A/N: Please don't hate me, i know i've taken my sweet time with this chapter, but i had more trouble with this than i thought. I promise i'll try to do better, both with the speed of updating and the content of the chapter. I hope you enjoy. And i'd like to thank everyone who reviewed and are sticking with this story. So here is chapter 3:

When Tim and Gibbs got back to the younger man's house, Abby was eagerly waiting for news of the meeting.

"You're back! How'd it go? What did the evil man have to say?-" Abby's rapid questioning came into a halt when Tim gently grabbed her by the shoulders and looked her in the eyes.

"Where's Tony?"

"In his room, I just put him down for a nap" Abby answered with a bewildered look on her face and she watched even more puzzled as Tim hurried to his son's room. She turned her eyes to Gibbs.

"What's wrong with him? Did something go wrong? Bossman, please tell me." Abby grabbed the older man into a tight hug before releasing him and leading him to the kitchen and thrusting a cup of freshly brewed coffee in his hands.

"Now talk" the goth demanded with her hands on her narrow hips, her earlier distress all but forgotten under her determined mindset.

Gibbs took a swallow of the coffee and raised a brow at the demanding tone of her voice but none the less filled her in on what happened at the lawyers office.

"- I know Marco has something up his sleeve but for now there's really nothing we can do. " Gibbs finished just as Tim appeared in the kitchen with Tony now wide awake in his daddy's arms. Jethro was glad to see his lover looking happily at the gurgling baby and whispering endearments to him.

"Oh Tim" Abby hugged Tim and Tony, being careful not to crush the little boy.

"Just say the word and I'll make sure the bad man disappears without a trace and never bothers you again!" Tim smiled slightly at the words and pressed a kiss to the Goth's forehead and pulled back slightly from the embrace.

"Thanks Abs, but right now there's nothing more to do but to wait and see what he's up to and make sure he can't hurt Tony" Tim tickled the little boys belly and was gratified when the baby giggled a little.

"But you can't do it alone! I mean of course your not alone because I'm here for you both and bossman will help too, but you're alone and you're not even seeing anyone so there's no one to share the load with so to speak."

Abby took a deep breath and prepared to launch to another rant, but Tim placed a finger to her lips and after looking over her shoulder at Jethro for permission and support, McGee moved a little closer to Jethro, who moved around Abby to stand next to the younger man.

"Thanks Abby, but I'm not as alone as you'd think" Tim smiled as Jethro placed a supporting arm around his shoulders. They'd talked about telling at least Ducky, Abby and Kate about their relationship on their way home from the meeting. If Marco was going to make a move, it would be good to have their friends' support.

The two men braced themselves and sure enough, they heard a squeal and found themselves engulfed in a huge hug, but again the lab tech was careful of the boy still nestled in his father's arms, happily trying to grab at Tim's tie.

"Oh my god I can't believe it! I'm so happy for you guys!" then she pulled back and punched both of the men on their arms before reattaching herself to them.

"I so can't believe that you didn't tell me! Wait, does Ducky know? Oh this is so sweet, now Tony doesn't have one but two daddies looking out for him. I so want to be around when he brings his first girlfriend home to meet the parents!"

Tim laughed at the Goths enthusiasm and Gibbs just rolled his eyes but there was certain fondness in his eyes.

"No Abby we haven't told Ducky yet, you're th first we told" Gibbs waited till the girl stopped squealing before continuing "I'll probably tell him tomorrow, but I would appreciate it if you'd talk to Kate for us."

Gibbs and Tim had both thought it might be best if Abby talked to Kate, they both knew that the former Secret service agent was an open minded person, but she was also a strict catholic and they had no idea of her views on homosexuality and furthermore, they didn't know how she'd react to a Boss being in a romantic relationship with a subordinate. So all in all, they thought it best to have Abby talk to her as her best friend and then they'd give her time to come to terms with it and hopefully it would be okay.

Ducky on the other hand would be easy. The older man knew all about Gibbs' Bi-sexuality and rule twelve was one of Gibbs' rules, and the older ME had no issues with disregarding some of his rules if he thought them unwise. And because Ducky was one of Jethro's oldest friends, it was just appropriate that Gibbs be the one to tell him.

"Yeah, i'll talk to her, but you do realize she'll want to hear it from you at some point? Oh I have to go, I promised to go bowling with the nuns today so I should get going. But you'd better e-mail me with the details like how long and since when this has been going on!" The last part was directed at Tim as the Goth prepared her departure and gave a kiss to 'her boys'' cheeks.

Before either men could respond, the Goth had made her way to the hallway and was heading out.

"See ya later, don't do anything I wouldn't do, okay!" And with those parting words she was on her way to the bowling alley.

"How much caffeine you think she's had today?" Gibbs asked with a smirk as he turned to his lover who was still a little dazed after the whirlpool that was Abby.

"I don't want to know, If I don't know I can't be held accountable for allowing her out of the door." Tim answered, noticing for the first time that his tie was wet from where Tony had managed to get his hands on it and had pulled it to his mouth.

"You mind taking Tony while I go and change?" Tim asked while holding the boy out to his lover who readily took the little guy.

"No problem, you can take a shower if you want, we'll be fine. It's not like we haven't been alone together before" With a smirk at his older lover who was now playing with their son's nose, Tim headed to grab a quick shower and change clothes. He was happy that Abby had accepted their relationship so readily and hoped that the others would be as accepting of them. He frowned as his thoughts turned to Marco and the meeting, he was hoping that the other man wouldn't do anything stupid, but he wasn't really believing that Rossi would let things go without a fight.

After Tim finished his shower and went back downstairs dressed in sweats and a t-shirt, he gave his lover a chastise kiss before shooing him upstairs to change out of the monkey suit. They'd been together for enough time so some of Gibbs' clothes had made their way to Tim's house and in his closet and some of the younger man's stuff had made a home for themselves in the other man's home, so both of them had change of clothes at the other's place, and of course there was stuff for Tony at Gibbs' house also.

Once both men were dressed in more comfortable clothing, they ordered Chinese, they just spent the rest of the day and evening doing ordinary stuff and just enjoying the peace and quiet of nice evening at home.

Gibbs decided to spent the night and when it was time for bed, the men got Tony ready for the night with practiced ease, the other making sure his diaper was clean and the other warming his bottle. Soon the two men were lying in bed, snuggled together, it still gave Tim a thrill to be one of the few people on the planet to know that Leroy Jehtro Gibbs, second B is for bastard, tough as nails ex- marine is a snuggler.

Tim smiled at the thought and gave a little huff of laughter with sounded suspiciously like a tiny giggle.

"What's so funny?"

"Oh, it was nothing, Good night Jethro" Gibbs was suspicious of the answer, but decided to let it go for now in favor of getting some sleep.

"Good night Tim"

Neither men had any idea that a car had followed them from the lawyer's office and it was now parked across the street and the man sitting inside was surveying the house. The man pulled out a cell phone and dialed a number, the phone was picked after the second ring.

"Yes?"

"You were right, they're together now and the lights went out just a few minutes ago"

"You see anything useful?"

"No, there hasn't been anything yet, but I'll keep watching"

"Good, call me immediately if there's anything useful and we'll put the plan in action"

"I will, they've bound to make a mistake sooner or later"

With that the phone call was disconnected and the man went back to watching the now dark house.

TBC...