#041 Hope Yet (Tony/Kate)
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xfirefly9xTitle: Hope Yet
Fandom: NCIS
Characters: Tony/Kate
Prompt: #041 Angst
Word Count: 320
Rating: PG
Summary: He watches her discreetly from behind his desk, his forehead furrowed in concern.
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He watches her discreetly from behind his desk, his forehead furrowed in concern.
Ever since she arrived back from the latest crime scene she’d visited, she’d been unnaturally quiet and it’s scaring him.
An open file sits on the desk in front of him, but he can’t remember a word of it, though he’s read it at least 15 times now. He wants to throw it across the room; he wants to hurt it, because while he has work, he has no excuse to see her (and to comfort her).
He forces his eyes to read once more over the lines of black text that have long ago become indistinguishable to him. That’s when he finally loses it.
He grabs the first scrap piece of paper he comes across – because he knows full well that he can’t destroy the actual file if he wants to live – and screws it up into a ball, tossing it across the room as hard as he can.
It bounces off the head of a passing marine, who aims a glare at him but moves on.
“That’s it,” he says, leaping out of his seat, all but ignorant of his paper missile victim. “I’m done sitting while you’re like that.”
She glances up at him for the first time in an hour, startled as he walks purposefully to her desk and takes her hand. “Tony!”
He ignores her protests and pulls her towards the door. “We’re going for lunch,” he calls over his shoulder to Gibbs and anyone else who cares enough to listen. “And we,” he tells her, “are having a little talk.”
She looks about ready to protest but he puts a finger up to silence her. “Ah! You get no say in this. We’re talking and we’re binging on ice cream.”
She smiles at the last part and lessens her protests. He takes that as a good sign.
There is hope yet.
Fandom: NCIS
Characters: Tony/Kate
Prompt: #041 Angst
Word Count: 320
Rating: PG
Summary: He watches her discreetly from behind his desk, his forehead furrowed in concern.
Notes: Written for
50scenes and multicolour.He watches her discreetly from behind his desk, his forehead furrowed in concern.
Ever since she arrived back from the latest crime scene she’d visited, she’d been unnaturally quiet and it’s scaring him.
An open file sits on the desk in front of him, but he can’t remember a word of it, though he’s read it at least 15 times now. He wants to throw it across the room; he wants to hurt it, because while he has work, he has no excuse to see her (and to comfort her).
He forces his eyes to read once more over the lines of black text that have long ago become indistinguishable to him. That’s when he finally loses it.
He grabs the first scrap piece of paper he comes across – because he knows full well that he can’t destroy the actual file if he wants to live – and screws it up into a ball, tossing it across the room as hard as he can.
It bounces off the head of a passing marine, who aims a glare at him but moves on.
“That’s it,” he says, leaping out of his seat, all but ignorant of his paper missile victim. “I’m done sitting while you’re like that.”
She glances up at him for the first time in an hour, startled as he walks purposefully to her desk and takes her hand. “Tony!”
He ignores her protests and pulls her towards the door. “We’re going for lunch,” he calls over his shoulder to Gibbs and anyone else who cares enough to listen. “And we,” he tells her, “are having a little talk.”
She looks about ready to protest but he puts a finger up to silence her. “Ah! You get no say in this. We’re talking and we’re binging on ice cream.”
She smiles at the last part and lessens her protests. He takes that as a good sign.
There is hope yet.
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Date: 2008-03-28 07:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-28 07:10 am (UTC)Are you trying to make me write a sequel? :P
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Date: 2008-03-28 07:37 am (UTC)fantasisedthought about the possibilities but... Did it work? :P ;)no subject
Date: 2008-03-28 08:45 am (UTC)It's good to read such ficlets these days. I'm missing Tate and you gave me a nice dose of flangst. :)
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Date: 2008-03-28 09:46 am (UTC)You've captured them so well, Kate being shaken from a case and Tony caring (because we know he actually does). :)
*sigh* When I was in front of the tv, zapping, last night, I saw they were airing Twilight, so I watched everything but the end, of course, and I missed them even more. :(
So. Great fic. Really. You should write more for Tony&Kate. *hints* ^^
Thank you for this wonderful story. *goes back to re-reading*
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Date: 2008-03-28 12:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-28 01:49 pm (UTC)I think that yeah, I will write one though. I have some ideas..
My wrist feels like it's about to drop off though (RDI or RSI or RSD or the like...too much computer, anyhow) so it could be a few days wait.
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Date: 2008-03-28 02:06 pm (UTC)I'm glad you liked.
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Date: 2008-03-28 02:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-28 02:24 pm (UTC)I'm glad you liked it!! I actually wrote it in about 10 minutes or less, so was a little uncertain.. So yes. Thanks!! :D
Twilight. Much awesome in that ep, yet it's the worst in the series. *sighs*
:D I plan on!! I've still got to finish that lollipop one for you. *ducks head* It...doesn't really like me. Has gone a bit cracky and ooc in the last bits I've written. Need to delete a bit and start over from there.. *ponders*
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Date: 2008-03-28 02:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-28 03:31 pm (UTC)Absolutely. *cries* But the snake part or the part where McGee and Kate trick DiNozzo into believing she liked him, so great.
Oh, well if you can't think of anything, you don't have to use lollipop. I'd be happy with anything, as long as it doesn't involve major character death. :P
And I'd second the request for a sequel for this one, too! ;)
*hugs*
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Date: 2008-03-28 03:46 pm (UTC)*huggles* So, soo great. I need to rewatch.
Oh no! I have thought of something. I have about 300 words of decent stuff written up. The rest though? It's just not coming yet. Might leave it awhile and come back to it later; focus on other fic. But I will get it done.
:P Third the request, I think it is now. Okay.. *hugs back some more*
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Date: 2008-03-28 03:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-28 07:54 pm (UTC)Yup, me too. I think I'll rewatch NCIS next. Now that I'm done with Friends (*sniff*). Do you want to do together? ;)
Well if you've already thought of something, then you shouldn't throw it away! *lol* I just thought lollipop in general didn't give you any ideas. So yes, take your time, there's so much fic out there that I haven't read yet. *giggle*
Yeah, should be third. ^^
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Date: 2008-03-31 09:27 am (UTC)Niiice! Maybe, yeah. Let me know when you're starting. I do have quite a bit going on in the next month or so though, so... Will have to see. :)
Yup yup. I never throw bits of writing I think could lead to something. My "writing"/"fic" folder on the computer is proof of that. :P Hopefully that other fic will make up for it for now.. ;P
3rd, it is then.
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Date: 2008-03-31 01:13 pm (UTC)Same here, so don't worry, I'm sure we'll find some way to start together. :)
Haha, I'm sure your fic folder is flooded with nice fic. :D
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Date: 2008-04-11 01:16 am (UTC)Heh. I don't disagree - though I'm sure there are plenty of badly written need-to-be-thrown-out fics as well. :)
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Date: 2008-04-11 05:03 am (UTC)Nah, I don't believe that. :P
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Date: 2008-04-11 05:16 am (UTC):P