Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS or any of these characters.
This story is set in an AU where Ari did shoot Kate, but the bullet only grazed her head and she is in a coma throughout season three. And, since this is my story and I can do whatever I want, I've made it Kibbs.
After 'Deception'
Gibbs stared at Kate balefully. "She's in a coma, Kate. The woman we were looking for." He huffed out a long breath. Finding Lt. Commander Wilkerson in the car trunk, pale and hardly breathing, had sent his mind whirling into flashbacks of the day after Kate was shot. He had waited in the hospital for hours, receiving no news. Finally, a doctor with a somber face had approached him and told him Kate was stable, but in a coma. He had pushed past the doctor and muscled into Kate's room. There had been a breathing tube over her mouth and nose, and an IV in the crook of her elbow. Gibbs had stared at her for a moment, then, ignoring the protests of a nurse, had bent over and pressed a kiss against her forehead. Then he had swept from the room, intending to kill Ari slowly and painfully.
Now, Ari was dead, but Kate was still asleep. And it was driving Gibbs insane. He had been able to bottle up his feelings in his usual fashion, hiding in his work, but after pulling Lt. Commander Wilkerson out of that car, taking her whole, lifeless, weight onto himself, he hadn't been able to stop the torrent of emotion from overpowering him. "You need to wake up, Kate. That's an order, Agent Todd." The Kate in his head raised her eyebrows in challenge.
"An order? You've haven't given me an order in a long time, Gibbs. A simple please would be enough."
Gibbs sighed. "I said please, Kate. Several times, as a matter of fact." Imaginary Kate just smiled mysteriously. Gibbs suddenly stood, an angry expression on his face. Pretend-Kate wasn't phased, she just continued to smile. "We need you awake, Agent Todd. I expect you not to disappoint me." Then he left, his long coat fanning out behind him.
A/N: I wasn't sure who should visit for this chapter. Obviously, I chose Gibbs. Was that the right decision? Please review!