Fic: Possibilities (M7/NCIS) All
Title: Possibilities
Claim: Vin Tanner (Magnificent 7)
Fandoms: Magnificent 7/NCIS
Prompt: 002 - Middles
Summary: Vin angsts over joining Chris' team.
Follows Impromptu Meetings.
Table
Vin paces restlessly as he waits for Ducky to pick up his phone. Ever since he’d tried to pick Ducky’s pocket just over ten years ago Ducky had been a prominent figure in his life. He’d consulted Ducky when he’d considered joining the army, and when he’d considered quitting because he didn’t trust his unit to watch his back anymore.
Ducky hadn’t thought bounty hunting was the best choice, because he wouldn’t have anyone at all to watch his back, but he’d supported Vin. Vin knew he’d never be able to fully express what Ducky’s unconditional acceptance and support meant to him.
“Dr. Donald Mallard,” Ducky’s familiar accented voice says finally.
“Ducky,” Vin breathes, extremely grateful that he’s managed to reach the older man. That wasn’t always the case, especially when the ME was working on a body.
“Kevin, has something happened?” Ducky asks, clearly worried.
“I was offered a job,” Vin tells him, feeling inordinately stupid for being so anxious. “With the ATF,” he adds belatedly.
“That’s wonderful. Are you going to accept?”
“I… I don’t know. I want to, but…”
“It might not be like last time,” Ducky suggests reassuringly.
“I know. He… They seem like good people.”
“If you did take the job and things didn’t work out?” Ducky asks and Vin knows that Ducky’s leading him somewhere with the question. Despite appearances, Ducky is an exceptionally perceptive man and every question he asks or story he tells is relevant in some way. It just takes patience to reach the eventual point.
“I guess if it doesn’t work out I could quit, go back to bounty hunting. Wouldn’t be the end of the world, I suppose,” he says finally, even if he doesn’t want to think about another team letting him down, or making the decision to trust them and having it thrown back in his face.
“And if you didn’t take the job?”
“I’d wonder,” Vin says. “I’d think that this could have been my chance and I didn’t take it.” They’re quiet for a long time and Vin’s just grateful that Ducky’s there, that he’d always be there, when Vin needs him. It makes Vin think he can do anything, can survive anything. “I think I’ll take the job.”
“Good luck,” Ducky tells him, and Vin can hear that he’s pleased. “I’m sure everything will be fine.”
“Thanks Ducky,” Vin says, and he’s making plans to call Chris and tell him that he’s accepting the job.
Claim: Vin Tanner (Magnificent 7)
Fandoms: Magnificent 7/NCIS
Prompt: 002 - Middles
Summary: Vin angsts over joining Chris' team.
Follows Impromptu Meetings.
Table
Vin paces restlessly as he waits for Ducky to pick up his phone. Ever since he’d tried to pick Ducky’s pocket just over ten years ago Ducky had been a prominent figure in his life. He’d consulted Ducky when he’d considered joining the army, and when he’d considered quitting because he didn’t trust his unit to watch his back anymore.
Ducky hadn’t thought bounty hunting was the best choice, because he wouldn’t have anyone at all to watch his back, but he’d supported Vin. Vin knew he’d never be able to fully express what Ducky’s unconditional acceptance and support meant to him.
“Dr. Donald Mallard,” Ducky’s familiar accented voice says finally.
“Ducky,” Vin breathes, extremely grateful that he’s managed to reach the older man. That wasn’t always the case, especially when the ME was working on a body.
“Kevin, has something happened?” Ducky asks, clearly worried.
“I was offered a job,” Vin tells him, feeling inordinately stupid for being so anxious. “With the ATF,” he adds belatedly.
“That’s wonderful. Are you going to accept?”
“I… I don’t know. I want to, but…”
“It might not be like last time,” Ducky suggests reassuringly.
“I know. He… They seem like good people.”
“If you did take the job and things didn’t work out?” Ducky asks and Vin knows that Ducky’s leading him somewhere with the question. Despite appearances, Ducky is an exceptionally perceptive man and every question he asks or story he tells is relevant in some way. It just takes patience to reach the eventual point.
“I guess if it doesn’t work out I could quit, go back to bounty hunting. Wouldn’t be the end of the world, I suppose,” he says finally, even if he doesn’t want to think about another team letting him down, or making the decision to trust them and having it thrown back in his face.
“And if you didn’t take the job?”
“I’d wonder,” Vin says. “I’d think that this could have been my chance and I didn’t take it.” They’re quiet for a long time and Vin’s just grateful that Ducky’s there, that he’d always be there, when Vin needs him. It makes Vin think he can do anything, can survive anything. “I think I’ll take the job.”
“Good luck,” Ducky tells him, and Vin can hear that he’s pleased. “I’m sure everything will be fine.”
“Thanks Ducky,” Vin says, and he’s making plans to call Chris and tell him that he’s accepting the job.