Disclaimer: No I don't own NCIS…
R – Rabbit
"McGee!" Abby yelled running into the living room with her crying 3 year old daughter Hope at her hip. "Where is it!" McGee got up from the sofa and immediately started looking for the elusive rabbit. Hope had gotten it as a gift when she was a baby from her godparents Tony and Ziva, and she never went anywhere without it. It ate with her, it slept with her, it even stayed in the bathroom when she got her bath. Abby had had to sew it a few times from all the use it got. "We need to find it now!" She yelled at her frantic husband while trying to comfort her baby girl. "Shh, it's alright, Daddy will find it for you."
McGee looked everywhere, but he couldn't find it. She probably left it at the office, he thought. He and Abby had brought their daughter to work today, and in the rush to leave they probably forgot it there. He quickly came up with an idea. He ran into Hope's room and got out the mini-Bert Abby had gotten for her. Hope never really used it before, always so attached to that rabbit. McGee came back downstairs and sat Hope on the couch in between him and Abby. He looked into Hope's wet eyes.
"Hope?" He said to get her attention. "I think when we went to work today the rabbit wanted to have a sleepover at NCIS. But I found this, and maybe you can use it tonight. Tomorrow we'll go back and get the rabbit for you." He said gently as he placed the small Bert into Hope's tiny lap. She had stopped crying and looked at it curiously. Abby smiled at McGee as she made eye contact with her daughter.
"Hope? Here." She said as she guided her hands to Bert's stomach and squeezed it. Hope heard the noise it made and started giggling and squeezing it over and over again. Abby laughed and leaned her head over Hope to kiss McGee. "Thanks McGee. You're a genius."
He chuckled. "I try." He looked down to where Hope was playing between them. "Hope?" She looked up at him. "Ready for bed now?" She sighed a little.
"Okay, Daddy." She said as she got up and started walking to her bedroom with her parents close behind her, dragging that little hippo right behind her.