#looking at you peta

[hes-a-plant]

Man I’m so sick of the polarization surrounding leather.

I only recently learned that different tanning methods can (maybe???) affect how biodegradable leather is, but I’m having way too much trouble trying to find more info on this.

Half of the search results are “look at our vegetable tanned leather it’s so much better than the nasty chromium tanned leather you should totally buy it!!1!1!” And the other half are “I don’t care about how you tan the leather because leather is murder and evil.”

I really should not have to go on Google scholar for something as simple as this.

That’s not an accessible source of information for a lot of people, both because of paywalls and because a certain level of background knowledge is assumed.

[royalarchivist]

Maxo: I haven't received an answer. Is there no one else on the island? Is it only us and The Federation?

How are we going to find answers about this mysterious island? This island, with a challenging but beautiful landscape, has pushed us to find out what hides in its depths.

With each sunrise our hopes to find life signs beyond our little community vanish... leaving a void in our souls. This is the story of people obligated to stay on an island looking for answers and a path or the truth... in the midst of an enigma that seems endless.

As days pass by, our courage and determination are being tested by the challenges of the island revealing secrets that threaten our view of reality.

The members of the Federation, an enigmatic and almighty organization, seem to be the only ones who possess any information about this place.

But their intentions and loyalty-

[Subscriber TTS plays]

Silence!

But their intentions and loyalty are questionable. Will they guide us to the truth? Or will they guide us further into the abyss of the unknown?

[minecraftdog]

no they do not. if they go there, twt will crucify sylvee. that place exploits animals and has questionable practices and animal abuse. not only should no one go but twt has already attacked a stan for going they would go after sylvee.

hi!

I'm actually a biologist and a supporter of zoos and animal parks that are rescuing animals and protecting endangered species in good living conditions. so I decided to look at what is it with gatorland:

- the whole controversy comes from this peta article from 2022 that presents 10 Worst Venues Exploiting Alligators for Entertainment across the USA and mentions the very important fact of reptiles often being held in awful living conditions mostly because of their bad reputation. they really want to pull at our heart strings with it though:

the gatorland is on the last 10th last place of the list :

with the main cause of concern being bad living conditions and that are, as they mention, still not very restrictive for reptiles and the alligators wrestling

- from wikipedia we can learn that the alligators in the park are rescues that would've been killed if didn't get bought by the park:

which I know is a pretty bad excuse, but the fact that from all the places in Florida where the rescued alligators could end up, gatorland being the last one on the peta's list starts looking a bit better

- when it comes alligator wrestling there's this vice article form 2017 that, while being definitely bias and presenting the issue from a perspective I don't really agree with, showcases that the alligator wrestling is much much more complicated:

I'm completely not equipped to talk about native american's issues but it seems like alligator wrestling = bad isn't as obvious as it would seem.

In conclusion, there is a lot of nuance to this case, about which I know people on twitter absolutely do not care. I would absolutely wish for all the animals to be treated as they deserve and for the laws to be more restrictive. the reptiles are incredible animals and I'm happy someone is saving them form farms for meat and skin, because, really, that's for most of the zoos and animal parks are for.

[eorzeashan]

i'm gonna say it. white people care more about perceived mistreatment of "innocent" animals to treating other human beings with decency and respect and use it as an excuse to flex their imagined moral superiority every time

[maroononthemoon]

"ARA stands for animal rights activists and that is *wild caricature not actually based in reality*"

"Think PETA *an organization that cares more about money than anything else and most actual activists do not support, and even then you have to parrot literal meat industry propaganda to make them sound more unequivocally evil than they already are* that's what the typical ARA believes"

I am so sick of seeing these posts reblogged by otherwise intelligent people who advocate critical thinking and social justice in every context except apparently animals.

This is what climate deniers and the oil industry did to environmental activists. Do you realize that? Spread lies to paint the movement as unhinged and ridiculous and dangerous. Create a boogeyman to make the industry look better than it is and make everyone else who at least acknowledges the harms of the industry feel better about not doing anything about it because 'at least you're not like those crazy activists' right?

You don't have to be a vegan. You don't have to be an activist. But please for the love of fuck, stop swallowing and spreading bullshit. Stop going out of your way to undermine a movement you can't be assed to actually learn about.

[disordersgirl]

peta ad event thousands dead and injured

[swampfawn]

Peta ads have that unique, distinct quality of fetish porn from the depths beyond hell

[deandraxon]

Sorry to hear you've had a bad experience with a vegan. No one should ever act like an asshole and you have all the rights to complain. I'd just like to say one thing - all vegans are automatically victims of this stereotype of being 'annoying' people who 'force their lifestyle onto others', so to reinforce this idea because of some bad experiences only contributes to the hate that a lot of kind vegans don't deserve. Again, it's okay to complain and I hope that that vegan person you're talking about will chill, but I think it's also important to not condemn a whole group because of few individuals, you know?

I promise you that most people understand that the very loud, annoying group of vegans do not represent all vegans.

People generally don’t actually have a problem with vegan people, as long as they aren’t forcing their lifestyle or attacking people. And most rational, good people will judge people for their own actions, and not by someone else’s.

You do have to remember that stereotypes exist for a reason. Instead of being upset with the people complaining about people talking about their experience with the stereotypical vegans, maybe be upset with said stereotypical vegans. They’re the problem, not the people screaming into the void on Tumblr dot com.

[shallowrambles]

But Cas is complicated.

He is 100% behind hunting; he admires it; he thinks it's a good thing because he has chosen to center his sense of morality from that human hunter perspective. Could he have chosen bugs? Yes. Cows? Sure. Angels and Gods? Hell yeah. But he chooses hunter humans because his chosen spouse fambly is hunter human and it's easier to assimilate with them for his own satisfaction that way.)

He knows it's selfish, too. He grapples with that in season 10 and ultimately STILL chooses to work with Hannah to scoop up other angels and deny them the chance to live lives for themselves on Earth.) The hypocrisy is painful and lovely.

Lily Sunder's kid is just ONE of the innocent humans Cas has slaughtered over his very, VERY long life.

It's highly suggested that angels can eat souls, if they choose to (Grigori, other demigods). Cas ate Purgatory souls for funsies in a story arc that focused on overconsumption. It's a frightening fact that lives in the margins. Dean snd Jack become soul bombs. Cas and other angels eat them, same as Amara does. It's horrifying. Side note: Amara abd Jack can eat angels; they're even higher level predators.

But anyway, compared to being an angel, Cas sees hunting as a quaint, honorable, acceptable level of warriordom, and that's what he wants for Jack. He wants Jack to be a human, a hunter. He even compliments him on being a hunter (in 14x05 I think, with the witch necklace and the girl). When Jack loses his Humanity, that's a Bad Thing. Cas wants Jack nestled at the human level of hierarchy so that his power covers them..

Cas lip-services angels as Bad but uses His angelic connections and powers at every turn because he feels Entitled to use them for his own goals. He even feels Entitled to demand Heaven help him look for Jack. Cas will beat up a guard and break into Heaven if they don't let him in. That is, Cas will reject Heaven AND expect them to help him when he needs it. That's so...fambly of him. I love it.

In one of the Tombstone scripts, Cas feels frustrated that "everyone in heaven has a different idea of right and wrong." And just...it almost sounds like he is frustrated that not everyone in his family sees right and wrong as HE does. (It's why Cas can sink into being an Authoritarian at his worst.) He recognizes that empathy helps humans feel what is right and wrong, but he's very jaded about angel wars and politics. He assumes the worst of them. It makes me think so much of the notion of "women and children first" in many moralistic tales. That somehow, indiscriminate killing is fine but punching down, that is, killing "women and children" is somehow uniquely immoral. That's how Cas conceptualizes humanity for a large portion of the story. (Gabe, too. That is, he woobifies them a bit and gives them this cherished, pedestal-like status. He holds their sense of morality in high esteem, unlike the morality of the brutish gods and angels.)

He does not push Jack towards his angelic status at all, to the detriment of both himself and Jack. You can see this push-pull SO well in the AU!Zacahariah-Jack conversations, as well as AU!Michael-Jack chats. Even though Cas tacitly disapproves of Jack acting like an angel...until very, very, VERY late in the game, Cas conversely feels like Jack is entitled to utilizing the angel/godlike powers for Good (TM). Jack must wield angelic powers for the good of the universe, but that goodness needs to be centered on humanity. It must not punch down. That's hard on Jack...and confusing.

We get a glimmer of Cas's relationship to his angelic status with Donatello, and Meredith's script of that beautifully engages with Cas's notions of pretending to be something he's not for Dean's sake. Piggybacking on her view, if Cas engages with Jack's angelic-ness, soullessness, then he has to engage with his own! And if he does that, he faces how fundamentally incompatible he is with his loved ones, which is...horrible.

Anyway, I just think it's neat and messy. That Cas's locus of morality was originally located SO MUCH HIGHER. And now, all that's really changed for him is that the morality is located lower in the cosmic hierarchy. In a sense that's what God commanded, to love and woobify humans. Cas doesn't blink at slaughtering pigs, cows, etc. and neither will he really blink at slaughtering monsters, Others than rise to the level of Threat, etc. Being an angel is just doing that on a larger scale, without as many human hangups, and the hunters' issues with it are largely just their instincts and just...FEELING that frightening, frightening difference. It's why the scene in Absence is a scene of Mary admitting she's afraid of Cas.

It's why seeing a demon in Jack's body hurt so much. He finally understood the pain deeply. It's also why he didn't explode or react in an unhinged way, because he knows that he's done the same. It's constantly on his mind, even in season 14 when he chats to Jody. ("I took a parent from her.") Cas knows and is constantly self-shaming for his hypocrisy. With each passing year, his past actions grow more horrific in his head.

This is why Cas doesn't go nuclear with grief when Jack dies. He understands his own hypocrisy in even having the gall to grieve. And that's tied to his self loathing and shame.

[pojkflata]

*Grabs you by the shoulders, digging my nails into your skin* The reason PETA campaigns look like fetish art is not just as a cheap attention grab but also because they're ecofascists who operate on the wisdom of repugnance. They know they can no longer directly target fat and autistic people the way they did in the 2000s so they've shifted gears to grossing people out with kink imagery, a tried and true tool of the fascist. The intended message is that all human/animal interactions, including pet ownership, are innately sexual, degenerate and ought to be punished. They are no different than the red senator who uses photoshopped images of children petting dudes in pup hoods to drum up support for the death penalty of openly trans people "child predators". The nature of PETA's campaigns may be absurd and their goals may be deeply unpopular, but make no mistake, they are cut from the same cloth and boiling it down to "haha I would the MILF hucow" is exactly how they want people who don't ascribe to their ideology to react

[bogleech]

I have to say it does make me really depressed and even more worried for the future that any human being is actually capable of thinking we should eliminate all forms of violence from all wild animal species. The first time I saw someone saying this I thought they were satirizing PETA or something, inventing an extreme conclusion to animal rights as a joke. Now I know it's a real philosophical movement increasingly popular with a bunch of rich tech people who go around giving speeches at universities about how we should just flood the natural world with GMO's to try and "herbivorize predators," wipe out all parasites, cure all disease, eliminate aging and remove just all forms of pain or even competition from all ecosystems. "But that will just DESTROY those ecosystems" you say. Yeah they know and they want that too. They call nature things like "The Darwinian House of Horrors" and dream of a future where the entire planet is a tightly controlled, deathless biotech zoo. "But we shouldn't worry because that's impossible anyway" yes, yes it is, but it's entirely possible to release genetically altered organisms into the wild and these people already talk about "starting small" with CRISPR experimentation. There's already corporations testing GM mosquitoes that can't bite anymore. As soon as any of these fuckoffs get access to enough money and backing they're going to attempt that with an eagle or a shark or a big cat, and they're probably going to find out the hard way that their idea won't work the way they want it to but in the meantime they'll quite possibly cause an extinction or two, and then they're going to just keep trying it again. This is in their little ted talks and thinkpieces. They think everything's already doomed anyway and that if they accidentally wipe out a species it just won't matter because extinctions are natural and at least that species is no longer suffering. They call their movement things like "compassionate biology" and "effective altruism," in case you're wondering what to look out for. They've got all sorts of web communities for it, like this one. but before you go thinking they're just animal rights fanatics, DON'T WORRY! They do in fact include humans in their plans! They think gene editing should also be put towards the eradication of all disability, neurodivergence, or maybe even "capacity for cruelty" in humans! They sit around wanking all day about their eugenicist dream zombie utopia :) :) :) did I mention lots of them are actually rich with actual corporate and academic connections lololol

[rock-internationals]

Lash Princess False Lash Effect Mascara | Gluten & Cruelty Free

[cabotwife]

Can you do a Johanna mason x fem reader grumpy x sunshine and it’s katniss and petas as first time meeting but sunshine x grump not abuser x sunshine. I feel like Johanna would be kind to her gf

thank you for the request! i hope this is up to your standards?

You Are My Sunshine

Johanna Mason x Fem!Reader

warnings: slightly hinted ADHD coded reader, ooc Peeta(?)

word count: 661 (sorry it's short i had a hard time figuring out where to go with it)

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the pure smile on your face is inerasable as you follow behind your girlfriend, your hand interlocked with hers as you both leave the training center.

"Johanna! hey!" a voice calls out, breaking the tranquil silence that had surrounded the two of you. Johanna turns around, your hand slipping from hers as you both pivot to face the source of the voice.

a short blonde boy approaches the both of you, with a slightly taller dark-haired girl trailing not too far behind him. you recognize them as Katniss and Peeta from last year’s games.

Johanna raises an eyebrow at the pair, her gaze primarily fixed on the boy. "what do you want?" she asks, her voice laced with a hint of skepticism as she crosses her arms over her chest.

the blonde’s cheeks turn a subtle shade of pink as he stammers, "just wanted to talk about being allies." the statement leaves his mouth as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. "you seemed pretty fond of the idea yesterday-" his voice trails off as his gaze shifts to the other woman, who is now squinting at him.

your chuckle escapes you at the sight of her expression, drawing all eyes onto you. as you notice their stares, a blush tints your cheeks. "hi.." you mumble, your eyes flitting up to meet Johanna’s.

“you want to be allies with us?” Johanna redirects the attention back onto her, and you, overwhelmed by the sudden attention, bounce on the balls of your feet, your eyes darting around the hallway as you look for something else to focus on.

“us?” Katniss questions, her eyebrow raised.

Johanna lets out a frustrated groan, "us." she motions between you and her. but you remain distracted, your attention diverted as you watch Finnick and Mags leave the training room. "y/n." Johanna interrupts your thoughts, placing her hand on your shoulder and pulling your attention back to her.

you turn your head to look at her, a playful smile dancing on your lips. "hmm?"

Johanna chuckles at your reaction, following your gaze over to where you were previously staring. "go," she instructs, motioning for you to leave.

Katniss furrows her eyebrows as Johanna shoos you away.

“thank you, babyy,” you drawl out, leaning up to press a gentle peck to her lips before darting off towards your best friend.

Peeta is left staring at Johanna, his mouth slightly agape.

Johanna turns back to the two of them, irritation painting her features. “what?” she snaps.

“nothing!” Peeta quickly defends, his hands raised in surrender as he locks eyes with the taller woman.

rolling her eyes, Johanna lets out a groan, pinching the bridge of her nose in frustration. “yeah, we can be allies.” she finally concedes, crossing her arms as she once again meets their gaze.

Johanna, caught in the middle of an uncomfortable silence, carefully scrutinizes the two figures standing before her. neither Peeta nor Katniss utters a single word, a thick tension hanging in the air between them. she narrows her eyes slightly, pursing her lips in an obvious sign of annoyance.

after what feels like an eternity, she finally releases a heavy sigh, her voice dripping with sarcastic humor as she says, "well, this has been a great talk. enlightening, really." she adds an exaggerated raise of her eyebrows for good measure. "now, if you'll excuse me," she continues, her tone shifting to something more sincere, "i need to catch up with my girlfriend." without giving them the chance to respond, she swiftly walks past them, her boots clicking against the hard floor as she heads in your direction. 

you, meanwhile, are standing a little way off, engaged in an animated conversation with Finnick. the sight of her approaching brings a smile to your face, a stark contrast to the slightly dumbfounded expressions she leaves behind on the faces of Peeta and Katniss, who are still standing in the hallway, processing the interaction.

[strongermonster]

wore a sweater similar to this one today to a workshop for teens i was helping run

huge fucking mistake. highlights from the roasting:

"oh shit, everybody hide their cookies!"

"hey if you're looking for sesame street, this ain't it"

"somebody call PETA and get this bitch cancelled, they poached the cookie monster"

"do they pay you to do stuff like this? "yeah?" "...in cookies?"

one kid pretended to get a phone call and told me it was jim henson's lawyers suing me for copyright infringement

one kid also asked me if i was gay and when i said yeah he said ":/ i can tell"

😂😭

nothing like a pack of 16 year olds to keep you humble about how you dress <3

[shikai-the-storyteller]

Who is Vegetta?

Had to wait until my hands stopped shaking for this one, I love Vegetta so much. He was recently — miraculously — announced for the QSMP, so here's a rundown for English fans of both who he is and his lore. 

Vegetta777 is a Spanish Youtuber who is one of, if not THE biggest pillar of the Spanish community. He's been doing content for over 15 years now.

He's the creator of the Karmaland series, which he started when he was around Quackity's age.

I cannot emphasize enough: Vegetta doesn't do series or events or tournaments EVER, so him accepting the invitation is a huge deal. This was his exact commentary on it:

Vegetta: Quackity me invitó hace tiempo y le dije que no suelo entrar a series que yo puedo controlar, pero le he dado ese voto de confianza, además le pregunté como sería la serie porque no quería nada competitivo y quackity me dijo que no me preocupara por nada. [...] Si yo confíe en quackity y él confío en mi para Karmaland pues yo le doy ese voto de confianza para esta serie que está haciendo y además se le veía emocionado al chaval, si te soy sincero, Quackity el hijo de Rubius de cierto modo Translation: Quackity invited me a while ago and I told him that I don't usually enter series that I can't control, but I have given him that vote of confidence, I also asked him how the series would be because I didn't want anything competitive, and Quackity told me not to worry about anything (does this confirm QSMP is an RP server? 🤔) [...] If I trust Quackity and he trusts me for Karmaland, well, I give him that vote of confidence for this series he's doing. And also the boy looked excited, if I'm honest, Quackity's the son of Rubius in a certain way. (🥺💕)

Vegetta is very fond of Quackity after interacting with him in Karmaland 5, and he's spoken multiple times about how much Quackity's impressed him. He also said Quackity will be bigger than him someday :') He's very supportive of the new generation, and he spoke highly of Spreen today too.

Vegetta is one of the most talented Minecraft builders out there, and he's fast

While most of the other Karmaland boys were still living in basic houses, Vegetta built a CASTLE within a super short time

Vegetta loves cats. In Karmaland he had an entire cat rescue with 50+ cats (and yes, he’s named every single one of them). IRL, he shares lots of adorable cat photos and videos. 

His skin, like his name, is based on the Dragon Ball character Vegeta. Vegetta777 is basically the yassified version of Vegeta (just like Phil is the yassified version of Uruhara).

In Karmaland 5, Vegetta was a bit of a wizard, and he had a flock of crows / ravens (remind you of anyone?) 

Vegetta is sometimes called "the father of Minecraft", so many people (myself included) are ESPECIALLY excited to see him and Phil interact because they have a lot of similarities.

Vegetta is one of the heroes of Karmaland and the unofficial leader of their group. In terms of lore, he's essentially a demigod / minor god, though it's not as direct as Sapo  Peta's contact with them.

Vegetta is typically a staunch rule-follower, however, since he's not in control of the series, he said: "I feel like Rubius: 'Let's see what I can do to destroy everything, let's look for all the legal loopholes,' get ready Quackity, I'm the new Rubius!" (LMAO)

Vegetta’s the king of “stay in your own lane” he never gets into drama or gets involved in controversies, he just watches the dumpster fires from the sidelines like the rest of us

He almost never wears a shirt in the series (and honestly? Good for him)

His character is also, canonically, absolutely shredded

It's impossible to talk about Vegetta's lore without also talking about Rubius, so buckle in because this one's a doozy. I can't cover everything without this post becoming longer than it already is, but I'll do my best to summarize what I can:

Starting with Karmaland 4 and continuing into Karmaland 5 and beyond, Rubius and Vegetta have created the world's most torturous slow-burn telenovela-esque love story.

Rubegetta (Rubius x Vegetta) is the most popular Karmaland ship that, to some extent, has become an inside joke between the boys and the community. I'll elaborate on this more in Rubius' post.

To simplify years and years of lore and drama, Rubius and Vegetta love each other, but they are incapable of being in an actual relationship. I've talked about it in depth before, but Vegetta said it best in this metaphor-filled exchange with Sapo Peta and Willy: Sapo Peta: I wanted to ask you about your relationship with that Rubius guy. Vegetta: Oh, yes well Rubius likes to be with me a lot, but at the same time he likes to snack everywhere, and he never finishes eating the morcilla (blood sausage). Sapo Peta: So he rejects you? Vegetta: It's not that he rejects me, it's that it doesn't finish clearing up, you know? We could say that our relationship is like a hamburger. WiIIy: You prepare it and he doesn't eat it. Vegetta: Exactly, he doesn't finish you know?

Or, as another person phrased it:

The fault doesn't just lie with Rubius however; Vegetta himself can be pretty oblivious.

In Karmaland 4, despite the fact Rubius and Vegetta had a kid together and got married, it still didn't resolve anything. As soon as the vows were said and they were married, Rubius revealed it was all just a ploy to get Vegetta's diamonds and immediately asked for a divorce.

You can watch a translated animation of the entire wedding here.

In Karmaland 5, after deciding he'd had enough of Rubius' BS, Vegetta decided to marry someone else (Lolito), but Rubius burst in at the last moment to stop the wedding. We all thought he'd finally confess his love and stop being so emotionally constipated, but instead he proposed to Lolito solely so Vegetta would remain single. (They're a mess, what can I say)

To quote a meme shared by another Spanish fan, Vegetta's reaction to that was basically: “You don’t want me to be with you, and you don’t want me to be with someone else. How miserable do I have to be for you to be happy?”

I do want to emphasize that even though Rubius and Vegetta sometimes have relationship issues / communication issues, it doesn’t diminish their friendship in the slightest. Even after both wedding disasters, they were back to speaking to each other the next week, being flirty and laughing together. Yes, they have issues, but their love for each other remains – despite everything.

(I should also note here that, even while engaged to Lolito, Vegetta was still flirty with Rubius).

Vegetta is very close friends with Luzu, who supported him during the fallout from both failed marriages.

In Karmaland 4, Rubius and Vegetta had a son named Brayan Dobluque (a mix of both their names).

There's too much Rubegetta lore for me to cover everything, but Glay has a massive thread of translated Rubegetta clips I highly recommend watching if you'd like more context.

One clip I recommend is the Meteor date, which is one of the few instances where Rubius is honest vis-à-vis his emotions with Vegetta.

As a whole, their friendship / relationship is a romcom novela for sure, but sometimes they'll catch you off-guard with some romantic BS that'll make your heart ache. They really do love each other; they just don't know how to commit.

Vegetta is bi! (Both real life Vegetta and character Vegetta). Pretty much every single character in Karmaland is on the ‘ol rainbow spectrum somewhere.

Lore aside, I feel like Vegetta, and pretty much all the Karmaland boys in general, have the least machismo (toxic masculinity) I've ever seen. They're all genuinely sweet guys who aren't afraid to be flirty and play gay characters in their queer little telenovela Minecraft series. (With the exception of Willy, who we like to joke is the "token straight friend"). Vegetta's a cool guy, and he's a great addition to the QSMP. I'm excited for you all to meet him!

Other info posts:

Who is Sapo Peta? | Who is Luzu? | Who is Spreen?

[thebeast-dennis-etcetera]

Dream Fever

Gibbs X Reader One-Shot

Prompt: You have a dirty dream about Gibbs and try to play it cool.

Mentions: Sexual acts, death

Mostly angst/tension/no smut

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Anxiously, you tap your pencil on your desk, grabbing the attention of Bishop and McGee.

“Y/N? You good? You’ve been pretty distracted all morning,” McGee asked, concerned.

“Yeah I’m fine. Just a little too much coffee I guess.”

Except you weren’t fine. You were busy replaying last nights dream in your head. The dream that included a certain grey haired agent. The reason for the dream?

It could’ve been the way you saw Gibbs interrogate your suspect yesterday. Or the way he walked into a room like it was a runway show. Regardless, it was keeping you from doing your job correctly and you weren’t sure you’d even be able to look your boss in the eyes today.

“Grab your gear. Dead Naval officer in Norfolk,” Gibbs spoke, walking into the bullpen and grabbing things from his desk. Quickly, you grabbed your bag and practically raced into the elevator before anyone else could accompany you, let alone Gibbs.

You chose to sit in the back seat with Bishop on the car ride there but couldn’t help but steal glances at Gibbs through the rear view window. He only caught you looking twice, both times, you immediately looked out the window, a redness forming at your cheeks.

“Hey, what’s up with you,” Bishop asked as you two walked toward the crime scene, McGee and Gibbs walking ahead, out of ear shot. You were pretty close with Bishop, you two sharing a lot of commonalities so you decided to tell her.

“I had a dream about Gibbs last night and it won’t leave my head.”

Her jaw dropped and she had to keep herself from laughing out loud.

“Shut up Ellie. It’s not funny. I can’t even look at him in the eye.”

“You’re right, I’m sorry. But why Gibbs? Is he your type?”

“I don’t know. Something about his tough yet caring exterior just seems to do something for me. You know I’m into older men.”

“True. What was the dream about?”

“Well he called me into the elevator for some reason and then did the whole stopping it in between floors. There wasn’t much talking but a lot of kissing and-

“Hey! You two done gossiping over there?!” Gibbs yelled, causing the both of you to rush over. He gave you a stare that you completely avoided by staring at the floor and eventually walked over to the cop that called in the death.

“So you said you there was a witness that might’ve saw the suspect fleeing?” You asked.

“Yeah, she said it was a guy wearing a black hoodie and jeans. Didn’t get a good look at his face though.”

Just as you were about to ask another question, you felt the presence of Gibbs standing right beside you, overwhelming your senses and making you completely lose your train of thought.

“Where is she so we can ask her a few questions,” he asked for you.

“Getting checked by the EMT’s. I guess your guy also tried attacking her as well once she saw him.”

You followed behind Gibbs, appreciating that runway walk he had and let him do all the talking with the witness as you just wrote everything down and occasionally gave him a once over.

Back at the squad room, you all began gathering all of your evidence when you found something interesting.

“Hey McGee. What non profit did you say our Petty Officer donated to?”

“Um, just WWF and PETA once a month. Why?”

“Well I was looking through his financial records and found a reoccurring payment starting in July to a Riker Humanitarian Organization.”

Both McGee and Gibbs came over but Gibbs decided to lean over your shoulder to get a better look at the computer screen, hand supporting himself right beside yours. You never really noticed how big his hands were until now and found yourself staring at them, remembering how they caressed and squeezed your body in your dream.

“Y/N? What am I looking at?” Gibbs asked slightly irritated as you snapped out of it. You clicked on the payment tab, sending Bishop a “help me” look at the same time which she only grinned at. She was loving how uncomfortable all of this was making you.

“Three thousand seems a bit steep for a humanitarian donation boss. You think his wife knew anything about it?” McGee asked.

“You and Bishop go find out. Talk to the wife. See what she knows.”

“I can go too if they want some more help,” you offered, not wanting to be alone with Gibbs.

“It doesn’t take 3 people to ask a few questions Y/N. You stay here. See what else you can dig up.”

You watched Bishop get up and giving you a wave and mouth good luck to you before following after McGee, making you die inside.

After a bit of more searching through the victims records, you didn’t find anything. Looking over at Gibbs, he had his glasses on and was staring intently at the case file in front of him. The glasses were a nice touch to his look. Made his facial features a little softer and only made you pay more attention to his icy blue eyes.

You hadn’t realized how long you had been staring until he looked up at you, catching you red handed.

“Can I help you Agent Y/L/N?”

“Huh?”

“Why do you keep staring at me?”

Not being able to come with an appropriate answer, you stuttered for words.

“Uh, I don’t- I think I’m gonna go see if Abby has anything for us.”

Thoroughly flustered for the upteenth time that day, you left a confused Gibbs and scurried downstairs to the lab.

“Abby. You gotta help me,” you pleaded, walking through her doors and seeing her typing away on her computer.

“Is it about your Gibbs dream?”

“What? How did you- Dammit Bishop.”

“Hey, I think it’s cute. Gibbs barely gets romantic admirers and I could totally see him being your type.”

You covered your face with your hands and groaned. “I don’t to want to be his romantic admirer Abbs! He’s my boss!”

She shrugged and continued typing on her computer. “I’m just saying, there’s nothing wrong with dreaming about Gibbs. He’s a dreamy guy. If you like that gruff, quiet, brooding type.”

“Just tell me something about him that would be a turn off so I can just think about that instead of my dream.”

“Dream about what?” Gibbs asked from behind us, making the both of us jump. Oh God, please tell me he didn’t hear anything before your last few words.

“Y/N had a dream about someone and is trying not think about it,” Abby snitched.

“Abigail! Shut up!”

She smiled as your cheeks got tomato red. “Anyone we know?” Gibbs asked, stepping closer. I could’ve died right then and there.

Before Abby could say another word, you interrupted. “No! It’s nothing. Just a stupid dream, it doesn’t matter.”

He gave you that look that usually gives your suspects when interrogating them. The one where he looks into your eyes, then your lips, then back at your eyes again. Your breathing increased ten fold and you wouldn’t have been surprised if he noticed.

Thankfully he seemed to drop it and walk over next to Abby and ask her about the case. You have to remember to kill both her and Bishop.

>>>>

Once McGee and Bishop had come back from questioning the wife, you were all surprised to see them also come in with the suspect you had been looking for.

“Y/N. With me in interrogation,” Gibbs ordered while walking away. By now, McGee also had that dumb grin on his face so your sure Bishop had told him about the whole situation as well. You just flipped them both off while leaving to follow after Gibbs.

The suspect ended up not being any help. And neither were you. Anytime Gibbs got frustrated with him and started raising his voice, you just stared, not realizing that you didn’t ask one question during the entire conversation. “Y/N. Elevator. Now,” he said after you both exited the room. Shit.

You silently followed after him, dreading what was about to happen. You didn’t even look at Bishop and McGee as the both of you passed them to the elevators. He let you in first and walked in behind, letting the doors close and move both of you up a few seconds before pressing the emergency stop button.

“What’s going on with you Y/L/N? Is this dream really that distracting?”

You had no idea what to say. You just kept your eyes glued to the wall behind him, trying to ignore the intimate lighting and how similar this situation was becoming to your dream.

“How many times have you dreamt about this person?”

Oh jeeze. To Bishop and Abby, it was only one dream but in reality, it was probably like 5.

“Is this why you’re being weird with me all day?”

He stepped closer, making you instinctively take a step back, finally getting you to look him in the eye.

“Is the dream about me?”

You didn’t say a word but you didn’t have to. Gibbs was smart. He knew how to read body language. And you were giving all the tell tale signs of nervousness and attraction.

He looked down at your lips and back up at your eyes like earlier and you swallowed hard.

Finally, he stepped back and pressed the emergency button, bringing the lights back on and giving you a chance to take a huge breath. Just as the doors opened, he turned to you.

“We’re not done here.”