[NCIS: Drabble] "Just the Thing" [G]
Title: Just the Thing
Author: Ami Ven
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Prompt: ncisdrabble100 challenge 658 ‘surrender’
Character(s): Ellie Bishop, Jethro Gibbs
Summary: “I can sleep, but when I do, it’s always nightmares.
Just the Thing
“You look like crap,” said Gibbs, when he answered his door.
Bishop frowned. “Sorry. It’s late, I shouldn’t have-”
“But you did,” he interrupted, gently. “What’s wrong?”
“I can’t sleep. Well, no, I can sleep, but when I do, it’s always nightmares. I’ve tried warm milk, soothing music, even that over-the-counter sleep stuff - nothing helps. I get them sometimes, I know they’ll stop, but…”
Gibbs just looked at her for a moment. “I got just the thing.”
And when she tumbled into his guest room, sawdust in her hair, Bishop found it easy to surrender to a dreamless sleep.
THE END
Current Mood:
clean
Author: Ami Ven
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Prompt: ncisdrabble100 challenge 658 ‘surrender’
Character(s): Ellie Bishop, Jethro Gibbs
Summary: “I can sleep, but when I do, it’s always nightmares.
Just the Thing
“You look like crap,” said Gibbs, when he answered his door.
Bishop frowned. “Sorry. It’s late, I shouldn’t have-”
“But you did,” he interrupted, gently. “What’s wrong?”
“I can’t sleep. Well, no, I can sleep, but when I do, it’s always nightmares. I’ve tried warm milk, soothing music, even that over-the-counter sleep stuff - nothing helps. I get them sometimes, I know they’ll stop, but…”
Gibbs just looked at her for a moment. “I got just the thing.”
And when she tumbled into his guest room, sawdust in her hair, Bishop found it easy to surrender to a dreamless sleep.
THE END
Current Mood:
clean