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Gibbs and Tony finally made back to the house around 2200. On the way home they grabbed take out and decided against lasagna tonight because it was late. As the two men sat comfortably on the couch in silence Tony couldn't help but steal glances over to Gibbs. He got up and went to the kitchen to grab another beer for himself and Gibbs one as well. He set the beers down between them on the table. Gibbs set his carton of food down and turned to look at Tony. Tony had stopped eating as well after he grabbed the beers, and he knew there was still a lot in his carton.

"You okay?" Gibbs asked. Tony shrugged and opened his beer and drank some. "Need to talk?" Gibbs moved closer to Tony and Tony shook his head.

"I'm okay, really boss."

"We're not at work, just Gibbs." Gibbs turned his whole body and faced Tony. Tony rolled his thumbs and looked down at the floor. Gibbs patted his shoulder. "Go get some sleep Tony. Remember 0730 we leave." Gibbs said. Tony nodded and grabbed his food and left to go put it in the fridge. Gibbs sighed. He knew that Tony was hiding something but he couldn't think of what. Tony came back out and gave a small smile.

"Night." He said and walked upstairs. Gibbs sighed and cleaned up his things too and went down in the basement to work on the jewelry box Mike wanted. He had about half of the wood work done. He built the frame of it, but it had no drawers yet or doors for the two side cabinets. He got to work on the side cabinets and worked in silent peace. About an hour later he heard a scream coming from Tony and he ran upstairs quickly and pulled out his gun. He opened the door to Tony's room and turned on the light. He found Tony thrashing around in bed and he sighed. It was a nightmare. He put his gun down and got into bed next to the man and tried to calm him down.

"It's okay Tony. Relax... Shhh..." He whispered into the younger man's ears. Tony still squirmed some in Gibbs' arms. Gibbs tightened his hold and slowly ran a hand through Tony's hair. He calmed down slowly and wrapped his arms around Gibbs waist unconsciously. Gibbs sighed and even smiled a little. He felt happy. He shook his clouded head and was about to get up when he realized he wasn't going to be able to. Tony had a grip on him. He chuckled softly and kept rubbing the man's back and was about to fall asleep. "I hope he doesn't think anything bad happened..." Gibbs mumbled to himself. He slowly fell into a deep sleep, with the man in his arms, and arms around his waist.

The next morning was a nice one. Gibbs felt rested as he woke up from sleeping in a really odd position, and then remembered the night before. He looked down to see Tony was still sleeping, his head on Gibbs' abdomen. He sighed and felt Tony start to stir awake and looked at the newly opened green eyes. Tony smiled and then looked how he was positioned and quickly sat up and got out of bed.

"Gibbs I'm sorry I don't know what happened but-"

"You had a nightmare." Gibbs interrupted. He got up off the back and stretched his back.

"What?" Tony asked confused. Gibbs sighed.

"You had a nightmare last night. I heard you scream and I came up here. You were only having a nightmare but you had a tight grip around my waist so I just stayed." Gibbs said. He slowly walked over to Tony. "You remember what it was about Tony?" Gibbs asked. Tony frowned and nodded. "About what we talked about before?" Another nod from Tony. Gibbs sighed.

"I still..." Tony paused. He bit his lip thinking about how to phrase it. "I still feel his hands on me. Ever since my dad outed me to Baltimore, things have been rough and-" He stopped. He just realized that he just told Gibbs he was gay. "Shit..." he mumbled. "I'm just...gonna shower..." Tony whispered, grabbing his clothes and walking past Gibbs to get to the shower. Gibbs sighed. Did Tony think that Gibbs cared if he was gay? He shook his head and walked to the bathroom where Tony was. He was already in the shower.

"I don't care that you're gay." He said nonchalantly. Tony shrieked when he heard Gibbs. He poked his head out of the shower and kept the rest of him covered. "It doesn't bother me" Gibbs said. Tony gave a small smile and sighed happily. "Was that what you've been thinking about lately Tony? That I'd be mad or something?" Gibbs asked getting closer to the agent in the shower. He swallowed a little before getting too close. He knew he needed to keep his distance.

"Yeah... I thought that ya know, being a marine and the whole 'don't ask, don't tell' policy I just thought that maybe it applied to work too..." Tony said sadly. He popped back into the shower and Gibbs smiled.

"Don't worry Tony, your secret is safe with me." Gibbs said and walked out of the room. He sighed softly and went into his closet to pull out clothes and started to undress. He stood naked and looked through his drawers for boxers but sighed when he didn't find any. "Dammit...gotta do laundry..." Gibbs mumbled. He walked over and pulled on his pants. He felt eyes watching him and smirked. He knew Tony was standing by the bathroom door watching him. He kept himself bent over to put on his socks and then turned around as if he didn't know Tony was there. "Hey." He said standing straight up. Tony nodded and stared down Gibbs chest and abdomen, For being in his 50's or 60's, he still looked good. Gibbs chuckled and put a shirt on and Tony shook his head. He walked out of the room and into his room to get dressed.

"Dammit Tony, get yourself together." He mumbled. He heard a creak but pushed it off as the house settling. Little did he know Gibbs was standing outside his door listening in. "You have got keep yourself under control. Stop staring. Push away these feelings dammit!" He mumbled. He groaned and kicked his bag on the floor. Gibbs decided to knock and bring the man to reality.

"Leaving soon, and grab an coat, it's snowing." Gibbs said.

"Alright." Tony said from behind the door.

~~~~NCIS~~~~NCIS~~~~NCIS~~~~NCIS~~~NCIS~~~NCIS~~~NCIS~~~~NCIS~~~~

Gibbs and Tony back to NCIS from the crime scene. They went back to make sure they didn't miss anything and they didn't. Gibbs sighed. McGee and Kate were still at the office working on other leads for the case. It was snowing pretty hard right now and so Gibbs had to be careful driving and the whole ride was silent. Once they finally made it to NCIS, they took the elevator up to the bullpen. Gibbs was about to say something when the elevator banged around and made some noise. It had stopped where it was. Tony sighed and Gibbs looked over to him.

"Could be worse." Gibbs said. Tony looked to him shocked. "What! I'd rather be stuck on the elevator than in the car off the road." Gibbs crossed his arms and sat down on the floor. Tony furrowed his brow and decided to sit next to him. The elevator was a little cold. Tony leaned his head on Gibbs' shoulder.

"How long will this take do you think?" Tony asked. He didn't want to be too close for so long. Gibbs chuckled.

"Last time it was 6 hours." Gibbs laughed. "It was just me in here though. Kinda boring." Gibbs said through his laughter. Tony smiled. He'd never seen his boss laugh like this before.

"You have a very nice laugh boss." Tony chuckled. Gibbs smiled and nudged Tony's shoulder and looked down to his lap. Tony smiled. Tony started to lay his hand down on the floor of the elevator and Gibbs as well. Their hands fell one on top of the other and it wasn't awkward. Gibbs and Tony looked to each and Tony blushed. He quickly took his hand away and Gibbs chuckled. I wonder if I should try something...Tony thought. He rubbed a finger against the side of Gibbs thigh and he chuckled.

"Hey not here." Gibbs said and Tony smirked.

"You're ticklish on your thigh." He stated. Gibbs shook his head and Tony started to tickle his thigh again. Gibbs chuckled and started to laugh. Tony smirked and stopped. "I'll get my revenge at home." He smirked. Gibbs smiled.

"Can I ask you something Tony?" Gibbs looked to Tony and gave a small smile. He was genuinely curious.

"Sure." Tony shrugged. Gibbs bit his lip.

"When did you know that you were...gay?" Gibbs asked kindly. Tony looked to him surprised. "Maybe that wasn't the right way to put it." Gibbs said and Tony shook his head.

"No you're fine. You're just the first person who actually cares about it..." He trailed off. "Uhm.. Around when I was about 25. I only told my dad, and he disowned me for it... When I started dating other men, my father was mad but he gave me money to keep it quiet. Unfortunately, that worked out not so well because my father told all of Baltimore PD about it... He hated me." Tony rolled his thumbs in his lap. Gibbs sighed and put a gentle hand over Tony's on his thigh. Tony bit his lip and closed his eyes. Gibbs pursed his lips and sighed. He pulled Tony's face to look at his.

"Tony, do you have feelings for me?" Gibbs said bluntly. Tony was shocked but he knew he shouldn't be. He did have feelings for Gibbs. He didn't want to tell him the truth, Gibbs had to have had a rule about dating in the workplace.

"I...uh I..I mean..." Tony stopped. He groaned and stood up facing away from Gibbs, punching the wall. Gibbs stood up and stood closely behind him. Tony turned around and his lips brushed against Gibbs' and stayed for a moment. His lips were soft, despite the stony persona. He pulled away blushing and looked down. "I'm sorry that was an accident... You were close. I didn't hear you get up and I just turned assuming and... Oh God I'm probably gonna get fired aren't I?" He rambled. Gibbs chuckled and shook his head.

"Not gonna fire you." Gibbs said. Tony frowned. Gibbs backed Tony into the elevator wall and rested his hands on either side of Tony's head. Tony's breath quickened and Gibbs smirked. The elevator groaned with movement and the elevator moved on to the next floor and dinged. Gibbs walked out of the elevator and then turned and waited for Tony. "Dinozzo!" He shouted and Tony quickly ran out of the elevator and caught up to his boss. He was still shocked over the kiss in the elevator.