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Kate couldn’t believe it. Her first official day as part of the NCIS MCRT and DiNozzo was more than living up to the playboy attitude he’d displayed on Air Force One. Not that she couldn’t handle it.
She was well used to dealing with all sorts of male attitudes. She’d had to step on quite a few men to get to the position she’d held in the secret service. He didn’t scare her.
She treated his cocky playboy attitude with disgust, but it made no difference as far as she could tell. They’d caught a case on her very first day. It had not gone at all like she expected it to.
Things were very different between NCIS and the secret service. She felt redivivus like she’d been given a new lease on life. In a lot of ways it was like starting over from scratch.
None of the skills she’d needed for the secret service translated easily into the skills needed for an NCIS agent. By the time they’d finally closed the case, she’d been exhausted but not ready to go to bed. She’d gone to a bar to cool off and relax, instead. Of course, Tony had been there.
He’d been even more flirtatious than in the office, “You just couldn’t keep away, huh?” he’d asked, leaning against the bar, which definitely put his body on display in the best possible manner and it was obvious that he knew it.
“You always this sure of yourself?”
Tony shrugged. “When you got it, flaunt it.”
Kate shook her head at Tony’s over the top attitude. She took her drink and wandered off to a booth. She sipped the drink as she thought about her first day and tried to relax. She couldn’t stop her eyes from wandering to Tony.
He was out on the dance floor and boy could he move. She didn’t generally go for the cocky playboys, but maybe she could make an exception for Tony. She shook her head harshly.
No, she made that mistake at her old job. There was no way she would hook up with a coworker at her new job. She wasn’t going to waste her new start by making the same mistake she’d made at her old job.
Kate finished her drink and went home alone. If she dreamed of Tony, well that was between her and her subconscious. It made her more irritable the next day which more or less set the tone of her interactions with Tony from then on.
Needless to say, her impression of Tony didn’t really improve. He continued to be the cocky hot guy in her mind despite the number of cases they solved together. When they had an opportunity to bring on a shy computer geek, Kate jumped at it.
At least, it gave a nice counterpoint to cocky Tony. After Tim joined, it really felt like the team was becoming well rounded. Still despite the headaches that came with dealing with Tony she looked forward to coming to work every day.