Can't believe I didn't find this before. Absolutely loved it. Dark and perfect.

Interesting.

I love this story! I also enjoy seeing a more darker, mature side to Tony than what we see.

Are you going to write more of this story or is it a one-shot?? it seems really interesting plz write more :)

Yikes! That really IS dark. Great, and once again entirely too awesome... but REALLY dark.

This was powerful in describing Tony's pain and the contrast of McGee in all his innocence made the description all the harsher.

poor tony! I have to ask cuz it's killing me: what episode is tony in jail?

Very intense and very dark. I liked it. Seeing that Tony really was worried underneath his outer calm.

Great look at Tony and McGee here. Tony, because it shows how he's dealing with his lack of control over his own fate and the feeling of helplessness that must have given him. McGee, because he was seeing a side of Tony he'd not ever considered and it threw him, but not so much that he didn't adapt and stay to keep an eye on Tony, without being stupid enough to get in the ring with him.

Nice followup, short and dark, but it feels unfinished, unresolved. Maybe that's how it should be.

I can't watch 'Frame Up' without having to read this fiction, afterwards. A perfect tag for, in my opinion, one of the best episodes they've ever done. You have such a great handle on the characters, and I love how you've told the story from McGee's perspective and not Tony's. Because McGee was only a minor participant in the events, so perhaps he has a more unbiased view of Tony's reaction.

"He thought about Tony sitting alone in that empty cell. Tony, with nothing to do but shred the pepperoni on his cooling slices of pizza. Tony, with no one but his thoughts for company. Knowing that outside of the walls he could no longer leave, his fate was speeding on without him, entirely beyond his reach." That is so, so awesome! You write ANgsty Tony really well.

Intense.

The Swordsman

wonderful

This is very well written. I would so love to see more to it...see where this side of Tony might take the story.

I'd love to see more to this...see Tony get out of the gym...see how MaGee might actually handle the situation...does he stay with him...does he call Gibbs...Abby...might Gibbs show up anyway. Great one-shot...but one that leaves you wanting the rest of the story.