What Could Have Been
Summary: Jenny/Gibbs. Set during Honour Code. Jen ponders what could have been if she hadn't pushed Gibbs away. Jen POV. One shot. Drabble.
Not so sure about this fic. I challenged myself to write this in 300 words or under but I don't think it works. I'd be interested to know what you think. My other fics will be updated soon but my workload is steadily increasing!
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I'd forgotten how good he is with kids. There are a lot of things I remember as clearly as if they happened yesterday not six years ago. Some I relive on a regular basis but this detail had slipped from my mind. I find our casual, almost flirtatious banter awkward at times. Too much time had passed and far too much water has flowed under the bridge since our passionate affair all that time ago. I wonder if he has ever wanted children, of course later I will learn that he already had a daughter.
"I've always admired your way with kids." I say, coyly I suppose. "You ever think of having your own?" Guilty as charged; I find myself flirting with him again. With hindsight of course I regret these words, I can imagine how must it much hurt him when he remembers Kelly and now I blame myself.
"That an offer, Jen?"
I wish I could be as unassuming as Gibbs when we have these conversations. He manages to remain completely neutral; the only hint that this isn't just a conversation between ex-colleagues is the glint he gets in those beautiful blue eyes. This time, however, I sense something else. Maybe he was just thinking about Kelly but I wonder whether he isn't thinking quite that far back. Maybe I'm not the only one who wonders where we would be now if I hadn't given up on us. He asked me to marry him but I said no, which will always be the biggest mistake I ever made. Maybe we would be happily married now with children of our own. The only thing I know is that there are far too many maybes and I'm left alone wondering what could have been if only things had been different.