NCIS: Tony/Maddie Vérités et mensonges aka "Truths and Lies" (1974)
Title: Vérités et mensonges aka "Truths and Lies" (1974)
Fandom: NCIS
Series: The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer
Characters/Pairing: Tony DiNozzo/Maddie Tyler and Seaman Sammie Weeks (OC)
Prompts:For 12_stories Dark Table #11 Lies
Word Count: 565
Rating: T+ (here I'm really evil.)
Summary: Listen to me. You. Are. Not. Dying. Do you hear me? I will not allow you to die on my watch.
Author's Notes: The second part of The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer series. This takes place during Tony’s assignment to the USS Reagan.
The dingy that was the Tony/Maddie ship has actually grown. Pretty soon we might get our own fishing trawler!
The character of Sammie Weeks is loosely based on a modernization of Samantha Stewart from Foyle’s War. So sad that is over.
Tony reached out to touch Sammie, but stopped. With the burns covering much of her face and body he couldn’t fathom where touch wouldn’t hurt her. Finally, wanting to offer some comfort, he gently laid a hand on the singed braid that she always wore leading to a knot at the base of her neck.
Her gray eyes locked onto his green ones, “I’m dying aren’t I, Tony?”
“Now you call me Tony,” he forced the words out around the lump in his throat.
“Don’t think I’m in danger of ever having you as my boss in NCIS now,” her wry chuckle turned to a coughing fit, which turned to screams of pain.
As she writhed in pain, Tony held her down trying to keep her still, “Sammie. Sammie. Sammie! Listen to me. You. Are. Not. Dying. Do you hear me? I will not allow you to die on my watch.”
“You’re a bad liar, Tony,” she stilled, even through the pain she felt comforted by Tony. “I can’t believe they ever let you go undercover.”
“Hey, it was my specialty. Actually it still is,” Tony looked around like he was checking for eavesdroppers, which made her smile. “You see, I’m not really an NCIS agent; I just play one on TV.”
Sammie laughed lightly, but immediately tears started rolling down her cheeks, stinging as the saline leaked into the open wounds, “Is it safe for you to be here?”
“Yeah, we’ll be fine until someone comes and gets us,” Tony felt his own tears starting to flow.
“Okay,” she briefly closed her eyes, her breathing was becoming more labored. “If things get worse then you have to leave me. Okay?”
“Sammie…”
“No, Tony, promise me. You need to get home to Maddie,” knowing that he had been about to protest, she interrupted him.
“I promise,” the lie fell easily from his lips. He knew that if he had to, he would carry her the length of the ship if it might save her.
She held out her hand to him and delicately he grasped the blistered skin with his own. Looking into her eyes, he could see pain warring with weariness and defeat. The last thing he wanted was for her to give up and he desperately searched his brain for something to keep her fighting. Suddenly, he smiled, “Hey. Have I ever let you read one of Maddie’s letters?”
“No,” her eyes drooped again.
“How about I read you today’s letter?”
A ghost of a smile peeked through the raw skin, “I’d like that.”
“Great,” Tony gave her a smile as he fished in his pocket for one of the letters that he saved from his cabin. Opening it one handed, so not to lose contact with Sammie, he pulled out a piece of Maddie’s lavender stationary. The light was so dim that he could barely see the words on the page, but it didn’t matter. All that mattered was keeping Sammie awake and fighting. Tony started, “’Hey there Steve McQueen….’”
“What,” Sammie snorted.
“She happens to think I look like Steve McQueen.”
Sammie laughed and coughed a little, but still got out, “You never told me she was blind.”
Tony smiled. This was going to work. This was going to be the thing that kept her holding on until help arrived.
He pretended not to know that he was lying to himself.
Fandom: NCIS
Series: The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer
Characters/Pairing: Tony DiNozzo/Maddie Tyler and Seaman Sammie Weeks (OC)
Prompts:For 12_stories Dark Table #11 Lies
Word Count: 565
Rating: T+ (here I'm really evil.)
Summary: Listen to me. You. Are. Not. Dying. Do you hear me? I will not allow you to die on my watch.
Author's Notes: The second part of The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer series. This takes place during Tony’s assignment to the USS Reagan.
The dingy that was the Tony/Maddie ship has actually grown. Pretty soon we might get our own fishing trawler!
The character of Sammie Weeks is loosely based on a modernization of Samantha Stewart from Foyle’s War. So sad that is over.
Tony reached out to touch Sammie, but stopped. With the burns covering much of her face and body he couldn’t fathom where touch wouldn’t hurt her. Finally, wanting to offer some comfort, he gently laid a hand on the singed braid that she always wore leading to a knot at the base of her neck.
Her gray eyes locked onto his green ones, “I’m dying aren’t I, Tony?”
“Now you call me Tony,” he forced the words out around the lump in his throat.
“Don’t think I’m in danger of ever having you as my boss in NCIS now,” her wry chuckle turned to a coughing fit, which turned to screams of pain.
As she writhed in pain, Tony held her down trying to keep her still, “Sammie. Sammie. Sammie! Listen to me. You. Are. Not. Dying. Do you hear me? I will not allow you to die on my watch.”
“You’re a bad liar, Tony,” she stilled, even through the pain she felt comforted by Tony. “I can’t believe they ever let you go undercover.”
“Hey, it was my specialty. Actually it still is,” Tony looked around like he was checking for eavesdroppers, which made her smile. “You see, I’m not really an NCIS agent; I just play one on TV.”
Sammie laughed lightly, but immediately tears started rolling down her cheeks, stinging as the saline leaked into the open wounds, “Is it safe for you to be here?”
“Yeah, we’ll be fine until someone comes and gets us,” Tony felt his own tears starting to flow.
“Okay,” she briefly closed her eyes, her breathing was becoming more labored. “If things get worse then you have to leave me. Okay?”
“Sammie…”
“No, Tony, promise me. You need to get home to Maddie,” knowing that he had been about to protest, she interrupted him.
“I promise,” the lie fell easily from his lips. He knew that if he had to, he would carry her the length of the ship if it might save her.
She held out her hand to him and delicately he grasped the blistered skin with his own. Looking into her eyes, he could see pain warring with weariness and defeat. The last thing he wanted was for her to give up and he desperately searched his brain for something to keep her fighting. Suddenly, he smiled, “Hey. Have I ever let you read one of Maddie’s letters?”
“No,” her eyes drooped again.
“How about I read you today’s letter?”
A ghost of a smile peeked through the raw skin, “I’d like that.”
“Great,” Tony gave her a smile as he fished in his pocket for one of the letters that he saved from his cabin. Opening it one handed, so not to lose contact with Sammie, he pulled out a piece of Maddie’s lavender stationary. The light was so dim that he could barely see the words on the page, but it didn’t matter. All that mattered was keeping Sammie awake and fighting. Tony started, “’Hey there Steve McQueen….’”
“What,” Sammie snorted.
“She happens to think I look like Steve McQueen.”
Sammie laughed and coughed a little, but still got out, “You never told me she was blind.”
Tony smiled. This was going to work. This was going to be the thing that kept her holding on until help arrived.
He pretended not to know that he was lying to himself.