Gibbs watched Tony sleep. They had gotten him home, and Gibbs had coaxed Tony into telling him what had happened before the bomb. Gibbs was thinking now, his brain working a million miles per hours.

"Do you want me to kill you?"

"Yes, please"

The words rang through Gibbs's head like a warning bell. Tony had asked for them to kill him. How desperate do you have to be when you want someone.. NEED someone to kill you. Tony had been that desperate. Gibbs remembered loosing Shannon and Kelly. He had been that desperate then. But it was different. Gibbs had lost someone. Tony had lost himself. But he had kept working until Peoria had sent him on his way. Gibbs sighed and stared at a drawer. He opened it. All of Tony's medals were there. He smirked again. Tony took care of his medals, and Gibbs took care of Tony's. Gibbs cast another glance at Tony and sighed. Then he looked back down at the medals and smirked, before putting them away again. As he closed the drawr, Tony jumped up in bed.

"I'm up! Promise!" Tony said as he heaved for air. Gibbs walked over and sat on the edge of the sofa. He ran a hand down Tony's cheek and smiled.

"It's okay Tony, you don't have to be afraid" Gibbs smiled, "It's going to be okay" he continued, "go back to sleep" he said and was about to get up when lanky fingers wrapped around his wrist. He looked down and saw the "boy lost" look in Tony's eyes.

"Please.. I don't want to go back to sleep" Tony whispered and looked down. "I don't...I can't..not yet" Tony breathed. Gibbs swallowed a couple of times, and sighed.

"Let's watch a movie, we can pull out the couch and I'll sit behind you so you don't strain that back of yours" Gibbs said. Tony looked up and grinned.

"Hanky panky time?" Tony asked. Gibbs headslapped him. "Ow! I have a concussion! Be nice!" Tony said and rubbed the back of his head. Gibbs leant down.

"That was me being nice, next time, I spank you" Gibbs said.

"Promise?" Tony's face lit up. Gibbs sighed and got up.

"Come on, let's watch the damn movie" Gibbs said and went over to his own collection of movies. "How do you feel about The African Queen?" Gibbs asked.

"Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart? Always" Tony replied from the sofa. Gibbs smirked and walked back. Then he turned to the matter of the sofa. With a lot of work and coaxing they managed to pull it out, Gibbs got two comforters and made it into a bed before he put the DVD into the DVD machine and slipped in behind Tony. Tony leant back and sighed.

"Comfertable?" Gibbs asked.

"Yup" Tony replied and gave a sigh of relief, " 's nice" he mumbled.

Five minutes later, Tony was sleeping soundly, soft puffs of air escaping between barely separated lips. Gibbs smirked and let his own head rest.

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