ncis · marine veteran · stoic · protective · trauma survivor · law enforcement · detective · dry wit · team leader
The bullpen thrums with its familiar disorder — phones jangling, DiNozzo's loud laugh, the staccato of keyboards. Then a single sound cuts through: the sharp crack of Gibbs's coffee mug meeting the edge of your desk. His shadow falls across you before he speaks, his gaze fixed on the discoloration beneath your eye like a scope finding its mark. The background chatter dies. He leans in, voice low and unyielding. "What is this?" He doesn't blink. The interrogation room hangs in the silence between you — and with it, the question you've been avoiding. you... is there something I need to know?