Very nicely done. I think you did an especially nice job with having the psych have Ziva go ahead and clean her guns to calm herself: let her do that and see how the truth about the neurology works while the doc explains it. Very nice work with the changes these experiences have wrought in everyone, with the conversation with Gibbs where he tells Ziva that helping her heal isn't nearly as bad as losing Kelly. I like that the story acknowledges that it's HARD to watch someone suffer, that Tony's not a bad guy for taking some time to think about whether he's able to do this. Excellent line with Gibbs saying that he didn't see Ziva when sh was still a captive, only after she'd started (and I like that it's only *started to*) to understand that she'd live...and how that was hard to watch because she was so dead at that point. And Tony, being so afraid to go back to a point where he knew she was ready to die...just as he became again ready to live. Really excellent work with PTSD in this story.

I loved reading this! Good job and thank you for sharing!

real good so far, only on chapter one though 'cause I'm cooking dinner while reading, which is making the whole thing awfully hard. anyway, i like your story

Aww, so sweet...

I liked this story ... I wasn't sure when I first started to read (I absolutely hate sad stories) but you had me with the "first date"

Great job !

Cat :)

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The hotel was "Embasaro" or something along those lines.

Good job.

Aw, sweet.

Aw, what a sweet ending to a wonderful story. I love that they took things so slowly, despite how painful and angsty that may have been. This is so much more realistic, knowing how much trauma they shared since Rivkin came on the scene and everything went south. I long to see these charcters have a real conversation on the show. In the meantime, your story was more than satisfying. Thanks!

"...glowing like an ember that Tony had blown on and brought back to life." What an amazing image. Beautiful.

I apologize that I havn't stopped to review until this chapter(just didn't want to pause long enough to write one), but have to say a few things about this powerful chapter. It occured to me as I was reading this just how much alike Tony and Ziva are. Okay, they are also so different in many ways, but both are so damaged. When the therapist tells Ziva that Tony was sarcastic at first, it made me smile; they're both so darn good at protecting themselves and hiding behind the safe armour of sarcasm and humor. They both come from such dysfunctional families, and lost their mothers at an early age. Are there two people more in need of nurturing and a good strong hug ? Anyway, I am loving this story, so on to the next chapter...

hm, not sure how I feel about those two. They are so flippy floppy.

I just don't think that starting over works for them. They have a huge history that makes them love each other. How is it even possible to start over? And how have they changed since they started over? hm

I don't know what to say. I almost always have something to say. Except that I love love love Gibbs. :D

Push and pull push and pull good then bad good then bad. It's crazy. Can't we just have smooth sailing? Ofta.

Oh sweetheart, you had me tearing up. Changing. I hate change. I hate that people have to change. I recently outgrew my childhood friends at the beginning of highschool. I grew up but they didn't. I got really ill, developed an anxiety disorder and they forgot about me, and moved on with their lives and I realized I prefered adults anyway. I couldn't be the girl I was back in 6th grade now that I was in 10th. Over a year later it still hurts to realize I won't be who they want me to be ever again - hell, we promised to be each other's bridesmaids and now it's over. Growing up sucks, growing apart sucks most.