JF40 - Just a reminder. No updates for ten days, until Feb13th. I am having more surgery and my mum is coming to stay to take care of us. I won't even be able to llift anything, let alone type for the first few days, so I don't know how much I'll get done in my down time.


After Gibbs and Tobias left for the night, Tim let out a huge sigh of relief. Ducky had been staying at the Gibbs family home, in the guest room where Tim had stayed after the drone attack. But he and Gibbs had organised for Ducky to spend the night at Tim's just in case. But Ducky needn't have worried. The next morning both he and Kelly reported that Tim had actually taken the sleep aide that John had prescribed and Tim had spent the whole night in one solid sleep, for nearly ten hours. Which was almost a record for him.

The following night, Kelly had sent Ducky packing, back to her father's house, in the nicest way possible. She and Tim wanted to relax, in the privacy of their apartment, alone. They missed being alone, just the two of them, it had been a long time since the last time they were truly alone. Kelly cooked a simple spaghetti and they snuggled up on the sofa and watched a movie before bed. While Kelly returned to work for the afternoon that day, Tim had cleared out Kelly's clothes from the drawers and had the maintenance man bring up the additional matching tall boy from his storage unit downstairs. Once the maintenance man had moved the dresser into position, exactly where Tim wanted it, he tipped him. After the maintenance man left, Tim replaced Kelly's clothes in the new set of drawers. Which had seemed to slurp up all of his energy reserves. Tim crawled into bed, burying himself under the covers, propping his shoulder on a pillow, his ribs on another and cuddled into Kelly's pillow, he took a nap.

He woke to the sounds of some banging and wondered what the hell was going on. He ventured out, his small berretta back up weapon in his hand, as he went to investigate. "Tim!" Tobias exclaimed, startled to see his son pointing a gun at him. "We thought you were out, we checked your room and didn't see you. You better not have been sleeping on the sofa in your study again!" Tobias admonished, as he gestured towards the front door where Gibbs was installing a frame and a heavy front door.

"I was in bed, under the covers." Tim said softly, as he lowered his gun and returned it to the lockbox on his bedside table. "That big mass that looked like pillows, that was me!"

"Sorry Tim." Gibbs said, sheepishly. "Honestly, we checked and we wanted to surprise you and try and get it all done today for the two of you. Like a welcome home gift."

"What prompted the urgency?" Tim asked, genuinely curious. Tim had mentioned the front door installation to Gibbs before this whole mess with Ziva had taken place. At least three and half weeks ago.

"Kelly asked to borrow my truck, tomorrow." Gibbs grinned at him. "I am assuming that she's moving some more things in here."

"Into storage here. Her bed, sofa and dining table." Tim replied, returning his boss' smile. "Her desk and book cases, will go in the unused study alcove off the main hallway. Her coffee table will be in the living room and she is bringing plates, pans, her kitchen appliances like her kitchen aid and her thermomixer and her chinaware."

"Sounds like she won't have a lot of things left at the apartment after tomorrow." Tobias chimed in, scrutinising his son, closely.

"Jake and Ellie are meeting her at 0800 there and they're hoping that by 1600. Kelly will only have to clean." Tim said softly, waiting to see her father's reaction to the implied news.

"I'll be there too, Tim. Ducky's coming here to keep you company and Leon, Sarah and Tobias are joining us at Kelly's." Gibbs announced, enjoying seeing the grin on Tim's face get wider. "She will be all moved in, apartment clean and keys handed back in by 1600 tomorrow."

Tim ran his hand over his face in a frustrated sigh and for a moment, Gibbs wondered if they'd all overstepped the mark, offering to help. "I asked her to move in with me before she left for Stillwater." Tim took a deep breath and paused. "I asked her to move in with me, I was looking forward to having the pleasure of helping her. Helping her move into my home, so we could start our lives together. Look at me, I'm useless!"

"Not useless, son." Tobias said gently, taking Tim by the shoulders and softly ushering him to his recliner so the two of them could talk, man to man. Tobias was thankful to his friend. Gibbs looked like he automatically wanted to take care of Tim. But he metaphorically stepped back and let Tobias take care of his son. "You're recovering, not useless. We almost lost you. As much as we all love you and we all felt that pain. Kelly loves you and probably felt that pain more than the rest of us. She's ready, she is excited and can not wait until it's official and you're living together. Just you, her and that mutt of hers."

"She's a purebred." Gibbs and Tim supplied, simultaneously to Tobias. Tim having an affectionate smile for his father.

"Kelly says she thinks I am her master." Tim stated, waiting to see if Gibbs would pipe in, too.

"You are that girl's master, Tim." Gibbs grinned from the doorway. He had been happy to let Tobias handle that particular hurdle. Tobias was still a rookie when it came to parenting a full grown adult, especially one like Tim. Emily was not yet sixteen. Gibbs worked out, not long after the announcement of the identity of his biological parents, that Tobias had been looking to him for guidance in how to parent Tim. Not that Gibbs was his parent, but he had slipped into the role a while back, now and had almost perfected it. "She will listen to me, but she claimed you as hers."

"Bit like your daughter. She bulldozed her way into Tim's life and into a friendship with him." Tobias supplied with a chuckle.

"Oh yeah, Tim's going to have his hands full with the two of them." Gibbs agreed with a wink to Tim, before chuckling out loud.

"Well, it at least life won't be dull." Tim quipped and the two older men returned to installing the front door.


Kelly was surprised to arrive home and see Tobias' brother, George, installing some glass panels in the front door frame and Tobias hovering by. "Hey Kell." he greeted and Tobias kissed her cheek. "This is my brother, George. Your dad's gone to get your mutt and Tim's asleep in his recliner. Can you please wake him up? He is due for some pain meds."

"Sure Tobias" She grinned. "Nice to meet you, George." she said and he smiled warmly at her.

Kelly went on in to wake Tim up and George grinned at Tobias. "So that's my nephew's girl? She's a looker, the boy has good taste." George commented, keeping his voice low. Today had been a real treat for him. Tobias had never called George to replace window in the almost twenty years that George had been a glazier. Tobias had met him downstairs and immediately told him to be prepared to meet Tim. George had been confused, he remembered that his nephew had died when he was a baby and Tobias explained the huge mess and how he had found out Tim was still alive.

Tobias did change parts of the story, he told George that a suspect had attacked Tim, not that he had been held hostage and tortured. He knew his brother was squeamish and didn't want to worry him. George had been immediately thrilled the he would finally have a chance to meet his nephew. He remembered when he had suspected that his baby brother had knocked up the oldest Clarke girl when they were barely eighteen. Then to have it confirmed when Tobias had ran away from home and returned a week later, married to the girl and wound up living in the Clarke Family Home.

When Tobias has taken George upstairs, Tim had fallen asleep on the recliner and Tobias had hushed him, before letting him take a peek of his nephew, all grown up. When Tim had briefly woken up, Tobias had introduced the two of them and George had smiled at the young man, as he began seeing a fair amount of the Fornell family resemblance.

"Might I remind you, that young woman is like a niece to me. Her father and I are best friends." Tobias admonished his brother. "Her father is Jethro Gibbs."

"As in Diane's ex-husband? That Jethro Gibbs? Ouch!" George exclaimed, before asking. "How the hell did the two of you become best buds?"

"Bonded over having Diane as a mutual ex-wife." Jethro said flippantly, joining them from the elevator, with the leashed black and white haired beauty hanging off one arm and a bag of groceries in the other. "How's our boy doing?"

"His girlfriend just came home and I told her to wake him up." Tobias said, moving to allow Jethro and Sharni into Tim's apartment. "He might like a cup of coffee."

"Was that a hint for a cup, Tobias?" Gibbs jested, as he passed the couple on the recliner, intertwined. The couple who had pulled away from each other quickly and pretended that they hadn't just been making out.

"How is he 'our' boy? Do you and Jethro share kids?" George asked, confused with a chuckle. He would never understand how this weird friendship that his brother and his ex-wife's, ex-husband shared.

"Jethro is also Tim's boss. Tim's adoptive father was remissive of him his whole life and Jethro kind of stepped up to the plate with him, in a paternal role, kind of. More like a mentor of sorts with parental advice." Tobias explained, before trying to explain the MCRT dynamics the best way he knew how to. Especially to someone who was an outsider when it came to law enforcement. "It's like we have shared custody of him."

Understanding that comment, George let the conversation go, as he finished up with the final panel of glass. When Tobias had told it was for his nephew and that they had a dog, George had used a toughened, triple reinforced, sound and shatter resistant etched glass, for the bottom panel. A strip, a foot wide of clear, toughened, triple reinforced, sound and shatter resistant glass for security reasons and a fancy stained and insulated glass panel that he had laying around, leftover from a high-end job he had completed last month, for the top. Using the stained, high-end glass on the penthouse apartment had given it the wow factor his brother had wanted.

Soon enough George had left, promising to catch up with Tobias and Tim soon. Gibbs handed Tim one key and Kelly the other key. It was now official, the lovers had a brand new, lockable, heavy wooden front door in the foyer to their apartment. "As soon as I am well enough, I'm going to wire up a video recording doorbell and we'll be in business. Until then you're all going to have to knock loudly, without breaking my glass panelling." Tim grinned at them.


Tonight, they were anxious to finally be alone. Tim wanted to make love to Kelly so desperately. It had felt like forever since he'd made love to her last. Ordering pizza, Kelly got some plates. They didn't bother with cutlery or a salad. As soon as Tim finished eating, he popped two ibuprofen and two Tylenol in his mouth and swallowed his water, hard. Feeling the pain meds kick in, he was leading Kelly into the bathroom and into their ensuite for a shower. Tim slowly, and the best he could began to remove Kelly's clothing as she focused on getting him naked. They were both excited. Tim had had a good day, pain wise and they were finally alone in their apartment with a locked front door. She got impatient waiting for him to remove the rest of her clothes and shucked them off while Tim tweaked and ghosted her nipples with his hot mouth and nimble fingers. "Oh, Tim." Kelly writhed against him, sucking and kissing on his neck. Making sure to ease the pressure off so it didn't leave any love bites behind.

"Come on, in the shower." Tim urged her, ushering her in before he got in behind her. Picking up the loofah, he covered it with her favourite milk and cherry body wash and began lathering her up, being sure to be thorough. When he was done with the loofah, he pumped more of her favourite body wash onto his hands and used his hands to wash her body, turning up the heat between them as he went. He made sure to pay extra attention to her breasts and nipples and by the time his hands were void of soap, his fingers had found her clitoris and was working it and his fingers inside her.

Kelly took the discarded loofah, pumping Tim's favourite body wash of citrus, mint and sandalwood on to it and washed his body down. She was keeping her touch gentle as she glided the loofah over his body. She rinsed it off and hung it back up before replacing it with her hands on his body. "Tim? Baby, are you OK?" She asked him, as he held her close to him.

"Oh, yeah." He grinned against her skin. Tim never got tired of telling Kelly how much he loved and adored her. Sometimes, it actually scared him, how much he loved her and wanted to be with her. "I love you, Kell."

"I love you, too." She replied kissing him. She could feel him against her, his manhood firming up. "Hmmm, someone's interested in playing." She teased, giving him a gentle squeeze and a couple of pulls. She loved feeling him chub against her fingers and watching the look of desire cross Tim's face. He always looked her like she was his whole world.

"You still do yoga, right?" He asked her, as he leaned over her and turned the taps off, ushering her out. He wrapped up her in a plush warm towel, before snagging another one for himself. Quickly wrapping the towel around his waist, he went back to helping Kelly with the towel, enjoying the sight of the goose bumps on her skin in the towel's wake.

"Well, yeah, but that was a weird segue." She laughed, as they finished drying themselves off. "Yoga sex? Are you thinking about yoga sex? I have read lots about it, but I have never done it. I have a friend who has though, her and her boyfriend actually practice tantric sex yoga."

Tim stood tall and went to her, drawing her into his arms, against his towel. He was almost hard now. At the time, he hadn't been thinking about yoga sex. Just that it possibly could be a good basis for strengthening their bond and increasing their intimacy, as well as something they could do together to help his recovery. "I'm thinking about ways we can be intimate while I'm still a mess of bruises. As well as how we can deepen our bond together and aid my recovery. But now I'm thinking we should research yoga sex."

"There's a position in yoga, that I think would be gentle on your ribs." she said, as she seductively moved her naked body against his. She reached up on her tipping toes and kissed his lips. "It doesn't matter if we're intimate or not, as long as we're together."

"We had only just... And then,..." Tim tried, but the feel of Kelly's lips against his lips, then on his jawline and up to his ear distracted his train of thought. "What did you have in mind?" He asked, using his sinful bedroom voice on her. He loved to see her physically react to it. It sent a thrill through his body and got him even more excited.

"Something that keeps you upright and you don't have to support my weight with." Kelly said as she slowly snaked one hand down to his penis as she kissed her way down too.

Tim loved it when Kelly took control like this. As she reached his balls, she fondled them in one hand and nuzzled them with her face. Her hot breath was drawing him in and he quickly pulled her back to her feet. They'd only ever had sex in one or two positions. The last time they tried a new position, Kelly had felt too much pain and Tim had forced them to stop. "Bend over." He hotly instructed her into her ear, as his hand stroked her inner thighs.

He slipped a finger inside her, as he reached for a condom with his other hand. "Don't." Kelly whispered in a rush. "Just want to feel you, nothing else."

"Baby, I've never had unprotected sex before." Tim said, hesitantly. He had to admit, the thought aroused him more and he knew that she still had the IUD and it would work in preventing pregnancy.

"Neither have I." Kelly confessed, as she blushed. Kelly had never had sex that wasn't missionary or cowgirl. She had always wanted to try more and experience more in the bedroom, but she'd always been afraid to ask, before being with Tim. Being with Tim was a different story, she felt comfortable asking and he usually indulged her. They'd tried the reverse cowgirl and it had hurt so much they had to stop. Kelly had been glad that Tim had insisted on stopping, she wouldn't have been able to keep the pain off her face for very long. She had never been as intimate with a man, as she was with Tim and she'd already had one long term relationship and a couple of shorter ones. "You'd be my first and I'd be yours."

"Let's go into the bedroom. Having sex on the bathroom floor is just asking for trouble." Tim suggested with a small chuckle, pulling her along by her hand. "I am already a big mass of bruises. I don't need any more."

The loved up couple had an honest and open discussion about whether or not to use a condom, arguing both sides of the argument. Before they agreed to give it a go. By that time, the mood had fallen back slightly and Tim pulled Kelly closer him and they snuggled under the duvet together.

It didn't take long, slowly their passion reignited and Tim found he couldn't keep his hands off her. Kelly was so responsive to his touch. He peppered her neck with hot, open, wet kisses, sucking and laving at her neck, as they spooned together and their hands explored each other's bodies. As Tim's hands found her hips, she lifted her top leg into the air slightly, to allow him access to her, before resting it on his top leg, leaving her wide open for him.

He slid his unsheathed, hardened member inside her. The feeling of nothing between them heightening their pleasure, as he pulled almost the whole way out of her, before plunging himself inside, further and deeper with every thrust. He could feel the tip of his penis make contact with the entrance of her cervix and enjoyed the feel of it as Kelly moaned louder. Constantly thrusting against her cervix had Kelly screaming out with every thrust as Tim reached around for her clit. He was close and he definitely wanted her to climax at least once, before he tumbled.

His teeth on her neck, biting down at the junction between her shoulders and neck, Tim's ministrations on her clit and his cock, hitting her cervix with every thrust had her teetering on the edge before she exploded in climax. Her juices thoroughly coating his member and his balls. Tim tried to quieten her down by smothering her scream with a kiss, but Kelly seemed louder than usual. He decided that he needed to change angles or he wouldn't last much longer. Pulling out of her and laying on his back, Tim hoisted himself into a sitting position, resting against the bed head.

Kelly knew what Tim was thinking and lowered herself onto his shaft. "Gently, wrap your legs around me." Tim instructed her. Once she was fully impaled on him, she wrapped her legs around his waist and locked her ankles together. This position didn't allow for much movement from her, but it allowed for Tim to control the depth and speed. All he had to do was left her or thrust her upwards, but not before long, that would aggravate his ribs too much.

"Oh. My. God!" Kelly panted out, as Tim rocked them back and forth, creating new sensations within her. She looked up and into his eyes, right before her next climax. His eyes caught hers and they were doing more than just physically making love. They were making love emotionally and mentally as well. When Kelly came down from her second climax, she raised herself off the bed and bent over at the foot of the bed. "Is this what you had in mind earlier?" she asked, her voice was laced with want and Tim found it sparked something inside him.

He stepped up behind her, softly he widened her stance and impaled himself into her wanton womanhood. With Kelly holding onto the bed, Tim held her by the hips as he increased the pace. He could hear her breath quicken and in his mind, he could see the look on her face that went with it. The deep angle of penetration this new position gave them was extremely pleasurable for both of them. Tim could feel her inner vaginal walls strengthen and clamp down on his shaft in a way that was different from the other positions, stronger. Tim could feel the tightening of his testes, so he knew he was close. He reached around her waist to pull her close. "Gahhh!" Tim called out, as his seed spilled inside her in squirts of ribbons coating her inner walls.

"Ahhh!" Kelly screamed out, joining him as she climaxed a third time. She was surprised that she could feel his seed inside her, filling her up. They shuffled along, as Tim stayed inside her, reaching for the wipes off the night stand. Tim wiped her, as he pulled out of her. They were both certainly surprised to see, he was still relatively hard. "On the bed, Babe." Kelly whispered to him, as she turned to kiss him. "Let me take care of that. I'll do all the work, you just lie back."

As Tim lowered himself onto the bed, Kelly climbed astride him in reverse. This was the position they'd been in when Kelly had found the pain unbearable and Tim had forced her to stop. "Kell, are you sure?" he asked her, through gasps. The sensation of buried inside her again, so soon after he had ejaculated already had heightened his sensitivity.

"It's OK." she gasped as she began to move in a rocking motion, back and forth. She couldn't believe how sensitive she felt, too. Her legs were one step away from becoming jelly. But she was determined to make it pleasurable for him. It didn't take much for either of them and Kelly's walls were clamping down on him, and he could feel that he was close. "Ahh!" followed by their respective names came out from both of their mouths at the same time, as Tim felt his cock violently spasm inside her as more of his spunk coated her walls.

Feeling it leaking out of her and back down his shaft was an odd feeling, but one he enjoyed. He reached over for the wipes and began cleaning up the mess while Kelly moved and laid down beside him. As soon as he was sure that nothing else would spill from her, he teased her a little more as cleaned her up too. That small act of cleaning her, sent shockwaves through her body and she had a smaller, body shaking orgasm.

"That was..." Tim began, as he laid back down beside her and pulled her naked body close to his. He held her tight and didn't want to let go of her.

"Wow!" Kelly finished, as she reached over to turn off the lamp. Tim didn't even need his sleeping aid, he was completely spent and soon enough, they were both slumbering peacefully away in a deep, restful sleep.


Tim slept through both of his alarms and Kelly kissing him goodbye before she left. Gibbs had dropped Ducky off and picked up Kelly at the agreed time. She was dressed in her favourite leggings and an old tee of Tim's. He was surprised by her energetic energy and at his enquiring look, she simply told her father she had slept, just as solidly and deeply as Tim was currently.

"Ah ha!" Gibbs quipped, as he grinned at her. He remembered seeing her mother like that. He remembered putting a smile just like that on her mother's face and he could even remember how he had done it. He wondered if she had thought she was really fooling him. He was sure that he could see the top of a love bite on her neck and her demeanour seemed happier too. Which was unusual for her. Not that she was an unhappy person, just that she was so happy, she was almost perky.

As soon as they arrived at Kelly's apartment, Kelly went into her bedroom and closed the door behind her. She had left Gibbs to start the coffee, she just needed a moment to herself. Just in time for Leon, Tobias and Sarah to arrive. Two minutes later, when she heard Ellie and Jake arrive, Kelly opened the door and called Ellie inside. As soon as the door was closed behind them, the five other adults could hear the lock snip closed behind the door.

"What's wrong?" Tobias asked, taking in the locked door, Kelly's unusual behaviour and Gibbs' smirk.

"The girls are packing up the bedroom and ensuite." he announced and took a box and headed into the kitchen. Everyone could see through that lie and Gibbs knew that it was flimsy at best.