Tony ran through the halls, desperately trying to escape his father. With every corner he turned, it seemed as if the cackles grew closer and closer, but Tony couldn't see him. The screams of his mother continued to ring through the maze he was trapped in. Pleas for mercy echoed in his head, they would never leave. "Why didn't you save me? I'm your mother! WHY DIDN'T YOU HELP ME!?" Tony's mother's voice screamed at him. He was in tears at this point. He tripped and ran into a wall, putting him off balance and sent him flying back to the ground. When he opened his eyes, his father was standing over him, holding the exact same knife he used on his mother, and in his right hand he clutched the head of his mother, eyes replaced by red bouncy balls and blood smeared all over her face. The head turned to him and screamed.
"AHH!" Tony screamed as he sat up, sweat dripping from his face. Gibbs, Jenny, Chris, Ziva, Ari, Abby, and Tali all turned towards him, noticing how he was drenched in sweat and fear evident in his eyes. His hands were shaking as he wiped away at the sweat. Chris was at his side in seconds, bringing him into a hug and softly rubbing his back as Tony sobbed into his shoulder, quickly soaking it. "MOM!" Tony screamed into Chris's shoulder, his voice a mixture of a dying animal and a roar from a lion. Everyone had tears brimming their eyes as they watched Tony cry into Chris's shoulder, Chris whispering comforting words into his ear. After a few minutes Tony calmed down enough to fall back asleep in Chris's arms. Chris gently lowered him back down onto the couch and draped him with a blanket. Kissing his forehead, Chris stood back up and turned to face the rest of them, tears of his own falling down to the carpet.
"Thank you Gibbs for letting Tony stay here for a little bit. I honestly don't think I could keep myself together if it were just me here. I know he needs your support, all of you guys's support, and frankly I needed it too." Chris said in a shaky voice.
"It's no trouble to us, honestly." Gibbs answered honestly, giving Jenny's hand a gentle squeeze as he forced his tears to subside. Tali finally broke down and buried her face in Ari's chest, weeping as Ari gently embraced her in a reassuring hug. Ziva plopped down onto a chair next to her, a few tears escaping and running down her cheeks.
"Would any of you like some tea?" Jenny asked politely, needing to escape the cloud of sadness that seemed to follow Tony everywhere he went. After receiving a nod from Ziva and Chris, she went back to the kitchen to prepare some tea. Gibbs followed her to the kitchen to make himself some coffee. Tali managed to calm down and slowly unwrapped herself from Ari.
"How could someone do something so inhumane do another person?" Tali asked Ari, anger coating every word she spoke.
"I don't know, Tali. I don't know." Ari repeated like a mantra. Abby had makeup running down her face, not like she cared anyway. Tony became a brother to her over the time she knew him. And it hurt all the more to know there was nothing she could do to comfort Tony the way he needed to be. Chris walked back over to where Tony slept, exhaustion evident on both of their eyes. Chris made room for himself on the couch and brought Tony into a comforting hug as the exhaustion from the events of the day finally caught up to him. As Chris dozed off, Tony wrapped his arms around Chris's torso and held him close, finding comfort in being in the presence of the man who became a father to him over the years.
NCIS
When Tony woke up again, he was slightly confused to find himself lying down in a bed, since the last time he remembered he was dozing off in a couch. As Tony surveyed his surroundings, he spotted Ziva who was sleeping on the floor, a blanket wrapped tightly around her. There were three beds in total in the room, two of them were empty. Sitting up he lightly tapped Ziva on the shoulder who mumbled in response. Tapping her shoulder again she sat up, still half-asleep. When she looked up to see who woke her, her heart skipped a beat. Tony had those deep sea-green eyes that you could get lost in for hours.
"Why are you sleeping on the floor?" Tony asked.
"I wanted to make sure you had plenty of room when you slept." Ziva responded, snapping out of her trance. Without a word Tony shifted over slightly to the side and patted an empty spot next to him on the bed. Ziva slowly rose from the floor and slid into the bed with Tony. They both instinctively wrapped themselves in each other's arms and dozed off back to sleep, Ziva's head nesting comfortably in the crook of Tony's arm while Tony rested his head on top of Ziva's. As he finally drifted off to sleep, his last thoughts were of how that was the best he had ever slept in over two years.
10 minutes later Ari walked in with Tali to go to sleep. As they spotted Tony and Ziva holding each other while they slept, they each smiled. Tali pulled out her phone and snapped a picture before pulling Ari out of the room. They both went to Abby's room to show her the picture.
"Hi guys, what's up?" Abby asked as she clicked the save button on her English homework. Tali motioned for Abby to look at the picture she had on her phone. Abby stood up from her desk and walked over to Tali.
"Awwww!" Abby cooed as she looked at the picture. Ari simply chuckled as he went downstairs to get a drink of water.
"They should totally hook up!" Tali exclaimed as she pointed at the photo again, evidence of the mutual attraction and care. Tali quickly sent the picture to Ari and Abby, then pocketed her phone, feeling very tired.
"Abby, can I sleep with you?" Tali asked as she rubbed her eyes.
"Totally! We can be coffin buddies!" Abby exclaimed as she pulled out another coffin from her closet. Tali stood there in disbelief that Abby had more than one coffin. Heck, having one coffin at all was kinda weird. Reluctantly Tali lowered herself down into the coffin next to Abby's and Abby turned off the lights before dozing off to sleep in her own coffin.