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Obloquy
Tony glared at Gibbs. He dragged Gibbs into the apartment and shut the door. With a glance towards the living room where Carson was, Tony whispered a strong stream of obloquy.
He didn’t want Carson to hear him, but, by the same token, Gibbs needed a new asshole ripped for leaving him alone with the kid. Gibbs stepped forward and wrapped Tony in a hug. He could tell that Tony was struggling.
He knew he deserved the harsh words and instead of fighting them, he tried to offer Tony what comfort he could.
“Are you two going to kiss?” Carson interrupted, staring at them precociously.
Tony simply laid his head on Gibbs’ shoulder. He was at his wits’ end with the kid and his comments. Gibbs on the other hand, simply smiled at Carson, “Do you think we should?”
“Ew.” Carson replied articulately.
Gibbs led everyone into the living room making sure he was in between Carson and Tony the whole time. Tony clearly needed a break from the kid.
“There’s leftover pizza,” Tony murmured.
Carson glanced between Gibbs and Tony, recognizing the serious expressions on their faces. “Am I in trouble?”
Gibbs frowned. He glanced at Tony, who shrugged, “Why would you be in trouble?”
“For calling my dad and warning him.”
“Why would you be in trouble for that? Of course, you want to help your dad. There’s nothing wrong with that.” Gibbs paused and then suggested, “Why don’t we get you settled into bed? I’m sure everything will be better in the morning.”
Carson eyed Tony and Gibbs suspiciously. “Are you just trying to get rid of me, so that you can kiss?”
Tony rolled his eyes. ”Gibbs isn’t that lucky.”
Gibbs winced, but didn’t protest.
“You better not be planning to act out that movie.” Carson warned.
Tony blushed. Gibbs looked between Carson and Tony. “What movie?”
Tony quickly covered Carson’s mouth before he could say more. “I’ll tell you, later.” Tony suggested to Gibbs. To Carson, Tony commanded, “Off to bed with you.”
Once Tony got Carson settled into his makeshift bed, he returned to his living room to find Gibbs on his phone. He could tell it was related to the case with Carson’s dad. Gibbs held up a finger to indicate for Tony to wait.
Tony rolled his eyes and settled on the couch. After Gibbs hung up, he shared, “Abby found signs of evidence tampering at the scene of Keenan’s death. I need to meet up with Carson’s father and help him prove his innocence.”
Tony wanted to go along, but he needed to stay and watch Carson. Tony also still wanted to badly ream out Gibbs, but that would have to wait too. Gibbs called Brian Taylor and got the meet set up.
Gibbs gave Tony a hug and snuck a kiss before he left for the meet. McGee and Bishop met him at the scene. Before they could meet up with Gibbs, McGee and Bishop ran into Detective Collins.
Detective Collins shouldn’t have known anything about the meet, so what was he doing there? Both Bishop and McGee decided to follow Detective Collins. Gibbs was able to meet up with Brian Taylor and got him wired, so that they could record anything Detective Collins admitted when he confronted Brian.
Detective Collins confessed to the murder of Keenan as well as the original murder that he’d tried to frame Brian Taylor for. McGee and Bishop then moved in and arrested Detective Collins. They all trekked back to NCIS to wrap up the case.
Gibbs couldn’t help hoping that reuniting Carson and his father would, at least, start getting him back into Tony’s good books. He really did want to make this relationship work. He knew that Tony was still pissed at him, however. He would have to figure out a new plan to woo Tony.
