A/N—This story takes place right where Kensi and Deeks are before their kiss in 4x24. This is how I imagine it if Siderov hadn't been tipped off.
"Kensi!" Deeks shouts just to get her to stop going on about his inability to say what he means and allow him to change that. "I was doing my job. She meant nothing. I was just doing my job. You…" he trails off for a second, he felt the words in his heart on the tip of his tongue, but couldn't quite get them out. "Kens, I hated pretending to be with her, especially while you listened. I hated it more than you did."
Michelle was leaving and Kensi needed to fallow. She needed to say something, so she looked into his passionate eyes and simply says, "Okay, I get it Marty, no need to beat a dead horse" with a wink and a classic Kensi smile she stuck her helmet on and rode off in pursuit of Michelle and the Barbie warriors.
Deeks smiled at her retreating form. She called him Marty. She never calls him Marty. Maybe it was time to pull the trigger on Operation Sunshine & Gunpowder.
Kensi hadn't expected Deeks to be so upfront. She couldn't get his words, especially while you listened from repeating over and over in her head as she rode. She wanted to be asking what did he mean by that or why would it especially matter for her to hear him with that woman, but she knew she couldn't. She knew. She wasn't ready to say it outloud, but Kensi knew why it mattered. It was because of their thing.
She fallowed Michelle to a warehouse with a truck dock in the back. Nothing special, but it would be an acceptable location to sell the bomb. She tells Eric and Nell over the con where it is. She thinks about sending Deeks a text. Something to make sure he knows that she's not mad anymore. Maybe even a text that has just a bit of what she feels in it.
Tacos and horror?-Fern
It may not be the most emotive of texts. But the forgiveness is there and all she really wants tonight is to watch a scary movie over some good food and pass out against his warm body.
It's a date. I'll bring the beer.-Max
-NO-KIDNAPPING- The team returned to OPS after a long yet satisfying day. They had captured Siderov and Sam looked lighter than he had in months. He was going to get the best night of sleep he'd had in a long time tonight.
The team was getting ready to head out after an hour of debrief with Hetty, Nell, and Eric.
Callen, Sam, and Michelle left first. Callen didn't go to his place on nights like this. On occasion he found it very soothing to sleep on Sam's couch and be woken up way to early by his bouncing kids. Let him pretend for a second that he could be part of a family, and the chatter offered him distractions from his often overwhelming thoughts.
Kensi and Deeks stayed in the bullpen, thinking everyone had left.
Deeks looks up from his paperwork, "What movie do ya wanna watch tonight?"
"I don't know, you got any good horror at your place?"
"I was thinking we could go see that movie that just came out, Warm Bodies?"
"oh! I thought we were just gonna do a night in." Kensi was saddened that she wouldn't have an excuse to hide her head into his chest and fall asleep on the couch with him. She really was looking forward to some good snuggling tonight.
"Nah, I think we should go on a real date." Deeks tries to say offhand, but she can hear the crack in his voice and feel his eyes boring into the top of her head.
Did he just say what I think he just said? He wants to do this tonight! Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Jeez I gotta respond soon…oh my god.
Deeks watches his partner nervously, waiting for her to say something, anything. She's still quiet. A minute passes. Deeks is sweating his nerves out his armpits, thinking of the fresh shirt he may or may not need in his locker, when Kensi lifts her head and manages a weak and unsure sounding "ok".
Deeks lets out the breath that he hadn't realized he had been holding. Ok. He can work with ok.
"Okay" He says looking into Kensi's eyes with a big smile.
They get up to leave and Deeks hesitantly places an arm around Kensi's shoulder as they walk to his car. She almost shrugs him off, but changes her mind. They say very little on the car ride over to the theater, both nervous, they're minds whirring with fear and possibility.
He buys two tickets at the box office, and boldly places a hand on Kensi's lower back leading her into the theater. They enter and find the theater nearly packed with teenage girls and couples. Kensi looks at her partner and asks, "Deeks, what's this movie about?"
"I don't know, zombies I think. Ya know, typical undead stuff."
"Did teenage girls become the number one fan group for zombie movies and nobody told me?"
"Kensalina, are you telling me that girls can't like horror movies! I guess all these girls just wandered in here, thinking it was the new My Pretty Pony movie. I'm sure th-"
"Shut up Deeks" Kensi says as the movie begins. I really need to feel him hold me. What the hell, this is a date, right? And Kensi pushes up the armrest in between them and snuggles her body into the crook under his arm. This silences him. He relishes the contact as his mind whirs trying to understand what's happening. I'm on a date, with her. She said yes to a date. She is snuggling with me. Holy shit bro, stay calm. This is what I want.
As the movie plays out it becomes abundantly clear that this movie is much more romance than horror. Did he know? Was this his stupid plan, swap out her blood, guts, and complete terror with zombie Twilight?
Oh shit. She's gonna think I meant to do this. Oh, I'm never gonna live this down. I gotta start reading synopsis before picking movies…
The movie ends and Kensi is now completely curled into his body, her legs are entwined in his. The partners had been lost in their own closeness and hadn't realized the movie had ended until young girls with screechy voices and big purses clamored past them.
"So, you into Twilight too, or do you only go for zombie romance in the undead and unloved film category?" she teases him as they reluctantly detangle themselves.
Deeks chooses to embrace his blunder, "Oh you know, I'm a sucker for life risking romance."
Kensi looks into his eyes and as Deeks returns her gaze he sees a glimmer of worry seeping into her beautifully unique orbs. He wants to kiss her concerns away. Tomorrow, they could worry about what tonight will mean for their partnership. But tonight, tonight he wanted it to just be about them. He wanted them to share their feelings before battling the complexities this development would bring to their working relationship.
"Deeks, I don't—" but he cuts her off with a kiss. He passionately meshes his lips with hers. She is suprisedd at first, but immediately kisses him back. He holds onto her hip and moves his other hand from her cheek to her neck to the back of her head as the intensity of the moment grows. Before long they're making out in the movie theater like teenagers. Finally they end their kiss, both flushed and craving continued contact.
Finally Deeks speaks, "We should ah, get to the restaurant."
"Right, yea, we should" Her stomach growls quite audibly.
They laugh together and walk hand in hand back to his car.
A/N—I woke up and this little plot bunny kept hitting me in the brain with a hammer until I wrote it down. I need this squishy info holding processor to focus on something else, so here ya go. This is part one of a two-shot. I hope you enjoyed. Please review cause it gives me warm and fuzzies inside! Rating for Part 2.
