A/N: Again, no specific episode, though it would probably have to be confined to the four episodes that Gibson actually appeared in.

Possessive

If Rob Gibson ever had to sum up the relationship between his colleagues he would do so in one word: possessive.

When it came to Jackie, Michael seemed to have some convoluted protective/possessive complex. Gibson was never sure whether Michael truly cared for Jackie or if he just didn't want her to be with anyone else but him.

Not that it didn't go both ways.

Gibson was convinced that neither would ever enter into a relationship with the other, but that didn't stop them from preventing the other from forming a relationship with someone else. Any relationship that they had outside of the one they shared would always be a case of 'three is a crowd.'

He doubted that either would be able to distance themselves enough from the other in order to form a meaningful relationship with someone else.

He sometimes pitied them this possessive side to their relationship that prevented them from moving on. But at other times he considered it to be their own fault. They were both so close; too close in some ways, that they couldn't see passed the other to really notice anyone else.

Some of which could be blamed on the job: they spent so much time together that it was unavoidable that they formed some kind of attachment, but on the other hand it was a little unnatural.

The closeness they shared went far beyond that of colleagues; he doubted that some married couples were as attuned to each other as they were. It meant that they worked well together; their bond allowing them to communicate without words and to respond effectively to situations in perfect unison.

But it made for a lousy personal life.

Their romantic partners either felt threatened by their closeness or the relationship just couldn't compare to what they had together.

Gibson truly hoped that they would eventually resolve whatever was between them: whether that meant they got together or went their separate ways. Otherwise he worried what would happen if they ever were separated before they were ready.

Though, he had to admit, he worried more for Jackie's sake than for Michael's.

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A/N: Ok, I don't know if Gibson would actually be "possessive" but I do see him as a darker character than either Stuart or Robbie; also I wanted to explore the opinion of James MacPherson on the relationship between Jackie and Michael - that Michael didn't want Jackie, but he didn't want anyone else to have her. I thought Gibson would be the character to take that angle with. (cf. my story "Green")