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I am looking for a story where Tony buys a house.Its after "Agent Afloat" it has Tony/Abby friendship
Thanks
Callysdream

Tags: character:abby, character:dinozzo, theme:friendship
Current Location: home
Current Mood: content

Can't remember where I read this challenge but it was after 'Flesh and Blood' had aired and was based around the fact that Robert Wagner was playing Tony's father.  

The challenge was along the lines of Tony's actual father had left him in another hotel and the Harts had found him and sort of adopted him?  Can't remember more detail but think it could be an interesting crossover - has anyone written anything along these lines? 

Many Thanks

Tags: character:dinozzo, character:dinozzo's dad, crossover:any

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Hi there, first-time poster to this community. I'm looking for two fics that I seem to have, um, misplaced and good recs in a third category. The first one is a spank!fic in which McGee does a good job and DiNozzo gets jealous and almost ruins it for him, but Gibbs takes him aside and spanks him just a little. The key line I remember is something along the lines of "Little boy mistake, little boy spanking." I do not remember if the story is slash or gen.

The second story I'm looking for has Gibbs being a bastard about chasing Moby Dick again and he yells or maybe takes a punch at Ducky (gasp!). Dinozzo gives him a good talking too - again, key line is "your word is my law and when I grow up I want to be just like you". Gibbs backs down and gives everyone silent apologies in the form of small gifts the next day. Again, I don't remember if it was slash or gen.

Finally, looking for some lovely suicidal!Tony stories. I'm already eagerly awaiting any updates to BuffyAngel's "With a Little Help from My Friends". Any other good Tony-just-can't-take-it-anymore fics out there? Preferably with no actual suicide, but I'll take it in a pinch.

Thanks for all your help!

Tags: character-related:competent!dinozzo, character-related:hurt!dinozzo, character-related:insecure!dinozzo, character:gibbs, kink
Current Location: Home
Current Mood: depressed
Current Music: Silence

I'm looking for two things this time around:

1.  Tony-centric or Gibbs/DiNozzo fics dealing with the episode "Dead Reckoning," particularly Trent Kort's involvement.  But anything else related to the episode is welcomed.

2.  Any stories relating to the episode "Toxic," especially if they feature the Tony/Abby relationship - friendship or romance - in any way.  Any other Tony/Abby stories of this type are welcomed as well.

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer!

Tags: *recs, category:gen, category:het, category:slash, character:abby, character:dinozzo, character:gibbs, episode related, pairing:dinozzo/abby, pairing:gibbs/dinozzo, theme:friendship

I truly hope someone will be able to help me. I told my husband about a one shot, he said that  he would like to read it. 
Fornell  walks into the bullpen looking angry.  He is looking for McGee. Finding him in the head, he asks Tim how to work the the newly issued FBI  cell. When they both leave the head they find he whole team as well as Vance and Gibbs waiting for an explanation. Any idea where I read this funny gem? thanks so much in advance.

Tags: character:fornell, character:mcgee

I'm looking for a recent story that was posted a while ago somewhere, it about Gibbs being a diabetic, he has a episode and starts groping Tony, but in the end he doesn't remember anything. It's happen a couple times before. Gibbs watches the video tapes and see's what he did and comes to a realization.

Thanks for any help....
 

Tags: *found, category:slash, character-related:sick!gibbs, character:dinozzo, hurt:illness, pairing:gibbs/dinozzo, request:angst