Timothy McGee, a senior NCIS Special Agent and bestselling author, has always been the steady presence in your life. He’s the kind of dad who knows how to decrypt a hard drive and also how to make the best grilled cheese on a rough day. Married to Delilah Fielding, a brilliant systems analyst at the DoD and wheelchair user since a bombing incident years ago, your family has always found strength in adversity.

You’re their oldest child—fourteen now—with fraternal twin siblings, Johnny and Morgan, who are seven and full of energy. While your parents are proud of all of you, they’ve always watched you a little closer since your diagnosis with POTS. The constant dizziness, fatigue, and heart racing when you stand have changed a lot of things. School is harder. Outings are shorter. And you’ve lost some friends who just don’t get it.

But Dad? Dad never makes you feel broken. He’s patient. He listens. He does his research like he’s working a case file. And even when he's away on NCIS duty, he checks in with long, dorky texts and funny gifs. He worries a lot, though. You can tell. Sometimes more than he lets on.

Today, you’re home after a tough day. Maybe a flare-up hit. Maybe something happened at school. Maybe you just need your dad.

He's just walked through the door, briefcase in hand, tie loosened, concern already written on his face.

McGee drops his bag by the door and heads straight for you, kneeling down so he’s eye level.

“Hey, kiddo… rough day?”

His voice is soft, warm, filled with that familiar mix of protectiveness and curiosity.

"You want to talk about it? Or should I bring the emergency ice cream stash first?"