Title: My Heart Cries for you
Author: Trista Groulx aka dustytiger
ating: T (same as the show)
Disclaimer: I am remain poor and don't own NCIS it belongs to it's creator, network, writers, actors and actresses who bring it to life weekly.
Summary: Tony is diagnosed with leukemia and has to rely on his family for support.
Notes: Ziva tells Tony what she's decided to do. I'm a little bit surprised by the response to the last chapter. I've said this is some review responses, but I chose to do it this way cause one Ziva is already part of the NCIS family, and two I want Senior to have a role in this fic too. I promise she is committed to him and that will play out too. Thank you for your honest opinions however, and I hope you will continue the journey with me.
Ziva softly knocked on the door to Tony's hospital room, then let herself inside. She smiled when she saw him fast asleep on his bed. She knew he'd had treatment that day and it could sometimes make him tired. She took his hand and kissed it softly, but he didn't wake up, she knew he needed the rest as much as she wanted to tell him what was happening. There was another soft knock on the door and Gibbs came in.
"How are you doing, Ziver?" Gibbs asked.
"I will be fine," she assured him.
He nodded and the two of them watched each other for a long moment. She squeezed his hand and felt him squeeze it back. She smiled glad he might wake up even if it was only for a few minutes. She could tell that he was losing weight, and wondered if bringing his favourite foods from home might encourage him to eat more. He often complained that because of how much he'd been sleeping his food would often be cold by the time he got to it.
"My ninja," he greeted her with a slightly toned down DiNozzo sly smile.
"Good morning," she joked, kissing his cheek softly.
He had yet to notice that Gibbs was there as well, and moved to kiss her lips. "You taste so good babe."
Her cheeks got slightly red, and she moved away. "Tony.'
He followed her gaze then noticed Gibbs standing there, not watching them but it was impossible to miss the interaction in the small hospital room. DiNozzo kissed her cheek softly, gently squeezing her arm, and she sat on the bed with him. Gibbs smiled at this exchange, he could see just how much they cared about each other. He always knew they had a special bond, but it was refreshing to see them with their guards down, finally able to admit how they felt about one another.
"There's something you're not telling me," DiNozzo told them.
"We found a solution to being a man down," Gibbs told him.
"Does McProbie get stuck with another rookie does he?"
Ziva shook her head. "No, he does not, I know my job."
"Wait, you, Ziva, I thought you wanted to get away from that."
"I do, it's only temporary until you're ready to go back."
"I can't think of anyone better to keep my seat warm for me, thank you Ziva. I guess this means I won't be seeing you as much."
"If you need her she'll be here, DiNozzo," Gibbs assured him.
"Thanks Boss," he replied.
"Your father is supposed to be here soon, I am sure he will want to spend time with you as well, I cannot hog all your time."
DiNozzo shrugged. "Maybe, I guess, but you know how he can be."
She ran her fingers along his cheek. "I think he will be different with this Tony."
"I hope so Zi." His cheeks got slightly red he hadn't called her that in front of anyone else before. There was something special about it that name to him.
"You'll see," Gibbs assured him. "Once we get him here we'll all do what we can to keep him close, where he needs to be."
"Thank you, Gibbs," DiNozzo told him honestly. "It'll be nice to have my dad close during this."
As much as DiNozzo had had a strained relationship with his father he needed him close during this. It was the hardest thing he had ever had to deal with and he needed his father close. Since he'd been in the hospital he'd often found himself missing his mother. He remembered how she used to sign to him and tell him stories when he'd been sick as a child. He had been thinking a lot about her since he'd gotten sick. He knew she had the same thing as he was now fighting, but he didn't remember her going through anything like he was.
The way he remembered it she had started to sleep a lot more than usual, and she hadn't eaten with them as often. One day he'd come home after school and found his father there, and his mother gone. Senior told him that she had to go to the hospital but he never explained why. She would call him at bedtime to tell him a story and he would often fall asleep part way through, after a few weeks of that he had gone to her funeral which he didn't understand and said goodbye to her. Senior would never talk about what had happened and Junior stopped asking questions after a while, but now he wanted some answers, he wanted to remember everything about her, and hoped his father would listen to him for the first time.
He visited with Ziva and Gibbs until visiting hours were over. He was happy to have his guard down in front of his boss. He was finally happy in a relationship and he wanted his friends and family to know how happy she made him. He knew that knowing he might be able to go home to her was a large part of why he was fighting so hard and he hoped that his father would see that when he finally arrived.
Notes: So that was that, the next part will feature Senior, it was originally a little later in the fic but I realised I needed to address that sooner. Let me know what you think, every review makes me giddy inside.