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Category: NCIS pre-slash angst hurt/comfort fic

Rating: NC-17 overall

Characters: Gibbs/Dinozzo

Series: Yes 3/?

Spoilers: Assume all of Season One

Summary: Gibbs lives dangerously in cyberspace.

Archive: Just tell me where it�s going

Additional �stuff�: Inspired by the idea in �Immortals� that two people can communicate each not knowing who the other really is. For a while anyway. Also inspired by a fic I read in another fandom where two characters chatted in a D/s themed chat room.

 

Mostly a transcript of an online conversation in a chat room and (�) represent silent gaps in the conversations. I made the email address up!!

 

Title: Assumed names � Three

 

Some months later�

 

Tony sat at the table wearing a blue toweling robe, the thick fabric drying his shower-damp skin where it touched. He connected to the chat room and sighed when he didn�t see their room � he had long ago considered it �their� room � his and Gunny�s. A message popped up and he clicked on it

 

//TonyD has entered the room//

 

StrongMan: Hey TD

 

TonyD: Hey SM

 

StrongMan: Long time no speak

 

TonyD: Been kinda busy. Kidnapped, drugged, locked up underground, that kind of thing

 

StrongMan: Your Gunnery Sergeant into that kind of thing?

 

TonyD: No way! He�s straight. Married. Kids

 

StrongMan: And you don�t mind? Not exactly what this room is about

 

TonyD: He�s a good listener

 

StrongMan: He hears good too. He just arrived. Get outta here

 

TonyD: Thanks

 

Tony�s fingers moved more quickly over the keyboard than they had a few months earlier and he waited for his request to be invited to chat with Gunny. He smiled as the invite came and entered the room.

 

//Tony D enters the room//

 

Gunny: Hey

 

TonyD: Didn�t think you were coming

 

Gunny: Busy day

 

TonyD: Me too

 

Gunny: Doing what?

 

TonyD: Drugged, kidnapped, escaping from a maniac

 

Gunny: Investigating sounds fun

 

TonyD: She was mad. Shot a guy

 

Gunny: You?

 

TonyD: Nah

 

Gunny: Good

 

TonyD: You�d miss me?

 

Gunny: Yes

 

TonyD: Thanks. Can I ask you something?

 

Gunny: Sure

 

TonyD: You ever been so scared you weren�t scared any more?

 

Gunny: Once or twice

 

TonyD: When?

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Gunny: One time my third wife hit me with a baseball bat

 

TonyD: Why??

 

Gunny: She was upset with me

 

TonyD: You think? Wow! What happened?

 

Gunny: A friend fixed me up

 

TonyD: With the wife

 

Gunny: We got divorced

 

TonyD: Figures

 

Gunny: Your boyfriend hit you as I recall

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TonyD: That�s different

 

Gunny: How?

 

TonyD: Your wife hit you because you did something. Michael hit me because he wanted to

 

Gunny: Ex-wife

 

TonyD: You get married again?

 

Gunny: Nah. I figured after third time lucky didn�t turn out lucky I should stop trying

 

TonyD: Not too smart are you? Three times

 

Gunny: Watch your mouth!

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TonyD: Sorry

 

Gunny: Change of subject. Aside from today how�s the job?

 

TonyD: Great. The boss is a caffeine addict and you don�t want to get on the wrong side of him, but he�s okay if you�re in trouble or something

 

Gunny: Are you?

 

TonyD: Nah, he came and got me.

 

Gunny: From the armed woman

 

TonyD: Yeah. How�s the boat?

 

Gunny: Coming along

 

TonyD: You work on it every day?

 

Gunny: Mostly

 

TonyD: You were gonna send me a picture

 

Gunny: Tomorrow. It�s late and you�ve had a tough day

 

TonyD: Yes Dad!

 

Gunny: Yours is the kind of mouth soap was invented for

 

TonyD: You have to imagine my face right now

 

Gunny: Can you picture mine?

 

TonyD: Don�t forget the pictures � [email protected]

 

Gunny: I won�t. What�s that?

 

TonyD: My email � you�re gonna send the pictures, right?

 

Gunny: Yeah. Now go to bed

 

TonyD: Bye

 

Gunny: Goodnight

 

//TonyD leaves the room//

 

//Gunny leaves the room//

 

The following day�

 

�Abs, I need to send these to someone. I have their email address.�

 

Abby took the pictures from Gibbs and flicked through them. �Your boat?�

 

�Yeah.�

 

�You have them on disk?� Abby saw Gibbs� expression and sighed. �I�ll scan them and send them to your desk. You got the email address?�

 

Gibbs nodded, patting his pocket. �Yup.�

 

�Okay. By the time you get back upstairs, they�ll be in your inbox. You okay with the person knowing where you work?� She rolled her eyes at his puzzled expression. �I�ll set you up a hotmail address. What do you want your name to be? Boatbuilder?�

 

Gibbs nodded. �That�ll do.�

 

�Someone might have used it. I�ll email you when I�ve set it up.�

 

�Thanks Abs.� Gibbs smiled and lifted the paper bag he had been holding. �Breakfast.�

 

Abby investigated the contents and grinned. �You are my hero Gibbs.�

 

Gibbs laughed. �Does McGee know what you�ll do for caffeine?�

 

Abbey nodded, grinning wickedly. �Oh yeah.�

 

Gibbs decided the conversation was taking a turn he wasn�t comfortable with and walked out.

 

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Tony waited until Gibbs was walking from the room then connected to his email account. He opened his inbox and smiled at the pictures of the half-finished boat.

 

Watching Tony�s screen as he walked back to his desk, suddenly remembering he needed a file folder he didn�t have with him, Gibbs felt the color drain from his face. He took a deep breath and walked to the desk, smiling inwardly as Tony clicked the mouse, clearing the pictures away, a half-finished report filling the screen an instant later.

 

�I�m gonna be an hour max Tony. I want that report on my desk when I get back.�

 

�Yes boss.� Tony groaned, beginning to type.

 

As soon as Gibbs was gone, Tony re-opened the email and typed his reply.

 

Continued in Part Four...

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