Four ways Abby almost quit NCIS and one she didn't

[jaina47]

Title: Four ways Abby almost quit NCIS and one she didn't
Fandom: NCIS
Characters: Ziva David, Abby Sciuto
Prompt: #3 Ends
Word Count: 500
Rating: PG
Summary: The title is pretty self-explanatory.
Author's Notes: Spoilers for pretty much all seasons, if you wanna look at it that way.  Many thanks go to abbyforever  for betaing in this for me.  You rock!

 

1. It was her first week at NCIS, and maybe, just maybe, she was a little more sheltered than she'd thought.   Or maybe the pictures of the beautiful little girl that had been raped and murdered were more than anyone should have to see.
 
Gibbs had been an ass.  More of an ass than she'd known that he could be then. And so, after they'd finally caught the bastard that'd done it, she'd yelled at him that she quit.  That she wouldn't do it if he was this big of a bastard.

And he'd laughed; held her; brought her a Caf-Pow.

 

2. She'd thought about it after Kate was killed.  Oh, she knew she couldn't quit before they caught Ari, or before Gibbs killed him.   She needed that. 

But afterwards maybe.

Maybe then she'd quit.  Her mom wanted her to move back down south.   Family, have kids, get a boring job.  It wasn't what she wanted, but Kate…

Her best friend. 

Some days she didn't want to see what they did anymore, not when blood samples meant that all she could see was Kate bleeding out, not when skin and hair samples meant Kate laying cold and oh-so-dead down on Ducky's table.

 

3. Tuesdays. 

She hated Tuesdays. 

Bad things always seemed to happen to them on Tuesdays.  And there was nothing like getting stalked by a crazy ex-boyfriend and kidnapped by another crazy psycho on the same day to make a girl have a very bad.

There'd been a long string of Tuesdays in her career when she'd thought about quitting.  Today being one of them.  But –

Something about Gibbs sitting next to her in the elevator; Ziva's quick kiss on the cheek and parting instruction on how to use a taser…maybe today it was okay.

Maybe today wasn't such a bad Tuesday.

 

4. After Gibbs left, she walked down to her lab.  She'd intended to pack her things, leave a note with her resignation on the Director's desk and slip out.  She didn't want to be at NCIS without Gibbs.

She could find another job.  It was something else that she needed. 

What she hadn't expected was to find Tony and Ziva standing there; knowing looks on their faces.

She'd thrown angry words in Ziva's face.  Ziva had just stood there and let her.  She wished that Ziva had slapped her again.  Being angry was better.

Against her ear, Ziva whispered.

Don't leave.

 

5. She'd choked back so many things when Ziva had called her for Gibbs' number. 

Why are you calling him?   How bad is it?  What's going to happen to you? 

Tony and McGee had been there for her after Gibbs left, but Ziva was what had made her look forward to going into work everyday.  

Sometimes they fought over cases, or other things; some days they laughed and teased the boys. Every day was different.

What Ziva gave her, wasn't what Gibbs had given her.  

Stability, yes. A reason to stay, yes.

But a completely different one.

A kiss was enough.

Comments

[geonncannon.livejournal.com]

As soon as I saw the title, I knew one of them would have to mention Kate. And Tuesdays... hm. What could it be about Tuesdays...? ;-D

Great work on these!

[jaina47.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it did kinda have to mention Kate, but she is one of my favorite characters so it's all good. :D

Lol...the show inspired me. After their mention of Tuesday a few episodes ago, I just had to go there. :p

[desire-of-nymph.livejournal.com]

Now, while I liked the other ones you've written (especially the one where Ziva surprises Abby in her coffin) I just liked this one... more.

Love it, best of luck with the rest.

[jaina47.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Wow...and I was asking my beta last night how badly these sucked 'cause I thought they were kinda bad.

Best of luck to you, as well! :D

[smackalalala.livejournal.com]

OMG, total love for this fic. I mean, way to totally play with format, for one. And yes, just everything you said, I love you. :) Abby/Ziva is seriously one of my favorite ships on NCIS. (LOL, that's not saying much because I have like 800 ships on the show. :p) Beautiful work!!!

[jaina47.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I know what you mean. I'm almost never disappointed when I read NCIS fic, because everyone has so much chemistry on the show that pretty much any 'ship works for me. :D

[smackalalala.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. There is really only one ship I cannot read under any circumstances, but I think I've read most any ship for the show and I'm always like, yeah, this is amazing. And I think us Abby/Ziva shippers are kinda few in numbers, too, so it's always nice to see more fic with them. I actually have been asked by a friend to write an Abby/Ziva/Jen fic, and that is guaranteed to be interesting.

[jaina47.livejournal.com]

Oh? Which one?

I've read some really good Abby/Ziva stories actually. Joran/Rysler writes some of my favorites here on LJ.

Hmmm, now that would be interesting indeed. I hope your friend agrees! :D

[smackalalala.livejournal.com]

Abby/Gibbs. Seems very...incestual to me. I just can't dig it.

Ooh, I will have to check her out. I haven't seen a lot of them, but I've liked all the ones I have seen.

Yeah, I can't wait to write it!

[jaina47.livejournal.com]

I can see that...although I do have to admit that I actually like that one. Just differences in pov, I guess.

Check my memories if you want. I have a lot of Ziva stories meme'd and Joran's are among those. :D

[smackalalala.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and it's weird, because I can both slash Tony & Gibbs and see them as father/son. But with Abby & Gibbs, I just don't care for the pairing. It is all POV.

Sweet, I will make sure to check those out. :)

[demoka.livejournal.com]

aw.... that was cute in a sad way... glad Ziva convinced Abby to stay! :)
damned Gibbs! making trouble!

[jaina47.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Sometimes bittersweet is the best way to go...kinda like chocolate actually. :p

[selinamoonfire.livejournal.com]

Males are always making trouble. LOL

Great fic. I love the "I hate Tuesdays" idea.

At my job, it's the New Moon that makes my work days weird.

[jaina47.livejournal.com]

Aren't they though? *rolls eyes*

Lol...well the show kinda inspired me with that one with their mention the other night.

Yeah, I always hated working under the full moon. For some reason the weirdest things always happened. :sus

[selinamoonfire.livejournal.com]

It used to be the full moon for us. For some reason now it's the new moon. I have no idea why it changed. But we actually track the weirdness/moon phase at work and that's what we came up with.

[maekala.livejournal.com]

Loved this fic. Especially since it can be hard to find Ziva/Abby fics. Of course Ziva makes Abby stay, though I like how it's a little ambigious whether or not the two of them are actually an item or if it's still preslash.

[jaina47.livejournal.com]

Cool. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Sometimes I think it's best to leave stuff up to folks imagination.

[voodoochild-101.livejournal.com]

I quite enjoyed this. It's a rather 'behind the scenes' feel.
Well done.