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Gibbs thought about what he wanted to say to Tim, the apology he knew he owed him for his reckless behavior. He also knew that he'd do it again. It was like reckless was ingrained into his DNA.

Meanwhile Tony was waking up to an empty bed from where Tim had snuck out of the apartment to make it to work. He knew things were even more tense between father and son and he wasn't sure that bridge would ever closed.

Both men made it to work not knowing that, that morning would change all of their lives in unexpected ways.

"Kate we have to go down to evidence garage follow me." Tony said the tightness in his voice conveying form the night before. Kate sensed the tension and tried to break the ice.

"So I watched this really scary movie last night."

"I hate scary movies?"

"Really the movie king hates scary movies now that one is a shocker."

"The give me nightmare's okay?"

"Really?" Kate looked at him having not expected that answer to come from him.

"Yes what is so surprising about that?"

"don't know I just never had one."

"You never had a nightmare not even as a kid?"

"Nope why what scared you?"

"The vampire in my canopy bed."

"You had a canopy Bed?"

"I was five and my mother was in a very louie the xv so sue me."

"Does she still frighten you?"

Tony scared of vampires his mother made him have a canopy bed at 5

"My mother?"

"The vampire."

" What makes you think it was a she"

"Vampires are seducer's knowing you it had to be female."

Tony snorted "Oh you think you are so clever don't you Kate Todd."

"I know I am Tony DiNozzo So tell me the rest of this story." Tony signed and told her the story."

"So how does it end." Kate teased

"Forget it." Tony grumbled.

"Forget what?" Gibbs asked coming into the bull pen.

"Tony's Bete nior."

"it's French for nightmare boss." And silently Tony thought the man in front of him was his current one. He thought as Gibbs snapped at him and he tried to be his usual self and play it off before actually giving the report.

They tried to rack their brain on how this man was communicating with the outside world as he had no devices in his apartment

"What about an internet café I'll check on that right now." Kate said getting to work.

"I should have thought of that." Gibbs mumbled.

"Well you're more smurf then Alpha geek" Tony tried to joke " so am I according to Agent McGee" Tony said swallowing from the look Gibbs gave him.

"You and Agent McGee seem to talk a lot don't you." Gibbs grumbled at the friendship his son and first in command seemed to have been forming.

"well sir he has his uses." He tried not to smirk at all the dirty images that brought to mind.

Gibbs just grumbled though. " You're right though Dinozzo"

"I am?"

"I mean I still use pen and a pad of paper I can't even use one of the PDQs " He grumbled thinking of all the times Tim had tried to show him.

It's PDA you can call it palm piolet" Tony chuckled remembering that line to tell Tim Later

"It doesn't matter what I call it if I can't use it" Gibbs snapped

"I'll teach you"

"You'll teach me. McGee teaches you and you teach me it's backwards" Gibbs shouted and grabbed his empty coffee Cup. "I need Coffee." He stormed out of the bull pen knowing that Tony had just been trying to help but at the same time it made him feel inadequate as only talk of his son could do.

"What was that all about?" Kate Queried.

"Gibbs Bete Nior." Tony sighed. Having an inkling of what could be going wrong.

As all this was going on above stairs below stairs things were spinning out of control and soon Kate stepped in to help Abby not knowing what she was about to walk into.

When Gibbs found Abby on the Cat walk later that day he got a funny feeling when she told him the whole story about Ducky her and Kate he knew something was wrong. Tony watched with wide eyes as everything unfolded.

He held his phone under his desk worried he'd have to SOS Tim. He hadn't talked to the younger man all day but he felt in his gut something was wrong.

"Tony get autopsy on the plasma."

"Huh." Tony shook his head.

"Autopsy TV now." Gibbs yelled and Tony hurried to comply he barely heard what Gibbs and Abby were talking about behind him. He turned the TV on and all he saw was static. So much static. They soon had some type of camera and a command center was set up.

Things flew by Tony was tense he looked over at his phone he knew Tim would want to know. Maybe Tim did know by now something like a hostage situation at the navy yard was bound to be leaked. Would it make it to Norfolk he hoped not?

It happened though Tim was sitting at his desk at Norfolk when all hell broke loose. "What is going on?" he asked the person nearest him.

"Hostage situation at the Navy yard. Autopsy is under attack it seems. From what we're getting Special Agents Gibbs and DiNozzo are taking lead and that Special Agent Todd and Dr Mallard and his assistant are hostages.

Tim started to Shake he wanted to text Tony but he knew he couldn't talk Tony's focus he wanted to Rush to the Navy yard but knew he needed to be here. To do his job.

"Everyone listen up. We have reports of shots fired at the Navy yard. I need all of you to try to hack into the autopsy room. Lets try to get eyes on the situation well the head team tries to rescue the hostages. Tim worked frantically but to no avail. They could not figure out how to get into Autopsy and then they heard it was Gerald who had been shot and that the camera they were able to get in had been shot by the intruder. Tim didn't know what to feel. He wanted to scream but how could he explain to anyone what was going on. No one knew his connection to the Navy yard and all he stood to lose if this went south.

Meanwhile back at the Navy yard they were trying to figure out how to get their hostages and what he was after. As Abby Tony and Gibbs rushed to the evidence locker Tony realized he could be infected and that meant Tim could be infected and his heart dropped until Abby mostly allayed his fears.

Abby rushed off with the products she needed to test as Gibbs looked up at Tony

"how long do you think it would have taken me to find the nearest tea shop"

"An hour sooner then me" Tony said his mind still reeling with the what if's of the whole ordeal.

Gibbs stood in MTAC he glared at that man who had taken him hostage as said man gave him orders. Orders to put himself in danger. Order's he knew Tim would not like. Order's he knew he had to follow for Gerald, Kate and Ducky.

He paced the bull pen. Until Tony rushed in with all the things they were giving to the hostage taker. "Okay we have everything nose spray tea though it's a whimpy tea I like a more robust tea one they take the leaves and…" Gibbs cut him off.

"Tony you nervous."

"Yeah boss I don't like you going down their unarmed and solo." Plus Tim would kill him if anything happened to Gibbs. Tim. Tony's heart dropped again he knew word had leaked to Norfolk he was actually almost expecting Tim to rush through those doors at any moment. He hadn't heard anything but he knew Tim would be hard pressed to stay away. "

"No choice." Gibbs shook his head "Plus I need you outside of receiving." He knew he was taking a chance as he arranged all his people he hoped it all ended well for everyone and that Tim wasn't attending the funeral of another parent at the end of all this.

"By the time I get down their it will be over." Tony pointed out.

"This guy isn't a suicide bomber Tony I want somebody I know there"

"That's the same as saying someone you trust?" Tony questioned. "Someone you can depend on? Your best man?" Tony said causing Gibbs to chuckle and Tony to cringe "I don't think Best man was the right thing to say to someone who has been married thrice."

"you worried?" Abby asked her friend.

"Oh.. no." Tony tried to play it off. He was terrified. Terrified he'd have to tell the love of his life that he'd lost another parent."

Gibbs walked into that room. He stared that guy down and he knew he was playing with fire as he taunted the man. He stared him dead in the eye he wasn't going to be scared of this man. He wasn't going to let him get away with the destruction he had caused.

When he'd pushed the gun at him he took it he hadn't expected to be shot. He had been to smug. He went down. He felt the pain rip through him he closed his eyes. As he hit the floor and everyone burst into the room. He watched the other man disappear in the confusion. And woke up to Tony above him.

Tony had heard the shots go off and he raced down the stairs and into the room confusion reigned supreme in that room. The other man was gone and Gibbs was down.

"Gibbs don't sit up…" he groaned as Gibbs did the opposite. "Tim is going to kill me." He grumbled.

"What did you say?" Gibbs asked.

"Nothing boss."

"Did I get him?"

"Yes you got him boss." Tony said as he gave a run down of what happened to Gibbs.

"Where are Kate and Ducky?"

"Right there." Tony nodded he had them in the body cooler. "

Gibbs got up and walked towards the body he knew people had said he got the man but he knew it wasn't true.

"how did you get him Gibbs?" one of the men asked.

"I didn't." Gibbs nudged the body over. His shoulder was throbbing his son was going to be pissed and he'd failed.

The bullpen was dark as Kate and Tony sat at their desk. "It was his backup plan all alone gives figures he was wearing a bullet proof vest."

"He was." Kate said looking down. Causing a conversation between the two.

"How close Kate?"

"Close enough to stab him but I couldn't"

"Stockholm syndrome"

"You can't identify with your captor in an hour"

"I don't know maybe it's like falling in love it can happen like that. " He said thinking of the first time he'd seen Tim.

Tim was finally released from Duty and he wasn't sure where to rush first his father or Tony. His father he decided as the last information they were given rolled through his mind. His father shot again. Again. His blood boiled he pulled out his phone and hit Tony's number he listened to the ringing

"Pick up he pleaded even as no one else could hear him.

Tony looked down at his phone. "Kate will you be okay I have to get home and I Have to take this." He motioned to his phone."

"I'm fine tell your girlfriend I said hi."

"I don't have a girlfriend and I'll see you tomorrow Kate. He walked into the elevator and answered the phone "Hello."

"Oh thank god I didn't think you were going to answer."

"Sorry I was talking to Kate."

"I'm headed to my father's I'll be by to see you later."

"okay love you."

"love you too." The call disconnected and Tony slumped against the elevator door. He just wanted to sleep for a whole day he wanted to forget everything that had happened he wanted to hold Tim and he wanted to be thankful that none of his friends had died.

Tim made his way into his dad's house and started to walk down the stairs just as he heard gun shots. He went racing down the stairs almost tripping as he saw his father holding a gun and he turned his head to see the face of who must have been the hostage taker on the other wall.

"What the hell?" Tim Demanded.

"Tim?" Gibbs blinked.

"Yes it's me. So want to tell me how you got shot. Taunting a person with a gun really." He crossed his arms.

"Didn't get him I will though."

"Of course you will personal vendetta and all." Tim Grumbled. "you'll get your self killed for nothing. He practically shouted. "Putting yourself in danger over and over again. It's enough."

"I admit that putting myself in the position with the Coronal was bad but this was a must Kate and Ducky and Gerald needed me."

"Really that may be so but taunting the man was not needed you did that." Tim shot back. "At least I can see with my own two eyes that you're alive so that's something I have things to do so I'll be going. Hopefully you can keep yourself alive."

With those words he stormed out of the house and got into his car. He pulled up in front of Tony's apartment he saw the other man's care and breathed a sigh of relief. He felt tears prickle his eyes and he laid his head on the steering wheel. He took a deep breath wiped the tears away and made his way inside. He found tony sitting on the couch he want over to him and even before Tony could even get one word out Tim was kissing him furiously. He was putting everything into that kiss and ripping Tony's clothes from his body throwing them behind him.

"Whoa." Tony said pulling away from his lover. "Are you okay?"

"Less talk more naked." Tim Panted. Pulling Tony to him again. Tony wanted to ask more questions but he figured later was soon enough as he pulled Tim up and into the bedroom. Later after they laid in a haze. Tony turned to Tim. "Want to tell me what that was all about?"

"Yelled at my dad and I just needed to feel alive I could have lost you both." Tim snuggled into him as Tony kissed his forehead. "I love you and I'm sorry you were scared and that Gibbs was so cavalier.

"Not your fault." Tim said struggling to keep his eyes opened. "It's just how he is I should be used to it by now."

"Sleep." Tony said pulling the blankets around them tightly. He watched as Tim drifted off thankful for the man beside him.