From Ashes

[tingreca]

Title: From Ashes
Author: Sarah B. Leonard
Fandom: NCIS 
Characters: Gibbs and DiNozzo 
Rating: future slash suggested
Wordcount: still the traditional 100
Spoilers: none 
Warning:  none
Summary:  Challenge #200:  Milestone (for ncisdrabble100 )
Disclaimer: These characters belong to DPB, CBS, Paramount, et al. No copyright infringement is intended.
Authors notes:  Milestone: A significant event in your life (or in a project).

 

From Ashes

 by Sarah B. Leonard

 

 

It was done. Maybe now he could go on, forget the past. Start a new life, a new relationship.

He’d been alone for too long, just Gibbs and his boat, in the basement, drinking together. He thought of all the times he had toasted the boat. It had never saluted him back.

A new life. A new love. New life ahead.

“Hey, finally found you.”

“DiNozzo.”

“What’s with the bonfire?”

Gibbs tapped the bottle he was handed against the one Tony still held.

“Just needed some ashes, DiNozzo.”

“Ashes? Growing a phoenix or what?”

“Yeah, for a phoenix.”

Gibbs smiled.

 

Comments

[g1rlanachr0n1sm.livejournal.com]

'It had never saluted him back.'

Ooh, I loved that line. So much! I really like this, dark without being depressing. Hopeful and sorta... sweet.

If you could use sweet to describe Gibbs.

[tingreca.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I think Gibbs has his sweet moments - he just hides them well!

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

That was excellent! Darkness giving way to light. Wow. So much in 100 words.

[tingreca.livejournal.com]

I try to make each word count! Thank you.

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

beautiful and love the hopefulness

[tingreca.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm glad someone else finally found it! It seems to be a secret drabble....

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

I'm catching up on my reading... still two days behind!

[cnine.livejournal.com]

Nice :) And a nice thing to come back to after a day spent travelling in the rain :)

I like how it's like Gibbs has found his light at the end of the tunnel. I continue to be amazed at how much you call tell in just 100 words :)

And now I have to go back out in the rain..

[tingreca.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I enjoy these exercises of 100 words (although I have been known to have a long title...which doesn't count in the count!)

Don't melt in the rain!

[cnine.livejournal.com]

I survived the rain, just got very wet ;)

Well I like that you like to write them cause it means that you write some really good ones :)

[dearkiki-fics.livejournal.com]

“Ashes? Growing a phoenix or what?”

LOL!
Yeah, Tony always knows what to say to make Gibbs smile. :-)

I LOVE IT.

[tingreca.livejournal.com]

And Tony would know the reference... Glad you love it.