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Chapter six

It was about an hour before the rest of the team were about to arrive. I had been pacing for about twenty minutes when Gibbs interrupted.

"DiNozzo you're wearin' a hole in the floor."

"Sorry Boss" He gave a sigh and looked at me with those deep blue eyes I had grown to love.

"Get over here Tony." He said patting the seat beside him on the worn but comfy couch.

"I'm scared Jethro, I know I act like nothing phases me, but I'm really scared this time. My Father, he… He has a long reach. If we go through with this, if everyone agrees to help us do this I'm afraid something bad is gonna' happen to one of us, maybe all of us. I don't know if I could live with myself, you guys are my family." He put his arm around me then, and pulled me close to his side. I breathed in his calming scent and melted into him.

"You trust me Tony?"

"With my life." I replied.

"No one is going to hurt any of you, your mine, and no one is ever going to take what's mine ever again, got that?" I knew he was thinking of Shannon and Kelly. He still blamed himself for there deaths, probably always would.

"Your word is golden boss."

"Boss, Tony?" He asked giving me a squeeze.

"Yeah well you were in Gibbs mode, all knight in shining armor, Boss sounded more appropriate." I said turning to look at him.

"Since when do you care about being appropriate DiNozzo?" He said barely above a whisper. He was staring in my eyes, flicking down to my mouth. I closed the distance between us slowly; I felt his breath on my face. He raised his hand and palmed my cheek.

"I'm not letting anything happen to you Tony, he can't touch you anymore, and I won't let him."

"I know Jethro." I closed the distance and our lips touched. Slow and easy at first, letting our emotions come through, letting the kiss say the deeper things that could not be spoken just yet. Gibbs deepened the kiss letting his hands glide over my chest down to my thighs leaving a trail of fire in their wake. I followed his lead rubbing my hands down his back coming to the top of his jeans where his shirt was still tucked in. I had to touch real skin, pulling out the shirt I finally hit pay dirt. He took an intake of breath and broke the kiss.

"Keep that up Tony and I won't be able to stop."

"I don't want to." I said capturing his mouth again. He grabbed the bottom of my shirt swiftly pulling it over my head.

"Off." he said throwing it on the floor next to the sofa. "You sure about this?" He asked out of breath. I didn't answer; I simply leaned over and finished pulling his shirt from his waistband.

"Take it off." I said my voice hoarse with the need to be with this man. Gibbs almost ripped his shirt getting it off and I had to stifle a laugh.

"Something funny DiNozzo?"

"No." I said reaching out laying my palm on his chest. "I can't believe that this is finally happening. I've dreamed about this for so long."

He placed his hand over mine, and pushed me back on the couch covering my body with his.

"It's real." He said kissing me. The feel of his skin on mine was intoxicating, I needed more. His groin made contact with mine, and even through jeans I moaned into his mouth.

"That's it Tony, let go." It seemed his hands were everywhere, and I was helpless to do anything but feel. He trailed kisses down my neck, over my chest, and then back to my mouth. My mind had started to go fuzzy; I had never felt anything like this before. The pleasure I had felt while being with women felt hollow compared to this. This was real to me, more real than anything else I had ever experienced. He knew my flaws and still wanted me, all of me.

"I need you Jethro, all of you." I sounded desperate even to my own ears.

"Come on.'' He said taking my hand and pulling me to my feet. We were both halfway across the floor when we heard it.

"Knock, knock boss man." Both our eyes went wide as the door opened and Abbey in all her Goth glory entered the living room. There was nothing we could possibly say that would explain away two sweaty half naked men holding hands. Gibbs seemed to have different plans, grabbing my forearm and turning me to face him he did a leg sweep putting me flat on my ass in the middle of his living room floor.

"That DiNozzo is proper procedure." He said looking down at me and giving me a wink. Abbeys eyes went wide taking us both in. Finally she snapped out of it.

"Wow you guys must have been sparing for a while." She said crossing the room and giving me a hand up. "Eww Tony your all sweaty." she said wiping her hand on her skirt.

"Sorry Abs." I said

"Nice one boss." I said turning towards Gibbs. "Never saw that one coming."

"It's all in the technique DiNozzo, all in the technique."

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The rest of the team arrived within the hour. By then we both had our shirts back on and were well on our way to being calmed down. I don't know whether Abbey bought the whole sparring thing or not. She didn't mention anything, but the looks she was throwing us certainly led me to believe she thought something hinky was going on.

I was sitting on the opposite end of the couch from Gibbs. Abbey was in the middle leaning against him her feet propped in my lap. Ziva and McGee sat opposite in two recliners.

"I guess I should start by asking what exactly you guys have heard." Here it comes I thought. This is where everything goes to hell.

"The only thing we heard is your father wrote a letter to NCIS the next thing we knew you were gone. We were all really worried Tony."

"Thanks Tim, I really appreciate that. I appreciate all you guys. I know sometimes I can be kind of an idiot but…"

"It's okay Tony; we all love you, even Ziva." Abbey said patting my leg. She gave Ziva a pointed look.

"Of course, Tony is my partner and I care a great deal about his well being."

"See Tony, nothing your Dad could say would ever change that." I looked around at the faces of the people around me and wondered how I could have thought they would ever desert me. They were my family, my true family. I took a deep breath and began to tell them my story, all of it, the beatings, the suicide attempt, and what the letter had to say. When I had finished there was complete silence.

"How could he do that? You're his son." Tim looked kind of pale as he asked me the question I had been asking myself for years now.

"He's a bastard Tim." I replied with no emotion.

"So, Boss man what are we going to do? What can we all do to help?" Abbey was now in full Abbey mode.

"We take him down Abs. We bug his office, his house, his car if we have to. We find something to use for leverage and we destroy him."

TBC. Please let me know what you think.