Sins of the Father
An NCIS Fanfic.
Ducky:
"I'm surrounded by death, Jethro. I wanted to deal with the personal loss myself. Did you know she was almost a hundred, that she had an active full life? But this last year she had not been herself. It was her time. Natural progression of age."
Donald Mallard loved his mother dearly. And when she died, he was devastated. She was the only parent he had ever really known. She had raised him from a very young age, all by herself, on minimum wage for the most part.
But Ducky had never lacked for love or any other trifle thing. She had smothered him with care, love, and tenderness. In a good way.
He had known, towards the end, that she wasn't really herself any more. She had outlived all of her friends, and several younger family members. But it was still hard to watch her casket being lowered into the ground. Still upsetting having to clean out her things from the home where he had cared for her for so many years.
He knew why they were so close. She was his world for so long.
And ruffling through her things made him realize that if his father had not left, they might not be as close as they had been. Things would be so different. In fact, she may not have lived as long. Or… she may have lived longer. He didn't know.
In his youth he had blamed his father's absence for many troubles in his life. He had often wondered what he was like. If he was still alive. If he had another family out there somewhere.
But no. Ducky conceded that he was content with how his life had played out so far. And he even thanked his long absent father for allowing them to live in peace.
A/N: Once again, liberties with Ducky's history. But I often wondered why Ducky, as far as I can remember, never once mentioned his father. He had tons of stories about his mother, but none about his father. So… this little drabble thing came about.
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Disclaimer: NCIS is the property of Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill.