The truth eventually came out between them during the first case that Tony had been allowed back into the field and on full duties; they had a call out to a marine's body in just a small town a few miles away, but in the middle of nowhere. The only thing that was against them was the inclement weather, they'd had some fairly heavy snow fall over night, but it hadn't been enough to call for a snow day. Everyone managed to get to the scene ok, but as Gibbs and Tony went to leave the car chose to play them up and by the time they had it running again they came to a road block set up by the resident cops and the way ahead had now been classed as impassable and there was no way that any cars could get in or out, the only thing that they could do was turn around and head back into the town once again and seek to find somewhere for the two of them could bed down for the night or for however long the two of them were going to be held up there for.
In the end they managed to find a hotel room which was the last one which they had vacant, but they took it anyway. When they got into the room there was a bit of a surprise to come and Tony was the first one to spot it, because at the time Gibbs was in the middle of closing the door because there was just the one king size double bed in the room and that was it so Tony then declared "Ah boss we've got a problem."
Gibbs responded "And what's that DiNozzo?"
"There's only one bed."
Gibbs responded back "Well we've shared a bed before now, we can again now surely."
With a slight hesitancy he acknowledged "I suppose that we can." When in his mind he was thinking that there could be the chance that something could end up happening that could end up giving away his feelings for the man.
As matters turned out though the two of them ended up sharing quite an enjoyable night together, as they ended up sharing a meal in the dinning room before they then ventured outside to get some fresh air and to have a little bit of a walk. When they came back to the hotel again they did a check in with McGee before Tony then said that he was going to get ready for bed and have a shower, that was if Gibbs didn't wish to use the bathroom first, to which he told him that he could go ahead and use it first.
While Gibbs was in the bathroom Tony dug out the book that he had been reading out of his kit bag, just to keep his mind occupied before Gibbs decided to come and join him in the bed as well, and despite what the others all thought about him along with thinking that all he cared about was watching his movies were totally wrong, because given the chance he did also enjoy really enjoy the chance of reading a good book. When Gibbs did finally join him in bed and they turned the light out to settle down and go to sleep, the both of them ended up turning over and settling down to sleep with their backs to one another.
When Tony woke up during the early hours he had not only turned over so he was now spooning up to Gibbs from behind, the two of them had also somehow ended up being a tangle of arms and legs, as well as them taking hands, not only that he also realised that once again during his slumber he had once again developed a small problem of becoming hard. Even though he didn't move in any way to tip off Gibbs that he was awake, he also wanted to move before Gibbs realised the position that they'd both got themselves into as well as what was pressing into the back of him. Just as he was about to move to go to the bathroom to take care of matters and moved only just a slight bit, he felt the grip on the hand that they were holding get harder as a quiet sleepy voice said to him "You don't have to unless you absolutely need to you know."
He groaned and again tried to move seeing as he realized what conversation was coming, and he didn't exactly need to have it when they were lying in the position that they had found themselves in. So with that Gibbs did let go of his hand, but perceiving that Tony was still going to attempt to get away somehow he instead turned over, went up onto his elbow to glance back at him with his hand held lightly onto Tony's side to try and stop him from going anywhere as he then said "You know there's no need to be embarrassed or anything else about this, it's a very natural reaction, especially as I do know the reason for it because I do certainly feel the same way about you too and have done so for a very long time. Until recent events I never even thought that I would get a chance with you, but if you want to do this then I would love to have a chance at us."
As Tony moved up onto his own elbow so that he was looking Gibbs right in the eye he responded "I guess the whole business with Martin was the thing that gave it away, but as long as you're certain, then I would truly love us to give things a go too, I've been hiding things for just so long now."
As he ran his fingers down the side of Tony's face lightly he said "In a way it did, especially when you let the he slip when you told me about the date that Steve and Abby had set you up on, I didn't consider that there'd be any chance for us Until that moment, but I did also want to make sure that I was right about you before I made any move with you and let's just say that yes the moment that Martin yelled out the thing of it being you and me in love with each other and not you and Steve as he thought, the expression on your face did just absolutely give it all away, but you're right we've been hiding this from another for far too long now and yes I would love to very much give this a go between you and me."
"And me too."
As their faces started to get closer together Gibbs moved one hand behind Tony's head to draw them closer together as they went in for a kiss, which ended up being very tender, but still filled with the desire that had increased with the two of them hiding their feelings for one another over the years.
The next day they did have another attempt at getting back to DC once again, but were turned back again, luckily as they had left the hotel they had requested if a hold could be placed on their room just in case they couldn't leave, so when they got back again they were able to get back into their room once again.
In the end the two of them got stuck in that town and hotel room together, for another couple of days, but the two of them did spend that time getting to know each other as lovers rather than how their previous relationship had been. Even so things between them never seemed to move any further than some heavy making out and hands roaming, because it felt more like they wanted to wait for something more to happen between them Until they had got back home once again.
During their confinement in that town it left Ziva and McGee having to do all the leg work in the investigation, although they were constantly in contact with Tony and Gibbs throughout the days and they did the best they could with hearing updates via the phone or by the laptop, and of course Tony had to be the one that did most of the work from their end using the laptop as well, but they did also continue to bounce ideas off of one another. It was also during an update as they were using face time to do it that with something McGee said that got Tony jumping into action and studying all that they had been sent in ways of the evidence and the transcripts of the interviews that Ziva and McGee had done, when he all of a sudden said somewhat excitedly and with a big smile on his face "It was the wife McGee, she was the one that killed her husband."
There was then a huff of inpatients from Ziva as she groaned and whined "You always say that it's the wife that's done it Tony."
Tony just turned and raised his eyebrows at Gibbs as he then launched into explaining about how he perceived that it was the wife, not only because of most of the evidence pointing at it being her that had done it, but even without having met her himself, he just had a sense that from her comments to them something just felt particularly off with it. So with that Gibbs told the two of them to go and make an arrest, and if they thought that they couldn't carry out the interrogation, then he was going to make a call to the director and find a way that they could keep her Until they could get back once again and that he and Tony could then do the interrogation instead. After giving them the order he didn't even give them a chance to argue with them and with a nod to Tony he then shut the face time off and shut the laptop down.
By the time the two of them did get back to DC once again the case was over and Tony had been right about it having been the wife that had killed her husband, the surprise had also come to them all when Gibbs had gone to check in with Vance and he had told him that it had ended up being McGee that had been the one that had broke her down to confess to the murder, because for some reason Ziva had just been convinced that the idea of the wife doing it was just another of Tony's foolish theories and had been determined that the wife hadn't done it, so in the end Vance had himself hauled her out of the interrogation room, because of the attitude she seemed to be giving off in there and the way she also continued trying to butt in at crucial moments and it seemed to feel like she was on the wife's side for some reason. As Vance said that she still didn't seem to understand the truth even with it set out right in front off her eyes and he had the distinct notion that she may even be heading to make an attempt at possibly aiding the wife get out of the charges. So with that Gibbs told him that he would keep an eye on the situation with her and wouldn't hesitate to come to him if she did by any chance keep making attempts at creating some problems for them.
After having been dismissed by Vance and he telling Gibbs to inform Tony to head home and get some rest as he was sure that they were both exhausted from the events of the last few days, even if they couldn't easily do that much with being stuck in the hotel together, even if it had been Tony that had finally solved the case, their reports on their side of things could wait Until the next morning to be done. So with that Gibbs got out of the room as quick as he possibly could, telling them that they could all head home as he got down into the bullpen. As he and Tony hung back slightly to allow Ziva and McGee to leave ahead of them, they agreed to go their separate ways while Tony went back to his apartment to collect a few more things to what he had already accumulated at Gibbs house already with him being there during his healing from his injury. As the two of them left the bullpen they both walked past the elevator to forgo using it and heading down the stairs instead to the parking garage, to steal a kiss with one another in one of the many blind spots on the stair well out of the way of the CCTV cameras so that they didn't get caught in what they were doing. As they broke apart and being rather breathless Gibbs turned to Tony and said "Home!" To which Tony then went jogging off and straight to his car as soon as he got to the garage entrance. By the time that he did get back to Gibbs house once again and was getting out of the car, a warm and fuzzy feeling came over him, as he started to ponder about how much it was starting to feel more like home to him, especially as the two of them most certainly took things a lot further than they had in the last few days and had finally celebrated their new union together!