Title: Personal
Rating: T to be safe (two little curse words)
Spoilers: Nature of the Beast, Rule Fifty-One (just teeny-tiny ones)
Author's Note: From Chirugal's Hiatus Week 15 prompt "Personal".
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except what I write. NCIS and all its characters, plots, and quotes are all Mr. Bellisario's…I just play with them every now and then.
Personal isn't the same thing as important.
- Carrot, Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Rule 10 – never get personally involved in a case. That didn't mean that every case wasn't important; it just meant that you could keep your emotions reasonably separate from the job at hand. And it was easier to get justice for those who needed it without getting lost in the memories of the justice you had to make for yourself…Damnit, Gunny, stop that.
Actually, looking back on his life, the most important moments were defined when he had let himself get involved, for better or worse.
Abby was important to him – he tried his best to keep her safe (although a little voice in the back of his mind kept telling him that he could do more), and he firmly believed that he could do that best while not involved personally. Well, he sort of believed it.
Okay, he was no longer sure of what he thought about being involved with Abby.
Damn. Time for Rule 51 again. Sometimes you're wrong.