Fic: Barely Breathing (Tony/Kate)

[xfirefly9x]

Title: Barely Breathing
Fandom: NCIS
Characters: Tony/Kate
Prompt: #002 Grave
Word Count: 196
Rating: T+
Summary: He couldn’t think. He could barely breathe. His mouth was dry.
Notes: Written for 50scenes. Slight spoilers for s1-2.

He couldn’t think. He could barely breathe. His mouth was dry.

He stared at Kate. Swallowed.

“You’re going to what?” he exclaimed. Loudly.

She smiled gravely at him and tucked her hair behind her ears. “I’m thinking of quitting, Tony. It’s nothing definite, but I’m thinking about it.”

“But,” he managed, “why?”

She sighed. The look on her face suggested she’d been waiting for him to ask. “I…it’s personal,” she settled on.

“Ari? It’s not because of him, is it?”

She didn’t answer.

“Look, Kate. You’re a good agent. You can’t leave! I’ll have no one to have food fights with!”

“McGee will still be around.”

“Well, he’s no fun.”

“Tony. Please don’t make this any harder. I don’t even know if I’m going to leave for sure. I just have a really bad feeling that if I don’t, something bad will happen.”

He had no response for that. Rather, he chose to sit still and let the numbness in his gut wash over him. After a moment, he stood and headed for the elevator. Behind the closed doors, he sunk back against the wall and covered his face with his hands.

“This cannot be happening!”

Comments

[failegaidin.livejournal.com]

Sadly, even if she had quit, I think Ari would have gotten to her :(

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Yeah, probably. :(
Hmm. I wrote this one ages ago, was in a weird mind frame.

[congo]

...and then she quit, Gibbs killed Ari, Kate and Tony got married and then lived happy ever after. True story.

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Wow. You're in my brain!! o.0 (jk, my version is slightly different - and will not be revealed in the case I end up writing it) :)

[congo]

Oh, I like it here. Can I stay? (Oooh I certainly hope it will! There needs to be more Kate-fic. And by that, I mean not the kind written by 13-year olds...)

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

You most certainly can. Though I must warn you. You may be more prone to bouts of randomness and pineapples and Firefly. *nods*
(I think a fic I've already written/posted actually fits it already... hmm. But I will have to write new NCIS fic at some point. I miss it. 13-yr olds.. *shudders*)

[sweetlilloz.livejournal.com]

Oh i like that idea i do i do.

very sweet good work

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

:)

Thanks.

[ashleyjag.livejournal.com]

Aww, I miss Kate. Her sarcasm was just awesome.
And yay for NF! He's awesome in "Castle" and "Dr. Horrible" :)

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

I miss her too. :(
Yeah, Nathan is awesome! ♥
(Thanks for reading!)

[lalalalooove.livejournal.com]

Hi! Discovered your amazing fics. :D
God, I miss her too. There's always that "what if" in my mind. So unfair. I enjoyed them together. *sigh* Liked it. And I agree, there should be more Kate centered fics around.

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Aww. Thanks! :)
Yeah, there is that. Got to wonder how things would have gone if she'd been around even just one more season..