Title: Charge
Rating: T to be safe
Spoilers: Blood Bath, Silver War (just a little)
Author's Note: From Chirugal's Hiatus Week 16 prompt "Charge". This may not strictly fit the prompt, but…it's the best I could do. It's also the last of the stories from the 2010 prompts, and therefore the last chapter in this story. I will be starting on the prompts from 2011, although I'm not sure when, and they will be in a story of their very own.
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How do you tell your boss - your boss who happens to be head of a federal agency – that you – you, who are in a fairly sensitive line of work and cannot afford distractions in the field – and one of your colleagues – a colleague who routinely deals with firearms, nasty chemicals, and bodily fluids – are involved? Especially considering the multiple marriages and subsequent nasty divorces that seem to be common knowledge at the aforementioned federal agency. And the colleagues somewhat questionable taste in previous boyfriends.
And just how exactly do you see this playing out, Gibbs? He could hear Vance's question as clearly as if it had already been asked. It might be best to just charge in and ignore the rules. Well, guidelines, really. Technically their working relationship wasn't superior and subordinate – Abby was head of her department and not a member of his team – so it didn't really fit into any sort of category outlined in the personnel handbook.
Rule 18 had been created for situations just like this – not specifically against the rules, but not fully in keeping with them. And, well, the unspoken rule – keep Abby safe – that overrode anything else certainly applied. He could keep her safest if they were together.
Besides, a gentleman would never kiss and tell.