"You're beginning to piss me off Tony!" Gibbs growled. "Now get me the damn file and make yourself useful for once!" Gibbs growled. A look of hurt flittered across Tony's face but was gone as suddenly as it had appeared, a look of determination replacing it in an instant.

"Yes Boss," Tony said and went back to his desk. Gibbs sighed, maybe some work would be done now, instead of Tony goofing off the entire time. Gibbs went to sit behind his desk and looked at his computer. Not long after, there was an email from Tony and Gibbs opened it to see the file he had been asking for for an hour.

"Was that so damn hard DiNozzo?" Gibbs growled.

"No Boss," Tony replied. Gibbs didn't raise his eyes to look at him, but that was unusual for Tony, to just reply in such a short manner. Gibbs realized he may have crossed the line but the file was important to finally close this case. And Tony could've done it the entire day, it just took him ten God damn minutes anyway! Kate looked at McGee who looked back. Tony was hunched over his keyboard, writing furiously. His writing had improved on the computer, but he always excused himself during McGee's technology rants and went to work in more practical ways, avoiding technology as much as possible. Gibbs was brooding, and Tony wasn't joking around. It was like a ticking time bomb, and they both wanted to be long gone when it exploded.

"Lunch!" Gibbs barked and Kate and McGee scurried off. "DiNozzo!" Gibbs growled.

"I'm just finishing my report Boss," Tony replied and continued typing.

"Handwriting DiNozzo," Gibbs growled.

"I know Boss," Tony replied. Gibbs got up and left. When he came back, Tony was writing in on a piece of paper and Gibbs frowned. He wasn't even looking at the machine, which meant he hadn't been typing his report on it. Then what had he been typing? He decided to check into it when Tony went home. Even though he would occasionally get pissed at the younger man, he didn't want to chase him away from the job. He needed Tony too much for that. Lately, it seemed like Tony was trying to be happier. He had lost weight, joking more, referring to movies more, and it pissed Gibbs off even though Tony did was what expected of him. The day went without much talk. Tony was beginning to piss him off by being silent this time when he finally sent them home.

"Good night Boss," Kate and Mcgee mumbled before taking off, hurrying more so than usual, out of the bullpen. Tony remained seated.

"DiNozzo!" Gibbs growled.

"I got work to do Boss," Tony simply said.

"Then do it at home!" Gibbs growled and Tony sighed, collecting his things and his jacket before slinging the backpack over his shoulder and leaving without a word. Gibbs waited a while before confirming that Tony had clocked out and had left the building. Then he went over to Tony's computer and turned it on. Password protected. What was Tony's password again? He frowned, thinking.

"What're you doing?" Abby's voice filtered through his thoughts. Gibbs looked up and saw Abby standing with her hands on her hips, looking angry. "Are you going through Tony's computer? Gibbs! Answer me!" she said angrily.

"Abs, it's late, go home," Gibbs said grumpily. He hated being caught, and by Abby no less.

"Nuh uh mister! What's so important that you decided to spy on Tony?" Abby asked, sitting down on the edge of Tony's desk.

"Go home Abs!" Gibbs growled.

"No," Abby said, crossing her arms over her chest. "You better tell me Gibbs, or I will go down to my lab and block your access codes!" Abby growled. Gibbs knew that was bad and sighed, pushing back from the desk. "So? What's the problem?" Abby asked.

"He talks to you, right?" Gibbs asked. Abby frowned, but nodded. "What's gotten into him lately?" Gibbs asked.

"You mean the fact that he's overly positive and loosing weight fast?" Abby asked. Gibbs raised both eyebrows, surprised. "Not my place to tell, but Ducky will tell you when it's time to act. I'm surprised you haven't tried going through his computer before," Abby continued. Gibbs frowned. "Gibbs I really can't say anything, I don't know all of it, and even if I did, I pinkie sweared that I wouldn't say anything," Abby looked guiltily at Gibbs.

"I need to know what's going on with him so I can fix it," Gibbs said. Abby sighed.

"You can't just 'fix' this Gibbs, trust me on that one. At least he's talking to Ducky now, which is more than he did a month ago," Abby said.

"Month ago?" Gibbs questioned. It was Abby's turn to look surprised.

"You didn't notice? Gibbs sometime's you're really dense! You're an investigator! Gibbs seriously, think about how he's been. What he's eaten..." Abby let the rest hang in the air.

"So he eats less, th..." Gibbs stopped, thinking about it. The last two weeks he hadn't really seen Tony eat ANYTHING. He looked up at Abby and Abby looked away, nodding with a sigh. "You mean to tell me Tony's anorexic?" Gibbs asked. Abby kept her eyes on the floor, refusing to look up. "What brought THAT on?" Gibbs asked.

"You," Abby looked at him. "The team. Everyone. He's been teetering on the edge of a major breakdown, so he coped the only way he knew."

"By not eating?" Gibbs asked. Abby nodded. "How the hell is THAT supposed to push away a breakdown?" Gibbs growled. Abby shrugged.

"You'd have to ask Tony. Oh...uh, don't let him know that you know. Just...let him cope, okay? At least until Ducky says it's time for more...forcefull actions to be taken," Abby flushed red, a color not many people saw on her. She stood up. "I need to go, I've already said too much. By the way, Tony has a secret weapon on his keyboard. He spray's it and checks if it's been disturbed during the night. You're busted," Abby said, grinned, and left. Gibbs looked down on his hands and the keyboard. Damnit! Outsmarted! Well, he might as well just do it then, if Tony was going to know anyway. Knowledge is power. That was the password! Gibbs snorted to himself, only Tony could choose a password like that. He was met by the bakground picture of a woman in a bunnysuit. He tilted his head to the right.

"How the hell does she do that?" Gibbs muttered to himself and blinked, shaking his head a little. he klicked on the 'm1ndyr0wnbsn3ss' file, not understanding what it meant and was met by a personal journal. Gibbs frowned as he noticed the dates. He klicked on a date, three weeks back.

"Don't know how much longer I can stay. He's being a total ass, giving me the most shitty jobs even though he knows I could get more information out of people. Overheard him telling McGee that he would make Senior Field Agent status soon, which means he has no use for an illiterate jock like me. I'm brawns, McGee is brains."

"I'll be damned," Gibbs said quietly. He'd only intended to make McGee willing to learn more. It seemed like the learning curve had flattened out for the Junior Agent, and he wanted to spur him on. Tony had obviously not heard the rest of what he'd said. He had told McGee he would make Senior Field Agent status soon if he were on someone else's team. That he expected McGee to learn from Tony and accept the fact that Tony was better at getting information than he was, that McGee relied too much on the technology and needed to learn how to trust his instincts. Gibbs klicked on another date, a week ago.

"Kate's nagging me about food. It makes me sick to even think about food. Ducky's nagging me about not eating and Kate complains that I eat too loud. McGee says my munching makes him sick so I cut out the last apple. Abby of course makes me eat the damn apple when I'm in her lab so I kind of stopped going to her. Gibbs is pissed all the time and I just can't deflect like I used to. Got a job offer from Fornell again, I said no, but he left it open, and I said I'll consider it. It's time to move on anyway."

"DiNozzo!" Gibbs growled to himself, his heart thudding in his chest as he opened today's date.

"That's it. I've had enough. I already sent him the damn file once today and he didn't even look at it. He didn't give me anything else to do so I talked with Candy from accounting to tell her I had changed bankaccounts when he snapped at me to send him the damn file -AGAIN- and I had to break off the talk. He just yells at me for no reason! I can't fucking do this anymore! I haven't slept an entire night for three months and I can't eat without hearing him chastisise me. But then again, my father was always right. I'm a big fat nothing."

Gibbs clicked it away and turned off the computer. He swallowed hard. He'd been too rough with Tony. Driven him over the edge. Tony had always been a master of undercover work and this wasn't that different. Whenever he'd been seeing red, Tony would always calm him down, but even Tony had his limit's. He debated going to see him when the elevator dinged.

"Boss? What're you doing at my desk?" Tony asked.

Busted.

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AN: So yes, another story. Only that this one is already completed and is taking up space on my computer so I thought I'd just post it here :) One chapter a day, it's five chapters total. No flames, but constructive critisism and happy thoughts are appreciated :) It's dark and angsty but beware of fluffbunnies. They may suddenly appear ;D Enjoy :D BTW: Crazy stalker person problem is solved. I kicked his ass :D (oh, and at the end? Oneshot's, connected with the story :D )