Set after "The Gold Standard"
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Kensi sighed as she came out from behind the curtain of the OSP dressing room. It had been a long and tiring day. She wanted to think that it was only because of the intensity of the case and the fact that Assistant Director Granger had temporarily replaced her partner. But she knew it was more than that. She had truly missed Deeks. Sure Granger was as good as the next agent out in the field but Deeks was hers. Her partner, that is. Deeks made everything better. His endless quips and flirtations always got to her. Not that she would ever let him know that. And it almost hurt to have him away from her. She spent the whole day wondering what he was doing at that exact moment. Was he missing her too? When was he coming back? She looked at herself in the mirror. Then she turned around to head back to her desk to grab her things and leave.
But as soon as she turned around strong arms wrapped around her waist from behind. Kensi's first natural instinct was to turn around and sucker-punch the person. But she knew who it was.
"Who is it?" the voice whispered against her ear.
Oh, Deeks. Kensi thought to herself. She had known it was him from the minute he wrapped his arms around her. How could she not have known? She had practically everything about him permanently etched in her brain. Ever since their undercover mission as husband and wife. That was when she had really become familiar with his arms, his scent, the funny little things he did. Like when he would twitch his nose. It was truly adorable. Or when she would wake up in his arms and he would just smile at her and kiss her nose. And even now she breathed in deeply, inhaling his scent. She love how he smelled. Like the ocean and salt water and a hint of something manly and masculine. She had gone the whole day without even getting one whiff of him. She figured she could allow herself this small indulgence now. But she couldn't let him think that she liked his smell or the way she was wrapped in his arms so tightly, his face buried in her neck. Since when did he get so handsy? No, as much as she wanted to stay in his strong warm arms, inhaling his scent, and swaying gently back and forth while he nuzzled her neck, she could not allow it. She allowed him to hold her for a few seconds and then she elbowed him in the stomach.
"Ow!" Deeks complained. "What was that for?" But Kensi knew it was all for show. She hadn't elbowed him hard enough to really hurt. Just to make him let go. She turned around to face him and she knew by the smirk on his face that he knew that she had let him hold her and that she liked it.
"That" she said pretending to be annoyed, "Was for surprising me. I could have had a heart attack!"
"What? I surprised Kensi Blye? The ninja? The assassin? I should be proud!" said Deeks with his stupid cheeky grin. Kensi simply glared at him and started to walk away.
"Wait! Don't I get a welcome back hug?" he looked at her with his best puppy face and it was truly heartbreaking.
"I think you have had more than enough physical contact with me for one day." Kensi said, not meaning it at all.
"But I was gone all day! You had to have missed me." He looked at her under his eyelashes "Because I kinda missed you."
Kensi felt butterflies erupt in her stomach. She had missed him. A lot. But she couldn't let him get away with what he had just said.
"You kinda missed me? So what you're saying is you didn't miss me completely. You know I was going to give you that hug but now that I know the truth I don't think I will."
Deeks looked at her with the saddest face ever. "Please, Kens, please!"
"Oh, all right, fine." She stepped towards him and wrapped her arms around his neck. His hands went immediately to her waist and he squeezed her tightly to his chest. His head dropped to her shoulder and he took a deep breath. He inhaled her scent.
"So did you miss me?" he mumbled against her shoulder. It felt so nice to be back with Kensi. Usually he didn't allow himself to be so handsy but it had been a rough day for him.
"Actually it was kinda nice to have you gone." She said against his chest. "No annoying and unnecessary noises, no stupid jokes, and no annoying, shaggy haired partner to bother me. It was refreshing." But he knew she didn't mean it by the way she clung to him. She had missed him just as much as he had missed her. But admitting that to him would be treading in very dangerous and unknown waters.
Finally after a long moment she released him. "Got any plans for this evening?" Kensi asked him casually.
"Nope."
"Well you might as well come over to my place and we could watch a movie or something."
He slung his arm around her shoulders which she allowed. Hadn't she done the same thing to him a million times before?
"Course I'll come over. And I think we should skip the movie and go straight to the 'or something' portion of the evening." he waggled his eyebrows at her.
She laughed at his quip and her and Deeks left OSP together to go to her house.
Hey guys! I'm not sure if this is going to be a oneshot or not. I think I might put more chapters in. What do you think?