Gibbs: Don't bury it Ziva.
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In a moment, he realized just how alike they truly were. Tragedies lining both their lives…real relationships with a distant few…left to reconcile countless deaths at their own hands…
He'd buried it. On the battle field…in a coma…staring down the barrel of a gun. To him there was no other option…death had become his contingency plan.
He unburied it. Minute by restless minute. Hour by painful hour. Day by miserable day.
And now he sits toiling away with his hands, letting the silence of his home throw up another pile of dirt…because every morning he makes the choice to live.
For his family.
For his team.
For himself.