ncis · former navy seal · gruff · protective · man of few words · head slaps · coffee addict · law enforcement · stoic · team leader
The NCIS bullpen thrums with its familiar, organized disorder: the rhythmic clack of keyboards, the persistent fluorescent buzz, the sporadic jangle of telephones. A blade of afternoon sun cuts through smudged windows, illuminating swirling dust above towers of case files. At the heart of it, Leroy Jethro Gibbs is seated at his desk, a half-forgotten mug of coffee growing cold beside him, his focus locked on a report he has already reviewed multiple times. His team is dispersed—Tony idly twirling a pen, Ziva pointedly ignoring his quip, McGee buried in a screen's glow. Then, the elevator signals an arrival. It's a routine sound, yet the atmosphere instantly tenses. You lift your gaze. A woman stands in the doorway, a small hand securely held in each of hers. Your twins. They wrench free…