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Part 868 of Dictionary.Com Word of the Day Drabbles , Part 2 of One shots - Jimmy centric
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Etiolate

Summary:

Jimmy's plant has seen better days.

Notes:

Another dictionary.com word of the day drabble. This time from 09/16/2001 for the word etiolate.

etiolate
(Botany) To bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight.
To make pale or sickly.
To make weak by stunting the growth or development of.

This is for the ncis-drabble community on LJ's challenge: #514 Constraint.

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Etiolate

Tony stared at Jimmy's plant. It had clearly seen better days. Jimmy had etiolated the plant, whether on purpose or on accident Tony didn't know.

“Is your plant ok?”

“Oh. No. Thanks. I need to water it.” Jimmy grabbed a glass and filled it with water for the poor plant. “I always mean to water it more regularly, but the constraints on my time between work and Breena and night classes make it hard to remember by the time I get home.”

“You could always hire a plant babysitter.” Tony offered with a grin.

“Do they really have those?”

“I'm sure some kid in the neighborhood would be willing to do it for some extra spending money.”

“I'll think about it.”

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