Tim sat in the cold darkness on the side of the road and thought. Everything seemed to spin out from this moment like an intricate silken web. One decision and everything would change resulting in new paths, new futures and new possibilities the results of which he could never anticipate.

Would he hide from his life? Would he run away or would he ( Read more... )

Tony turned around and gave Tim a quick look before worriedly facing the front again. He caught Gibbs's sideways glance and didn't bother to hide his anxiety. Tim was staring out the window into the darkness as the car raced along, lost in thought. His breathing was becoming increasingly ragged and noisy though which seemed even louder in the ( Read more... )

Tony frowned as he stood back and carefully studied the large decorative porcelain vase he had painstakingly glued back together. There was a hole in it.

"There's a hole in it." Gibbs pointed out helpfully and Tony glared at him.

"I KNOW there's a hole in it Gibbs. I just don't know HOW there could be a hole in it. I picked up every single broken ( Read more... )

(First off an apology to the faithful followers of this story. Real life has been busy lately. First i got ill then had to arrange to send my husband overseas for 5 months, I am now running two business and to top it off sing in a musical. Yes i sing. Rehearsals and performances all finished now and things should start to settle down. Hopefully ( Read more... )

“Come on Tim. I think we need to get cleaned up”

Gibbs nudged Tim with his head, feeling Tim clutch him tighter before reluctantly releasing him. Clambering off the bed Gibbs smothered the groan he wanted to make as his body protested and his back cracked alarmingly after being held too still for too long after such rigorous activity.

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“You know...”

Gibbs growled “Tony for the last time will you shut up! You’re scaring the fish away”

Tony winced and shut his trap, before looking across to Tim to share a conciliatory eye roll. Tim though was lost in his own thoughts and Tony sighed and hoped that a fish would bite soon.

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(Thanks to those commenting and letting me know someone out there is reading this fic! Velvet )

Tony finally let himself fall asleep when he felt Gibbs slip silently back into bed around 3.30am. He was going to ask him if he was alright and then thought better of it. Of course he wasn’t alright! But he was back safe where Tony could keep an eye on ( Read more... )

The rest of the afternoon disappeared in a haze of cocktails, sunscreen and increasingly ridiculous pool games.

Tony invented a game of Probie Whack which involved pool noodles and other inflatable’s being ridden and Tim and occasionally Tony being whacked. Gibbs found himself shaking his head affectionately at his two boys as Tim surged out of ( Read more... )

“Marco!”

“Polo”

“Marco!”

“Polo”

By the time Gibbs had made his way down to the pool with a large fresh cup of brewed coffee in his hands both boys had finally exhausted themselves of their game and had climbed out, laughing and pushing each other.

“Hey what’s this?”

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Tony woke up feeling happy. Happier than he had in a long time. He wasn’t quite sure why so he lay there for a moment to figure it out and snuggled into the hard male body he was currently wrapped around.

Oh yeah.

Tony carefully extracted himself and sat up, looking at where Tim was sprawled unknowingly across Gibbs’s chest while he had curled ( Read more... )