When Gibbs thought about team spirit, he thought about his team. They had it in spades.

Exactly why, he didn't know. They were a disparate group, seemingly bound together by nothing but the job.

But it went far deeper than that. They weren't just a team, they were family. They were closer than family.

He didn't know what drew them together; he was just glad it existed.

He looked at them. Ducky: his oldest and closet friend. Abby: his surrogate daughter. The other four: all important to him. He'd lost his family once, but now he had a new one.