A/N: This chapter was dedicated to geminiangel1964 over on AO3.

My version of Baltimore. Pre-slash.

Discovery

Sometimes it's hard being a wolf in a police department. All the smells, sights, sounds... Almost worse than a hospital. But for Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo, it's a piece of cake.

The thrill of the chase, the satisfaction of a job well done, and having someone to come home to at night. Nothing could get better than that, even for an Omega like Tony.

Some wolves like Tony are considered lone wolves when they don't belong to a pack. His father's family didn't have any wolf blood and he hadn't seen any of his mother's family in a little over a decade. So it was hard for Tony growing up as a wolf, especially when he had no idea why he got hot at a certain time of the month until one of his father's housekeepers had sat him down and explained what heats were then later on introduced him to suppressants.

Omegas without a pack tend to not live very long, but Tony was no ordinary Omega. He never did fit in with the stereotypical classification of what an Omega was. He was taller than the average Omega. He excelled in sports and academics. He was outgoing, not shy. It made it all the more easier to hide the fact he was a wolf.

But today, the back of his scruff was prickling. He didn't know why.

The case was a simple homicide in downtown Baltimore. Body left behind in a vehicle to be found. Fingerprints taken at the scene led them to a Joey Peanuts. Squirrely, if you asked him.

They set up a stakeout on the street with Tony getting info from an informant saying that Joey would be there to meet a potential client. He got back in the car with his partner Danny. "Where's my Mushu?"

"You didn't order any." Danny said while stuffing his face.

"Yeah I did. I can smell it in here." Tony was getting annoyed. He knew Danny had probably eaten the whole damn thing. He lifted up a container and turned it to his partner showing him the bold letters of DINOZZO written on the cardboard.

"Oh."

"Yeah, oh, genius."

Danny took something out of his pocket while looking out the windshield. "This fell out of your pocket earlier. Congrats man."

Tony took the ring box back. "Yeah, got to get it resized. It was too small."

Danny's eyebrows raised. "You already proposed?"

Tony shrugged. It wasn't that big of a deal. He was just worried Wendy'd find out that he couldn't have kids with her. He loved her, he really did. He wanted the white picket fence, the house, dog, and 2.5 kids. But when was being an Omega wolf ever easy?

Danny spotted something. Their person of interest was walking up to a dude with a briefcase. Guy opens it up, displays the merchandise.

"There's Joey. Let's get him."

The detectives exit their vehicle and slowly approach the guys from the main road. The guy with the briefcase bolts, causing Joey to skedaddle in the other direction.

"Baltimore PD!"

Danny shouted, "I got Peanuts. you get the other guy."

Tony had taken off after the briefcase guy, cutting him off in an alley. "You can't outrun me. I'm wearing tubesocks!"

For one split second Tony considered it odd that the guy had actually slowed down instead of gaining speed, but decided against it as he was already practically on top of him.

The Omega shoved the guy down, causing him to lose his grip on the briefcase. The perp flipped over and whipped out a right hook, smacking Tony in the face. Tony got pissed and drew his weapon. "I said freeze, dirtbag!"

The wolf was then faced with ice blue eyes and an arrogant smirk.

A Navy cop. Tony didn't want to believe this. An actual fucking Navy cop got the drop on them.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs. What kind of name was that? The man sitting in front of them was sure to have heard all the jokes before.

"I'm just going to call you Gibbs."

The man's smile faded just a bit, then got bigger, but didn't reach his eyes again. Interesting.

But the big thing that only Tony was able to tell straight away was that Navy cop was a wolf. One hundred percent bonafied wolf. And if the Omega could smell him, then the guy could smell him too. But Tony couldn't find any trace of a pack bond on the guy which was weird because there weren't that many lone wolves in the tri-state area.

Tony left it alone because Danny didn't know he was a wolf and neither did the department and he wanted to keep it that way. That bad feeling from earlier came roaring back.

He couldn't believe it. His own partner, dirty. Their partnership meant nothing to him. He was going to be best man at his wedding. Like he was going to get married anyway, might as well flush that relationship down the toilet.

Danny had just left the apartment, leaving Tony to decide whether or not to leave and report him or have his back. He didn't know what to do.

The Omega turned around at the noise at the entryway. He sighed. It was just the Navy cop.

"You knew didn't you?"

Gibbs came in a couple of steps. He nodded. "Followed the money. Knew there was someone with slick palms somewhere. What are you going to do now?"

Tony raised his hands. "I can't stay here. It's too hot. I have to get out..."

"And you don't want to report him because you still have some sense of loyalty to your partner. I get that. I do."

The Omega wrapped his arms around himself in a self hug. "I guess I can go to Florida. Warmer. No snow."

"And you wouldn't be happy. Look, I've been searching for a partner for a while now and if you want, I can get you the job. Higher pay rate, better insurance. It's in DC though."

Tony narrowed his eyes. "There any other wolves there?"

Gibbs shrugged. "Besides me? Uhm, I've come across maybe a half dozen in the decade I've been with the agency. There's maybe three total at HQ. Two Betas and a Delta. All different packs. Besides, they don't like being in the same room with me."

Tony laughed. "Must be your sparkling personality."

Gibbs agreed. "So how about it?"

Tony gave it a moment of thought then made his decision. He held his hand out to Gibbs. "Tony DiNozzo. Omega. Lone wolf." His eyes flashed gold.

Gibbs took Tony's hand in his and pressed a kiss on the knuckles. "SSA Jethro Gibbs. NCIS. True Alpha. Lone wolf." His eyes flashed blood red.

Tony's eyes widened. Oh shit. I am so fucked.