For the first recommendations post, I am listing three one-shots that I like. The first one is recently posted. The other two are older, but they are stories that come back to my mind from time to time. The links are all from fanfiction.net.

A Chest of Drawers (A Chest of Drawers) by TerryJ
This is a story set in season 12, focused on Jimmy Palmer and his new fatherhood.

Those First Days (Those First Days) by K9Lasko
This tells the story of a yearly ritual for Gibbs. It's a character piece.

Forgiven (Forgiven) by Alidiabin
This expands on a piece of the Jackson Gibbs backstory from the season 7 episode Faith.

I've been thinking for a while about using this community as a place for recommendations of gen stories in addition to its being a place where such stories can be posted. So I am adding to the tags a 'recs' tag for such posts.

The subject line for recommendation posts should begin with the word Recs and contain a short descriptor of the story or stories being rec'd. For example, this descriptor could be the character involved or the type of story.

For tagging, the 'recs' tag should be used. Genre and character tags may also be used, but author tags should not.

The body of the posts should have links to the stories. The title and author should both be listed. A short description should also be given. If the author has posted a summary, you may quote that if you wish.

Self-recs should not be done as the author can make a Fic post and post or link a story that way.

Let me know of any questions or suggestions you have.

Title: Just Do Good Work
Rating: G
Word Count: 1848
Characters: Jackson Gibbs, Cal Frazier
Genre: Family, Gen
Summary: How Jackson and Cal met. Set during season 11.
Spoilers: Episodes 11.07 Better Angels and 11.24 Honor Thy Father
Disclaimer: No ownership implied.

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[cross-posted to bunnybash, naemi, and AO3]


Title: Put on Your Halo
Rating: G
Word Count: 283
Character(s): Ellie, Abby
Genre: Friendship
Summary: Abby talked Ellie into spreading some love for Christmas.
Disclaimer: Don't own. Gave back. No infringement intended.


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Title: Boxed in and Not Five By Five
Rating: PG
Character(s):  Gibbs and Tony
Genre: Gen, H/C-ish, Alt-ending tag, sleepy Tony
Summary: Gibbs notices that something is off with Tony—other than [SPOILER]  his bleeding arm. A very short alt ending to the episode “Boxed In.” Not a fix-it fic.
Spoilers: Boxed In
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS or the characters.

Story can be found HERE.

Thank you!

Title: Yin Yang
Author: jane_x80
Rating: G
Word Count: ~5700 words
Characters: Anthony DiNozzo, Jethro Gibbs, Ellie Bishop, Tim McGee, Abby Sciuto, Ducky Mallard, Jimmy Palmer, Leon Vance, Tobias Fornell
Genre: Character Study
Summary: Ellie Bishop wants to learn to be a better field agent and a better partner from her teammates. Tony and Gibbs are the best examples for her. Also, there is football involved.
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters at all.
Link to story: on AO3
Author's Note: Extra close friendship between Gibbs and DiNozzo. Possibly very minorly implied Gibbs/DiNozzo but you really have to squint to see it, not the focus of the story at all.

Title: Songbird
Rating: G
Word Count: ~7600
Character(s): Anthony DiNozzo, Jethro Gibbs, Abby Sciuto, Timothy McGee, Ellie Bishop, Ducky Mallard, Jimmy Palmer, Jake Malloy
Genre: Drama
Summary: Tony hides a special talent and is devastated when Abby finds out.
Spoilers: None.
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: No ownership implied.
Link to Story: On AO3

Title: Babel
Rating: G
Word Count: ~3900
Character(s): Anthony DiNozzo, Jethro Gibbs, Timothy McGee, Ellie Bishop, Ducky Mallard
Genre: Drama
Summary: Tony is on painkillers and has language issues
Spoilers: None.
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: No ownership implied.
Link to Story: On AO3

I want to try something new for the community here, a prompt-a-thon. How this works is that people can submit prompts for NCIS gen stories that they would like to see written. These prompts can be either specific or broad. In keeping with the GEN nature of the community, the prompts cannot require that a romantic or sexual relationship be depicted in the story. The hope is that the prompts will inspire authors to write stories and post them to the community.

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Comments or suggestions about this proposed endeavor are also welcome here.

I will start things off with some ideas I have for stories I would like to see.

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Edit: (1 June 2016) There was no one else who suggested prompts so there is no need to make another post with a listing of them. I will leave this post up in case anyone wants to use it to find inspiration for ideas.

Comments and more prompts are still welcome.

Title: Who Is This Tony?
Rating: G
Word Count: 1359
Characters: Jackson Gibbs, Tony DiNozzo, with an appearance by Gibbs
Genre: Family, Missing Scene
Summary: Tony gets to talk with Jackson before leaving Stillwater.
Spoilers: 6.04 Heartland
Disclaimer: No ownership implied.

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