Living the Lie

[donutsweeper]

Title: Living the Lie
Pairing/Warning/Rating: NCIS fandom, no pairings, rated G
Word Count: 100
Summary: It's not easy to maintain a cover.
Author's Note: Written for the ncisdrabble100 challenge: secrets

The truth can be a hard thing to tell.  Impossible even, especially when trying to maintain a cover.  It’s easier, so much easier, to say nothing at all.  But, if you’re good, and I do mean good,  you can deflect things in such a way that no one even notices your words were nothing more than cotton candy, light and fluffy, and completely void of anything worthwhile.  Doing that is difficult in its own way, trying to keep stories straight and various lies from dueling when they butted up against one another.  But necessary.  Especially when lives depend on it.

Comments

[ashley-pitt.livejournal.com]

Wow...short and powerful.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

:) thank you!

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

Do you know where I can find some Ducky stories?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

there's a gibbs/ducky comm http://community.livejournal.com/ncis_gibbsducky/ other than that, no

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link!! He's my favorite character!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Lovely.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Is that Tony? I guess it doesn't matter. Those observations show you've spent some quality time inside the character's head. :)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

it could be anyone. Although, when I first thought about writing it I was thinking of Tony

[philleegirl.livejournal.com]

Powerful and lovely, but also a little scary at how easily it can all crumble. Great insight to any undercover agent. Beautiful.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

:) thanks!

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Wow!

That really hits the spot.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I like how you left it open for the reader to decide which character is thinking this.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I've evil (aka lazy) that way

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Ah, but it's still effective. So your evilness works for you.

I feel like we've had this discussion before...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

why yes, I believe we have. Evilness abounds. Today LJ. Tomorrow the world!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Moohahaha!

I feel like I should be stroking a white cat or something.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh yes. a poofy white cat. that is draped over your arm

[chatona.livejournal.com]

That was absolutely great! *totally has Tony in mind*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it does suit him well! :)

[chatona.livejournal.com]

it does indeed! and I'd love to chat, but I gotta go look after the kids. j-just so that you don't wonder why I'm not replying anymore ~

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

:) no worries! RL gets busy sometimes!

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Hell yeah. It so does. *sits down to take a break*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

breaks are good too!