Hey so I have this head canon that Ziva helped tony shaved his beard when they were Israel and you know it was probably after their first round of sex and they’re joking and just being them also I got this idea by you’re “shaving” fic and I loved it
Oh goodness I just got an ask and remembered I have a whole bunch in my inbox. From like forever ago. SHIT I AM SORRY.
Anyway.
I’ve heard this one before, and it’s not my favorite, though I can see why people like it. It’s very intimate and there’s a high level of trust that must be present for a man to allow a woman to shave him. Especially when that woman is Ziva, who has a penchant for knives and stabbing things.
I just hate the beard shaving thing in general, because it’s like he left that part of himself in Israel with her. It’s like shedding that hair was also like shedding her. I’m not sure if I’m explaining that well. It’s like, here’s Tony, this man who is with Ziva and they’re together in that moment and it’s this thing that is them and beautiful and perfect. And that man doesn’t come home with him. He stays there. And I kind of hate it for its symbolism. I just wish he had waited until he got home, stayed in that moment a while, and then realized, “Well, Gibbs isn’t gonna put up with the facial hair so I guess I have to let it go.” I don’t know. I just… I’m not a fan.















