Tony dragged his leaden like body into the house, it was well past midnight and he was beyond exhausted – They'd been working a case almost non-stop for the past two days now and this was the first time he'd been home since they caught the case Monday morning. His body protested every step he took as he made his way upstairs, Owen and Olivia were fast asleep in their beds when Tony looked in on them, but as he made his way further down the hall, he saw a sliver of light flowing out from underneath the master bedroom door, Gibbs was still awake, or he'd fallen asleep reading, either was an option at this point.
Tony smiled tiredly as he pushed open the door, the bedroom was awash in low flickering candle light and there was petals of Transvaal Daisies scattering the floor and bed in numerous colors. Gibbs came out of the bathroom with a towel draped over his arm and a bottle of massage oil in his hand "Did I miss something?" Tony asked quietly as he pushed the bedroom door shut and locked it, then looked around the room with a raised eyebrow.
Gibbs nodded as he walked over to the bed and laid out the towel in the center of the bed "Yeah, a couple of things actually…" Gibbs said softly, holding his hand outward for Tony to take. Tony made his way across the room and practically collapsed into his husband's chest, snuggling in close.
"I know… I know! I missed our anniversary, I'm sorry…" Tony said sadly, nuzzling the underside of Gibbs' jaw and sighing as he glanced up at his husband.
Gibbs nodded, kissing Tony tenderly on the forehead "You did, and that's okay. I know the demands of the job, Tony… I've missed my fair share of birthdays and anniversaries too…" Gibbs said reassuringly as he slowly began unbuttoning Tony's shirt, letting the thin fabric fall from Tony's shoulders and onto the hardwood floors beneath them.
Tony nodded as he began nibbling and kissing along Gibbs' jawline, "Won't miss another one, even if all I can do is call." Tony said as he slowly pushed Gibbs' boxers down to the floor, letting them pool around the older man's feet.
Gibbs smiled as he pressed his lips to Tony's, silencing the younger man with a slow and passionate kiss as he undid Tony's belt and the button that held the denim jeans together, letting Tony's pants fall to the floor, luckily he didn't have to worry about boxers since Tony still went commando when wearing most pants. Gibbs wrapped his arms around Tony's thighs and carefully lifted his husband up and positioned their bodies into the center of the mattress on top of the towel.
Tony curled his fingers around Gibbs' shoulders as the older man began kissing and sucking along Tony's neck and collarbone softly, leaving pale purple marks along the tanned flesh as their bodies began rocking and grinding against one another. Tony gasped, letting his head drop back against the mattress, "Jeth… Please…" Tony begged quietly, his fingertips pricking into the firm flesh of his husband's shoulders, Tony had completely forgotten about being exhausted now that he was wrapped up in Gibbs' arms and had Gibbs' lips caressing and drawing up goosebumps against his flesh.
Gibbs nodded against Tony's shoulder as he reached over to the nightstand, fumbling inside the opened drawer and withdrawing the bottle of lube inside, he slicked up his fingers first and reached underneath Tony's balls, gently probing against the ring of muscles until the tips of his fingers began pressing into the warmth. Tony moaned out quietly, arching his hips off the mattress as Gibbs pushed into him. Tony grabbed the bottle of lube and let the liquid coat his palm as he reached down to Gibbs' leaking erection and began gently stroking the length of his husband's cock and slicking him up "Can't wait… please…" Tony begged, his hips gyrating restlessly against the mattress.
Gibbs pushed up to his knees slowly and extracted his fingers from Tony's inviting warmth, quickly replacing it with his cock, groaning low in his throat as he thrusted in to the hilt, Tony's muscles tightening around him as the younger man gasped and arched into Gibbs' body.
Gibbs intertwined his fingers with Tony's, smiling as the younger man locked his ankles around the small of his back, "Love you Tony." Gibbs whispered as he began thrusting slow and deep into his husband's body, raising their linked hands above Tony's head and claiming the younger man's lips in a deep and slow kiss as he rocked his hips forward, capturing all of the small whimpers and moans that exited Tony's mouth and flowed unabashedly into his own mouth.
Tony grasped and scratched down Gibbs' back as the older man thrusted deeply into him, his ankles tightening even more as the heat in his stomach coiled unbearably tight. Gibbs smirked as he pressed his lips to the center of Tony's throat, sucking greedily at the pliable flesh until Tony's fingers curled painfully around his biceps and the heat of Tony's release shot out in waves between their stomachs.
Gibbs grunted a few times as he made a few more deep thrusts into Tony's body, his own release rocketing out of his body and coated Tony's insides thickly. Tony and Gibbs were both breathless as the older man pulled out and collapsed onto the mattress beside his husband "Happy Anniversary Jeth…" Tony whispered tiredly as he pulled the towel out from underneath him, swiping it across his stomach and then Gibbs' stomach, dropping it off the other side of the bed as he curled up against Gibbs' side, snuggling in close.
Gibbs chuckled as he caressed Tony's neck and back gently "Can you believe we've been married a full year now, and we haven't tried killing each other yet?" Gibbs asked quietly as he twisted the small threads of hair at the back of Tony's neck around his fingers slowly.
Tony giggled as he curled his fingers around Gibbs' side lightly "One year, eight months and twenty-seven days… Married for one year… I can believe it, yeah… We've been together a lot longer than that though." Tony said, kissing the side of Gibbs' chest gently as he looked up at his husband with a lazy and tired smile "Sixteen years, two months and seven days." Tony said almost automatically.
Gibbs shook his head, kissing Tony tenderly on the forehead "You did the math in your head that quickly?" Gibbs asked softly, Tony nodded as he laid his head back down on Gibbs' shoulder "You're amazing sometimes, you know that?" Gibbs asked softly as he caressed gently up and down Tony's spine, Tony nodded again, stifling a yawn in the curve of Gibbs' chest. Gibbs chuckled "Go to sleep Tone, we'll discuss your amazingness in the morning." Gibbs whispered as he reached over, flicking the light off and curling up with his husband as the two drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, Tony came back into the house covered in sweat from his morning run – something he hadn't been able to do since taking custody of the twins since they'd had their adjustment periods where they would wake up at almost every sound that wasn't comforting to them, but now having had the twins for nearly two months, they slept through almost anything – except this time Tony came home to the sounds of giggles from the living room as he pulled the earbuds out of his ears.
Tony peaked around the corner and saw the twins sitting side by side, staring at the television where an old re-run of Tom & Jerry was playing. Upon further inspection of the living room and open kitchen, he could see Gibbs standing with his back turned towards the counter, one arm moving rapidly – which meant one thing, Gibbs was making pancakes for breakfast – Tony smiled as he slowly moved towards the steps, carefully avoiding the fifth step that he knew would creak underneath his foot if he put any pressure on it.
By the time Tony came down from his shower, Owen and Olivia were perched on top of the kitchen island near the cooktop while Gibbs flipped pancakes on the hot griddle "Well good morning to you!" Gibbs said chipperly – He'd known his husband had been awake, they always woke up at the same time, but because Tony snuck out before the twins woke up, it was their first time seeing Tony that morning.
Owen and Olivia turned around on the counter, wide-eyed and squeaking excitedly as Tony came over and collected the two toddlers in his arms, kissing them lovingly and repeatedly on their cheeks and foreheads "Morning my babies!" Tony said excitedly, grinning as he whirled around with the toddlers in his arms.
Owen and Olivia giggled excitedly as they held onto Tony's neck, lavishing his cheeks with feather-light kisses "Mornin' daddy!" they both exclaimed happily as Tony settled them back down on top of the counter.
Tony looked at Olivia's hair which was pulled back in sloppy little pigtails "Did daddy Jethro do your hair this morning?" Tony asked, looking at the odd hairs poking out through the two bright pink ponytail holders.
Olivia nodded enthusiastically, little pigtails bobbing up and down with her head "Uh huh! Do ya like dem?!" Olivia asked happily, twisting her fingers around the curled tails with a wide grin on her face.
Tony tilted his head to the side and smiled slightly "Well they're a little lopsided but they are pretty cute!" Tony said, grinning slightly as he continued looking sideways at Olivia.
Olivia giggled happily as she set small grubby hands against Tony's cheeks "Daddy! Your head is on sideways!" Olivia squealed excitedly, pushing Tony's head upright to correct it.
Tony feigned a shocked look as he stared at Olivia "Oh my gosh! You're right! Now they're all better again!" Tony said, grinning as he kissed Olivia tenderly on the forehead.
Gibbs chuckled as he settled the last of the pancakes onto the platter "Alright you two, time to wash your hands." Gibbs said as he walked the platter over to the dining table and set it down, refilling his coffee cup and pouring Tony a cup of coffee also.
After breakfast had been cleaned up, Tony looked around the room and grinned slightly as he collected Owen and Olivia and headed into the living room, "Alright, what do you want to do now?" Tony asked as he sat on the couch, one toddler on each thigh as he looked between them.
Owen stood up on Tony's thigh and grinned as he wrapped his arms around Tony's head "Can we play tectives?" Owen asked, eyes bright with excitement – 'Detectives' was one of the twins favorite made-up games that they often played with Gibbs and Tony, using some of their less violent cases as the foreground for the twins made-up cases.
Tony thought about it for a moment and then nodded his head slightly "Yeah we can play detectives, why don't you two go get your stuff ready?" Tony questioned as he set the twins down on the floor, watching as they took off towards the den where they kept their 'detective kits' which were stowed in small backpacks.
Tony sighed as he walked into the kitchen, resting his forehead against the back of Gibbs' shoulders as the older man stirred the pot of beef stew he was making for dinner "Got any ideas for today's detective case?" Tony asked quietly, massaging his fingertips into Gibbs' spine and hips softly.
Gibbs nodded, smiling slightly "I believe that Grumpy Tibbs should kidnap Dougie and Dandelion." Gibbs said as he settled the lid over the pot and turned around in Tony's arms, kissing his husband lovingly on the lips before he headed upstairs to collect the stuffed toy dog and lion from the twins rooms.
Owen and Olivia ran back into the kitchen and clung onto Tony's legs, their backpacks secured to their shoulders as they looked up expectantly at their 'lead detective' "What do we got boss?" Owen asked, grinning brilliantly as Tony headed towards the kitchen table, depositing each child into their booster seats then took a seat across from the twins with a notepad and pen.
"It's been rumored that Grumpy Tibbs is back in town, guys!" Tony said in a stage-whisper, looking between the twins who'd gone wide eyed with both excitement and trepidation.
Owen stood up on the edge of the chair, dangling over the table as he leaned closer to Tony "What did he do this time daddy? Did he rob a bank again?!" Owen whispered as quietly as a two year old knew how – which wasn't nearly as quiet as expected.
Tony shook his head and crooked his finger inward to draw the twins in closer "Nope. It's believed that he's kidnapped two critically acclaimed sleeping companions." Tony said quietly, looking between the twins and their confused expressions – Tony sighed a little, he sometimes forgot he was speaking to two year olds – "He's kidnapped Dandelion and Dougie." Tony corrected simply, raising his eyebrow when the shocked expressions came down over the twins faces.
Tony grinned slightly, the twins expressions were always so comical and it greatly aided in bad days, but so far this had been a great day and it only added to his overwhelming excitement of getting to spend the next couple of days at home with his husband and two beautiful children. "How do we get dem back daddy? WE can't sleep without dem!" Olivia shrieked in disbelief as she dropped from her chair and rushed over to Tony, crawling desperately up into his lap.
Tony chuckled as he held onto Olivia around the small of her back and kissed her forehead gently "We have to find them! Grumpy Tibbs could be anywhere, so we have to go look for clues!" Tony said with an invigorated enthusiasm that he only got when he was playing with his children.
Owen was the first to hop off the table and Tony watched as the still slightly unsteady toddler made his way to the staircase and began crawl-running up the stairs towards their bedrooms with his backpack bouncing rapidly against his back. Tony shook his head and grinned as he stood up with Olivia in his arms and together the two made their way upstairs, joining Owen in his bedroom. Tony nearly burst out laughing as he looked at his son who was dangling upside down on his bed, staring underneath the mattress "I founded a clue daddy!" Owen squeaked as he pulled out a small plastic collar in red that had a 'D' dangling from the center of the stuffed toy's collar.
Tony smiled as he settled Olivia down on the floor then lowered to a crouch next to both of them – foregoing teaching the twins about proper evidence gathering was a necessity at least for now, seeing as all their cases were just missing toys or hidden treasures sometimes – "That's some good work detective! Let's get it in an evidence bag and see what else we can find!" Tony enthused as he helped Owen get a small lunch bag out of his backpack, sealing away the collar temporarily.
It only took the three 'detectives' another hour to gather all of their clues, which consisted of the rest of Dougie's attachments (collar, leash and fire-engine red rain boots) and Dandelion's pink dress. Their final task was to find their bad guy, Grumpy Tibbs, and since they'd been everywhere upstairs except the master bedroom, that was where they were sneaking up on now, each child holding a plastic water gun filled to the brim.
Tony slowly cracked the bedroom door open and Owen and Olivia tiptoed their way into the bedroom, Tony only a few steps behind as they cleared the bedroom which was seemingly empty – both the closet door and bathroom door were shut, so while Tony and Olivia made their way over to the closet, Owen decided he would brave their bad guy alone and headed over to the bathroom.
"FREEZE DIWT BAG!" Owen shouted happily as he held his the water gun in the direction of Gibbs who was waiting patiently on the closed toilet seat, stuffed animal in each of his arms "Lower the doggie and nobody gets huwt!" Owen demanded, glancing over his shoulder as Tony and Olivia joined him in the doorway, all three aiming the small water pistols at Gibbs.
Gibbs tried with everything he had not to grin like a fool as he slowly laid the stuffed animals on the ground, then held his hands up in surrender. Tony smirked wickedly as he pulled the trigger numerous times, wetting the front of Gibbs' light blue button up, followed by several more squirts from Olivia and Owen who were giggling and squealing in delight. Gibbs growled playfully as he stood up "Oh NO! He's not dying! Run!" Tony shrieked as he and the twins bolted for the 'safety' of the king sized bed in the center of the bedroom, Tony hoisted the tots onto the bed and then hopped on top himself.
Gibbs came out of the bathroom with the two stuffed animals tucked against his chest as he bounded over to the bed and flopped down unceremoniously, making a deathly groan as he laid on the mattress and sprawled out. Olivia looked wide-eyed at Gibbs who was now lying as still as possible, even as a slow smile crossed his face as Olivia crawled onto his back and tapped his shoulder a few times "I tink he died daddy." Olivia said as she turned back towards Tony, her bottom lip pouting outward.
Tony moved down the bed and laid down, leveling his head with Gibbs, their lips only inches apart "How do you suppose I revive him?" Tony asked, looking up at Olivia with a slight smile on his face.
Olivia pressed her palm to her lips and made a loud smacking noise that resembled a kiss, then giggled "Gib Gumpy Dibs a kisses! That always makes him awaked!" Olivia said, continuing to giggle as she rolled off Gibbs' back and settled at the foot of the bed with her twin brother.
Tony nodded and leaned in the few inches, pressing his lips tenderly to Gibbs' lips and kissed his husband with a smile tugging at the corner of his lips, then pulled away just as quickly. Gibbs snuffled slightly, then fluttered his eyes open slowly as he looked directly at Tony, "How much trouble am I in, King Tommy?" Gibbs asked, linking his pinky with Tony's as the two men continued staring at each other.
Tony shrugged and looked up at the twins "What do you think detectives? What do you think Grumpy Tibbs' punishment should be for kidnapping?" Tony asked, smiling warmly as the two put on their 'thinking faces' both tapping their chins in contemplation.
Owen was the first to poke his hand towards Gibbs' face "You has to read us a story for naptime, and bedtime tonight!" Owen proclaimed, a trademark charming grin gracing his face as the toddler looked between his two fathers.
Tony nodded as he pushed up to his knees "Sounds like a fair punishment." Tony said as he flopped backwards on the bed, yawning into his shoulder as his own exhaustion started taking hold, while Gibbs collected the twins and quietly walked out of the master bedroom and into one of the bedrooms to start naptime rituals.
When Gibbs returned to the bedroom twenty minutes later, Tony was curled up on his side, a pillow tucked under his arm and a content smile on his face as he watched Gibbs climb into the bed beside him and lie down on his side as well, snuggling in close to Tony until the tips of their noses were lightly touching.
"Those two adore the hell out of you, you know that?" Gibbs whispered as he grasped Tony's hand that laid atop the pillow, interlocking their fingers lightly as he smiled at his husband.
Tony nodded as he leaned in, kissing Gibbs tenderly on the lips – much longer than he had when the twins were present – "I know, and it goes the same for you… They love everything that you do, even when you're being the villain of the day." Tony said, grinning as he snuggled his head underneath Gibbs' chin, tucking his knee in between Gibbs' thighs as he got as close to Gibbs' body without physically crawling inside the older man's skin.
Gibbs wrapped his arms around Tony's shoulders and smiled as he rested his chin on the top of Tony's head, he did always love when his husband was in the mood for cuddling, but it also usually meant that something was weighing on the younger man's mind and he'd always wait Tony out until the younger man had whatever he needed to get out into the open, out.
Tony gently curled Gibbs' chest hairs around his fingertips and sighed quietly, "We've only had them for a little over a month, if you include the weekends that they were allowed to stay with us… Is it weird that they've already started calling us daddy? I mean, not that I'm objecting to it, but… They've only lost their parents two months ago, and it's like they don't even remember them already…" Tony questioned, looking up at Gibbs briefly before tucking his head away again.
Gibbs stiffened slightly, he'd also seemingly forgotten the twin's short-lived history with their birth parents since he'd spent the majority of a month with them on his own during the day "I don't think it's necessarily weird. They seem comfortable calling us daddy, and I wouldn't want to stifle their needs with telling them that it's not appropriate." Gibbs said, shrugging slightly as he relaxed into the mattress again.
Tony nodded as he turned around in Gibbs' arms and molded into the curve of the older man's body, "I suppose you're right… But do you think that they think about them? Or remember them at all?" Tony asked, glancing over his shoulder at Gibbs.
Gibbs sighed and kissed Tony's shoulder blade tenderly "I don't know Tony… and I'll be the first to admit it – I'm afraid of asking them, in case it sends either one of them into a grief-stricken stage that we wouldn't be able to handle at their age… So, unless they bring it up… Let's just leave well enough alone and enjoy what we've got." Gibbs said resolutely as he laid his head against Tony's and snuggled close to his husband's back, securely and protectively wrapping his arms around Tony's chest and stomach.
Tony laid silently in the bed, wrapped in Gibbs' arms as he stared blankly across the bedroom, several thoughts fleeting through his mind as he tapped out a silent rhythm against the mattress "Stop. You're going to get a migraine if you keep thinking about things like this." Gibbs warned, gently biting against Tony's shoulder for further 'punishment'.
Tony nodded, reluctantly settling against the mattress as he closed his eyes and relaxed against Gibbs' chest, hoping the security of his husband's arms around his torso would ease the sudden fear that rose up inside of his heart and mind would be toned down so he could get at least thirty minutes worth of sleep before the twins woke up once again. When sleep did eventually start claiming Tony's mind, nothing really came to him anymore except for the future of what they had now crept into the dark recesses of his subconscious mind and things that he'd learn alongside the twins played out in his mind's eye like a movie-reel, Tony feel into a deep sleep and maintained a content smile on his face.
