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Part 1389 of Dictionary.Com Word of the Day Drabbles , Part 43 of One shots - McGee centric
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Compunction - Anxiety

Summary:

When Tim joins the MCRT, he struggles with anxiety.

Notes:

Another dictionary.com word of the day drabble. This time from 02/18/2003 for the word compunction.

compunction[ kuh m-puhngk-shuh n ]
noun
a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse.
any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action.

This is for the ncis-drabble community on LJ's challenge: #656 Medication.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

Tim couldn't believe he was actually on the MCRT. His dream of being a field agent was finally here. The only problem he had was that he kept messing up and Gibbs would yell at him.

Tim hated this. It made his anxiety worse and then he'd stumble over his words and sound like a complete idiot. He couldn't seem to stop from stuttering whenever he talked to Gibbs. It was driving him crazy.

He'd even seen the doctor about his compunction whenever Gibbs yelled, in hopes of getting some anxiety meds that would help the situation. The doctor gave him a weird look, but Tim didn't care because he prescribed the medication. Of course, the medication didn't seem to help and Tim despaired of anyone ever taking him seriously as a field agent.

Notes:

The dictionary.com series has 1 story already written for it after this one, so I will be posting at least 1 more story before I stop posting again. I'm hoping to get more stories written before then, so that I don't stop posting for a while. Hopefully I'll be able to get more written before then, but who knows.

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