Palmer Gibbs

Jimmy was working trying and failing to distract himself. Last week had been interesting Tim had car trouble and he invited him along for a night with his friends. Unaware more friends than he thought would be there. After being told his grandmother was married to Jackson Gibbs for a very short time before they divorced. His grandmother found out later she was pregnant with his mother Lily. She met her second husband a widower with a little girl named Petunia and her husband adopted Lily after she was born. Lily knew about her birth father and half-brother. She even brought James out to meet them and they attended their wedding. After his parents died Dumbledore decided Harry didn't need to know telling his grandfather and Uncle he died with his parents. Forced anyone who knew about the Gibbs to take an oath not to tell Harry or anyone the truth. He found out after Dumbledore died from Severus. He had finally admitted his attraction to Tim and they were now dating. The next day Tim stood at his side as he told his Uncle and everyone his true identity of being Harry James Potter. Although he still went by James Palmer he liked it and Harry Potter needed to stay gone as far as he was concerned.

Jimmy sighed as he realized he was day dreaming again. He really needed to get this finished. His Uncle had stopped in to let him know his grandfather was across the hall keeping Abby Company and been told to stay put that they all had work to do. He also told Jimmy. He and Tim along with the team was invited over for a cookout the next day. Jimmy hadn't been able to really concentrate since then. His thoughts stopped and his head popped up at the sound of his name.

"Jimmy?"

Jimmy grinned when he saw Tim. He removed the head phones he was listening to as he doing paperwork. "Yeah Tim."

"You ok? I've been calling you the last five minutes." Tim said.

Jimmy rolled his eyes and said. "I keep getting lost in thought. Lucky for me the paperwork doesn't mind my distraction."

"Everything ok?" Tim asked.

"Yeah just a little nervous about tomorrow. What if Jack doesn't like what he sees now that he knows I'm his grandson? Before it didn't matter if we got along or not. I worked with his adult son so not a big deal if I tripped or stuck my foot in my mouth. All he had to do was avoid me on visits if I annoyed him. It's different now." Jimmy said.

"You'll do fine. I think Jack is just as nervous. Gibbs said after getting him at the airport. Jack was talking none stop. Asking him all kinds of questions about you and your life. Gibbs finally told him he didn't know and wait until you could answer for yourself." Tim said grinning.

"Always said that boy couldn't keep his mouth shut. Functioning mute my ass." Said a deep voice.

Tim spun around at the voice. As Jimmy's jaw dropped his grandfather was standing smirking in the doorway to his office. He saw where his Uncle and he himself got that smirk.

Jackson Gibbs looked both boys over. He had met both before. He liked Tim and thought he was a good man. But his eyes where mostly on his grandson. He said. "Well Jethro says your my Lily girls boy and have a spell on you to hide it."

"Yes sir." Jimmy said.

"Well drop it then and none of that sir crap. I'm your grandfather you call me Jack until you feel you can call me grandpa. Now I'm here to see my grandson. Not some cockamamie spell get to it son." Jackson said.

Jimmy gulped and closed his eyes and dropped the spell. He opened his eyes and saw the color drain from Jackson's face. He whispered. "It's true." His legs started to fold. Jimmy jumped up and with Tim's help got him to the couch and checked him over.

Jackson pushed Jimmy gently back and held Jimmy's face between his hands and said. "I'm fine. So my little Harry's alive. I haven't seen you since you were a baby. Dam-it I knew that shyster was full of shit." He kissed Jimmy's forehead and let Jimmy go.

Jimmy blinked and on unsteady legs moved over and sat down in a chair conquering a chair for Tim that he quietly sat in. Jimmy said. "You knew I was alive?"

"No, Yes. Hell I didn't know anything for sure. Dumbledore showed up the day after I went to the memorial for my son. I still wasn't sure if Jethro was alive or dead. He was declared MIA after the final report was in on the explosion but the town wanted to honor him. I refused a funeral until they found a body so they held a memorial dinner. A reason to get dress up and snooze in your Sunday best if you ask me, but they were honoring my boy so I went. It was a month after I buried Jethro's girls. I was half out of my mind with grief and angry at the world for taking them all away from me. He shows up all twinkly eyes and spouting apologies for my losses. Saying Lily wanted to attend the funeral but he had tried his best to tell her it wasn't possible. That her and her family were in hiding from some Dark Lord. Then he tells me Lily insisted on coming to the funerals and it was all arranged but they had been attacked a few days before the girl's funeral and no one in the house made it. And that few knew about me so it had taken time to track me down. I told him he was full of shit and demanded proof. I knew about them being in hiding. James and Lily had friends that would visit and Lily sent pictures of you and letters to me once a month. It was through some friend of hers, some fellow named Snape. Dumbledore gave me some bull shit story of the funeral had happened already and the three of you had been cremated per Lily's sisters wishes. I searched for you for years sure he was lying. Dumbledore blocked me at every turn. He turned the Snape fellow against me saying I was crazed with grief. Dumbledore swore the Harry Potter I heard about was a decoy to keep Voldemort in check and my grandson was dead. That all the Potters were gone and supposedly he was sorry but to stop punishing myself by chasing a lie."

"Snape wasn't turned against you. To stay out of Azkaban he was forced to spy against Voldemort. Part of that was an oath to never tell me of my family other than the Dursleys or contact you. Everyone that knew of you was forced to take the same oath. Dumbledore wanted me to kill Voldemort and dye. When I did he'd be a hero for being my mentor and leaving him to claim my money and holdings. Bastard was shocked when he found out I gave a tell all interview from my hospital bed after the final battle. The reported gave an oath to post it as spoken and did. I gave credit to those that deserved it alive or dead and named names of those that blocked us or hid. I said I had a will and considered Dumbledore an oath breaker for going against my parents will which he witnessed and if I died to look to him first. The Ministry went after him but as my magical guardian most of what he did was horrible but legal. They took most of his titles and stripped him of his positions in the wizarding world. The only one they left him with was Headmaster of Hogwarts and he was watched. Of course the Goblins weren't as merciful. Take it from me never mess with a goblin." Jimmy said and finished with a shiver.

"So you kill the bastard?...Pause… "Are you crazy everyone knows messing with a goblin is a death sentence?" Jackson said.

Jimmy nodded and said. "Yep on both counts. I had to get something out of the Goblin bank and they would never hand it over and I had no legal means to get it. So I and a few friends broke in and retrieved it, then destroyed it. After the final battle and Voldemort was dead, I waited until I healed. Then I went alone before the Goblin King and explained I was the leader and the other two was only following my orders. I threw myself at the mercy of the Goblin King admitting I had wrong his nation. He had me fight one of his warriors to prove my worth. Once I won he called me a warrior and told me not to lose my spirit and called us even. That why the goblins like me I may have broken every rule in the book but I did it to win a war. By admitting it and not hiding behind wizard law they said it showed them I did it with honor. A week later I visited a friend at University and then went back and talked to the Ministry about going back. They turned me over to the UnSpeakables. Who then gave me the new identity James Palmer. I went to medical school and ended up at NCIS. Now I'm a Doctor, Assistant ME and boyfriend to Agent McGee here."

Jackson turned and glared at Tim. "Has my son threatened you yet McGee?"

Tim went wide eyed and nodded.

Jackson laughed and stood patting Tim shoulder and said. "Good. You'll call me grandpa just like my boy here will one day. Now I need to get back before Abby realizes that I escaped her clutches."

Jimmy smiled and said. "Grandpa."

Jackson winked at him and said. "We'll make up for lost time Harry. Hmm I guess I need to get use to calling you Jimmy. Starting tomorrow I will. Now you make sure you're early. We've got years to make up for and if you want bring Tim. Jethro's not the only one that knows how to cook a good steak."

Jimmy nodded trying to hide the tears in his eyes. A few minutes later he was wrapped in a hug by his grandfather. Neither ashamed to shed a few tears. The next two weeks as Jackson was visiting Jimmy spent every second he could with him and Gibbs. Sometimes Tim was there other times the whole team including Abby and Ducky was there. Although they took a few days for just the three of them. The day Jackson left. He promised to visit again soon.

A couple of months later Jimmy was running around his house. The house would be overfilled with people any minute and he had things he needed to take out of the oven and things that were pre-prepared but needed a final touch before being mixed and served. Tim snagged his arm as he ran by him. "Whoa slow down before you run yourself into the ground. Everything will be fine Jimmy."

Jimmy glared at him and he said. "Why don't you go in the living room with Grandpa, Uncle Jethro, Tony, Ziva, Abby and Ducky? Go bug them I've got stuff to do Tim."

Tim chuckled and pulled him in his arms. He said kissing his nose. "Nope I'm here to keep you from going crazy. Everything will be fine Jimmy you need to relax and just enjoy the evening with everyone."

"I will hex you if you don't get out of my kitchen McGee. I've still got cooking to do and you're distracting me." Jimmy said narrowing his eyes.

Tim held his hands up and said. "Ok. I'm going but can you…"

Jimmy kissed him again to stop him from the unneeded relax speech again. It wasn't going to happen and he had things to get done. He then with a smirk turned him around and swatted his backside as he said firmly. "Out."

Tim chuckled and grabbing a glass of white wine and made his way into the living room. He said to the room at large. "I was order out of his kitchen as he's cooking. I don't suggest anyone else try. I got swatted for not leaving fast enough."

Gibbs smirked and said. "His mother was the same way if she was cooking."

Jackson chimed in with. "His grandmother to. I seem to remember Jethro getting a swat or two as a boy."

"Dad I remember a few holidays Mom chasing you out with a wooden spoon. So you're really not one to talk." Gibbs said grinning. As the rest laughed at the two.

The doorbell rang and Jimmy yelled out. "Tim can you get that."

Tim got up and started towards the door ignoring the whip sounds made behind him. He said over his shoulder. "I may be whipped but I haven't seen any of you enter his kitchen since you got here. So I'm braver than all of you. I at least faced the Gremlin in his den." He opened the door to laughter and joking comments behind him. Grinning at the people outside the door.

Jimmy took a deep breath today everyone from Harry's world met everyone from Jimmy's world. He felt arms come around him and chuckled when he heard. "Nervous Harry."

Jimmy turned and hugged Hermione. He said. "A little. Gibbs, Snape and Ducky all under one roof and Tim listening to stories as well. I may never sit or be without a keeper again."

Hermione laughed and said. "Well you are a trouble magnet. Someone needs to keep you out of trouble Harry."

Jimmy fake pouted as he said. "I am not a trouble magnet it just kind of finds me even when I don't want it to."

Neville and Draco said from the doorway. "And you need a keeper."

Jimmy laughed and said. "Yeah who's going to break it to Tim?"

Later that night when Jimmy let the elves back in the kitchen to clean he saw his guest out then went up and sat in his office thinking about the evening. It was perfect. There had been a tense moment after dinner when in chatting Severus and Jackson realized who the other was. The moment passed and the two started the Harry/Jimmy stories that lasted the rest of the night. Jimmy sighed he had gotten a few glares and heard Tim mumbling under his breath about handcuffing himself to the brat to keep him safe. Jimmy blinked when an elf popped in and told him everything was done. He sent them to bed and went to bed himself. He had an early morning he was meeting his Uncle and grandfather for lunch before his grandfather went home.

Jimmy startled out of sleep blinking at the clock as he heard his cell ringing wondering who would call at 2am. He said. "Hello.

"Jimmy, Tim's picking you up to meet me at the hospital."

"Uncle Jethro who's hurt?"

"Jack fell and I called an ambulance. Get here as quick as you can it doesn't look good."

Jimmy stared at the buzzing phone a minute then jumped out of bed and began throwing his sleep clothes off as he put jeans and a t-shirt on. Grabbing a sweater he forced it over his head as he raced downstairs. He heard a knock just as he reached the door. His head elf appeared at his side as he opened the door. Nodding at Tim he said to the elf. "My grandfather is ill if I need assistance I'll call. Until I call anything that comes up I'm away for a family emergency and unreachable."

"Yes Master."

Jimmy nodded and looked at Tim. "Is your car out front or should we take mine."

"You're not driving. I parked out front lets go." Tim said.

Jimmy and Tim got there in time to see Jack with Gibbs and Ducky before he was prepped for surgery. Jack was grumbling at his son for making a fuss about a little fall and complaining about doctors all the way into pre-opp. All four could see he was terrified so they grumbled with him. Jimmy holding his one hand Jethro the other hand.

When a nurse came in to take him away for surgery. Jack surprised everyone when he told Jethro he loved him and was proud of the man he turned into. He told Ducky he was a good brother to his son and he was asking him to keep taking care of his boy. But for goodness sakes don't let him get married again in less she was worthy of him. He told Tim he was a good man and he better take care of his little Harry. Then told Jimmy he loved him and was proud of him and everything he did in his life but to remember his life wasn't over and to live life to the fullest. Then he looked from Jimmy to Tim and winked.

Jack made it through surgery and while they waited for him to wake up he had a second heart attack and quietly passed away in his sleep.

Gibbs, Jimmy, Tim and Ducky all flew back to Jacks hometown with his body. Jackson Gibbs was buried a week later all of Gibbs and Jimmy's NCIS family was there and all of the town. Gibbs offered the store to Jimmy but he declined he was going to do what his grandfather said and live his life to the fullest. At the reception he asked Tim to marry him. Tim eyes lit up and he said yes.

Jimmy decided to wait until they were alone to discuss with him the extended honeymoon he wanted to take him on. He wanted to give his soon to be husband the world and he knew his feisty fiancé would fight leaving NCIS for that long. Hmm this called for a plan.

Gibbs decided to keep the store after all retirement was only a few years off until then he hired a manager to look after the place. A Beautiful redhead that if he remembered correctly was a widow. He couldn't understand why Jimmy started laughing when he introduced him to Molly Weasley. Or why she hugged his nephew so hard and he only laughed harder as she fussed over them both.

Jimmy just patted his shoulder as he left to return home and said he was in good hands now. Gibbs shrugged and went back in the store he still had a few days until he was due back at NCIS maybe he should see if he still had the old charm.

The rest as they say is up to your imagination…