I wanted somewhere I could put all of my little Densi drabbles and prompts into one place, so I thought it might be fun to make a collection of them here. I only have a few so far, but whenever I write new ones for tumblr or something I will go ahead and post them here as well. Remember they will all most likely be very short so please don't be disappointed by the length. Hope you guys enjoy this first one!


The Day After Valentine's

Marty Deeks had never been too big on the whole Valentine's Day hype.

There were the flowers, the candy, the crowded restaurants and overpriced food... the smiling couples holding hands and gazing into each other's eyes, hoping to be young and dumb again for just one night.

Deeks couldn't help feeling the way he did, but all of it just seemed a little… fake to him.

Not that he felt like celebrating love was a bad thing. Quite the opposite, in fact.

Deeks had been a hopeless romantic ever since he could remember. Even as a teenager his secret passion for rom coms and sappy chick flicks kept him dreaming that, one day, he too would find his own happy ending.

But he knew love wasn't like the movies. He wouldn't meet that special someone and fall head over heels within a single day, rescue the girl from her evil foes, and ultimately win over her heart—it was far too cliché. Besides, years of betrayal followed by one heartbreak after the next had taught him that he would have to work much harder for all of the things he wanted.

His entire life had been a mess up to this point, and it seemed as though nothing would ever be easy for him. Convincing the love of his life to marry him, in fact, was by far the most terrifying thing he had ever done.

But somehow he'd made it, and if there were ever any regrets, every single one of them had been long forgotten.

Deeks leaned over on the couch to kiss his wife's cheek and she glanced over at him, a sleepy, content smile on her lips.

Life from now on, he knew, would still have its rough spots here and there. Moments like these wouldn't last forever. But as Kensi's head shifted over until it was snuggled into his shoulder, their three-month-old daughter sleeping soundly in his arms, Deeks banished every wary thought from his mind.

Thisthis was real.

This was what true love felt like, and he didn't need one day out of the year to remind him how he felt.

Yesterday, today, and every day onward would be a special day—the best day of his entire life.