Tony stroked the child's hair and felt his own hair being stroked. He hugged the child tight and felt him become insubstantial, dissolving in his arms, merging with him.
This part was what hit me the most. There was Tony offering to Boy 43 what Gibbs was giving to Tony. Tony used his own calming method of the hand on hair to calm Boy 43. Gibbs hugged him close, so Tony hugged Boy 43 close.
You are right (even if I haven't read the end), this feels like that climax. What Tony needed to work through in order to start recovery.
Also, I believe Tony will have a lot of things to work out now that he's becoming 'whole' again. He will no longer be the Tony DiNozzo NCIS knows. He's going to change and he's going to have to deal with the change and those around him will have to deal with it too.
I also feel that Tony's recovery is also going to lead Gibbs on his own road to recovery. Gibbs has a room of ghosts like Tony, only his ghosts hurt him in a different way. Tony's ghost left him scared, angry, confused; Gibbs ghosts leave him heartbroken and lost. Gibbs can calm Tony while Tony can fill Gibbs' heart with a purpose. Huh, like I said in my "Being Gibbs" fic... two peas in separate pods. The outsides are different, but inside they need the same thing.
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Tony stroked the child's hair and felt his own hair being stroked. He hugged the child tight and felt him become insubstantial, dissolving in his arms, merging with him.
This part was what hit me the most. There was Tony offering to Boy 43 what Gibbs was giving to Tony. Tony used his own calming method of the hand on hair to calm Boy 43. Gibbs hugged him close, so Tony hugged Boy 43 close.
You are right (even if I haven't read the end), this feels like that climax. What Tony needed to work through in order to start recovery.
Also, I believe Tony will have a lot of things to work out now that he's becoming 'whole' again. He will no longer be the Tony DiNozzo NCIS knows. He's going to change and he's going to have to deal with the change and those around him will have to deal with it too.
I also feel that Tony's recovery is also going to lead Gibbs on his own road to recovery. Gibbs has a room of ghosts like Tony, only his ghosts hurt him in a different way. Tony's ghost left him scared, angry, confused; Gibbs ghosts leave him heartbroken and lost. Gibbs can calm Tony while Tony can fill Gibbs' heart with a purpose. Huh, like I said in my "Being Gibbs" fic... two peas in separate pods. The outsides are different, but inside they need the same thing.