Title: You Notice Everything Chapter 27

Slash/Mature: Don't like, don't read.

Summary: At the Reception for Delilah and Tim, a surprise guest shows up. Like always, Gibbs notices everything. Includes some spoilers for Episode 23 "Something Blue."

All mistakes are mine, this has not been proofed.

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"You look beautiful." Tony kneeled down as Tali and Abby reached them.

"Are you surprised Abba?" She grinned.

"Very." Tony kissed her cheek. He looked up at Abby. "Abs." Standing up he touched her hand.

The tears were already welling up in Abby's eyes as she threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you." Tony kissed her cheek.

"Your dad wanted to be here but he was taking a red eye out of DC and they were delayed. He wouldn't have made it in time." Gibbs took Tony's hand. "So he's handling some things for us back in DC."

"Handling some things?" Tony's eyebrow went up.

Gibbs just smiled and took Tony's hands. "Are you ready?"

Tony's eyes darted back and forth. "Don't we need a minister?"

"No." Gibbs shook his head. "Civil ceremony only, the mairie council paperwork makes it official."

"So this is it?"

Gibbs nodded. "Just us saying what we want to say."

Tony took a deep breath. "Then I need to go first because I'm going to be a sobbing mess after you go."

"OK." Gibbs chuckled.

Clearing his throat, Tony took a deep breath as they held hands and he looked into those steely blue eyes.

"I have loved you longer than I ever admitted to myself." Tony blew out the breath he'd taken. "But I never thought you could love me." He chuckled holding back tears. "I knew there was something deeper between us, but I always thought it would turn out to be some wild night of animalist sex and it would happen and we'd never talk about it again." Another calming breath. "And when you said you loved me, wanted a life with me, I-I was scared to death." He swallowed the lump in his throat. "Because I always thought my life would be one of settling, settling for second best because I would never be able to have what I truly wanted." The tears started to fall. "You are what I always wanted. When I realized I could have the life I wanted, with the man I wanted, it scared me and I felt I didn't deserve it." He shook his head. "I didn't deserved someone like you, the depth of love you had for me and the life you wanted to give me…how could I possible deserve that?" He felt Gibbs squeeze his hands. "Yet I wanted to give you exactly the same thing…I love you with all my heart and soul and nothing will ever change that. I will spend every day for the rest of my life making you feel as loved, cared for and safe as you have always made me feel." He took a step towards Gibbs. "We deserve this. We deserve every ounce of happiness our love brings to both of us. You are the one true love of my life and even though it took us over a decade to get here…this is where I was always met to be. I love you Leroy Jethro Gibbs and I am so proud to be your husband."

Gibbs bit back the tears as Tony finished and he too spoke from the heart. "You are what I have been searching for since I lost Shannon and Kelly…you make me feel whole again." He paused. "And I never thought I would ever feel that way again. When I let you walk away…" He shook his head. "I thought you had walked out of my life forever and I had lost one chance at true happiness. I told myself to move on, let all the feelings I had for you go, but I couldn't." He smiled. "And when I saw you at the reception that day, it all just flooded back and I knew had to be honest, with myself and you…as hard as that was going to be." He took a deep breath and blew it out. "When I kissed you in the kitchen it was as if everything was finally right with the world. The years of denial and regret seemed to just disappear because I knew if we could both stop being so damn stubborn." Tony laughed. "We would make it work no matter what it took." Gibbs smiled through the tears. "You have been in my heart since the day we met and as the years passed more and more of my heart became yours, until there was only you. And as much as I hate all the time that we wasted…this was how we were met to happen…for so many reasons." He glanced down at Tali. "Anthony DiNozzo, I love you more than I can ever express with words, more than my actions can ever convey, but I will spend the rest of my life making sure you know how much I love you. I will be your best friend, your lover, your protector, and your husband until I take my last breath." Reaching into his inside jacket pocket, Gibbs produced a ring almost an exact copy of the one he already wore. Tony held out his shaking hand as Gibbs' slipped it on the younger man's ring finger. "You are the love of my life, my soulmate and the one person I have always wanted at my six."

Tony couldn't help but chuckle.

"Thank you for making me whole again."

Tony leaned in wanting nothing more than to kiss the man he loved but Gibbs pulled back.

"Uhm just one last thing." Gibbs let go of Tony's hands and bent down. He wiggled his finger at Tali and she took the two steps towards him. He took her hand in his. "Tali DiNozzo, I love you as if you were mine and I promise to always keep you safe, to make you feel loved and to be there whenever you need me. I can't wait to see the beautiful woman you became and we will tell you all the wonderful stories of your Ima and how you are so much like her." He reached into his pocket and pulled out another small ring.

Tali's eyes lit up. "Is that for me?"

Gibbs took and he took her hand gently sliding the ring onto her finger. She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. He kissed her temple then let her go. Standing back up, he smiled at a crying Tony. "Now I want to kiss my husband."

Tony grabbed Gibbs by the center of his shirt and pulled the older man to him. Their lips met and they fell into an embrace.

Abby stood there crying, holding Tali's hand as they looked on.

"I love you husband." Tony sighed as their lips parted.

"I love you husband." Gibbs grinned.

Tony finally let go of Gibbs' hands and reached down picking up Tali as Abby hugged him.

Gibbs smiled at the people before him then glanced out before them. A happy sadness filled his eyes as the people stood in the open field…a semi-circle of all the loved ones taken from them. At the forefront was Mike, the man grinning from ear to ear as the others stepped up to him. Jenny, Kate and Paula approached first stopped to the right of Mike. The three women smiled, there to show their love and support for two of their friends that had wasted so much time. Gibbs swallowed the emotion as Shannon and Kelly made their way to the left of Mike, Shannon holding Kelly's hand and taking Mike's as they reached him. His girls were smiling and Shannon blew him a kiss. There were no words exchanged verbally, but he heard them both clearly. Their happiness that he had finally allowed himself to love again, that he would have another child in his life to love and care for and that they would always be there for him and his new family.

Next came his father and mother, hand in hand, smiling as they came up next to Shannon and Kelly. Jack took Kelly's hand letting Gibbs know that his girls had so many people taking care of them. Gibbs felt the happiness, the joy and the love from all of them. A woman approached alone, smiling and she took her place next to Gibbs' parents. Gibbs would have known her anywhere. Her eyes sparkled with the same orneriness and compassion that always filled Tony's eyes. She looked at her son, holding his daughter and she touched her hand to her chest. Her son would shower his daughter with all the love and affection he had never had and some of him would heal because of it. Then she smiled at Gibbs.

Then the final two approached, a father and daughter always separated by emotional stubbornness and politics walked up hand in hand. Ziva's gaze held Gibbs, her brown eyes full of both happiness and sadness. Her eyes slowly drifted to Tony and Tali her eyes so soft and fragile as she stared at her daughter. When her eyes met his again, she was smiling and he silently told her of his love for both of them, although he had no doubt she already knew. She nodded knowing her daughter would be as loved by Gibbs as she had been. Having Tony and Gibbs as fathers, Tali would grow to be even a stronger woman than her mother filled with strength, humor, compassion, and a stubborn streak.

"Jethro." The sound of his name pulled Gibbs from the vision and the images quickly faded away.

"Are you OK?" Tony looked slightly concerned.

"I'm wonderful." Gibbs' lips brushed against Tony's. "But we need to head to the Mairie to sign the papers."

Putting Tali down to ran to Abby and they started to skip towards the shore.

"You saw them didn't you?" Tony asked even though he knew the answer. Only one thing could have put that look on Gibbs' face.

Gibbs nodded.

"They're happy for us?"

Another nod as Gibbs took Tony's hand and kissed the inside of the younger man's wrist. "Thank you."

"For what?"

"Understanding the ghosts and accepting them."

"I may not see them but I feel them and I know Tali has a huge family on the other side watching out for her and believe me I'm thankful every day for their presence."

Gibbs captured Tony's lips thanking him and again expressing the depth of his love.