Title: the stain of an old kiss

Disclaimer: not my characters

Warnings: takes place in season 2

Pairings: none

Rating: PG

Wordcount: 105

Point of view: third

Prompt: Tony&Kate, he has roses delivered to her without a note and watches her smile distractedly at them the rest of the day


After a split-second of maybe? nah, probably not. he'd be crowing it to the roof that he can see parade across her face, Kate doesn't think it's him. A simple bouquet of pink roses, set carefully on the corner of her desk, and she smiles at them in quick little glances for the rest of the day.

Whenever she does, Tony grins down at his desk. He catches Gibbs grinning, too.

(Later, a pink rose is found pressed between the pages of a book in her desk.

Tony's smile is sad, but real, and he caresses the book before gently setting it into the box.)