I love that you get rambly! I adore long bits of feedback and this fic has been truly wonderful for that! I'm loving the convos people are having -- with each other as well as me. Some of the insights are brilliant.

Yes to Tony and Gibbs being yin/yang in their own way - that's totally how I see them. It's only once they're together that they start being a force to be reckoned with. Tony couldn't bust the fighting ring on his own without Gibbs, and Gibbs couldn't escape without Tony...but put them both together...and Walid really HAD better watch out!