AN: Action will come, tension is building, and Gibbs considers therapy, can things get any better?
Disclaimer: The usual stuff.. oh read the last few chapters will ya?
Tony was depressed. Gibbs couldsee it from far away. he was polite, and he helped cleaning Ducky's house. They had decided to take Ducky up on his offer and were spending a week with Ducky and Gerald.
"I just don't know what to do when he gets like this" Gibbs sighed and took a sip of his brandy.
"You know, there is medication that could help him?" Ducky asked.
"I know, but if he starts on them.. he wont be able to go back to his job Duck.. I can't do that to him" Gibbs said, "but if he tries to.. well.. then I'll do it.. then I'll put him on those medications faster than lightening"
"Indeed" Ducky said, "but he seemed perfectly fine when we went to that movie?"
"We met Antonio the next day, it was... bad" Gibbs said, "I misbehaved, Antonio misbehaved, and then Antonio slapped Tony..he's been like this sinse that".
"Oh dear, it's no wonder he is depressed, chemo therapy has taken it's toll, although I must say he is looking better and better each day I meet him, and of course the brain surgery was no picnic, and he must be frustrated over the things he forget, and now this?" Ducky said, "it's no wonder".
"I know, and I got a feeling I'm not very helpful.. I've decided to get some help" Gibbs sighed.
Ducky spluttered his brandy.
"Don't look so surprised, it took me twenty years to realize I need it.. but I'll do anything for Tony, and if that involves me going to a shrink, or anger managment crap, I'll do it.. I'd give my life for that man.. do I sound crazy?" Gibbs asked.
Ducky wiped his mouth with a napkin.
"No.. no.. it's just a surprise Jethro, in all the years I have known you, this is the wisest thing you have ever said to me" Ducky said.
Gibbs raised an eyebrow and looked at Ducky.
"Jethro, this is big news! Have you told Anthony about this yet?" Ducky asked.
"No.. he'll protest.. call me an idiot or a bastard or whatever.. he'll think he's responsible for me going to a shrink, and ask me to talk to him instead, but I need help...and I'll try to explain it to him" Gibbs sighed, "maybe he'll come with me sometimes".
"I certainly hope so! He needs to vent his anger too, he is too calm for my liking" Ducky said.
Gibbs chuckled.
"Oh yeah, he's a teddybear... with claws" Gibbs said.
"Cheers old friend" Ducky said.
"Bottoms up" Gibbs replied.
In Tony's bedroom:
"Feeling any better?" Gerald asked.
"A little, got any sevens?" Tony said.
"Go fish, hey, you're cheating, only one card!" Gerald smiled.
"What? Oh.. sorry.. I keep forgetting the rules" Tony sighed.
"Irritating?" Gerald asked, "got any eights?"
"You bet your ass it's irritating, I keep forgetting I have a dog, I even forgot Jet's name the other day, I'm just lucky he didn't notice" Tony sighed.
"Huh..got any eights?" Gerald asked again:
"Oh, right, yeah, here.. got any fives?" Tony asked.
"Yep.. here" Gerald said, "any nines?"
"Go fish, got any fives?" Tony asked.
"You just asked me that" Gerald said. Tony sighed and lay his cards down.
"It's really annoying not remembering things.. it gets worse when I'm tired" Tony sighed. Gerald lay his own cards down.
"You want to go to bed?" Gerald asked.
"I'm already in a bed.. but I don't want to sleep..do you have icecream?" Tony asked.
"Sure, Ducky told me to get strawberry with chocolate enough to fill the freezer" Gerald said. Both men chuckled.
"Bless the guy.. so how's everything going?" Tony asked.
"We're doing okay, Ducky's mom's gotten worse, Ducky thinks she's going soon.. she's totally accepting our relationship though, she said she's known about Ducky being gay since he could read" Gerald said. They chuckled slightly again.
"I wish my dad would be as accepting.. he actually broke my leg the day I told him me and Gibbs are lovers.. and he hates Gibbs, really does" Tony said.
"Yeah? What happened?" Gerald asked, bringing icecream for the both of them.
"Thanks Ger.. nah, nothing big, dad and jet got into a pissing contest, and then dad kept bugging me about stopping with the pain meds.. and I.. sorta said I don't need to become an addict because of his alcoholism" Tony sighed and shoved a spoonfull of icecream into his mouth.
"What'd he say?" Gerald asked, shoving icecream into his own mouth.
"He slapped me.. this is really good" Tony said.
"He SLAPPED you? What'd you do next?" Gerald asked, both eyebrows raised.
"I didn't do anything, Jet came stalking over and growled to him that he wasn't allowed to touch me, and dad left.. Jet's really terratorial" Tony said. They both chuckled at that.
Tony was asleep twenty minutes later and Gerald was cleaning up the mess they had made.
Livingroom:
"Ah Gerald my dear boy, care to join us?" Ducky asked.
"Yeah, hey Duck.. Gibbs" Gerald said and sat down, "I heard about the meeting with Tony's dad... he really slap him?"
"Yeah, that prick shouldn't be allowed to have kids.. told Tony he wouldn't give his blessing to 'this unholy relationship'" Gibbs said.
"Dad's.. can't live with them, can't live without them" Gerald said.
"Indeed, and you can't kill them legally either" Ducky said. Gibbs and Gerald spluttered their brandy at the same time.
"What?" Ducky asked.
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The thing Ducky says at the end is my own doing :D I said to a friend who has two kids: "Kids, can't live with them, can't kill them legally" and she just looked at me and said: "Cheers for that". Just a fun little trivia there :P Action will come to the patient ones.
