donutsweeper | Black, White and Shades of Gray

Title: Black, White and Shades of Gray
Pairing/Rating/Warning: NCIS fandom, no pairings or warnings, rated G
Word Count: 200
Summary: Gibbs has his rules for a reason.
Author's Note: Written for the

ncisdrabble100challenge: White

Gibbs tried to see things as black or white even though he knew he lived in a world that was shades of gray.

Some things were black, like his hatred for that double crossing bastard Ari, and that idiot who turned his favorite coffee shop into a bubble tea boutique. Did he look like the type of man who would willingly drink something called bubble tea? And then there was paperwork. Paperwork definitely qualified as black.

Some things were white, like when wood smoothed perfectly under his hand as his boat took shape, or having the time to enjoy a good bottle of Jack. And there was that satisfying feeling when a case came together and they stopped the bad guy before he could hurt anyone. Protecting people, protecting the United States, that was certainly white.

But there way so much gray. Thus the reason for the rules, his rules. They took the gray and turned it into black or white. Never mess with a Marine's coffee. Black. It's better to seek forgiveness than ask permission. White. And, perhaps most importantly, there was rule twelve. Never date a coworker. Black. He couldn’t do it. It wasn’t allowed. Simple as that.

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It's kind of hard to get over the whole tapioca in your drink thing, but they're fun to chew and the tea is usually good. My favorite is lavender, so I don't get the tapioca a whole lot, because that is the absolute worst combination ever. It's like taking a drink of straight Sweet 'N Low. Yuck.

Whatever you do, though, don't get any of the jellies in your drink. Those are nasty and slimy, to boot.

It's not an issue for me, I don't know of any bubble tea places around here

Whereas, here, there are almost as many bubble tea places as there are Starbucks.

Yipes! *hides*

I know. They're everywhere.

*sits in corner rocking* coffee... just think about coffee... delicious coffee....

A delicious grande Americano from the independent coffee bar down the hill...

Yes! I am *so* there!

They also have beer on tap AND Guinness, there, which makes it about my favorite place in the whole wide world. Happy thoughts.

they don't happen to sell donuts too, do they? Is so they'd be heaven on earth!

I don't know about donuts. I probably get there too late for those. They do sell other pastries, however.

are they good though? Cookies, brownies, what sort of pastries are we talking here?

I had this cookie today that the employees secretly call a crack cookie. It was an oatmeal raisin chocolate chip pecan coconut cookie, and totally lived up to the name crack cookie. Delicious. They have muffins, brownies, fruit bars, and some other stuff, too.