TIVA CHALLENGES is a fanfiction writing project for fans of Tony and Ziva from NCIS (2003) running before the spin-off NCIS: Tony & Ziva drops, with new writing prompts every month! Organized by @television-overload and @indestinatus.
This is it. One of the last Tiva-less months in the year 2025. Soon, we'll have the spinoff to look back on, our hopes finally satisfied after so long of waiting. Look at us. Who would have thought?
It has been something like 4,290 days since Past Present Future first graced our screens and broke our hearts. In case you're curious, a person could have counted to a million approximately 373 times in that many days (if you don't sleep or stop counting for even a second, that is). But we have a feeling it will be well worth the wait.
So, with all that said...
JULY'S PROMPT:
Tiva: It All Leads Here
Additional information under the cut:
This is a special challenge, one that draws on the powers of nostalgia and the sense that everything has led to this moment. This month, you are tasked with writing a fic that takes place in at least two distinct times in Tiva's past, and ultimately shows how their story unfolded (fate, or no fate). The options are limitless.
From childhood to college to young adulthood to first meeting, on and on to the moment they find themselves in now, raising a child and growing old together—the only requirement is that you stick to canon (as opposed to AU) and juxtapose two (or more) different time periods in some way. You can either go back and forth, or write one, then another. It's up to you. Maybe you want to write a story in the 5+1 format (5 times, and then 1 time), or you want to draw a line between Tony's childhood and Tali's. We'll take it all!
Works will be revealed Friday, JULY 25th, at 16:00 GMT.
⏳️ The subcollection for posting this month can be found here. If you have trouble figuring out how to post to a collection on AO3, check out our tutorial.
⏳️ If you post yours here on Tumblr, make sure you tag us so we can share it! The tag for this project is #tivachallenges.
Lastly, as always, if you have any questions, please reach out, and we'll be happy to answer them! Happy writing!
