Once the pair returned to the main floor they found Abby bouncing and McGee smiling. Abby ran over launching herself at Tony and yelled, "We got it we found you."
"I wasn't lost Abbs I was just upstairs with Jimmy."
"Awww that's so cute you called him Jimmy."
"What would I call him?"
"Palmer," Abby shrugged, "you always do. Anyways we found a group and triple checked everything they are as legit as we can prove."
"Okay so what am I?" Tony asked with a large dose of skepticism leaking into his voice.
" You are a hemolagnia."
"Yes!" Jimmy said behind Tony.
"Mr. Palmer." Ducky said.
"He came up with it upstairs."
"Ah yes your Greek is very good my boy." Palmer was glowing at the compliment and the fact that he was right.
"So this hemolagnia thing, there are others out there? No uh what do they call fakes um fangers or something?"
"No they are real, there is a certain level of paranoia that would suggest they really are trying to hide but only from those they want to hide from. We had to put very specific criteria in to even fine their site and even more details to get into it."
"So what did we find out?" Gibbs asked McGee.
"That he should stay away from alcohol."
"What no beer, deals off." Tony said mildly outraged Gibbs glared at him and he shut up.
"Continue McGee."
"He should stay away from alcohol in more than a passing amount, a beer or two fine, more than and his body starts using blood to clean out the liver. Also, he can go in the sun but he needs to limit the exposure because it causes damage. He can eat but it should be a high protein diet."
"I'll have a list of things that you should eat often tomorrow Anthony." Ducky interrupted.
Tony only nodded, "No getting drunk without a fuck buddy on hand," he said to himself "no long naked walks on the beach in August and eat a crap load of cow, alright." A little louder, "Anything else like how not to have sex when I drink or how this happened or…"
"Yes some of the how." Abby said, "they well their scientists say it's a genetic anomaly that just happens you were born with it but it never manifested until six months ago…"
"What triggered it?" Tony asked, "Why only six months ago I don't get it."
"I think it might have been your plague Anthony."
"Wait that was years ago Duck, why after so long would it have started? Why not when i got the plague?"
"Your body fought it off, I have a sneaking suspicion that six months ago it may have been trying to come out of remission. I remember you being very tired and run down. I was thought about it over the weekend and intended on talking to you about your health on that Monday. Maybe even putting you on medical leave until you kicked whatever was dragging your health down far enough that it showed. But when I saw you Monday, you looked much improved. There was color in your face and you were back to your jovial self. You quoted three movies' in less than five minutes. I watched you for a few more days but you seemed much better so I left it. Perhaps I was remiss, if I had spoken up then you may not have been alone in this for six months." Ducky added with regret.
"I wouldn't have told you Ducky I don't think I could have I was still trying to figure out what the hell was going on. So is there someone I can I can talk to?" Tony said after pausing a moment.
"Maybe but I'm kind of worried about you going to them Tony." Abby said twisting her pigtail around her finger.
"Why Abby?" Tony's brows drawn together when he frowned, "I thought that this was the whole reason you where looking for this?"
"Not the whole reason, it was to get information which we did." Abby said, "but um well."
"They are very exclusive Tony." McGee said, "they have a motto on the bottom of each page in their site."
"What does it say McGoo?"
"Servo specialis insquequo nex." McGee said and Palmer sucked in his breath.
"What the hell does it mean McLatin, I speak Italian and Spanish not Latin."
Palmer answered before McGee could, "It means keep the secret till death."
"Oh so I can die. Goodie does their site say how that joyous occasion happens?"
"Tony." Gibbs said harshly from behind him.
"Not really. I think they would prefer that anyone who does happen across their site not know how to kill them." McGee said shrugging.
"So, okay I shouldn't go looking for these guys because I've told all of you great. Well whatever if it's genetic, it's not like there's a cure they would have handy anyways and I've sort of figured a way around fucking like a nympho, so what do I need them for." Tony walked away for the group and out the back door.
"This is becoming a recurring theme with him." Abby said.
"And to keep it going I'll go talk to him." Gibbs took a couple steps and then turned around, "What does he mean he figures out how not be a nympho Palmer."
Jimmy tried to shrink but knew it wouldn't work with Gibbs he swallowed the lump that had appeared in his throat and started to speak when his voice squeaked. Letting his shoulders drop he shook his head and said, "Ask Tony quietly."
Gibbs felt bad and walked over to the youngest of the group, "I am trying to be nice Palmer. I'm just no good at it. If I didn't think you could do the job you wouldn't be here, I'm the one that told Ducky to call you. I didn't want to scare you to death if I called you and said 'be here.' Obviously, you want to help Tony or you wouldn't have kissed him when he was going to leave. You wouldn't have come up with the name these guys did with hours of research, and you did it with only what you have up here." Gibbs said tapping lightly on the man's temple. "I'm only hard on you because you can and do take it."
Jimmy stared at Gibbs and waited for the man to drop the other shoe, Gibbs had just given him several compliments but he was waiting for the reasons the man didn't like him, they never came.
"What did Tony figure out up there Jimmy?" Gibbs asked.
He adjusting his glasses, "He figured out, he oh boy he we we didn't have sex." Jimmy rushed on.
"Wait I thought…"
"He uh did other things."
"Mr. Palmer, please try to remember we are all adults and you can be a little more specific."
"I just don't know if Tony would me to say is all Dr. Mallard." Jimmy answered leaning so he could see around Gibbs.
"I think we get it Palmer." Abby said.
"I'll go talk to him." Gibbs said turning back towards his patio.
~~~~****~~~~~
Tony was standing where he had been when Gibbs had found him yesterday. Gibbs sat in one of the Adirondack chairs on the cement and watched his senior agent.
"You have to stop running away Tony." Gibbs said after a few minutes and Tony didn't acknowledge him.
"I didn't go, I'm still here." Tony answered still facing away from him.
"You left the room."
"I don't get to go where I want now Jethro?"
Gibbs stood up and walked to the man he stepped around to the stand in front of him, "Why do you keep doing that?"
"Doing what waking away?"
"That to."
"What was the first thing?" Tony said with exasperation.
"Calling me Jethro." Gibbs asked.
"I don't know it just seems appropriate somehow, I'll stop."
"Didn't say that." Gibbs said with a single head shake.
"Fin…" Tony stopped and changed his word, "alright."
Gibbs nodded and smiled lightly, "So what did you figure out Tony?"
Tony shivered at the sound in Gibbs voice he wasn't sure what had happened to them since the little scene in the elevator but it seemed to have changed their relationship somehow.
"I can we cannot have sex so long as we both come." Tony stumbled.
"So that's why Palmer didn't want to say he didn't know if you wanted everyone one to know you gave him a blowjob."
"Yeah I guess so, if he wouldn't. You were nice to him right Jethro?"
"Yeah Anthony I was nice to him, let him know I'm hard on him because he can take it and pointed out that he does. Think he might have gotten it this time, your being awful soft on him."
"You scare him every time you're within five feet of him someone has to be soft."
"Don't think you where soft on him up there," Gibbs eyes flicked up to the corner of the house where his room was.
"Damn I didn't want to tell you guys this because I knew you would do this."
"What band together to keep you healthy and safe. I gave you and order not to die from the damn plague and I haven't rescinded it. Your body just went above and beyond to keep the order. I don't care if you slept with the kid, though all of us could tell he was really nervous about it, but him stepping up before Ziva did, made Tim decide he could handle it to."
"I don't want anyone to have to decide anything damn it, Jet this…"
Gibbs stepped into Tony's personal space and put his hand over his mouth stopping him from saying anything else. "Anthony last time I'm going to say this. We are going to take care of you, we want to take care of you, and you are going to let us take care of you. Now say yes Jethro and you better mean it."
"Yes Jet and I mean it."