Coast to Coast; part 2

(a drabble series of Deeks and the DC team)

Bard15

Summary: the case is over, the LA team heads home and Deeks starts FLETC. Now do you really think his time in DC is gonna be that easy? Where would the fun be in that?

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After dropping the LA team at the airport, Gibbs drove Marty to his hotel.

"Go grab your gear."

"Uh, why, where am I going..."Deeks asked with trepidation, his eyes wide, "Not a dorm...what, there aren't, like dorms or something...you can't be serious?"

Gibbs just shook his head and grinned, "No, Deeks, there are not FLETC dorms."

"Then where am I going?"

"To my place," Gibbs answered casually.

"What! No, that's not necessary...really..."Deeks said.

Gibbs just raised an eyebrow at the detective and motioned for him to exit the car, "Go...now, this is not negotiable; well, it is, I can call Hetty right now..."

When Gibbs reached for his cell, Marty held up his hands in defeat and quickly reached for the handle. "No, no, that's alright, just give me a few minutes; be right down. No need to bother Hetty."

In an instant, Deeks was out of the car and quickly heading towards the hotel doors.

"I thought so," Gibbs said smugly.

Twenty minutes later Deeks was stowing his gear in the trunk and getting back in the car.

"This isn't necessary; don't want to put you out or anything..." Deeks said.

"Not a problem." Gibbs said casually as he pulled out. "You'll be in class all day...I'm at work...it's mostly just a place to sleep."

"So if it's just a place to crash why can't I do it at the hotel?" Deeks asked petulantly.

"Because you have a team waiting for you to come to them...in one piece; they just want the security to know you're being looked after." Gibbs explained pointedly.

"Geesh, you make it sound like I need a babysitter," Deeks groused. "I can take care of myself, you know. Why am I doing this if they are never going to trust me?"

"You're team nearly lost you...again; it's not about trust, or your ability to 'take care of yourself'. It's about their peace of mind. How do you think they felt knowing that someone was out to kill you and they were 2000 miles away? You're part of NCIS now and we look out for our own...always." Gibbs said.

The detective was surprised by Gibbs declaration and slowly nodded his head.

They rode in companionable silence for a few moments before Deeks smiled broadly and asked, "You and Callen, you used to work together, right..."

Gibbs glanced over at Deeks and nodded slowly, raising a suspicious eye as Deeks continued, "So you know all kinds of 'things' about him...have all kinds of stories, right?"

With an amused grin and a chuckle Gibbs replied, "Yeah, I now a few things about our Agent Callen."

Deeks grinned and nodded as he settled back in his seat, "Going back to school might not be so bad after all."

Gibbs just shook his head in amusement; the next few months were definitely going to be interesting.

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Trying to put together another case story before sending Deeks back to LA, but I thought I'd play with him some more, have him interact with the rest of the team...whine about the cold and snow and lack of surfing, homework, etc...if anyone has an idea of what to do with Deeks and the team let me know, I'll share !

Next—Deeks first experience driving in the snow!