Thanks Shell. And yeah, this was the chapter where it all started to slowly go wrong and we saw the cracks that all that hot sex had been papering over. Like Gibbs said - it was just too *easy*. The safe word is a huge issue - although perhaps not in the way people expect. I'd never let Gibbs go too far physically because I think he's a good judge of body language and knows when Tony has had enough. But all the same, he does need to know Tony will say it, just in order to be able to trust Tony - so it's a complicated issue.

And I'm so glad you mentioned Gibbs sharing his boat time! He really is *trying* in this relationship, bless him!