Tim jumped to his feet as he door opened and was babbling apologies before Gibbs set one foot inside the room.
Gibbs had to work very hard to smother a laugh, Tim was almost as bad as Abby when he was nervous.
"Tim, Tim!"
Tim stopped talking and turned to his boss, though avoided making eye contact.
"Look at me Tim."
Reluctantly, Tim raised his head to meet Gibbs' eyes.
"Why did you do it Tim?"
"I already told you, I was trying to protect Abby."
"Tim," Gibbs sighed. "I know that Abby's the baby of the family and we all go out of our way to protect her but honestly, she can hold her own in a fight. And do you really think it was necessary to protect her from Tony?"
"No, I guess not boss."
"What do you think would have been the best thing to do in that situation?"
"Come to find you," Tim replied in a monotone. He was having uncomfortable flashbacks to his father chastising him for fighting with Sarah.
"So do you understand why I'm going to punish you?"
Tim gulped and nodded.
"Okay, over here."
Trying hard to maintain some kind of decorum, Tim managed to make it over to the table and bend over.
Like Tony, Tim tried as hard as he could to stay strong during a spanking, but he was infinitely more sensitive than Tony and he soon began to cry.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Rounding off the spanking, Gibbs allowed Tim to stay led over the table and catch his breath before helping him to his feet and pulling him into a hug.
"Next time you want to protect Abby, try thinking it through first Tim."
"I will boss," Tim promised and Gibbs smiled.
Three down, two to go.
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Gibbs smiled as he saw Jenny walking across the bullpen towards him with a much more subdued Ziva in tow.
"So, what did the doctor say?"
"He thinks she should stay with someone for another few days but she should make a full recovery."
Gibbs nodded. "That's good news. Ziva, wait for me in interrogation 5."
He'd almost expected to have to drag her there and so was surprised when she walked off witout argument.
"Jeez Jen, what did you do? Shoot her with a tranquillizer?"
"Not exactly," Jenny smiled. "I spanked her."
"You spanked her?"
"She kept knocking the syringe out of the doctors hand. And for the record, I also told her she shouldn't be automatically violent when she's upset."
"Good for you," Gibbs said, returning her smile. "Now, can I talk to you for a moment?"
"What are we doing now?"
"Not here."
"Jethro, what do. . ." She attempted to ask, but Gibbs was already walking away. Damn man had never let her finish speaking.
She followed him up to her office, shut the door and lent against it.
"So? What do you want to talk about?"
"First, are you quite clear on why you shouldn't have told Ziva what you told her?"
"Yes Gibbs," Jenny sighed. "I get it."
"Okay, so secondly, the way you spoke to me on the phone and then hung up. Never mind that it was unbelievably rude but do you really think that it was a good example to be setting to Ziva? If we want her, or any of them, to have any respect for us, we have to have some respect for each other."
"Alright, alright. I'm sorry. Are we done now?"
She turned to open the door, but Gibbs stopped her.
"Not quite. Was Paris really so long ago that you've forgotten how I deal with this sort of behaviour?"
Jenny's eyes widened. "Surely you don't. . .you can't. . .I'm your boss!"
"Doesn't matter," Gibbs said, reaching for her.
And then Jenny made the worst mistake she'd made all day. She ran.
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