Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS: LA or its characters...

Author's Note: This might be a fun theme for a series of drabbles. But as it stands, there's just the one for now.

STAKEOUT SMALL TALK #1: Better Things

Word Count: 100

Pairing: Callen/Nell


The interior of the Challenger is quiet. Not oppresively so, but Agent Hanna turns to his partner.

"So, G..." Sam says, looking for some stakeout small talk. "See you put on a couple pounds. What happened to those morning runs?"

Okay, he's not as fit as he once was, and yet...

"I could go for a run when I wake in the wee hours..." Callen says, thinking, Or I could have sex with Nell and fall back asleep, get up later and eat a whole pile of those delectable blueberry waffles she makes.

"...but I've got better things to do."


A/N: Not sure why this came to me. Perhaps because my NCIS: LA-viewing buddy was picking on chubby Callen, but I so find Chris O'Donnell just as attractive as when he was lean in his 30s. *Ahem* Anyway, I promise I'm not neglecting my other fics entirely. Please hold and thanks for waiting patiently.