[NCIS: Drabble] "Shot in the Dark" [G]
Title: Shot in the Dark
Prompt: writerverse challenge #08 weekly quick fic #3, “You’d better close your eyes. Bow your head. Wait for the ricochet.” (Deep Purple)
Bonus: dialogue only
Word Count: 204
Rating: G
Original/Fandom: NCIS
Summary: “You don’t have to talk, Bishop. But I’m not leaving you alone, okay?”
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Shot in the Dark
“Hey, Bishop.”
“What? Oh, McGee. Do you… I’d really just like to be alone right now.”
“Yeah, that’s what I always say. No can do.”
“McGee-”
“You don’t have to talk, Bishop. But I’m not leaving you alone, okay?”
“Yeah, okay.”
“But if you do want to talk, I’m here. I mean, I’m listening.”
“Thanks, McGee. Really. But I don’t want to talk.”
“Okay.”
“I mean, what’s there to talk about? I shot someone, McGee. Someone who might have been completely innocent. But I’ll never know, because I shot him.”
“He had a gun on you, Bishop, and that was all you knew, at the time. Did anyone ever tell you that I once shot a cop?”
“You- What? Why? How?”
“He was undercover, in a dark alley… the real bad guy, in a car, shot the cop, but in the dark, I only saw a shot, and I returned fire. Abby could never tell which bullet actually killed him.”
“Oh. Well… thanks for telling me that. But I hope you understand if I say that didn’t really make me feel any better.”
“I didn’t think it would. We can stay out here as long as you need.”
“Thanks, Tim.”
“You’re welcome, Ellie.”
THE END
Current Mood:
cold
Prompt: writerverse challenge #08 weekly quick fic #3, “You’d better close your eyes. Bow your head. Wait for the ricochet.” (Deep Purple)
Bonus: dialogue only
Word Count: 204
Rating: G
Original/Fandom: NCIS
Summary: “You don’t have to talk, Bishop. But I’m not leaving you alone, okay?”
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Shot in the Dark
“Hey, Bishop.”
“What? Oh, McGee. Do you… I’d really just like to be alone right now.”
“Yeah, that’s what I always say. No can do.”
“McGee-”
“You don’t have to talk, Bishop. But I’m not leaving you alone, okay?”
“Yeah, okay.”
“But if you do want to talk, I’m here. I mean, I’m listening.”
“Thanks, McGee. Really. But I don’t want to talk.”
“Okay.”
“I mean, what’s there to talk about? I shot someone, McGee. Someone who might have been completely innocent. But I’ll never know, because I shot him.”
“He had a gun on you, Bishop, and that was all you knew, at the time. Did anyone ever tell you that I once shot a cop?”
“You- What? Why? How?”
“He was undercover, in a dark alley… the real bad guy, in a car, shot the cop, but in the dark, I only saw a shot, and I returned fire. Abby could never tell which bullet actually killed him.”
“Oh. Well… thanks for telling me that. But I hope you understand if I say that didn’t really make me feel any better.”
“I didn’t think it would. We can stay out here as long as you need.”
“Thanks, Tim.”
“You’re welcome, Ellie.”
THE END
Current Mood:
cold