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The art of pressing the lift button to the MCRT floor whilst balancing a stack of takeout out containers was a skill you mastered early on in your NCIS career. You are genuinely surprised it wasn’t included in the official NCIS recruitment brochures and interview process given how many times it’s required per month.
Although you were not specifically attached to the Major Crime Response Team, your skills as the in house profiler, brought in by Director Shepherd, regularly led to you working with Gibbs and co. They'd semi-adopted you as a member of the team and, as you worked on your own in a separate office for the majority of the time, the companionship was very much appreciated. Consulting could be lonely.
When you exit the lift into the offensively orange office, you see the team almost immediately. Tony has his head down on his desk whilst Ziva, McGee and Gibbs finish their reports. As you approach, Tony's head snaps up.
"Pizza Fairy?"
"Technically, it's Special Agent Pizza Fairy to you," you laugh. He looks so excited, like a kid at Christmas. He must be a good 10% pizza already.
"Have I ever told you that you're my favourite?" Tony asks you, prompting noises of protest and flying balls of paper from Ziva and McGee. Gibbs just stands up and wanders over to you.
"Except for you of course boss, obviously," Tony quickly continues. Ha, coward.
Gibbs, clearly unbothered by and entirely used to Tony’s comments, just grabs a pizza box and tells him "don't worry." He pauses for a large bite of pizza. "They're my favourite too."
Tony's noise of outrage is much louder than either of Ziva's or McGee's and you take pity on him, handing over his pizza.
After handing out the rest of the pizzas, and giving Abby a call to let her know the food is here, you grab yours and slowly head toward your office. Or at least you try, until Gibbs' voice stops you.
“Hey, where are you going? Dinner is a group activity.”
You glance around at the people you’ve come to know so well over the last few months, and see the smiles on all of their faces. You glance back to Gibbs and he gives you a small nod, before grabbing a spare chair and setting it up at the end of his desk.
Settling down, you join in with the easy conversation, laughter and teasing and just enjoy the contentment at being fully accepted into the team. Throughout it all, you can’t help but reflect on how lucky you are.
It’s been a long time since you’ve been a part of a family, and it’s never been a family quite like this.