Fic: Life Is Made, 21/60-ish, PG-13

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Pairing/character: McGee/DiNozzo, Sarah/OMC, Jimmy/Abby
Rating: PG-13
Length: 5100 words
Disclaimer: Sadly, not mine — CBS and DPB own them. Fortunately, they let me play in this sandbox. :)
Summary: The longer Senior stays around, the more Tony unravels
AN: This is another short one, but you'll see why when you get to the end. We still have three more Flesh & Blood chapters to go before the team and McGees can start dealing with all the fallout from this week. Huge thanks as always to Kyrie, who was very supportive when I e-mailed her Wednesday morning to say Jesse Stern had completely humbled me with his plot-weaving abilities in Enemies Domestic and I had reworked everything past Chapter 25 except the HWYS moment because it felt clunky in comparison. It must have been the right thing to do, because I've finished four chapters since then, hoping to knock out another two today. :) BTW, for the other Jesse Stern fans, he's going to be tweeting the writing of ep. 17 from concept to finish, spoiler free, using #InsideNCIS, starting on Monday. And he's been answering questions from fans on Twitter, so if you've got one, go ask!

Chapter 21