NCIS- Abby/McGee. Table 1 - Nature. Prompt: 07 - Stars
TITLE: Remembering
AUTHOR: Ashleigh Anpilova
FANDOM: NCIS
PAIRING: Abigail Sciuto/Timothy McGee.
GENRE: Het
TABLE: Nature
PROMPT: 03 - Stars
RATING: PG
WORD COUNT: 300
SUMMARY: Tim finds Abby staring at the stars.
WARNINGS: Major character death implied.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own these characters, nor am I making any money from them. I merely borrow them from time to time.
Tim comes out of the home he and Abby share to find her staring at the stars.
"Hey, Abby, what you doing?" He asks the question, even though he knows the answer.
She turns and tries to smile.
Just as she always does.
She fails.
Just as she always does.
Tim hasn't seen her smile for over three weeks.
Sometimes he wonders if he'll ever see her smile again.
"I'm just looking at the stars," she says. "And wondering. They're brighter tonight."
He moves and slips his arm around her, pulling her into his embrace. He kisses the side of her head and just holds her.
After a moment or two, she rests her head on his shoulder.
"Tim," she says, her voice quiet.
"Yes, Abby?"
"Do you think -" She breaks off. "Ignore me. I'm being silly."
He pulls her more tightly against him, making the one-armed embrace a double one. He kisses the top of her head. "You're not being silly."
He means his words. She isn't being silly. Not to his mind she isn't.
"Oh, Tim," she says, burying her head on his shoulder.
She begins to cry.
Finally she begins to cry.
Now, he knows, she can begin to heal.
He holds her.
He just holds her.
Saying nothing.
Just holding her.
Soothing her with his arms, his silence.
Loving her as he always does.
Calming her.
Above them the stars shine down, twinkling, blinking.
She's right. They are brighter tonight.
He goes on holding her as the stars watch over them.
He's sure the stars aren't the only things to be watching over them.
"I'll never forget them," she says. "Never."
"None of us will, Abby. Remembering is important. It keeps them with us."
Then he takes her hand and leads her back into their home.
Twelve Stories Six Pairings (Nature) Table
AUTHOR: Ashleigh Anpilova
FANDOM: NCIS
PAIRING: Abigail Sciuto/Timothy McGee.
GENRE: Het
TABLE: Nature
PROMPT: 03 - Stars
RATING: PG
WORD COUNT: 300
SUMMARY: Tim finds Abby staring at the stars.
WARNINGS: Major character death implied.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own these characters, nor am I making any money from them. I merely borrow them from time to time.
Tim comes out of the home he and Abby share to find her staring at the stars.
"Hey, Abby, what you doing?" He asks the question, even though he knows the answer.
She turns and tries to smile.
Just as she always does.
She fails.
Just as she always does.
Tim hasn't seen her smile for over three weeks.
Sometimes he wonders if he'll ever see her smile again.
"I'm just looking at the stars," she says. "And wondering. They're brighter tonight."
He moves and slips his arm around her, pulling her into his embrace. He kisses the side of her head and just holds her.
After a moment or two, she rests her head on his shoulder.
"Tim," she says, her voice quiet.
"Yes, Abby?"
"Do you think -" She breaks off. "Ignore me. I'm being silly."
He pulls her more tightly against him, making the one-armed embrace a double one. He kisses the top of her head. "You're not being silly."
He means his words. She isn't being silly. Not to his mind she isn't.
"Oh, Tim," she says, burying her head on his shoulder.
She begins to cry.
Finally she begins to cry.
Now, he knows, she can begin to heal.
He holds her.
He just holds her.
Saying nothing.
Just holding her.
Soothing her with his arms, his silence.
Loving her as he always does.
Calming her.
Above them the stars shine down, twinkling, blinking.
She's right. They are brighter tonight.
He goes on holding her as the stars watch over them.
He's sure the stars aren't the only things to be watching over them.
"I'll never forget them," she says. "Never."
"None of us will, Abby. Remembering is important. It keeps them with us."
Then he takes her hand and leads her back into their home.
Twelve Stories Six Pairings (Nature) Table