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  1. Public Bookmark 4

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    “The heart wants what the heart wants,” Tony answers with a shrug. “If logic played into it, it wouldn’t be called falling in love, Ziva.”

    Ziva huffs, her fingers splayed on her lap as she stretches. “Love is more than a feeling, Tony. It is a choice. You choose to be with somebody. She could have chosen--”

    “We don’t all make smart choices when it comes to who we love.” He doesn’t meet her eyes when he says it, but then he turns to face her and that impish grin is back, a mask slipped firmly in place. “But sometimes, bad choices make for the best stories,” he says with a wink. 

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    If you know their story, you know that this doesn't turn out well for a little while.

    An exploration of how they get not to happily ever after, but to happily living, hand in hand, for better or worse, for the rest of their lives.

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    29 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 12

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    “Oh, God. I haven’t been with anyone since that last… disaster.”

    Years after breaking up with Tony, Ziva goes on a date with someone new—but something about it just doesn’t feel right.

    AKA the disaster date she talks about with Dr. Lang in 1x01 (and all the reasons why that went wrong).

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    05 Apr 2026