Disclaimer: I do not own neither NCIS nor Harry Potter. If I had both would be full of slashy goodness.

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews – I love you, guys!

RebeccaSeverusSnape – Well, yeah, I do love cliffhangers.

narutokakashijiraya13 – Thanks. Suggestions? Oh, I have many suggestions, but usually completely crazy ones. Harry/Bill or Harry/Charlie, Harry/Sev or even Harry/Voldie. Or maybe some crossovers? Hm?

little-bast – I think Remus would understand what Harry meant by that – it was supposed to be funny not hurtful. As for Harry's friends – I wrote it somewhere at the beginning that they became more distant and formal. When it comes to Dumbledore's reaction – I don't plan on including him in the story for now. Maybe later. The war has ended, so he doesn't really have much to say, but I'll see about it later. A bit of Dumbledore!bashing may be present. Not planning on including Harry's parents, unless in a dream of some kind. Gibbs doesn't know – yet. Harry's past will be revealed, but also not yet. About Remus and Severus coming to America – not sure. And thanks for the review.

vulcangirl1983 – I really like Kort – don't know what will do with him yet, but he won't disappear completely.

ml88 – Possibly. Probably.

silvr foxfire – Oh, I so love your ideas. Thanks very much.

ForgottenTales – It is fast paced, but I'm no good at writing slow paced stories. At least the chaptered ones. I don't know why but when I'm writing sometimes it seems that nothing really is happening. Maybe it's because I'm not a native English speaker, but I can't really help it.

Dysgrammatophobia – I aim to please.

Enjoy.

CHAPTER 8 – A PARTY INTERROGATION

Harry was holding on to Severus for dear life, his fingers tangled in shiny black locks.

Tony and Remus were standing aside – Tony staring open-mouthed and blatantly ignoring the werewolf's glare, and Remus trying to pierce a hole in Tony's skull with his gaze. Remus coughed pointedly and Tony glanced at him before focusing on the still hugging pair.

"Had I known you wanted to suffocate me, Potter," Severus reprimanded. "I wouldn't have come. Or I'd come prepared." Harry let him go reluctantly.

"I missed you so much, Sevvie!" The Potions Master sighed, a long, throaty sigh of deep exasperation.

One elegant eyebrow was lifted. "What did you call me?" He leveled Harry with a menacing glare that could be perceived as dangerous, hadn't his tone been so surprised.

"Oh, come on, Severus, he could've called you a Greasy Dungeon Bat and you would still love him more than anyone." Bill reasoned, emerging from the fireplace. Severus merely grunted in response, his eyes taking in the surroundings. He nodded, apparently satisfied and then turned to Harry.

"And why can't I be your father, again?" He asked, pouting slightly. Remus chuckled at his disappointed look.

"Well, we kissed," Harry said simply causing Remus to splutter indignantly. "And I'm not really into incest, so…"

"You what?" Bill and Remus shouted simultaneously.

"I'm not into incest." Harry repeated patiently.

"No, the other thing, Raven." Bill supplied.

"What? That we kissed?" Harry seemed honestly surprised. "You tell me you didn't notice when I snogged the life out of him last Christmas, under the mistletoe?"

"Ekhm," Severus coughed pointedly. "From what I recall, it was I who snogged the life out of you."

Bill shrugged. "Well, as long as you're both alive in the end…"

"Yeah, we are." Harry stated, having enough of this conversation. He looked at Tony. "Guys, I want you to meet Anthony DiNozzo – he's a wizard and a friend of mine from NCIS."

"Yeah, we could see you two are well acquainted." Remus said sarcastically.

"Play nice, Remus," Harry reprimanded him. "We need to establish some rules, before the others show up."

"Okay, cub," Remus sighed. "But we are so having this discussion later."

Harry nodded, knowing there's no way to avoid it. Remus was just too caring sometimes. Harry was only hoping he was not planning on giving him 'the birds and the bees' talk. He was 22, for Merlin's sake!

-ooo000ooo—

As predicted, Abby was the first to show up. She eyed the obviously male company and smirked.

"Harry, you didn't tell me there's gonna be so many cuties here!" She exclaimed enthusiastically.

Snape's eyebrow went up, Remus blushed, Bill smiled widely and Tony only smirked. Harry on the other hand gave her a welcoming hug and proceeded to make introductions. To everybody's surprise, she bonded quickly with a certain Potions Master and they immediately lost themselves in a conversation.

Then, there was a knock on the door and Harry let Gibbs in, quickly followed by Ducky, Tim and Ziva. He motioned for them to get comfortable and seeing Gibbs still lingering behind, made his way forward.

"Abby said one should bring a gift to this kind of party, so I thought…" He broke off and stuffed a neatly wrapped package into Harry's hands.

"I honestly wasn't expecting anything." Harry smiled. "Well, a hug hello, maybe."

"You're so much like Abby sometimes that it scares the shit out of me." Gibbs said in his most serious voice and embraced him briefly.

"Am I now?" Harry asked, already engrossed in tearing apart the wrapping paper. What he saw made him gasp in surprise and look at Gibbs with gratitude. It was a photograph, an old one at that, of both Gibbs and his mother. They were both sitting on the swings, laughing, Gibbs' arm resting on Lily's shoulder. For the first time Harry could clearly see the family resemblance in the tiny creases at the corners of their eyes and their smiles. Harry had no idea they looked so alike – he looked up to see the same smile on his uncle's face and a single tear made its way down his cheek.

"She would want you to be happy, Harry." Gibbs said seriously and Harry nodded.

"I know, it's just… I'm happy Leroy, for the first time in my life, I'm really happy."

Gibbs didn't really like the 'for the first time' part but filed it away for later.

"I am used to thinking that I'm alone. It's true that my friends were always there for me, but family… it's something I didn't know. But now – here you are." Harry laughed.

Gibbs smiled one of the rare smiles that made the whole room go bright. "Always." He said simply. "Now, how about you introduce me to those friends of yours?"

-ooo000ooo—

They were sitting, laughing and drinking beer, when Abby suddenly jumped up, causing McGee to spill his drink.

"I totally forgot! How could I forget, I mean, Gibbs, how come you didn't remind me?" She pouted.

"Remind you of what, Abby?" He asked calmly.

"The gift!" She shouted out. She quickly grabbed her purse and pulled out a parcel. It was medium sized and not nearly as neatly wrapped as Gibbs' was. Harry couldn't help but laugh seeing skulls on the dark violet paper.

"Thanks, Abby." He said.

"Hey, don't thank me yet, mister, you don't even know what's inside."

Harry eagerly unwrapped the present and raised his eyebrows. Severus coughed to mask his laughter, not knowing that this action attracted Gibbs' attention. Tony, Ziva and Ducky smiled knowingly and only McGee was paying much more attention to his spilt beer. Bill and Remus were surprised but amused.

"Abby?" Harry started slowly.

"Yes, Harry?"

"Is that a hippo?" He asked, not really knowing what to say.

"Yes, Harry, I believe it is, indeed, a hippo." Ducky supplied, backing out slightly at Abby's outraged cry.

"No, no, no." Abby denied. "It's not only a hippo. It's the hippo."

"The hippo?" The whole NCIS team looked at her in surprise.

"You're kidding." Tony whispered in awe. Ziva and McGee nodded approvingly.

"I think I'm missing something here." Harry admitted.

"You see," McGee started. "Hippo is a kind of a good-luck charm."

"Abby believes," Ziva cut in. "That it can protect and give comfort as well."

Harry grinned at them.

"It has been with us forever, at Abby's lab," Gibbs stated. "I guess this makes you officially a part of the team."

"The fact that Abby trusts you with him means that you are, indeed, one of us, my boy." Ducky assured him.

"And you know what the best part is?" Tony asked, a teasing smile on his face. "It farts!"

-ooo000ooo—

After a while it quieted down a bit. Ducky was storytelling again, this time with a larger audience. Seizing an opportunity, Remus got hold of Gibbs' arm and dragged him to the kitchen.

"I can see you care about Harry," Remus started. "Tell me what is your agent doing?"

"You mean DiNozzo?" Getting a nod in confirmation, he chuckled. "I think he's re-evaluating his orientation."

"So what is this- this thing between them, a fuck or a relationship, or what?" He shouted in exasperation.

"Ask Harry about it, if you want him to spill his guts, you have to ask him yourself. They're grown-ups, they know what they're doing and I trust them both."

"Well, I don't trust DiNozzo," Remus huffed. "I know nothing about him."

Gibbs snorted but obliged him anyway. "He's a good agent and a good man. He's got a sense of humour even if a bit twisted, and he's quite handsome. He has no family apart from a father, who does not really care about him. He loves movies, expensive clothes and Italian food."

"Okay," Ramus said warily. "But this proves nothing. I'll be watching him."

"I expected no less," Gibbs seemed lost in thought for a moment. "Now it's my turn to ask a question."

Remus nodded. "What happened between Harry and my sister's family?"

"The Dursleys? Harry never talked about them willingly, but from what I know they had some serious issues. One year, the Weasley twins – Bill's younger brothers – had to break him out of the house, because the Dursleys locked him up. And after the wa- I mean, after he graduated, Harry started to live on his own."

"Hn." Gibbs grunted, unsatisfied.

"You should talk to him," Remus advised. "Maybe he'll tell you more than he has ever told us – you are his uncle after all."

-ooo000ooo—

On the other side of the apartment a similar conversation was taking place. Severus was being asked a thousand questions about his and Harry's past relationship and in return gave Tony a set of his own about their present one. However, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Gibbs' lean and muscular profile and he couldn't help but roam his eyes all over his body.

He saw Tony smirking at him and he scowled.

"What's so funny, DiNozzo?" He snapped.

"You and bossman," Tony laughed. "This is gonna be fun."

-ooo000ooo—

So? Talk to me?