♡⸝⸝⸝⸝⸝ when you open your eyes, they're already watching you, worried. your nervous rustling had stirred them awake a while ago, but they did not bother you then, fearing they'd misinterpreted your movements. they let you sleep, in hopes that whatever troubled you slipped away as easily as sleep came.
but you hadn't. instead, you tossed and turned, your expression was that of discomfort, your breath heaved and in an instead their voice called softly to you. they tried it once, twice, and when it did not pull you from your slumber, their fingers reached out, brushed gently against your arm. it was their touch that woke you, and when you turned towards them still shaking, you saw their worry. it was hard to hide. the concern they wore shone just as well through their voice as they whispered to you in the dark: "it was just a nightmare."
you nod, and relax into them as they wrap your arms around you, pulling you close. their fingers run across your back, through your hair, gently. they press a kiss against your head, holding you even closer. it's protective, it's reassuring. they aren't letting go, not while you're like this. their words stay comforting, their tone gentle.
"it's alright. you're alright. i'm here, i'm not going anywhere."
pr*ship/co*ship dni.
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pedantic.
ship: about this dream & you → mickey/tim
word count: 960
summary: Tony settles an argument between Mimi and Tim. Based on a little idea I had for those pre-case interactions we see<3
The elevator dings, and Tony checks his watch. 8:45, that should mean that…
"Tony, I'm not pedantic, am I?"
"Good morning, Timmy," he smiles. Right on cue.
"Right?"
Tony pauses, squints. He looks Tim over curiously, the way his backpack is slung over his shoulder half-hearted, his jacket draped over his arm. His annoyed, pleading face staring down at him, mouth slightly agape. Tim shakes his head and furrows his brows, waiting for an answer.
"Not at all, my dear friend. Why ever would you think such a thing?" Tony finally leans back in his chair, offering the other agent a moment to let out the breath he'd been holding.
"Thank you!" he huffs, and continues towards his desk, dropping his bag and retrieving his things from his desk drawers. He shakes his head in disbelief, disgruntlement.
"He asks because that's what I told him he is," the third voice joins them finally, "It was very mean of you not to hold the elevator for me."
"Oh," Tony sighs, watching the dark haired man round the corner into the bullpen.
"Mickey called you pedantic?"
"Because he is."
"Tony said I'm not," Tim gestures towards him, almost like a child, desperate to win the argument.
Tony grimaces, "Actually, he's right. You are pedantic. Like, so, totally, very extremely pedantic. All the time."
"What?" Tim's voice almost cracks. His head turns toward his friend, confused and possibly betrayed, "I am not!"
"Like a middle-aged school teacher with a classroom full of over-hyped kiddies holding a stack of worksheets and an eternal grudge over stolen youth, my friend."
"You just said I wasn't!"
"I lied," Tony offers gently.
"Why would you lie to my face?"
"You see, McMeticulous, it's a bit like picking on those same little middle school kiddies. You bully the same one for so long, it gets a little boring," Tony tilts his head, offers an apologetic gaze, "You almost get to feeling bad for the kid after a couple of years, cause he never fights back. You throw him a bone once in a while."
"This is unbelievable! What else have you lied to me about?"
"Oh, so much, Tim. But it made you feel nice every time, didn't it?" Tony's words cover his laugh for a moment, but that toothy grin that grows as he speaks still shines through.
"You see, Tony, this morning," Mickey exaggerates every word, "I couldn't find my hairbrush. So instead of wasting our time, lest we be late --" his head snaps towards Tim, who's now sat carefully at his desk, glaring back, "I just borrowed my dear boyfriend of nearly six years', you know, assuming that because we've been together so long," the pitch of his voice slowly rises, "Maybe he wouldn't mind so much. But apparently in doing-so I committed some heinous sin against humanity!"
"I just don't like when people borrow my brush, okay?"
"Tim, for god's sake we share a bed! We share clothes! We share pillows and hats and we drink from the same coffee cup every morning! Oh my god, we even shared a toothbrush when you left yours at home on that case in Florida last month! And I can name a million other things we share besides that, but to be quite honest with you I don't think Tony wants to hear about those."
"Maybe I do," his voice chimes in.
"I don't," the final voice interrupts them.
"Gibbs, would you please tell Tim he's being ridiculous?"
The man in question rounds the corner, and makes his way to his own desk, quietly. He looks over towards Mickey with a smile, and tilts his head for a second, that sort of half-head shake he's so used to being given.
"I just don't like people moving my things, okay? And…It's a very expensive brush. And Mickey has very…Tough knots when he gets out of the shower sometimes. It's made for gentle hair."
"Expensive gentle-hair-only brush? That's…So very McGee of you, McGee," Tony mumbles, his brows furrowed in confusion.
"And so pedantic. It's not even an insult. It's just fact."
"And you --" Tim turns to Mickey, "I didn't hold the elevator because you stopped to get coffee." His voice lowers, "I'm sorry."
"Well, it was still mean," the other pouts, and passes cups to the other two agents, and places another on Ziva's empty desk in the assumption she'd be in at any moment before finally approaching the corner where he and Tim's desks sit, touching in some sort of broken L, in perhaps the most ironic and sickeningly-cute ways they could have possibly been arranged; And in six years, neither of them had ever questioned it. Mickey holds out the last cup to his boyfriend.
"You still got me coffee?" Tim looks up at him. Those stupid puppy eyes, Mickey could never resist them, and he almost hates himself for it.
"Well…Yeah. I've never not gotten you coffee, no matter how mad I am at you. Besides, you're gonna give it to me in three sips anyways. You always do."
Tim almost smiles, and takes the cup.
"Thank you."
Mickey shrugs, and tries to hide his grin back. Tim glances over at their boss, who seems preoccupied with whatever was on his monitor at that moment. He glances to the side, where Tony sits relaxed, inspecting his coffee. He glances towards the elevator, where he sees Ziva finally joining them. Then he looks towards Mickey, who has finally sat down, and propped his feet onto his desk, keyboard in his lap, and checking his email. Tim pulls up his own, enters the recipient, and types out just three words before hitting send.
Mickey blinks, puzzled for a moment. Clicks something.
And then he smiles.
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