Kensi woke to the bed rocking as Deeks flipped — more like thrashed— over, face planting into the pillow and mumbling indistinctly. For all his prodding and teasing about her sleep habits he wasn't the most peaceful sleeper himself. Over the past two months of their relationship she'd been awoken several times with an elbow to the ribcage or a kick to the shins. Even when he wasn't restless he spoke in his sleep. It was usually undecipherable murmurings but every now and then she'd hear a gem that she'd tease him with later.
He mumbled something else and Kensi pried her eye open and palmed for her phone. It was 6:37. Technically they still had another hour and a half until they had to be at work but she knew from experience that once Deeks' started rambling, he didn't stop. Ever. Not even when you woke him, that only made the rambling slightly more coherent.
Instead of snuggling down and trying to get back to sleep, Kensi sat up against the headboard and unlocked her phone. Nothing new, just a few emails from various subscription services she regretted ever signing up for. She deleted them and placed the phone down again, turning to look down at her boyfriend.
She reached a hand across and ran her fingers over his back. God, she had to remember to steal that shirt from him and burn it. It was not a favourite.
Deeks moved again, this time turning his head to face her and throwing an arm in her direction. It landed across her lap.
He mumbled something else, unintelligible bar for the 'Kens' she heard somewhere towards the end of his babble.
She moved her fingers up to his shaggy mop and combed through it.
"What was that?" She asked quietly. Sometimes you could hold a conversation with him in his sleep.
"Kens…" He spoke again, slightly clearer this time.
"Mmm?" She hummed.
"We should…" He trailed off, mashing his face into the pillow.
"We should what Deeks?" She coerced.
"Married…" He whispered out.
Kensi sat stunned for a moment.
"What?"
"Mmm… Me and Kensi are getting married." He mumbled before removing his arm and turning his face into the pillow again.
Kensi's eyes grew wide.
"Uh, I…." She stammered for a moment. "Definitely moving too fast." She said to herself.
She took a deep breath and pulled the covers back, moving to get out of bed. Deeks' hand grabbed her wrist.
"Where you going?" He muttered, voice clouded with sleep but he was at least partly awake now.
"Can't sleep." She replied. "I'll wake you after my shower." She tried to cover how shaken she was by his statement. Had he been more awake he would've noticed and probably would've pulled her up on it. Fortunately for her, Deeks wasn't the morning person his surfing habits would have you believe.
"Okay." He husked, grabbing the pillow from her side of the bed and cuddling to his chest. He was back asleep almost instantly.
Kensi grabbed some fresh clothes and headed for the bathroom, hopefully a shower and some deep breathing would calm her pounding heart and the part of her screaming to run for the hills. With any luck, she could gather herself and pretend the whole thing never happened.
A/N: I'm willing to write another short chapter of how they deal with this before Expiration Date airs if anyone is interested!