The Hidden Observer

[donutsweeper]

Title: The Hidden Observer
Pairing/Warning/Rating: NCIS fandom, rated G
Word Count: 200
Summary:  Jimmy discovers a witness to a crime.
Author's Note:  Written for the ncisdrabble100 challenge: Witness

Curled in on herself she stayed out of sight in her special spot, hiding from the chaos out in the main room.  First there had been a lot of yelling, then several loud bangs and then everything was quiet. 

Time passed.  Men in the uniforms came, but they didn’t see her.  Strangers came in and out, looking everywhere, but she stayed hidden.  She thought she was safe and no one would see her until she heard the soft, “Doctor Mallard?  I think we have a witness here.”

The one who found her moved very slowly as he approached.  He bent down, waiting to make sure she wasn’t startled when he lifted the curtain she was hiding behind so he could see her better.   “Hey there, little one.” He was soft spoken and gentle.  “You’ve been there a while, haven’t you?  I bet you’re hungry, probably thirsty too.”  As he spoke he brought his hands up, so she could see they were empty, and he wasn’t a threat.  “It’s okay.  You’re all right,” he murmured, over and over, until she relaxed.

 “Let’s get you out of there,” he said, scooping her up.  Purring, she snuggled into in his arms. “Good kitty.”

Comments

[kaylashay81]

Awww... so cute.... :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*grins* thanks!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Hee. So cute.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I couldn't resist. There needs to be more kitties in fics

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I completely agree.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

there's also something rather sweet about Palmer- he's rarely in stories, even as a secondary or minor character, it's weird

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

He's definitely not given his fair share of time, on and off the show. He's totally the one that would go pick up a kitty, though.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

he so would, in my minds anyway.

It's weird because I've seen Gerald in a LOT of stories (usually in very small role, but still) and almost never Palmer

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

That is weird.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

90% of the Gerald is Ducky/Gerald though, which is NOT my thing

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Is it a good sign I'm still horrified by some fic pairings?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

when it comes to that pairing YES

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

*phew* Good to know.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Honest to god I don't understand the reasoning behind Ducky/Gerald. Gerald was in less than one season, and was actively shown not to like Ducky (he used earplugs to avoid having to listen to Ducky's stories!) where are the slash vibes supposed to have come from?

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I have no idea. People come up with some really interesting pairings, sometimes.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

interesting... scary.... its all semantics

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when I say interesting there I mean more like "oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die!" interesting.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

ah yes, the "my eyes, my eyes, no!!!" kind of interesting

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Yes. Also know as the "get me a Q-tip so I can stab my brain" kind of interesting.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I've read far too many of those lately

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

If only Retcon really existed.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh god yes. especially for the 'porn' on WWOMB

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

It's always the bad stuff that you can't seem to forget, too...funny how that works.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Awwww.

Utterly cute - and so Jimmy.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

thanks! There aren't enough Jimmy stories out there!

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Indeed there aren't.

We must do something to remedy that :-)

[mylogiceatsyou.livejournal.com]

Aww that is so cute, you write an excellent Jimmy.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

thanks! Jimmy's such a sweetheart!

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Awww -

(I am currently watching the one where McGee shot the dog... we're about 15 minutes in)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I wasn't thrilled with the characterizations in that episode, Abby seemed a little unrealistic in her reactions to both the dog and McGee. *sigh* pretty typical for S5 I found

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

I was irritating wasn't it?

She locked herself in her office? I mean, seriously? Locked. Herelf. IN and *meant* it???

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I groaned a lot at what I saw on the screen. It was stupid.

The dog was cute though, and we get to see Abby's car which is pretty cool

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

awwwwww!!!! Loved it. Poor little kitty. :(
Also, you totally had me fooled, thought it was a girl.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm evil that way! :)

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Aww, good cat POV! Very sweet.

(Which character is Palmer? In the last episode I saw, there were some characters who seemed minor but regular, and I hadn't seen them before. One young guy with glasses who had a careful eye on Mallard, one young woman who's germ-obsessed.)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I couldn't resist a little switch of the traditional POV and a cat seemed perfect

Palmer is Ducky's assistant- the young guy with glasses- he's been a regular since some point in S2, he's in the majority of the episodes, but in a minor way. The germ obsessed woman is Jardine (I may be spelling that wrong) she was in 2 or 3 episodes in S5)