When they woke up they wander out into the living room. Tobias got them all 3 big pancakes, 2 thick slices of ham, one sausage patty, a side of hash, and a blueberry muffin for each. They ate well and joked while watching morning cartoons. They each had a plate half full and jokingly reached over to take McGee's muffin. McGee and Gibbs shared a fun, very mischievous look; McGee slapped his hand the same time that Gibbs smacks his head. Everyone laughed at the childishly pouty, look that tony made. They turned back to the t.v. and engrossed watched cartoons like the others. They were watching Batman the animated series and criticizing the fighting techniques of the villains.
"The Joker fell before Batman came, not fulfilling at all." Abby said everyone nodded at her in agreement.
"Do you remember five years ago the Christmas case? The security guard, Aims from the Ned Quinn case. When he tripped only running a foot or so and he wasn't even cuffed, Boss?" Everyone laughed.
"What that was before my time?" Ellie asked and Tony showed her the video Ziva sent him.
"That was so hilarious; it was everything I could do not to die of laughter while I cuffed him." Everyone re-watched the video laughing; he started violently coughing, getting looks of great concern.
"Are you okay?" Tony asked. They were very concerned as both his breathing got more labored and his eyes were too tight to even open.
Tony, McGee, and Jimmy knelt by him as he tried gasping between hacking coughs. Jimmy was checking his pulse on both wrists, in the middle between the other two. They led him gently forward so his head was by his knees, rubbing his back. It took three minutes before the lung burning, breathe stealing coughs stopped. Gibbs rubbed his ribs, down a few inches on the right side of his stomach, by his liver. It was all bruised from the couches hitting him as he buffered them with it. They at least knew that his ribs weren't broken only bruised.
"Are you okay" Tony asked when he got his breathe back, getting a shake of the head. Abby and Brenna curled up to him. Ellie felt his forehead their all paranoid about fever and high blood pressure.
"What's wrong?" Jimmy asked.
"Hurts, hard to…take a…full breathe." he gasped out.
"He's two hours late, Can you so kindly get his meds, Eleanor." Ellie nodded and ran into their room as Ducky got Gibbs two wet washcloths.
"How bad is the pain…Boss, I really need you give me a number…If you're able to tell us, we'll get you some relief." McGee repeated himself to get his attention.
"7…and three quarters, okay 8 ½." he continued after getting hard glares. Ducky got a syringe ready with 4 milligrams of morphine.
"Okay, I'm going to give you some real good pain meds." Jimmy said.
Ducky had handed him the syringe since he had the angle. He took his arm gently and slide the syringe carefully into his left elbow, he pressed on the plunger. They waited until he took a cautionary breathe. He coughed slightly but he was able to take a slow but full breathe. They breathed a large simultaneous breathe of relief, sitting back down as Ellie and Tony sat on each side of Gibbs and helped him lean back slowly and carefully and joined him. McGee sat by Jimmy, shoulders touching with Abby curled on him and Brenna in Jimmy's lap. Ducky was in the chair between the two couches.
"Is the pain any Better?" Brenna asked as Jimmy curled up to her and McGee up to Abby.
"Much, kinda numb." He responded.
"Good that's what we were heading for." Abby said.
"You can't heal if you're too tense to let your body get some rest." Jimmy said.
"That's quite right, Mister Palmer." Ducky said almost proudly.
They all relaxed, turning to the current show, Tom and Jerry. Gibbs lost his fight against staying awake and fell asleep after only ten minutes. They looked over and smiled bigly as he sled to the left and his head landed on Tony's shoulder. He started sliding and Tony put his arms around him to keep him from falling. Tony sat him up some and turned slightly, his right shoulder blade still flat against couch. He smiled as Gibbs snuggled up to him with his legs curled between his and the couch and his head on his chest. They covered him up, smiling as he fisted his hands under his chin.
"This is a little awkward." Tony said slightly smiling as he held him in place so he didn't fall of the couch.
"Shush you" Abby said as everyone smiled. They turned back to the t.v. in time for a new movie to some on.