TIDES
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you took the bones of me. (ncis)
ziva; ari; before the storm
it will be easy, Ari assures her
written for ncisdrabble100, challenge 2 (december holidays). title from carbon leaf's life less ordinary. no copyright infringement intended.
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It will be easy, Ari assures her, we will be back before Hannukah, and then he laughs, low and dangerous, and Ziva shivers imperceptibly because she knows that tone, and she knows what it can mean.
She does what she is told.
Three days before they are due to leave - on separate planes, from separate airports, in separate countries - Ziva takes a day for herself. She disappears. Ari will be furious, but she slips away regardless.
At Tali's grave she thinks about the things she never lets herself think about, and she feels fear rattle through her bones.
tbc.