[ncis] endearment  Thereâ€™s an entire population of people in
Tonyâ€™s neighborhood that think heâ€™s marriedâ€”they smile
indulgently when he gets one of those calls in the middle of a
grocery run, while heâ€™s picking up take-out, while heâ€™s out
getting his dry-cleaning. He canâ€™t even begin to imagine what
kind of totally fucked up marriage theyâ€™re visualizing for
him, since he always answers, â€œYeah, Boss,â€ and says, â€œOn
it, Boss,â€ and â€œI swear to God that wasnâ€™t my fault,
Boss.â€ Although, Tony can admit, if he substitutes a term of
endearment for â€œBoss,â€ this would sound like some
conversations heâ€™s overheard from his frat brothersâ€”hidden
away in a corner of a bar, trying not to sound whipped.
Theyâ€™re crawling through ductwork when Kate decides to start
one of her irrelevant and agonizing conversations about
feelings. Tony canâ€™t decide if his knees and elbows hurt more,
or the thought of talking to Kate about his childhood
disappointments, that time his nanny forgot to pi