ZIBBS - 'Not too sweet, not too sour.'
Story: Not too sweet, not too sour.
Fandom: NCIS
Ship: Zibbs
Rating: M
Summary: Gibbs watches Ziva eat a bunch of strawberries and compares her to them.
Disclaimer: I do not own the show... sadly...
Chapter: 1/3
Not too sweet, not too sour.
Strawberries. They were just strawberries. It had never been a secret that she liked them and, even though he had hoped that her eating the small red berries wouldn't have that kind of effect on him, he slowly felt his appetite grow.
As she took another one of the berries, her slender fingers curling around the little fork, he couldn't help but imagine them curled around his - Don't even think it, Jethro! She's your agent, for Christs sake!.
Her lips slowly closed around the fruit and he wasn't sure if it was just his mind, that made her actions pass in slow motion, or if she had noticed the way he was looking at her and decided to have some fun with it. The only thing he was sure of was that his need grew by the minute.
Those beautiful red fruits - not too sweet, not too sour - reminded him of her.
Ziva David had always been a very strong, composed woman and to some men she might have seemed too complicated, too 'sour'. On the other hand she had always had a soft spot, for animals and kids, and even coworkers sometimes. It made her seem sweet - even though no one would ever voluntarily call her that to her face.
Some people thought her 'sour' side was stronger, some thought she had a much larger 'sweet' side hidden somewhere. To him, she was perfect the way she was. Not too sweet and not too sour.
When her lips curled around another strawberry - a slightly bigger one this time - he couldn't help but lick his own lips briefly. She couldn't have done a better job at seducing him, if she had tried.
He was watching her again, she noticed while picking up a small strawberry with her fork. Yesterday, she had been eating a kiwi, the day before it had been a banana, and no matter what fruit she brought to work, he always seemed to wanna eat them, too.
The look on his face was different from the way he usually looked at her. It was the look he usually had when going to Starbucks and getting coffee. It was the look that said: 'need coffee' or 'need food'. However, she had no idea yet, that his thoughts were more along the lines of 'need Ziva'.
The longing in his eyes made a familiar warmth wash over her, just as it had the days before. It was the kind of feeling that lately only came over her when it came to her boss and his icy blue eyes.
Somehow, she really wanted to extend that pleasure and began eating more slowly. She was not trying to be seductive and didn't think it would really work anyway, but the need she saw in his eyes seemed to grow with her every move.
Picking up the next strawberry, a bigger one this time, she noticed that he licked his lips. He obviously hadn't noticed that her movements had slowed, or maybe he didn't really care, but somehow every strawberry she ate from that point on made him not only lick his lips, but also let his tongue linger for a second.
It almost felt silly, playing with her boss like that. It wasn't his fault that he was hungry. She should really bring him his own box of fruits tomorrow.
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The next morning Ziva had had a craving for strawberries yet again. It might have been the fact that they were quite delicious, but for the most part she just wanted them, because they seemed to stirr the biggest reaction in her boss.
This time she had brought a second pack of strawberries, just for him, and she was looking forward to finding out once and for all, if he only longed for the strawberries or if there was a chance that he might be longing for her, too.