[NCIS: Drabble] "Two Minutes to Midnight" [G]
Title: Two Minutes to Midnight
Author: Ami Ven
Word Count: 300
Prompt: (very, very, very late) birthday present for nakeisha
Fandom: NCIS
Character(s): Tim McGee, Tony DiNozzo
Setting: early in canon
Summary: “You answered faster than I expected.”
Two Minutes to Midnight
McGee woke suddenly to a loud knocking at his door.
He rolled out of bed, only pausing to grab his bathrobe and tugging it on as he went to answer it. “Tony? What are you doing here? It’s midnight.”
“No, it’s eleven-fifty-eight,” his partner replied, bouncing cheerfully on his toes. “You answered faster than I expected.”
“Because I thought there was an emergency,” said McGee. “Why are you here?”
“What day is it?”
“Uh… Wednesday?”
“For another two minutes. And what does that make tomorrow?”
“Thursday,” said McGee, frustrated. “What-?”
“Midnight!” interrupted Tony. “Happy birthday, Probie!”
McGee blinked. “I…”
His partner grinned. “You forgot your own birthday.”
“I’ve been busy,” he protested.
“Which is exactly why I’m here.”
Tony slid past him into the apartment and set his backpack on a kitchen chair. He pulled out a package of supermarket cupcakes, a bottle of good whiskey, and a deck of cards.
“Tony,” protested McGee, “I don’t have time for… whatever this is. I have to prep for the trial and-”
“Probie, there is such a thing as being over-prepared.”
“Yeah, but…” he collapsed into the other chair. “It’s my first time testifying in a criminal case. I don’t want to mess it up.”
“First,” said Tony, opening kitchen cabinets until he found two glasses, “most of the case is based on forensics. You trust Abby and Ducky, right?”
“Of course.”
Tony opened the whiskey and poured them each a drink. “And second, there’s an easy trick to testifying. You just channel your inner Gibbs.”
“Gibbs?”
“Answer the question with as few words as possible. Sound confident. Don’t show any emotion at anything.”
“That’s… that’s actually really helpful. Thanks, Tony.”
His partner slid over one glass and cupcake. “It’s a birthday treat. Don’t get used to it.”
McGee grinned.
THE END
Current Mood:
mellow
Author: Ami Ven
Word Count: 300
Prompt: (very, very, very late) birthday present for nakeisha
Fandom: NCIS
Character(s): Tim McGee, Tony DiNozzo
Setting: early in canon
Summary: “You answered faster than I expected.”
Two Minutes to Midnight
McGee woke suddenly to a loud knocking at his door.
He rolled out of bed, only pausing to grab his bathrobe and tugging it on as he went to answer it. “Tony? What are you doing here? It’s midnight.”
“No, it’s eleven-fifty-eight,” his partner replied, bouncing cheerfully on his toes. “You answered faster than I expected.”
“Because I thought there was an emergency,” said McGee. “Why are you here?”
“What day is it?”
“Uh… Wednesday?”
“For another two minutes. And what does that make tomorrow?”
“Thursday,” said McGee, frustrated. “What-?”
“Midnight!” interrupted Tony. “Happy birthday, Probie!”
McGee blinked. “I…”
His partner grinned. “You forgot your own birthday.”
“I’ve been busy,” he protested.
“Which is exactly why I’m here.”
Tony slid past him into the apartment and set his backpack on a kitchen chair. He pulled out a package of supermarket cupcakes, a bottle of good whiskey, and a deck of cards.
“Tony,” protested McGee, “I don’t have time for… whatever this is. I have to prep for the trial and-”
“Probie, there is such a thing as being over-prepared.”
“Yeah, but…” he collapsed into the other chair. “It’s my first time testifying in a criminal case. I don’t want to mess it up.”
“First,” said Tony, opening kitchen cabinets until he found two glasses, “most of the case is based on forensics. You trust Abby and Ducky, right?”
“Of course.”
Tony opened the whiskey and poured them each a drink. “And second, there’s an easy trick to testifying. You just channel your inner Gibbs.”
“Gibbs?”
“Answer the question with as few words as possible. Sound confident. Don’t show any emotion at anything.”
“That’s… that’s actually really helpful. Thanks, Tony.”
His partner slid over one glass and cupcake. “It’s a birthday treat. Don’t get used to it.”
McGee grinned.
THE END
Current Mood:
mellow