Right, that's about the gist of it, but I'll try to elaborate - forgive the incoherency!
Did I say I needed convincing about this relationship? Because I don't. Not any longer. You've convinced me that Tony's worthy of Gibbs, that he can match Gibbs snarl with smile, that he can wait when he has to but push when he needs to, and that he too can rise above himself to forgive and move forward. You've convinced me that Gibbs is so much more than the quirky, withdrawn bastard act and that he's human enough to want companionship for himself. Oddly enough, I didn't realize those were things I needed to be convinced of.
Truthfully, Gibbs hated to be alone. He craved companionship. He had only grown into his solitary habits as a way to escape, as a way to avoid pain, as a way to live with the bad choices he'd made in his life.
This was exactly what Tony was getting at in their pre-breakfast convo, but I needed this paragraph to see it. And then all those times with Abby, with children, and with the plethora of various dogs come to mind. Gibbs puts on a good front, but when he lets his guard down, it steals my breath how tender he is. How can someone with such a big heart not crave some sort of companionship in return?
I loved Tony's tirade. It was fantastic to get an insight into Gibbs through Gibbs' own thoughts at the beginning, and it was perfect to wrap this up with an insight into Gibbs through Tony's eyes. What a difference. And when Tony said he stayed with Gibbs when he should have died, I could hear the simple truth in that statement, in the phrasing, and it's been a really long time since I've been so moved by fanfiction.
Thank you, thank you for such a beautiful, heartfelt piece. This is undoubtedly my favorite NCIS fic to date, and I just know I'll be coming back to savor it again and again.
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Date: 2010-06-18 09:25 pm (UTC)Right, that's about the gist of it, but I'll try to elaborate - forgive the incoherency!
Did I say I needed convincing about this relationship? Because I don't. Not any longer. You've convinced me that Tony's worthy of Gibbs, that he can match Gibbs snarl with smile, that he can wait when he has to but push when he needs to, and that he too can rise above himself to forgive and move forward. You've convinced me that Gibbs is so much more than the quirky, withdrawn bastard act and that he's human enough to want companionship for himself. Oddly enough, I didn't realize those were things I needed to be convinced of.
Truthfully, Gibbs hated to be alone. He craved companionship. He had only grown into his solitary habits as a way to escape, as a way to avoid pain, as a way to live with the bad choices he'd made in his life.
This was exactly what Tony was getting at in their pre-breakfast convo, but I needed this paragraph to see it. And then all those times with Abby, with children, and with the plethora of various dogs come to mind. Gibbs puts on a good front, but when he lets his guard down, it steals my breath how tender he is. How can someone with such a big heart not crave some sort of companionship in return?
I loved Tony's tirade. It was fantastic to get an insight into Gibbs through Gibbs' own thoughts at the beginning, and it was perfect to wrap this up with an insight into Gibbs through Tony's eyes. What a difference. And when Tony said he stayed with Gibbs when he should have died, I could hear the simple truth in that statement, in the phrasing, and it's been a really long time since I've been so moved by fanfiction.
Thank you, thank you for such a beautiful, heartfelt piece. This is undoubtedly my favorite NCIS fic to date, and I just know I'll be coming back to savor it again and again.