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1. anyway don't be a stranger by indestinatus

   Fandoms: NCIS (TV 2003), NCIS: Tony & Ziva (TV 2025)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   05 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Ziva David/Anthony DiNozzo
   • Ziva David
   • Anthony DiNozzo
   • Tali David-DiNozzo
   • Original Characters
   • Romance
   • Dating
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Eventual Smut
   • Episode: s01e01 No Country Is Safe (NCIS: Tony & Ziva)
   • she goes on a date with someone else
   • and it all goes wrong
   • until fate works its magic
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • but the ending is good I swear. the ship tag is real
   • they eventually find each other
   • also. some eventual sex because it's tiva

   Summary

   “Oh, God. I haven’t been with anyone since that last… disaster.”

   Years after breaking up with Tony, Ziva goes on a date with someone new—but something about it just doesn’t feel right.

   AKA the disaster date she talks about with Dr. Lang in 1x01 (and all that went wrong).

   Series

   • Part 11 of NCIS: Tony & Ziva (spin-off stories)
   • Part 10 of filling in the blanks

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   20,600

   Chapters:

   4/7

   Comments:

   101

   Kudos:

   133

   Bookmarks:

   9

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