Title: butterfly kisses in the rain
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: takes place just after season 3 finale
Pairings: Gibbs/Shannon
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 140
Point of view: third
Prompt: NCIS, Gibbs/Shannon, laying your ghosts to rest
He hasn't been to the grave in over ten years. Not since he stopped by, knelt on the dirt, and whispered that the bastard had paid in full. He'd kissed his pointer and middle fingers and pressed them to the stone, then crawled to Kelly and did the same.
He's back now, though. Everything's been shaken loose, he feels like it was yesterday, and he's on the way to Mexico. But he can't go so far, so finally, without saying goodbye.
So he kneels on the dirt, whispers I love you and I miss you and it hurts so goddamned much. He kisses his pointer and middle fingers and presses them to the stone, then crawls to Kelly and does the same.
And he stands, ignores the somewhat familiar man standing in the distance, and leaves without a look back.