the time it takes to fall
..........|ncis; gibbs/abby; pg; He doesn't know. He's ten-plus years older than her (probably more, but he won't dwell on that) and his dad is still alive, he has his DNA, his parents kept him for as long as they could, as they still can.
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He wakes up with red-rimmed eyes and a heart more full than it had been before. )