Tony woke up the next morning feeling cruddy. He looked at his clock and it read 0630. He got up and went to the master bedroom to get Gibbs but he didn't see him there. He grabbed his phone and walked downstairs to look for him. He looked in the kitchen, living room, bathroom, everywhere. He noticed the basement door was ajar and he quietly tiptoed down the steps. He smiled seeing Gibbs sleeping under the boat, his phone next to his head. He grinned. He walked down the steps and went to the boat quietly making sure not to wake up Gibbs. He put his camera on his phone and snapped a few pictures of Gibbs sleeping, and the last one being of him awake. Tony's eyes widened as he noticed Gibbs was getting out of the boat and trying to reach for the phone. Tony laughed and ran upstairs as fast as he could, and went to go hide in Gibbs' closet. Gibbs quickly got out from under the boat and was about to look for Tony on the first floor, he heard a thud and ran upstairs. He went into the guest bedroom first, and then into his bedroom.

"Tony c'mon, delete those pictures." Gibbs said. He saw a light flicker in his closet and smirked. He ran over to the closet and opened the doors and grabbed Tony from the closet and threw him on his bed. Tony squeaked and hid the phone underneath his ass so Gibbs wouldn't get it, because Tony thought that his boss wouldn't try to grab his ass. Gibbs placed his knees on both sides of Tony's hips, straddling him. Tony smirked.

"You can't have them. They're mine." Tony teased. He stuck his tongue out childishly and Gibbs chuckled.

"Wanna bet Dinozzo?" He smirked. He started to tickle Tony's sides and he squirmed and laughed. Tony kicked and rolled trying to get Gibbs off of him and nothing worked. "Truce?" Gibbs shouted over Tony's laughter. Tony shook his head and kept squirming. Gibbs was now sitting on Tony's ass, and the phone was under Tony's abdomen. Gibbs stopped tickling and reached under Tony and found the phone. He pulled it out and Tony tried to snatch it from him unsuccessfully. Tony pouted.

"No fair, you tickled me! I'm ticklish!" Tony crossed him arms under his chin and Gibbs leaned forward.

"I won't delete them, if you promise no one sees them. Even Abby and Ducky." Gibbs whispered into his ear. His hands now on either side of Tony's head. Tony nodded and bit his lip. "You okay?" He asked softly. Tony nodded. "I'm ticklish in two spots, both of which no one knows about." He whispered. He threw Tony's phone on the bed and got up, trying to hide his hard-on. Being over Tony and him squirming caused him to almost bite his tongue off, as he was trying not to moan. He didn't want to make Tony uncomfortable, especially after last night's conversation. Gibbs walked over to his dresser and pulled out socks and boxers and went over to his closet to pull out gray slacks and coat. He wondered what Tony's reaction would be to wearing a light blue shirt, because his exes always said they loved it, it brought out his eyes. He pulled out a white dress shirt instead, not wanting to push. He turned to find Tony still laying on the bed. "Tony get up. Leaving in 30." Gibbs said. Tony groaned and got up and went towards his room to grab clothes. Gibbs pulled on his clothes and combed through his bed head. He chuckled. I'm actually giving a shit on what I look like today. Gibbs thought.

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As soon as they had walked into work, they walked right back out for a case. McGee, Kate Tony and Gibbs all set out for their new case. Gibbs drove as usual and Tony held on tightly, afraid of running off the road. He looked to Gibbs like 'what the fuck Gibbs!' because his driving was more chaotic than what he was use to. McGee and Kate just smirked at him. Once they got to the crime scene, Gibbs barked orders.

"Kate, pictures and sketches, McGee, bag and tag, Dinozzo, you're with me." He ordered. Tony followed on Gibbs tail like a lion following their dinner. "Alright Dinozzo lesson one. Questioning the witness." He said and Tony smirked.

"Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy." He said confidently. Gibbs held up his index finger and shook it.

"You are going to record and I'm going to ask. Got it?" He pulled out a pen and little note pad and gave it to Tony. Tony nodded and took the pad and pen. They went over to the witnesses who had seen the marine.

"So what's with Tony?" Kate asked McGee. The two new agents were very curious as to what he was doing here at NCIS.

"Well, he is probably just trying to be a good agent at the moment. After all, it is Gibbs." He said.

"True, but I don't know, he's like stuck up Gibbs' ass. If he were any closer, he'd literally be up his ass." Kate sighed and rolled her eyes. McGee shrugged his shoulders. "I remember you were like that McGee." Kate smirked. Now McGee rolled his eyes. He kept bagging anything considered evidence and looked up hearing a vehicle approaching. He waved to Ducky and Palmer. Kate smiled. "Morning Ducky. Morning Palmer." Kate said slightly cheerfully. She continued taking pictures of evidence and the area.

"Good morning dear, Caitlin. How are we this morning?" Ducky asked. He knelt to the ground to take a closer look at the body.

"I'm good Ducky, how about you?" She smiled.

"Well, good considering our chances to meet our young petty officer. Poor young man, he's probably only just out of secondary school." Ducky guessed. McGee and Kate continued on. "Mr. Palmer, go grab the stretcher for our young marine."

"Right away doctor." Palmer smiled and went to the truck to grab it. Kate looked up to Ducky.

"Well Ducky, I've taken all the sketches and pictures I need." Kate smiled.

"Very well then. Would you mind helping us with the body?" Ducky asked. She nodded and looked over to Palmer who was coming back over, and Gibbs and Tony who was just behind.

"What we got Duck?" Gibbs asked and squatted down next to Ducky. Ducky chuckled.

"Why Jethro, I just got here. Give me a moment." He said and pulled out the liver probe. He stuck it into the right spot and waited for the little probe to give a small beep. He pulled it out about a minute later and read the temperature. "88.3 degrees. Our marine has been dead for about 7 hours Jethro. Time of death, about 2 o'clock this morning." Jethro nodded and looked to Jethro who nodded as well. Both men stood.

"Dinozzo, help Palmer with the body." Gibbs ordered and Tony was right on it. Ducky smiled while Palmer and Tony got the body in the bag and on the stretcher. Kate and McGee rolled their eyes. Gibbs and Ducky started to wander off towards the vehicles. "So, cause of death Ducky?" He asked.

"Well, Jethro, there are no ligature marks around his neck, and no gunshot wound. It's an odd one... This reminds me of a reading I had during schooling. Ya see..." Ducky talked on and Gibbs spaced out. He thought about Tony and what happened last night.. How could someone be so terrible to another person. He was sick. Gibbs ran a hand through his hair and sighed. Ducky put a hand on his shoulder. "Jethro, what's wrong?" Ducky asked quietly, making sure the agents can not hear them. Gibbs sighed.

"Duck, I don't know what it is, but ever since Tony has been here, and living with me, something's changed about me. I can't explain it." He said quiet;y as well. Ducky nodded.

"Well my dear Jethro, we will just have to wait it out won't we?" He stated. Gibbs looked back to his team nodding. He waved a hand towards McGee and Kate, making sure they got everything. Kate and McGee each gave thumbs up and started walking towards him with the evidence all bagged. Tony and Palmer came through first with the body, and put the dead marine into the back of the truck. Gibbs smiled at Tony affectionately. He would never figure out what it was about the man that made Gibbs so drawn to him. There was something that kept telling him to push but, he couldn't. Not after what he heard last night. He sighed and the team waved goodbye to the local LEOs and got in their respected vehicles.

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McGee, Kate, and Tony are all working hard on trying to find information about the petty officer. It was around 1930 and right now, they didn't even have a name. His fingerprints have been burned off. It was clear to Gibbs, that this man had been tortured in some way if his fingers were burned at the tips. The elevator bell dinged and Abby came running into the bullpen.

"Gibbs Gibbs Gibbs!" She shouted. Gibbs waited for her to respond. "Okay, so our marine is definitely a marine. His name is Stephen Wilkes. Thanks to the DNA, I found our MIA." Gibbs looked to her confused, along with the rest of the agents. "Okay, so Wilkes was in D.C, home from Afghanistan for about 6 months, but when he was called for duty, nobody could find him. It's like he fell from the face of the Earth!" Abby shouted. Gibbs pursed his lips.

"Thanks Abs." Gibbs said. He got up and walked off to the stairs to go see Ducky. Tony pursed his lips. Kate noticed this look.

"What'd you find Tony?" She asked, getting up from her desk and walking over to Tony. She looked at his computer screen.

"So, looking at his previous living arrangements, I can see that he's moved around a lot. Could he have been doing an undercover op? Could he have gotten killed from that?" Tony asked genuinely. Kate shrugged. "I'll go talk to the boss." Tony said getting up. He went into Gibbs' direction and found him in autopsy discussing the case with Ducky.

"Ah, Anthony. Nice to see you visit." Ducky smiled. Gibbs looked to him and asking silently what he needed.

"I found that Wilkes had moved almost every 3 weeks, like clockwork during his time home. I asked Kate to see what she thought but she didn't know either. So I ask, could he have been an undercover agent in an op?" Tony rambled on. Gibbs looked intensely at Tony and shrugged his shoulders.

"Go see if you or McGee or Kate can find out his records and who his C.O is Tony." Gibbs said. Tony nodded and left. He looked over to Ducky in relief. "That was close.." He sighed. He hated this sneakiness. "Duck, I want to control myself. I couldn't hurt him again." Gibbs frowned. He thought about Tony's past and his own and looked back to seeing that they are very similar. He knew that eventually he'd need to tell Tony if they were to be together... Together? What are you thinking! Gibbs' mind said. He sighed. Ducky nodded. And laid a gentle hand on his shoulder.

"Jethro, I know you can do this." He said softly.

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