I thought he just made up the stuff about Brenda just to shut Ziva up.

Nice story! I, too, wrote a tag for this episode, as it shocked me how harshly everyone reacted to a more mature Tony. You revisited the episode very well, and had some interesting insight.

Favorite Line:

"I didn't know that it was two days that I haven't been like myself because I haven't been counting. How would I know how many days it's been since I haven't been acting like my normal self?"

...I love how you say that this is Tony's 'normal self', and it was totally true that Tony wouldn't be counting the days like Ziva and McGee were.

Great work! Very intriguing fic. Well done! :)

one of the best episodes!