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Facetious
Gibbs watched Tony with Tali and couldn’t help thinking that this was the end. Even if Ziva and Tony had never had sex and Ziva had just used Tony’s sperm from the sperm bank, Tony still clearly loved his daughter that he’d only just met. Tony had told him that he was quitting. Gibbs wished more than anything that it had been one of Tony’s normal facetious comments.
He didn’t know how he was going to face work without Tony. The others may not realize how much Tony’s facetious comments really helped, but he knew what it had been like before Tony and those facetious comments and he knew what it was like after them. Tony’s jokes helped everyone relieve the stress even if just for a few minutes. That was absolutely crucial to keep everyone’s mind open to finding the truth of the case.
Gibbs didn’t know what he was going to do now. One thing he did know, he was going to miss Tony and hoped that he would come back after he felt a little more secure with Tali and his new life.
