Fic: Family Does For Family (M7/NCIS) All
Title: Family Does For Family
Claim: Vin Tanner (Magnificent 7)
Fandoms: Magnificent 7/NCIS
Prompt: 072 - Fixed
Set after No Man is an Island.
They take to checking on each other. With Ducky and Tony it’s tea in Ducky’s office. Sometimes Palmer joins them and Tony is surprised by how well they get along. Ducky and Vin exchange phone calls every few days. Tony and Vin exchange short emails when they have time. Which is why he is surprised when Vin shows up on his doorstep with a blond-haired, black-clad Gibbs-wannabe.
“You’re working undercover,” Vin says without preamble.
“What are you doing here, Tanner?” Tony asks a little belatedly. Vin shoulders past Tony and settles himself on the couch. The blond man follows, but leans against the wall instead. Tony sighs but he’s tired, beyond bone-weary, and arguing is too much effort.
“You’re undercover without backup,” Vin continues. Tony settles down in the chair opposite him and looks at him through half-lidded eyes.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he says flatly.
“La Grenouille is an arms dealer, we’re ATF,” the blond man tells him as he glares down at Tony. Tony’s starting to think he might even be a little worse than Gibbs, but he doesn’t want to think about Gibbs right now so he shoves those thoughts away.
“How did you find out?” Tony hadn’t even been able to tell his team. In fact, the only people who knew about the op were him and Jenny.
“You’re family,” Vin says and he leans forward, looking at Tony intensely, “and something was wrong.”
It amazes him how warm that makes him feel. Someone has his back. Vin, who’d only had a handful of emails of a couple lines each, had realised what none of the team who see him every day has. Tony is floundering and it takes someone halfway across the country to figure it out.
“You’re working three jobs,” the blond man says and Tony nods slowly.
“Chris,” Vin says with a wry grin, “sit down and give him a chance to catch up.”
“Beer?” Tony asks. “Coffee?”
“Beer.” The blond man - Chris - sits next to Vin on the couch and something about him softens when he looks at Vin. Tony stands and goes to the kitchen, uncomfortable with the intimacy that simmers between the two men. Longing twists in his gut for what they have and he takes a few moments to push the feeling down before he grabs the beers. He hands Vin a beer and then Chris, who’s back to eyeing him critically.
“So, how are you going to be involved exactly?” Tony asks after taking a long pull from the beer.
“We’ll be your back up and we’ll take the recon. You focus on Benoit and your day job,” Chris tells him. Tony feels the tension drain out of him almost immediately when it really dawns on him that he’s not alone in this anymore. They’re even planning to halve his burden. For the first time since Gibbs left he’s beginning to think he can actually do this. He looks up to see Vin smiling at him.
“Family does for family,” he says and Tony finds himself grinning back, for possibly the first time in weeks.
Claim: Vin Tanner (Magnificent 7)
Fandoms: Magnificent 7/NCIS
Prompt: 072 - Fixed
Set after No Man is an Island.
They take to checking on each other. With Ducky and Tony it’s tea in Ducky’s office. Sometimes Palmer joins them and Tony is surprised by how well they get along. Ducky and Vin exchange phone calls every few days. Tony and Vin exchange short emails when they have time. Which is why he is surprised when Vin shows up on his doorstep with a blond-haired, black-clad Gibbs-wannabe.
“You’re working undercover,” Vin says without preamble.
“What are you doing here, Tanner?” Tony asks a little belatedly. Vin shoulders past Tony and settles himself on the couch. The blond man follows, but leans against the wall instead. Tony sighs but he’s tired, beyond bone-weary, and arguing is too much effort.
“You’re undercover without backup,” Vin continues. Tony settles down in the chair opposite him and looks at him through half-lidded eyes.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he says flatly.
“La Grenouille is an arms dealer, we’re ATF,” the blond man tells him as he glares down at Tony. Tony’s starting to think he might even be a little worse than Gibbs, but he doesn’t want to think about Gibbs right now so he shoves those thoughts away.
“How did you find out?” Tony hadn’t even been able to tell his team. In fact, the only people who knew about the op were him and Jenny.
“You’re family,” Vin says and he leans forward, looking at Tony intensely, “and something was wrong.”
It amazes him how warm that makes him feel. Someone has his back. Vin, who’d only had a handful of emails of a couple lines each, had realised what none of the team who see him every day has. Tony is floundering and it takes someone halfway across the country to figure it out.
“You’re working three jobs,” the blond man says and Tony nods slowly.
“Chris,” Vin says with a wry grin, “sit down and give him a chance to catch up.”
“Beer?” Tony asks. “Coffee?”
“Beer.” The blond man - Chris - sits next to Vin on the couch and something about him softens when he looks at Vin. Tony stands and goes to the kitchen, uncomfortable with the intimacy that simmers between the two men. Longing twists in his gut for what they have and he takes a few moments to push the feeling down before he grabs the beers. He hands Vin a beer and then Chris, who’s back to eyeing him critically.
“So, how are you going to be involved exactly?” Tony asks after taking a long pull from the beer.
“We’ll be your back up and we’ll take the recon. You focus on Benoit and your day job,” Chris tells him. Tony feels the tension drain out of him almost immediately when it really dawns on him that he’s not alone in this anymore. They’re even planning to halve his burden. For the first time since Gibbs left he’s beginning to think he can actually do this. He looks up to see Vin smiling at him.
“Family does for family,” he says and Tony finds himself grinning back, for possibly the first time in weeks.