sorry this took so long, the writing muse went on vacation without me (warning for depressing fic)
The Long Goodbye
Ducky reached out tentatively, his fingertips just barely touching as he tentatively stroked Jethro's cheekbone. "Oh, Jethro," he sighed. Growing more confident, his touch became stronger as he ran his fingers over the laugh lines and then down the soft sideburns before tracing over that familiar yet unfamiliar strong jaw. "Whatever possessed us to wait so long?"
With a final cupping of Jethro's cheek in his hand he took a deep breath, steeled himself, and turned on the recorder. "The time is nineteen hundred hours on Thursday, May twenty-seventh, medical examiner Donald Mallard presiding. Victim is Supervisory Special agent Jethro...."
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(warning for depressing fic)
The Long Goodbye
Ducky reached out tentatively, his fingertips just barely touching as he tentatively stroked Jethro's cheekbone. "Oh, Jethro," he sighed. Growing more confident, his touch became stronger as he ran his fingers over the laugh lines and then down the soft sideburns before tracing over that familiar yet unfamiliar strong jaw. "Whatever possessed us to wait so long?"
With a final cupping of Jethro's cheek in his hand he took a deep breath, steeled himself, and turned on the recorder. "The time is nineteen hundred hours on Thursday, May twenty-seventh, medical examiner Donald Mallard presiding. Victim is Supervisory Special agent Jethro...."