"Come on Tony. Let's go home." Gibbs announced watching Tony staring at the wall.

"I can't. I don't have a home anymore." Tony replied quietly.

"Tony, you do have a home. You will always have a home with me."

Tony turned around to face him. The tear streak on his face, his eyes all red. Tony hadn't cried since he was a child. Tears only made his situation worse. So he ran away from those emotions, from the feelings of lost and loneliness. He stopped crying just before his mother died. His father never allowed him to grieve for her. He didn't even cry when Kate died. He wanted to, but he was afraid if he started he wouldn't stop.

Now he can't help but crying for the child in those pictures. The child he was. Gibbs walked up to Tony and pulled him into a hug. At first Tony fought the hug and tried to pull away, but Gibbs wouldn't let him go. Finally Tony gave up trying to get away and just let Gibbs comfort him as he cried. Tony cried for the little boy who was never allowed to cry, he cried for his mother, for Kate and for himself.

Tony cried until he couldn't cry anymore. Until he was too exhausted to let one more tear fall.


Gibbs led his emotionally exhausted younger agent out to his car and took him home. Tony didn't even protest when Gibbs tucked him into bed.

Gibbs didn't even go down to work on his boat. He didn't want to be too far away from Tony in case he needed him. Gibbs groaned as somebody was ringing his doorbell. He didn't want it to risk waking Tony up. Gibbs grabbed his door opened to find Fornell standing there.

"What are you doing here?" Gibbs growled.

"I need to talk to Tony."

"Please not now." Gibbs begged.

"How is he doing?" Fornell asked.

"He cried himself into exhaustion while we were still at the office. I brought him home and put him to bed."

"Did he say anything about those pictures? We need to find out how Marcus Malcolm got those pictures in the first place. "

"Tobias, not now. He is sleeping and I am not going to wake him." Gibbs growled.

"Jethro, those pictures aren't going to go away. If we don't find it out how he got them, they are liable to go out over the internet."

"That would destroy what is left of Tony and right now there isn't much left. Tony gave up everything to keep anyone from finding out about the pictures. Fine, you can sleep on the couch. After breakfast tomorrow, you can question him. But if I tell you to stop, you stop. You won't damage him any further than he already has."

"Agreed." Fornell answered.


Tony didn't really eat breakfast. He just pushed the eggs around the plate.

"Tony, I need to ask you about those pictures and Marcus Malcolm." Fornell started off gently.

Tony looked up from his plate. "I don't want to talk about it."

"Tony, you need to take charge. Or this situation is going to destroy you." Gibbs said calmly putting his hand on Tony's shoulder for comfort.

Tony thought about it and as much as he really didn't want to do this. What he wanted to do is crawl into a corner and never come out.

"Fine, what do you want to know?" He finally agreed.

"Do you know Marcus Malcolm?" Fornell started.

"No, I never met him before and I didn't bother to get his name at the park. I just wanted this whole thing to be over." Tony answered.

"How do you think he got those pictures? Who would know they even existed." Gibbs asked.

"I don't know. I never knew they existed."

"Who was at your house that could have taken them?" Fornell questioned.

Tony thought about it, who did he know at that time that could have done this.

"The staff could have, to prove it was happening. But they would never use it against me. My father's lawyer was always there. He knew it was happening; several times he had to take care of the questions and suspicions. He was a sleaze, it is possible. He probably took them to use them against my father at a later date. When he realized he couldn't blackmail my father, he probably came after me."

"Who is this lawyer; we will nail him for it." Gibbs offered.

"Don't bother. There is no point. I bounce back, I always do. I just wish that everyone didn't know about my childhood." Tony answered.

"Tony, we all love you and all anyone wants to do is show you how much we care. No matter what happens from here on out you are not alone. You have all of us, were here for you. This is your home for as long as you need it." Gibbs replied.

"You really mean that." Tony began, he caught Gibbs look. "Right, you don't say anything you don't mean. I know I will be okay, as long as I always have you in my corner."

Gibbs gave Tony a gentle headslap. "You will always have me."


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