G I B B S

[basementboat]

# basementboat ; special agent leroy jethro gibbs  —  of ncis.    

currently based on seasons 1-6. penned by katya ( she/her,  30+ ). under construction. rules beneath the cut. | @pathlit.

rules:

this blog is selective, and interactions are limited to mutuals. i will only interact with writers over the age of 21.

I favor paragraph & multi- paragraph threads, and I prefer to ground interactions in the context of a background plot or character dynamic. I love building verses and dynamics with people!

I do not use icons on this blog, but I never care what you do with icons or formatting. I only ask that you not use extensive additional spaces in between words or specialty fonts.

my ask is always open, and you are always welcome to turn meme responses into threads. in fact, memes are always the best way to get interactions going, and I love having multiple threads with people!

I only accept hate in the form of shakespearean sonnets.  ( but in all seriousness, I am always open to polite, constructive feedback. )

mature themes will appear on this blog, including but not limited to gun use and violence. also, gibbs is an ass to 95% of people. consider this a blanket apology for all his of his behaviour, and please do not conflate his attitude with mine.

as of 2/1/23, I have finished s6. I am completely unfamiliar with the rest of canon, so I might get things wrong. I don't care about spoilers, so don't worry about telling me about things I haven't reached yet!

my dorky-ass url should tell you how seriously I am taking this blog... I'm just here to have a good time.

[basementboat]

I'm going to move gibbs back over to my multi! I'm not actively writing him enough to justify a separate blog, and, frankly, I 90% made this blog so I'd have a place to liveblog and I'm not... actively doing that anymore. except to people on disco.rd. so!! find us over on @pathlit !!

[basementboat]

“вы хорошо говорите по-русски” no, no he doesn’t, don’t fucking encourage him, lady…

[basementboat]

in her defense, that was the best he’s ever spoken russian…

[basementboat]

“вы хорошо говорите по-русски” no, no he doesn’t, don’t fucking encourage him, lady…

[promptfairy]

❥     𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝟑𝟓𝟖/𝟐 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 ( 𝟏.𝟓 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐗 )   (   𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑   )    [   𝚂𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚂    ]   .

change gendered language   &   add context to your needs . happy roleplaying !!  ♡

“   are you really sure that you don’t have a heart ??   ” “   i can give you purpose .   ” “   man ,   i miss the old times .   ” “   bet you don’t know why the sun sets red .   ” “   like i asked ,   know - it - all .   ” “   you worried about the new kid ??   ” “   you said the same exact thing the other day .   ” “   i don’t even know what a heart is .   ” “   i have to keep fighting the darkness .   so i can be whole .   ” “   c’mon ,   let’s get some ice cream .   ” “   i’m gonna be away for a while ,   starting tomorrow .   ” “   i wish somebody told me these things .   ” “   find them ,   &   dispose of them .   ” “   this place is so much nicer without the loudmouths .   ” “   you earned the icing on the cake .   ” “   this is such a great spot   . . .   how’d you find it ??   ” “   we’re not even supposed to   ‘  be  ’   in the first place .   ” “   he looks a lot like you .   ” “   my name is of no importance .   ” “   i hope that you can join me next time .   ” “   what’s the matter ??   you look like you’ve seen a ghost .   ” “   you had me worried .   ” “   i guess i just needed a little time to sort out my feelings ,   you know ??   ” “   what ,   not even   one little word   of appreciation ??    ” “   good to see you made it back safe .   ” “   i moved things along just the way you wanted .   ” “   he must’ve rubbed off on me .   ” “   friends need to lean on each other every now   &   then .   ” “   just eat your ice cream .   ” “   best friends are different from plain friends ,   right ??   ” “   let us remember why we are here   &   what we hope to achieve .   ” “   all this fighting   . . .   i wonder what it’s for .   ” “   i just don’t see why having a heart is that important .   ” “   i think i’ve always been pretty much the same .   ” “   i wonder what kind of guy i was before   . . .   ” “   i thought you said you were tough .   ” “   buy me one   &   we’ll call it even .   ” “   i hope we can always be just like this forever .   ” “   well   . . .   nothing lasts forever ,   you know ??   ” “   wow ,   that was   so   not you .   ” “   ever heard of knocking ??   what do you want   ??   ” “   i can handle all the dirty work .   ” “   i knew you’d be here .   ” “   i hope we get another vacation soon .   ” “   i’m not going to tell you   all   my dark secrets .   ” “   you’re letting yourself get too attached .   ” “   you know   . . .   you’ve changed .   ” “   just give me another chance .   ”

“   you were a mistake i never should have made .   ” “   is there anything you couldn’t bear to lose ??   ” “   it’s scary to think of what it would be like without you .   ” “   you can’t fight fire with sparks .   ” “   find a new crowd .   trust me ,   those guys are bad news .   ” “   sorry   . . .   my mind’s on other things .   ” “   do you ever think about why we’re doing all of this ??   ” “   just be straight with me for once ,   will you ??   ” “   did you bring me these seashells ??   ” “   keep your mouth shut .   ” “   does the past mean nothing to you ??   ” “   don’t scare me like that anymore .   ” “   maybe you’re not completely well yet .   ” “   it almost sounds as though you know .   ” “   who am i ??   what am i here for ??   ” “   you made me a promise .   ” “   i’m sorry   . . .   i’m not sure i’ve kept my promise very well .   ” “   am i not supposed to exist ??   ” “   what would it take for me to be like you ??   ” “   to be honest ,   i’m not even sure today really happened .   ” “   since when do you ever worry about me ??   ” “   it’s just not the same without all three of us .   ” “   i’m nothing more than a puppet .   ” “   do you hate me for taking your friend away from you ??   ” “   how will i know where i belong ,   truly ??   ” “   the answer you come up with can’t just be right for   you .   ” “   well ,   we’ve had our share of drama lately .   ” “   i know we’ve seen a lot of sunsets ,   but today’s puts them all to shame .   ” “   if we ran ,   i bet we could always be together .   ” “   i think you know what needs to be done .   ” “   stop pretending .   ” “   why is it that you always have to glare at me like that ??   ” “   i’m asking you   why   you did that ,   &   you know it .   ” “   you’re not making any sense .   ” “   if only the whispers at the top carried to the bottom .   ” “   can you at least try not to harm her ??   ” “   could it be that you’ve known this whole time   &   not told me anything ??   ” “   i’ve been searching for a way to conquer the darkness within me .   ” “   you don’t have to worry about me .   ” “   best friends are supposed to be   honest   with each other !!   ” “   finding out the truth doesn’t always work out for the best .   ” “   if i can’t get answers here ,   i’ll get them somewhere else .   ” “   no one would miss me .   ” “   everybody thinks they’re right   . . .   ” “   you think you can do whatever you want   . . .   well ,   i’m   sick   of it .   ” “   i’ll always be there to bring you back .   ” “   why you gotta cause me so much trouble   . . . ??   ” “   am i the one who did this to you ??   ” “   why are you trying to stop me ??   ” “   i can’t let you go do anything crazy .   ”

[basementboat]

love so much that ‘elflord’ has stuck as a nickname for mcgee like… gibbs, please…

[jennifershepard-a]

She stares at him, half amused and half annoyed by his careless word choice. Really, Jethro? She refrains from commenting because she doesn't need to see that smug look of his right now. Though, she didn't learn everything from him.

She keeps her voice light. "I know that, Jethro." If she pads by him, so, he won't see her right eye twitch, that's her prerogative. Lately, it feels like any meal she doesn't take by herself has a price. Ducky's visited her office occasionally, bringing his tea and ill-disguised fatherly concern with him, but the pastry he hands her hardly counts as a meal. She's aware that it bothers the ME. Her attempts to assuage him with details of her lunch orders haven't gone very far.

She's silent as she leads Jethro towards the kitchen. He may not think there's a price, but contrary to her 'off the job' assertion, she's missed him. She resolves not to let regret choke her tonight.

Feet carry her towards overhead oak cabinets. She reaches for two plates."You know," she teases, spinning around with the plates,"if you'd called, I could have told you Noemi made lasagna." And I could have changed out of your old sweatshirt.

The sparkle in her eyes gives away the fact she doesn't mind that he decided to surprise her with takeout. Noemi's lasagna would keep. Green eyes flickers between takeout bags and her old partner. "Chinese?"

[basementboat]

even as he places the bags upon the counter, he shoots her a pointed look. ❛ if I'd called, you'd have told me not to come. ❜ implicitly, the coded message behind noemi made lasagna being therefore there's no need to drop by and bring dinner, if not outright. the element of surprise remains his greatest ally. so long as he does not ask permission, give her a chance to sidestep ( if not outright refuse ), she has yet to kick him out of her office when he comes bearing dinner.

maybe, she would have surprised him. he'll take certainty over maybes.

at times, the meals have been a small peace offering, amidst all the arguments that stem from standing on two sides of a divide, perspectives and priorities different. a way of bridging the gap placed between them by a desk and the title director.

at times, they've been an excuse to sit and talk as equals. to talk though something plaguing him about a case, to get insight and perspective from jenny and not director shepard.

tonight, he's not sure what his excuse is, besides an impulse while driving past the restaurant in question. without answering her question, he pulls the takeout boxes from the bags to line them up and open the tops before rummaging once more for the chopsticks and napkins fallen to the bottom of the bag. ❛ take your pick. ❜ there's nothing here she won't eat, the selection informed, as always, by his knowledge of her preferences.

[jennifershepard-a]

@basementboat gets a random thing

“What is this, Jethro? Workaholics anonymous?” Pushing back from her desk, Jenny scoffs. “It’s not very anonymous.”

She moves to stand (high) heel to toe against the senior field agent. He should know by now that she learned to ignore his glare years ago. (Knowing him, he’s probably ignoring her immunity in favor of waiting her out.) Suddenly, a smirk dances across her features.

“If I leave,” the redhead declares, eyebrows raising,”you leave.” Check and mate. He’ll never agree to her terms.

[basementboat]

❛ I have a case to finish, and I'm not the one who was here all night. ❜ softer, he preempts the look he's bound to earn by explaining, in a single word, ❛ cynthia. ❜ he's barged past jenny's secretary one too many times for their alliance to be anything more than grudging, but in this, if only in this, their interests are aligned. neither technically hold any right to lean on her to leave the office, but gibbs only sometimes concerns himself with the boundaries of jurisdiction.

his arguments, gibbs is certain, do no more than waste both of their time. anyone else he could expect to give in, eventually, so long as he stood his ground. he could not say the same about jenny. he has to at least try.

[basementboat]

"Eli is all but dead to me. And the closest thing I have... to a father... is accusing me."

oh, well, why not just shoot me and get it over with, ncis???

[basementboat]

realizing I never updated my pinned post to reflect the fact that I am long since past s3…

[basementboat]

the fact that I learned the army’s investigative branch’s abbreviation and not the woman’s name says so much about how I feel about the season 4 romance arc…

[ncmadmoved]

⋆.*ೃ✧ ━━ her nose crinkles. of course she had to do her homework. english was the worst when she had to join her father at ncis. it was so hard to concentrate when so much was happening. ( tim and ellie would gush about the latest video game they were playing. while tony and ellie would swap what movies they'd recently watched. while ziva was very interested in learning more about the boy that ellie would talk non stop about. ) at least with science , ellie could spend pretty much the entire day with abby. ❛ fine. ❜ came her groan as she was herded out the front door. but his words made her head snap up , little body turning around , walking backward towards the car. ❛ that would be awesome. ❜ she exclaimed , a massive grin crossing her lips. ❛ my friends would be so jealous. ❜ they already were. especially when abby would pick her up after school in her hot rod.

[basementboat]

he doesn’t match her enthusiasm, glance slipping toward the distance in what comes closest for him to an eye roll. ❛ your friends would. your teachers would report me. ❜ he maintained some plausible deniability setting her up at the corner desk in the bullpen. they kept the most severe of their conversations reserved for abby’s lab and autopsy and conference rooms, images kept to computer screens out of line of sight.

crime scenes would banish any such defense he might offer. ❛ so unless that’s secretly your goal, you’d better focus on your work. ❜

[whatspoilers-deactivated2024052]

@basementboat said: do you ever stop talking ? ( from gibbs… I’m sorry! )

"Perhaps, if someone decided to cooperate more, I wouldn't have to carry the entire bloody conversation." Her eyes narrow at the thorn in her side. "Have you ever heard of playing nice, Agent Gibbs?"

↪     𝑴𝑶𝑹𝑩𝑰𝑫 ᶜᵘʳᶤᵒˢᶤᵗʸ .  

[basementboat]

perhaps, if someone were more content with silence… though his lips purse, he keeps the retort to himself, settling instead with a question of his own, and not a distortion of her words. ❛ what makes you think that staying quiet isn’t playing nice? ❜

[ncmadmoved]

⋆.*ೃ✧ ━━ ❛ i brought dinner. ❜ there were rare occasions that elenore wasn't home for dinner. or she would be late and gibbs would have already eaten. as she lingered on the bottom step of the basement stairs , the brunette raises the plastic bag and gives her dad a grin. ❛ not the world's best steak sandwiches , like they claim , because that title belongs to mine. ❜ she huffs a laugh. ❛ but , they come in a close second. ❜

୭̥°⋰˚ ━━ @basementboat : liked ❨ ❛ you didn't like but i love them. ❜ ❩

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❛ bold of them, to call themselves the best. ❜ it’s easier now than it once was, when she was younger and would poke her head through the basement door seeking him. not that he was a stranger to interruptions even before, but it was different to drag himself from his thoughts to meet a nine year old on her level, to be fully present. now, he can let thoughts continue to prey on the back of his mind even as he consigns his tools to the workbench. ❛ have fun? ❜

he scarcely waits for a reply about her day before gesturing her back the way she’d come as he approaches, a quiet, ❛ upstairs, ❜ interrupting any answer she might give.

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⤷ ✧ @wishihadmycoat said, ❝ if i have to think about one more thing today, my head will explode. ❞

❛ then why are you still here? ❜ no doubt, because her work is not completed. or it feels incomplete. in this he has an advantage: when his job is done it is done. suspect in custody, evidence stacked and certain. a done deal.

— a done deal, that is, when he does his job right. those cases that linger, unresolved, where there’s no tidy bows to tie off at the end… those are a different story. those haunt him for months in the office and at home alike.

her job is less defined, the end amorphous, and he does not envy her it. ❛ director’s privilege. just go home, call it a day. ❜ she does not need to tell him that that’s not how it works, that she has accountability of her own to maintain. still, he’s said it before, and he’ll say it again: they’re better off with her at her best. and certainly with her head.

[basementboat]

“if i had one wish for christmas, it would be to hug my daughter. that can never be.”

[basementboat]

I’m sorry… a christmas story is right there, and I’m supposed to believe tony thinks it’s a wonderful life is the best christmas movie ever?? I mean, it is objectively a true statement. however…