to thine own self be true

My weekend goal was to continue a story that has been lying around for months and months and...

AnnieB's sanity read a few months back gave me a push in the right direction,and this weekend, a long chat with tutncleo allowed me to hash out a few new kinks in the story. What I've ended up doing is combining three stories I've been struggling with for a while, and suddenly my muse is all exited and rearing to go! My goal for tonight (and probably tomorrow) is to make an outline, getting all the different pieces to fit together :

A snippet:

”Gibbs.”

Special Agent Jethro Gibbs was standing outside Starbucks, waiting for his second in command to arrive. Tony was late, and the annoyance mounting inside Gibbs seeped into his voice as he answered the call.

”Boss…” Tony croaked. He mumbled something that was drowned out by a passing bus. Gibbs turned around and walked into a nearby ally in search of something resembling quiet.

”Speak up, DiNozzo! Where the hell are you? If you’re out chasing women on my time again, I swear I’ll have your balls for dinner.”

Tony had been coming in late a few times the past couple of weeks, mumbling something about a Candy or Cindy or whatever the flavor of the month was called.

Silence ensued, only broken by some muffled sounds Gibbs couldn’t quite decipher. His patience was wearing thin as images of a busty blonde forced their way into his mind