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ough... more sick today.. headache :( hows everybody else, yall working on anything? saw a cool bug or something? did you say "horses!" if you passed by any horses? i like horses
summary: It's October 1st and Tony is way too excited for Halloween. Ziva and McGee try to figure out why.
A/N: Hi, guys! I hope we have fun this month!! And perhaps even after that when all these stories are completed (fingers-crossed i can actually finish this, seems so crazy now but oh god let’s go). This prompt was so vague I just used it to describe the season in general lol that counts, right?
read it on AO3 🎃
The elevator doors opened and Tony bounced into the bullpen, carrying a brand new coffee cup and a very excited smile.
“This is Halloween! This is Halloween! Pumpkins scream-”
“It’s October 1st,” Ziva stated dryly, interrupting his singing with a frown as she narrowed her eyes at him from her desk.
Not at all surprised by her lack of humor, Tony dropped his backpack beside his workspace before shooting her a glare.
“Exactly,” he said matter-of-factly and sat down. “October 1st - dry leaves, cold fog, crisp air... I can almost feel the smell of fall coming from our boring parking lot. At last—” He pointed dramatically to his surroundings, “—At last, these ugly orange walls look more than just a mere circus. Be afraid… Be very afraid.”
Ziva looked at him as if he was losing his mind, and Tony was again amazed by her complete ignorance of movie quotes. “The Fly? A 1980’s classic, c’mon. Jeff Goldblum? Drink deep or taste not the plasma spring!”
Ignoring what he thought was a spot-on impression, Ziva huffed unimpressed before squinting her eyes at him again.
“I thought Halloween was at the end of the month.”
“Halloween is not a day, David.” Tony cast her a lip-tight smile and propped his feet at his desk, making sure not to let her kill his vibe. “It is a season, get your American facts straight.”
“You never cared for Halloween,” McGee chimed in, also looking at him suspiciously.
Tony chuckled, then laced his fingers behind his head. “Well, I do now.” He directed his grin to the ceiling, remembering the events from that morning.
“And why’s that?” asked Ziva.
Tony chuckled, then quirked up an eyebrow towards her before looking upwards again. “I found an invite mixed in my mail this morning. For a Halloween preview party. Tonight,” he clicked his tongue. “From Amanda.”
He took the black little envelope out of his suit’s pocket and waved it in McGee’s direction, who stood up to grab it with a visible frown on his face.
“Amanda?” quizzed McGee. “The one whose cousin you slept with and now both of them hate you?
“Well, apparently she doesn’t anymore.” Tony wiggled his eyebrows, then hit his desk with his palm enthusiastically. “New year, new beginnings, McFly. But now that you brought that up,” he added with a crease of his forehead, “I think I liked her cousin more.”
Tony pursed his lips, strange memories of past Halloweens suddenly coming back to him. “Huh.”
“What are you going to dress up as?” queried Ziva, a spark of interest in her eyes. Tony wondered for a moment what that meant.
“I hadn’t really thought about it,” he answered casually. He made a mental note to deliberate it during lunch, though. “Maybe I’ll just take my shirt off, women like that.”
Ziva huffed, sounding amused. “Sure.”
Tony grinned back, seeing the sarcasm in her gaze. “She liked that. Amanda’s cousin, that is. Can’t remember her name though. I wonder if she’s gonna be there…”
Still reminiscing good memories, McGee’s sudden chuckle took him out of his reverie.
“Well, you certainly won’t.”
“Yes, I will,” replied Tony smugly, smirking down at Ziva, who just rolled her eyes.
“No, you won’t.” McGee chuckled again. “This invite is from last year’s party.”
Tony’s laughter died once he noticed the amused smile twitching on McGee’s lips. “What are you talking about, Probie?”
“The one you missed because of the fake blood case last year?” McGee lifted an eyebrow. “The one you kept whining over for a whole week, then you glued my fingers to the keyboard thirteen times in total until Christmas?”
“Oh, I remember that.” Tony smiled again, then understood what he’d meant. “Wait, really?” He stood up in a second, darting to McGee’s to steal the note from his hands.
And there it was, in pretty cursive lettering, the date from last year.
Tony’s shoulders slumped down just as quickly as his excitement with Halloween evaporated. He wondered if he should just appear in her party anyway, but the idea was almost instantly discarded once he remembered the way Amanda had screamed at him from her porch last year. Perhaps she still hadn’t forgotten his adventures.
McGee patted his shoulder in sympathy. “Sorry.”
Tony smiled sheepishly, then tucked the note away with a mental reminder to throw it away when they weren’t watching. “It wasn’t important anyway. I mean, she hates me.” He chuckled weakly. “And her cousin was way better.”
“Maybe next year,” McGee cautioned, sharing a meaningful look with Ziva before making his way out of the bullpen to Abby’s lab.
Tony was still mulling over how stupid he must have looked ordering a pumpkin spiced latte that morning when Ziva materialized just in front of him.
“Hey,” her eyes watched his face for a moment before offering him a small smile. “It’s only October 1st, yes? And we can always throw our own party.” She patted his chest softly and Tony felt a new warmth growing inside, one that had nothing to do with fond memories from past parties.
“Really?” He asked, suddenly hopeful again. “And what would go dressed up as, huh? Sexy Amazon Warrior?”
Ziva’s eyes sparkled for a split second before giving him a smirk that must have matched his own.
“Hm.” She pursed her lips. “I always liked Wonder Woman.”
And as she swayed her hips back to her desk, Tony felt the excitement building up again - perhaps the Spooky Season would turn out to be even better than he’d originally planned.
anyone notice that h00k was once again useless af in this episode? really sums up his character. all he did was get angry, climb a beanstalk for a bean that they didnt use, fall off the beanstalk and didnt even die?? and then just stood there. he literally did nothing. i think that thing about him being replaced with a lamp and it would be the same really applies here
