Who: Gibbs and DiNozzo
What: DiNozzo chooses his family over the girl.
Where: NCIS office to start
When: After the episode where he burns Jeanne's letter


It had been a hard day. A child had been returned to its parents; a family reunited and yet when Anthony DiNozzo had to close the file on Jeanne it all felt empty. Earlier that evening he'd taken her letter - the last things of hers he had - and had tossed it in the fire. He had his family at NCIS and they were of greater value to him than she was. Girls would come and go, Tony always told himself, but this family replaced the thing he'd never had. Gibbs was a strong, positive influence in his life who came from humble beginnings. McGee was that little brother Tony had always wanted when he was a child. A little brother to pick on and guide. To push in the mud and then show the best hiding spots in the yard to. Kate had been a sister and Ziva had somewhat taken up that role after Kate's passing. Abby was a light in his life; a little sister of sorts always happy to see him. Always worrying and doting. Ducky and Palmer were the funny uncle and cousin.

Yet none of this brought any peace to his restless soul and even when Ziva, McGee, Abby, Ducky, Palmer (and he thought Gibbs had gone as well) invited him to drinks he had refused. He had claimed he still had paperwork to finish and a few other personal things to tend to. So that is how he found himself sitting in the dark NCIS office with only the backup lights on. Tony was lounging in his office chair, feet up on the desk, gazing up at the ceiling. Jeanne kept running through his mind. Their moments together playing out in his head like a slow movie. It was torture and closing his eyes only made it worse.

However he refused to go home because even there he would remember her. Even if he wasn't laying in her bed a bed made him think of her. That's why he was at the office, in his chair instead of home or out with friends. He needed to think and it couldn't be done anywhere else.