Nostrum Monumentum: His Gift
Title: His Gift
Author:
pearly_eyes
Rating: G
Character: Tony DiNozzo, Ziva David
Summary: Tony replaces something of Ziva's with his gift.
Prompt: 226 gift, from
ncisdrabble100
Words: 342
He cornered her as she was leaving to catch the flight that would take her and Gibbs to Afghanistan to search for Gabriella Flores.
"Tony, Gibbs is waiting."
"The last time you boarded a flight to the Middle East..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but the implications hang between them. What happened to her back in Somalia became one of those taboo topics that was never fully addressed between them. Over the years, Ziva had told bits and pieces to those who demanded her version and she had recounted the bare minimum in order to satisfy her superiors. Tony had read the official report of course, but Ziva had never been ready to tell anybody on the team the full story.
She waited for the awkwardness from her partner's latest sentence to settle before replying, "Different circumstances this time around."
"Different outcome and I'm doing my part to push it along."
With that, he took her right hand and placed something into her palm.
"What's this?" Opening her hand, she found that he had given her a necklace. At this, her other hand went to the spot on her neck that had been noticeably bare for quite some time.
"Do you know what it means, Tony?"
The question was rhetorical really and her partner knew her well enough to treat it as such and simply let her become accustomed to the idea that he had given her a gift.
She fingered the medallion which depicted the Jewish word "Chai," literally the symbol for life.
"Here, let me fasten it for you," he said, when he deemed that she wasn't upset by his choice of jewelery.
When he stepped back to take in fully that she was indeed wearing a token of his, it was she who brought her hand up his lips, stopping his next flow of words. "Out of everyone in the world, you are the only one who always find me. But this time, I don't need to be found; I'm coming back to you."
"And I'll be here waiting."
Author's Note: In case anybody is wondering, such necklace does exist.
Author:
pearly_eyes
Rating: G
Character: Tony DiNozzo, Ziva David
Summary: Tony replaces something of Ziva's with his gift.
Prompt: 226 gift, from
ncisdrabble100
Words: 342
He cornered her as she was leaving to catch the flight that would take her and Gibbs to Afghanistan to search for Gabriella Flores.
"Tony, Gibbs is waiting."
"The last time you boarded a flight to the Middle East..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but the implications hang between them. What happened to her back in Somalia became one of those taboo topics that was never fully addressed between them. Over the years, Ziva had told bits and pieces to those who demanded her version and she had recounted the bare minimum in order to satisfy her superiors. Tony had read the official report of course, but Ziva had never been ready to tell anybody on the team the full story.
She waited for the awkwardness from her partner's latest sentence to settle before replying, "Different circumstances this time around."
"Different outcome and I'm doing my part to push it along."
With that, he took her right hand and placed something into her palm.
"What's this?" Opening her hand, she found that he had given her a necklace. At this, her other hand went to the spot on her neck that had been noticeably bare for quite some time.
"Do you know what it means, Tony?"
The question was rhetorical really and her partner knew her well enough to treat it as such and simply let her become accustomed to the idea that he had given her a gift.
She fingered the medallion which depicted the Jewish word "Chai," literally the symbol for life.
"Here, let me fasten it for you," he said, when he deemed that she wasn't upset by his choice of jewelery.
When he stepped back to take in fully that she was indeed wearing a token of his, it was she who brought her hand up his lips, stopping his next flow of words. "Out of everyone in the world, you are the only one who always find me. But this time, I don't need to be found; I'm coming back to you."
"And I'll be here waiting."
Author's Note: In case anybody is wondering, such necklace does exist.