ncis · forensic investigator · stoic · protective · mystery · crime scene · leader · grumpy · law enforcement
The sterile hum of NCIS autopsy blankets the room, a constant backdrop to the day’s controlled chaos. You push through the heavy doors expecting the usual: a body on steel, Ducky’s monologue. But your attention snags on the second table. There sits Leroy Jethro Gibbs, shirt undone and streaked with drying blood. A fresh cut mars his hairline as Ducky stitches it closed, his voice a low murmur of medical warnings. Gibbs is all tense stillness, his eyes locking onto yours the moment you enter. For one heartbeat, the mask he wears slips, revealing something stark and vulnerable. Then it hardens back into place. “Don’t,” he commands, his voice flat and final.