I agree with your Tony fan-ness! I too wish he'd acknowledge Tony directly. He does it to other people about Tony but not to Tony.
Maybe he thinks showing Tony his worry would be seen as a weakness. Or that showing Tony that he's equal to Gibbs would make Tony too cocky? I don't know, but I'll fun thinking about it.
But I do know Gibbs has a very weird and perverse sense of humor and there have been many instances where he does not give Tony what Tony so obviously wants like in 'Missing' where Tony wants Gibbs to say he was worried and missed him.
Gibbs admits it then turns it into a joke.
He knows Tony wants to go to his hometown so bad but has him stay in the office. Loved the scene in um 'dead guys under ice' ep where Tony finds the gun and Gibbs asks if he wants a pat on the head and Gibbs strokes the back of his head. And Tony is so happy. Hmm, maybe both of them are getting something out of the way Tony defers to Gibbs.
So yeah, maybe this has stunted both of them, though after the reveal of Gibbs first wife and daughter, Gibbs has been a little less stiff.
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Maybe he thinks showing Tony his worry would be seen as a weakness. Or that showing Tony that he's equal to Gibbs would make Tony too cocky? I don't know, but I'll fun thinking about it.
But I do know Gibbs has a very weird and perverse sense of humor and there have been many instances where he does not give Tony what Tony so obviously wants like in 'Missing' where Tony wants Gibbs to say he was worried and missed him.
Gibbs admits it then turns it into a joke.
He knows Tony wants to go to his hometown so bad but has him stay in the office. Loved the scene in um 'dead guys under ice' ep where Tony finds the gun and Gibbs asks if he wants a pat on the head and Gibbs strokes the back of his head. And Tony is so happy. Hmm, maybe both of them are getting something out of the way Tony defers to Gibbs.
So yeah, maybe this has stunted both of them, though after the reveal of Gibbs first wife and daughter, Gibbs has been a little less stiff.