Disclaimer: I don't own these characters and unfortunately don't make money from my writing. This story is for entertainment purposes only, no copyright infringement is intended.

The idea for this little ficlet came before I saw Hiatus Part 2. Everything that happens in the episode happens in this story, except Gibbs doesn't resign. Since we never saw the Director or Ducky tell the rest of the team about Shannon and Kelly, I'm going to assume they don't know yet. I plan on addressing that in a future story. Thanks go out to my beta, Rinkle, who gives me lovely feedback and corrects my punctuation.