Fic: Ginger Snaps - Part Two (Gibbs/DiNozzo, PG-13)

[little_ozzo]

Title: Ginger Snaps (Part Two)
Author: little_ozzo (Jules)
Word Count: 16,750+ (in total)
Rating: PG-13
Category: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Drama, Romance
Genre: Slash
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo, Gibbs/Shannon (peripherally)
Summary: Five times Gibbs and DiNozzo meet pre-series.
Spoilers: Pre-series, but mentions and interprets all back story given for Gibbs and Tony

Comments

[chreesko]

This is excellent! I love the idea of fate constantly bringing them together until they did something about it, and that it was the force of Gibbs' personality that pulled Tony to NCIS, running to Gibbs instead of away from something when he left Baltimore. I'm also in love with the way they circle around each other, moving closer and closer until the end. My favorite was 1991 (ahem) followed very closely by 1996, but the whole thing had this lazy, slow feel to it, almost like molasses. Of course Gibbs would be the one to have faith that they'll meet again, but it's so in-character for neither of them to do anything to find each other. Until, of course, they've been pushed so close that they do.

A couple teeny tiny language picks: Trainers would be sneakers, "in hospital" would be "in the hospital", and "at university" would more likely be "go to school/college." The only other thing I found a little jarring was the "he's not got" in the second part. Most Americans tend to use the "hasn't/haven't/hadn't" construction instead of the "he's not/we've not/we'd not." No idea why.

The amount of research that must have gone into this really shows, though, and not just in the picture of the note. The attention to detail is obvious in the way everything fits together seamlessly throughout the story. You actually made the beginning scene with Gibbs and his father feel like 1970s Pennsylvania, which is pretty awesome.

[little_ozzo]

You totally picked the two that are my favourites too! I'm glad it didn't come across too rushed, either, I kind of wanted to build on that feeling I get from the series that the two of them have been, with a few mometary glitches, fairly constant in the other's life for a while. This just extended that, but of course, actually doing something about it before too long would involve more communication than either of them are comfortable with!

Off to edit - there's quite a few Britishisms I totally wouldn't have noticed that have been picked up on, so thank you for those!

And thanks, I'm really glad you enjoyed it, and that it came across as at least vaguely authentic! :-D