NCIS Daily Drabble
Prompt: ncisdrabble100 challenge #186 - 'Episode Related'
Episode 9.07 – Devil's Triangle
Original Airdate: October 31, 2011
WARNING: SPOILERS!
Title: 'What Might Have Been'
Characters/Pairings: Gibbs, Diane, Shannon
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Summary: He really liked her. She really loved him.
Unbeta'd - comments & concrit welcome
"You were my Shannon, Leroy."
It's not until Diane is halfway up the stairs that the meaning of those words truly sinks in for Gibbs. Which is a good thing, because the door they threaten to open is one he'd much rather keep closed and locked up tight.
Love is so easily confused with comfort; with familiarity. It was easy to put the past behind him when Diane was just his 'human antidepressant'. Now, not so much. Part of him will always wonder if it could have been different...
...and how it's possible he never knew she loved him so.