hand for support but shoving his hands in his pockets instead.
"I've heard stories of Agent Gibbs." He looked at Tony. Because it was true he had heard stories of his father in the field of his father in the boss Role and it was a bit eye opening to see it now. He was a hard man on a normal day but in his role as leader he was a man Tim wasn't sure what to make of it.
"Only half of them are true." Tony shrugged looking at Tim's pale completion. "Trick is figuring out what half."
"And that is the biggest puzzle of all isn't it." Tim shook his head. Tim had known his father his whole life and still couldn't figure out the man.
"Don't worry we all get queasy every now and then." Kate told him walking past the two men. "Tony we better go and get to Gibbs he looks like he's going to snap
"Well if you hadn't spilled his coffee this morning." Tony pointed out.
"Ouch you spilled his coffee." Tim said without thinking that certainly explained the mood.
"Uh yeah but how would you know about Gibbs and his coffee. I'm agent Todd by the way didn't really get a chance to introduce myself earlier."
"It's common knowledge around NCIS more like Legend Gibbs and his coffee." Tony was quick to jump in and cover up Tim's slip. Kate seemed to by that at Tim stepped in once again.
"Nice to meet you Agent Todd. I'm agent McGee."
"Kate. Tony" Gibbs barked sending the Two Agents running towards their team.
He was in a foul mood. He hadn't had his coffee he wasn't on strong footing with his own son. And they had no idea who they were even dealing with. He was even more pissed by the end of the day when he'd left his team to clean up. Still no idea who the victim was. He didn't even look towards his son as he left the scene in Kate and Tony's hands.
Tim tried to keep his face neutral as he watched his father leave. It had been an internal struggle all day trying not to say or do something he'd regret or that would lose him his job. He was trying to help the team pack up
"Okay Agent DiNozzo I'll let Security know that you want the crime scene watched. " He noticed the look on Tony's face and groaned. This wasn't going to be good. He knew Tony and he could Tony's sneaky side peeking out.
"Oh no no you see Gibbs wants it to remain in NCiS control which means you're out here all night. Have fun at your first all-nighter"
Tim snorted. " I pulled plenty of those in collage." He said well his eyes were shooting daggers at Tony letting him know he was going to pay for this.
"Oh look Kate we have a Mcnerd" Tim just rolled his eyes he knew how Tony loved to tease but he would get him back.
"Tony be nice." Kate shook her head. "We'll relieve you as soon as we can."
"Thanks." Tim said he watched them walk away and sat in the dark. He actually liked his dad's new agent. She seemed like a nice woman. As he sat in the dark he thought about his child hood and the disappointment he'd seen in his dad's face that day when he'd almost bared. He may not be what his father wanted most of the time But he was still a Gibbs. He sat in the dark watching over the scene and thought of life before. Life when his mother was alive.
Now Timothy I know you're smart we all know you're smart there is nothing wrong with being smart but I want you to live to. To have fun. Like Kelly with her ballet lessons and horseback riding. I want you to find a fun activity not just you're books."
"But Mom I find my books fun." Tim groaned.
"That's great but please for me pick one fun activity."
"Fine" He sighed. Getting a beaming smile from her.
"That's my boy." She ruffled his hair before walking out of the room.
Tim shook himself out of his memory. He had joined soccer for a while that was until he broke his arm then his mother conceded and let him quite but it was really after her and Kelly died that he'd pushed himself into school more graduating early going off to college and then even more college until he had so many degree's even he didn't know what to do with them. He sat in the darkened night waiting for the sun to raise and thankful when he was finally relieved and could go home and crash into bed. He almost expected Tony to show up at his door but he figured he couldn't sneak away.
"I can't believe you left him out there." Kate hissed at Tony.
"Oh Come on he's fine he's new he expects it." Tony shrugged but at the same Time knew that Tim would make him pay for the prank.
"You're mean." Kate shook her head as they drove to the hotel. Tony wished he could sneak out and go to Tim' s apartment but him disappearing would look too suspicious so he stayed in his hotel after Kate went to relieve Tim around four in the morning.
He came back into Work the next morning only to hear his name shouted.
"McGee." He turned to see Agent Todd flagging him down.
"Agent Todd what can I do for you?"
Agent Gibbs wants you in on the team meeting as he talks to Abby. That's our forensics expert and to ducky. Our ME you meet him yesterday."
"Okay well lead the way." He didn't let on that he knew who all these people were already. His father nodded stiffly as him and Kate walked into the door and stood behind the computer waiting for Abby and Ducky's assessments of the case. Tony looked at him but he didn't pay attention his focus on the screen.
"He was a submariner."
"That would be a good guess." Ducky said as Gibbs turned towards his son.
"How many subs in port?" it took Tim a second to realize his father was talking to him. He scrambled around trying to find his reports well feeling a blush of embarrassment race up his cheeks. He felt everyone's eyes on him as he grabbed the report. Reading off the information he tried not to let his nerves show. "Do you have the rosters?'
"On it." Taking a shaky breath he let himself out of the office and headed to find the information he needed. He needed to get his act together. He was a competent agent but looking at him at that moment even he himself could say he wasn't doing his best work. He couldn't let his father's presence get to him.
Gibbs watched his son go and watched to get up and chase after him but he didn't couldn't wouldn't he had work to do. A criminal to catch and a victim to identify.
Gibbs watched his son race towards him a piece of paper clutched in his hands. "Everyone is accounted for."
"What do you mean how is that possible we have a dead submariner and everyone is accounted for?"
"Well his identity was hidden. So someone must have taken his spot." Kate throw in.
"Right let's go talk to the submarine squadron commander. He started to walk away but was stopped by Tim's voice.
"You might want to watch out for Commander Veitch."
"What was that?" He snapped turning around striding towards his son.
"It's just I met him once and he can be very Difficult."
"And you don't think I can." Gibbs got nose to nose with his son.
"Oh I know you can." Tim glared right back "Just thought you should be warned."
"Thanks for the warning I'll take my chance." Gibbs snapped turning back towards his team.
"Whoa" Tony whispered to Kate . "It takes balls to say something like that to Gibbs." Tony shook his head. Tim really was a Gibbs and it showed in that moment as both men stood toe to toe. To anyone else it was a green agent not knowing his place. To Tony it was a son gaining confidence and knowing his way around a base.
"Ah never met Gibbs doubt he'll do it again." Kate shrugged. Tony snorted not saying anything not knowing that him and Gibbs were having the same Thoughts.
Gibbs just scowled he would bet his son would do it again. it was in the Gibbs blood after all.
Tim followed behind his father. He couldn't believe he'd said what he'd had but his nerves were pushed to the breaking point. What had he been thinking becoming and NCIS agent. Had he been living in a fairytale land thinking he'd never have to work with his father. And now his father was going to go head to head with Veitch. This could get interesting. And interesting it did get. He was shocked when he learned Agent Todd would be going down in the Sub.
"You should have seen it." Tony smirked. Gibbs want after that guy like an attack dog , I can't believe you said that to him okay I can but man that was…." He trailed off.
"That was what? Agent DiNozzo."
" Nothing, nothing." Tony shook his head, he was going to say that was hot but there were way to any ears around. Tm just smirked at him. " well lets get back to the office Abby will probably have something for us soon. And ah here she is now." He answered the phone "Hey Abs what do you have for us."
"This picture a composite of what our victim should look like so how it there all on your lonesome."
"Not alone Abs got special Agent McGee here to."
"Hey McGee how's your sig hanging."
"Um."
"Thanks for that Abs." Tony chuckled.
"Well she seems interesting." Tim snorted remembering the stories both Tony and his father had told him about Abby.
"Don't get any idea's now you belong to me all mine."
"Oh Someone is possessive." Tim smirked pulling the shades down and kissing Tony.
"Yes and you remember that." Tony whispered against his lips. Just then Tony's phone rang causing both men to jump
"Okay looks like Gibbs. "Hey Boss." Tony answered his phone.
"So you think an imposter working in the personnel office." He smirked "Well it wasn't a guess more like a definitive statement." He shut his phone. He hung up on me. Hate when he does that."
Tim just shook his head. "Okay so we're headed towards the personnel office?" Tim checked.
"Yep let's go." As Tim followed him out he thought about the different dynamics that seemed to be in play among his father's team. He chuckled lightly of everything his father had done he could say at least he'd never hung up on him.
Tim rolled his eyes as he listened to Tony flirt with the woman at the personnel office. "Can I ask her a question?"
"Of course you can as long as you're not going to ask her out."
"Yeah right. You were the one flirting with her." Tim muttered pinching Tony's arm as he walked up to her. "I was wondering has anyone quite recently?" Tony watched Tim with interest. As the lieutenant gave information about a man who had just quite. A question he wouldn't have thought to ask. The more he watched Tim he knew that all of Tim's fears were unfounded he'd make a great field Agent.
"I can't believe you." Tim hissed as they got into Tony's car and drove to the suspects house.
"What?"
"Flirting with that woman."
"Hey it got us what we wanted didn't it."
"Maybe but still what the hell Tony."
"Sorry it's just natural for me to flirt during interviews it's part of my repertoire I'm not used to you being right there."
"Well as long as you don't go any further then that." Tim muttered.
"Never." They pulled into the guys driveway and went up the stairs.
"Doesn't seem like anyone is here and we need to get a search warrant because It's civilian property." Tim said taking out his cell phone.
"Or you know we could play football."
"What?" Tim's eyes widened as he saw Tony pick up a rock and do a crazy dance before flinging it at the window. "Tony," He hissed "This is breaking and entering."
"No this is breaking." Tony shoved the glass out of the frame. "And this is entering." He stuck his hand in and opened the door.
"Not exactly legal but it works." Tim shrugged used to the rule bending after living with his dad. His mouth feel open when fifteen minutes later they found the hidden room.
"You know how to get into this?" Tony pointed towards the computer.
"Yes" he scowled at Tony for questioning his computer skills. Sitting down at the computer he started to get into the files. You do remember I have a Masters in computer forensics from MIT."
"Of course I do and a Bio medical Bachelor of science from John Hopkins. What you're doing with me a lowly guy with a PE degree I'll never know."
"You're just to sexy for your own good Tim chuckled. "And smarter then you give yourself credit for." He turned his attention back to the screen. "Oh shit This isn't good." Tim pointed towards the picture on the screen he told Tony what it was causing a scramble around the room. "The air conditioner. They're going to put the gas through there get a message to the ship." Tim shouted jumping up and racing towards the car as Tony had his hand on his cell phone calling in the information.
"Well I'm heading back to the office." Tony said the tiny device they'd found in his hand.
"Okay." Tm gave a wave as he got of the car. Watching Tony drive away. Getting back to DC he went to see Abby.
"So Tony what's McGee like."
"Geeky he's got so many degree's I can't keep track." Tony said trying to get the look of interest out of Abby's eyes as she took the divice. Typing something into the computer.
"Bi."
"Huh what." Tony started to choke I um… I um.. I don't know." Of course both him and Tim were Bi but the fact that Abby would ask that threw him for a loop.
"What." Abby looked at him. "No not Tim this.." she held it up it's Binary and this one is moved towards cold."
"Oh." Tony said taking the little piece.
"Though interesting you had that reaction." Abby muttered under her breath.
Hours later and many false leads and starts they finally had everything they needed and people were safe but not without certain people's life's being put way to close to danger. Gibbs and Kate were headed home and Tim was back working his normal job. Except he had one last thing to do. Drop off his report to NCIS DC
"What are you doing here McGee." He father asked as he walked into the room.
"Dropping off my final report."
"Didn't teach you how to email at MIT." Tony smirked.
"You went to MIT?" Kate asked looking at the younger agent.
"And John Hopkins." Gibbs cut in looking over the report earning a look from his son. And causing Gibbs to roll his eyes. Sure he'd slipped but he was proud of what his son had accomplished at the school.
"I didn't tell him." Tony said. Holding his hands up causing Tim to role his eyes and Kate to chuckle.
"He probably looked into McGee's file." Kate said.
"Well anyway there is you're report I'm going to get going. Have some woodwork to do." He looked towards his father. A way of letting him know he'd be at the house." No one noticed the pout on Tony's face, as he'd been hoping Tim would come over to his house that night.
"Sound like Gibbs now." Tony spun around in his chair.
"Woodworking's good for the soul." Tim said.
"And now you sound like a book."
Tim rolled his eyes and left. He texted Tony as he left.
Pay backs a bitch maybe next time you won't leave me alone in the dark."
"You play Dirty."
"You love me anyway."
"Yes but I'm not sure why."
"love you too." Tim put his phone away He made his way to his father's and down to the basement picking up the tools he sat at the bench. Half an hour later he heard footsteps on the stairs.
"Well son we worked our first case together and I must say without you we never would have made it. Tony suck's at computers."
"Yeah I kind of learned that. Kind of like someone else I know." Tim smirked. "How about I order some Chinese and we talk."
"Yeah son that sounds good." Gibbs nodded. "That sounds good."
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