Title: The Storm Cloud
Author: Left my heart in Paris
Rating: K+
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Krissy. This is set in the 'without a doubt' universe but don't have to read that to understand.
The storm cloud
As Leroy Jethro Gibbs turned down the road to his street, he couldn't help but feel relieved; the case was over and he could now spend his weekend off with his wife and daughter; something that rarely happened lately with him and Jenny both being so busy.
After pulling into his driveway Gibbs turned off the engine relishing in the soft sound of the rain hitting the roof of the car and the quiet sound of D.C early in the morning. The sound of thunder rumbling in the distance brought Gibbs from his thoughts.
He got out of the car turning up the collar of his jacket as of a way of sheltering some of himself from the rain and keeping himself warm.
Once inside the house he took of his coat immediately feeling warm and relaxed, he smiled as he put his coat next to his wife and daughters before taking off his shoes as not to wake up his two girls as he moved around the house.
As he walked into the kitchen he smiled at the note saying about dinner in the fridge, but he was way too tired to be thinking about anything other than curling up next to his wife in bed.
Once Gibbs had had a sip of water he headed up stairs. On the way to his room he opened his daughter's door slowly and crept in and walked to her bed being careful to dodge all the Barbies and other toys that littered the wooden floor.
He wasn't surprised to find his daughter clutching the floppy bunny he had bought her when she was a baby, her fiery red curls covered her face so he pushed them back to show her beautiful little face before kissing her forehead. "Sweet dreams Kris," he mumbled before pulling up her covers more to keep her warm.
Gibbs gave his little girl one last look before walking out and closing the door softly behind him. Quickly he made his way to his bedroom feeling very tired.
Once he walked into the room he found his NCIS T-shirt before changing into it and crawling into bed careful not to wake his wife in the process.
Jenny stirred for a moment before rolling over and snuggling into her husband's chest before mumbling, "We'd have a cooked mammal on the ceiling," sleep lacing her voice, Gibbs let out a small chuckle before wrapping an arm around his wife's waist his hand resting on her small baby bump before kissing the top of her head and then trying to drift off to sleep alongside his wife.
Half an hour later Jenny Gibbs was woken by the bedroom being lit up by a flash of lightening followed by a soft rumble of thunder.
She almost jumped out of her skin, her hand went straight to her stomach were her second child was growing only to be met by her husband's hand.
The redhead looked up noticing that her head hadn't been resting on a pillow but Gibbs's chest, she wasn't at all surprised to find that he was still fast asleep; he had been working for three days nonstop and only God knows what time he came in, she thought before putting her head down before trying to get back to sleep.
The mixture of Gibbs's heart beat and the rain patting against the window was slowly lulling Jenny to sleep. Just as her eyelids were about to close there came another rumble of thunder only a lot louder.
The couple sat up right, their hearts racing a mile minute. "You ok?" Gibbs turned to his wife concern on his chiselled features.
"Yeah I'm fine you?" she asked turning to face him. "Do you think…" She was about to ask if he wondered if Krissy was ok but something interrupted her.
Their bedroom door flung opened revealing their two year old looking very worried. Once Krissy noticed that her parents were awake she ran to them and jumped on their bed and into her mother's lap being careful of her baby brother or sister in her mother's tummy.
"Dn't like dah big bangs," she mumbled into her mother's chest trying to get away from the storm outside.
Jenny wrapped her arms around her daughter and rubbed soothing circles on her back and kissed her forehead in an attempt to comfort her.
Gibbs put an arm around his wife, daughter and their unborn child not liking seeing his wife upset, he knew that when Krissy was upset so was Jenny and he didn't like to see it ever.
Then an idea hit him, he got off of the bed and went to his sock draw before grabbing a random pair and coming back to the bed and sitting on the edge in front of his two girls.
Both redheads looked at him curiously wondering what on earth he was up to. Gibbs put the socks on his hand to create sock puppets much like he did to try and get Krissy to put her socks or tights on in the morning.
The little girl immediately recognised what or who her father was creating with the socks. "Simon n Sally," she said jumping up and down a little bit in her mother's arms, delight evident in her eyes.
"That's right," Gibbs said before leaning over and kissing her nose. Jenny just sent him a confused look so he sent her one that said he would tell her later before continuing.
He coughed to clear his throat before remembering a story his mother once told him about a storm cloud. "Hey Sally what's wrong?" one sock asked the other.
"I'm scared of the storm," the other sock replied as the other nodded. Jenny was supressing a laugh at what her usual gruff marine was doing but then when it came to Krissy he wasn't like that, he always showed his soft cuddly side.
"Have you ever heard the story about the storm cloud?" the sock not afraid of the storm asked. He shook his hand so 'Sally' shook her head in reply. "Have you?" 'Simon' asked Krissy.
The little girl shook her head eagerly just as there was another loud rumble of thunder making her tense; Jenny kissed her on the top of the head in an effort to comfort her.
"Well then I'll tell you," 'Simon' said getting the little girl's attention. "Once upon a time there lived a grumpy old cloud, many people thought he was very mean but that wasn't the truth," Gibbs began moving his hand in time with his words.
"It wasn't?" 'Sally' asked making Krissy even more intrigued.
"No, you see he had many brothers and sister, but they were all white, fluffy and happy just floating around having fun, but he was grey and carried rain and thunder and lightning wherever he went, he thought that there was something wrong with him but, he didn't know he was special." He continued stopping for a short pause.
"He was?" the little redhead asked instead of the sock this time. Jenny could feel tears begin to well in her eyes, she loved the sight of her husband interacting with Krissy but this was just beautiful.
"Yeah, he was special because after he left a place, a rainbow would appear," he said in a mystical voice.
"It does?" Krissy asked in wonder, her blue eyes wide and full of excitement with a small amount of sleep threatening to glaze over.
Gibbs noticed that the tapping of the rain on the window seemed to slow as the storm moved away. "You wanna come see if it left one?" the silver haired man asked as he took the socks off of his hands and put them onto the bed.
The little redhead nodded eagerly before wriggling from her mother's grasp and crawling to her dad who was still on the end of the bed. He scooped her up as well as her cuddly bunny and carefully carried her to the window.
The sky was beginning to turn a light orangey pink as the sun began to rise over D.C. "Do you see anything yet Kris?" he asked lifting her a little bit so he could support her weight.
"There," she said pointing out the multi-coloured ray of light in the sky, with one of her small chubby fingers.
"That's right; it's a rainbow," he said kissing her soft red curls again, he never thought he would get the chance to love another child as much as he did Kelly, but here was Krissy in his arms, his little girl and in seven months' time he would have another child to cherish and love along with his wife that he loves so much.
The girl in his arm yawned gaining his attention. He smiled down at the little redhead as she snuggled more into his chest.
Gibbs walked back to the bed where his wife and unborn child watched the scene by the window unfold with sleepy eyes. Carefully he put Krissy down next to Jenny before walking over and getting into his own side of the bed.
Jenny wrapped an arm protectively around her daughter and moved closer to her as Gibbs put an arm around all three of his other family members before resting his head on his pillow.
"We'd have a cooked mammal on the ceiling," he mumbled to himself repeating his wife's words from earlier even though she probably didn't remember. The redhead in question lifted her head and look at him confused but he just chuckled to himself. "Night Jen, Kris," he said closing his eyes, a smile on his face but he didn't get so much as a grunt back as his wife and daughter were already fast asleep.