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Tony couldn’t help whistling the Christmas songs in his head out loud. He loved Christmas and the songs played non stop in his head. On top of that you couldn’t enter a store or turn on the radio without hearing a Christmas song, so it just stuck in his head and he had to let it out.
Most of the time he didn’t even realize that he was whistling along to the Christmas songs in his head. The same couldn’t be said for the rest of the MCRT. He was driving them absolutely crazy.
Gibbs couldn’t even head slap him for it anymore for fear of giving his SFA actual brain damage since the guy couldn’t seem to stop with the humming and whistling even with the head slaps. Oh, Tony would stop for maybe 10 minutes before he’d end up starting it back up. If he were doing it on purpose, Gibbs would have sent him home.
As it was, “Oh my god, Tony. Will you please shut up?” McGee finally shouted in frustration.
Tony glanced up in surprise at the clear frustration in his lover’s voice. Tim and he had been dating for about 5 years now. Things were really good with them and it was rare for Tim to actually get frustrated with him even at work where he still played the playboy to get people to underestimate him.
That really brought him up short and he couldn’t help resorting to his playboy personality, “Come on, McGeek. Don’t be a grinch.”
Tim shot his lover a glare before turning back to his computer and the algorithms he was running for their current case. Things were not going great with their current case and it was looking like it would turn into a cold case. All of their leads had dried up and left them with nothing, no idea where to even go from here.
Even Tony was running out of ideas and suspects for this murder. Gibbs was frustrated enough with Tony and the case to finally send them all home at 9pm. McGee headed to his apartment, not bothering to consult Tony.
He needed a break from his lover. Seeing him essentially 24/7 between work and home was a bit more than Tim could handle at times. Of course, it was a bit problematic to get space especially since he really couldn’t sleep without Tony next to him anymore.
Still he booted up World of Warcraft and tried to take his frustration out on the orcs and other monsters he needed to fight. He was right in the middle of a boss battle when the doorbell rang. He tried to ignore it, but whoever was on the other side of the door was rather insistent.
He cast one of his more powerful spells and rushed for the door hoping that it would buy him enough time to get rid of whoever it was at the door and get back to the game. He wasn’t expecting to find his lover at the door in a grinch bikini lingerie set. He completely forgot about the game as he stared at the malfeasance that was his lover.
It was a good thing they were off duty because Tim was pretty sure that Tony wearing that to work was a crime. The outfit did very little to cover his dick or any of his other admirable assets. Tim zoned out a little staring.
“Tim? Are you going to let me in? The neighbors are staring.”
Tim shook his head and stepped back, letting Tony in. He still wasn’t entirely sure what to make of his lover, but he didn’t protest when Tony slowly led him to his bedroom.
“I, uh, brought you a present to make up for how annoying I’ve been lately.” Tony pulled a box from behind his back and handed it to Tim after they reached the bed as Tim sat down on the edge of the bed.
Tim opened the box to find a mug that on one side said, “Nerd? I prefer the term Intellectual BAD ASS,” and on the other side there was a picture of a grinch.
Tim shook his head, but set it aside to use for coffee later. “Thanks Tony.”
“You’re welcome, McGrinch. Now how about we see if we can bring some cheer out of that grinch heart of yours.”
Needless to say, McGee never did make it back to his game that night and he didn’t miss it in the slightest it.