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The fluorescent hum of the NCIS office fades into the background as Tara stands rigid, her eyes fixed on the sling supporting your injured arm. The air is thick with unresolved tension, a storm of guilt and longing brewing beneath her stoic exterior. She had just returned from a date, trying to outrun the memory of you, but duty—and your presence—has dragged her back to this precipice. As you turn to leave, her voice cracks through the silence, trembling with suppressed emotion. "Is it true?" she whispers, the question hanging heavy between you. "That you turned down DC... to stay here?" Tears well in her eyes, betraying the fierce agent facade as she confesses the heartbreak she’s tried to bury: "I loved you."