A/N: Helloooo fellow readers! It's the first of december! This idea came to me like yesterday or something. This will be a christmas fanfiction- 25 chapters leading up to Christmas. I'm going to try to update every day and I'm already working towards doing that- but life can infere as you all know so if I don't update one day, just wait for it ;)
Oh and it's Densi and they may be some mild swearing, but nothing too graphic.
And miles of fluff!
Don't like, don't read!
I wish you all a very nice christmas season! =)
(I don't own NCIS:Los Angeles nor it's characters. Sadly. And this is unbeta-ed. Any mistakes are mine.)
1st of December
Kensi's never been a Christmas person. As a kid she loved it, especially all the lights and decorations her and her father put up together. But once her mother left and destroyed the picture of a perfect family, and her father leaving her too, she just didn't celebrate it anymore.
Then there was Jack. They did give each other presents on Christmas Day, but it just wasn't the same. As a kid she couldn't await the first of December, now it's just like any other day.
Or so she thought.
This year's December first was different though. When she woke up, she felt like she normally did. But once she came into the mission and saw the little Santa-figure with his reindeers on her desk, she knew something was going on. And she had a vague idea on who had placed that figure there.
She sat down, started doing her job and ignored the looks of Callen and Sam because of the present on her desk. A few minutes past eight Deeks came in, slugging his bag besides his desk.
"It's December, guys! Christmas time!" he grinned and produced something from his bag, setting it atop his head. It was a red and white cap with X-Mas written in green letters.
Called and Sam fixed him with a glare and a muttered "Deeks. Don't!" They returned to their work, concentrating on case files, paperwork that has been left untouched for the last few weeks. Deeks started working too, pulling out his laptop and glancing at Kensi. She was looking down at the papers herself, though she wore a smile on her lips. Decent, but it was there and he saw it.
For the next hour they mostly worked in silence, except for the few moments Deeks hummed Jingle Bells and received a hit on the shoulder from Sam.
"So…" Deeks interrupted their silence. "Are you guys having anything planned for the upcoming weekend? And what have you done on the first advent?" He placed his paperwork on the side, seeming already bored and annoyed by it.
"My family and I went ice skating. The rink in Venice opened on Saturday." Sam answered, too stopping his work.
"Nothing." Callen replied. Deeks had thought that much. That guy never does anything than work!, Deeks though with a little shake of his head.
"What about you, Kensalina? What have you done?"
She shrugged. "I was home, relaxing and just enjoying not having to see you."
"Yes, of course. How could I forget that?! You do that all the time, I bet."
She nodded and then grinned. "How about you, shaggy? Went to a bar? Did you actually get a girl to talk to you this week?"
Callen grinned and whispered "Nice comeback!"
With rolling eyes Deeks answered "I'll let you know that no, I did not went to a bar. I tidied up my apartment and started decorating. Have you done that yet?"
"I don't decorate. I don't do Christmas, Deeks. " Kensi stated.
"That really is a shame! You know, Christmas is the best time of the year, you should-" he started but suddenly jumped in his chair as a small hand clapped down on his shoulder.
"Mr. Deeks. Please keep working. You've got much to do and paperwork doesn't finish on its own! And remember- there's a deadline for you to finish it. Or do you want to spend your precious Christmas time here- alone- working old cases?"
He shook his head no. He had other plans, more important plans. For example to get Kensi to like christmas and to celebrate and enjoy it. And he had every intent to do so by the end of Christmas Day…
The work day has been going by much faster as soon as Deeks started to think about his christmas plans for Kensi. For the first of December he had already found something he could give her. Maybe it would even make her smile everyday?
At four o' clock he went to Hetty, standing unsure before her desk.
"What can I help you with, Mister Deeks?" she asked, sipping a tea that smelled much too grassy for his taste.
He shifted from one foot to the other. "Is it maybe possible that I leave work earlier? I'm planning on surprising my partner this Christmas, starting today…" he wanted to tell her as little information as possible, since he was sure she woulnd't let him leave earlier without a good explanation.
"That is a very nice idea, Mr. Deeks. I think she will like that."
He just nodded and waited for her approval.
After another sip she said, "You better get her something good today."
A thousand watt smile broke out on his face. "Thank you so much!" he said and turned around to go back to their workspace. He packed his bags, all the while feeling the surprised looks of his colleagues on his back.
"Where're you going?" Kensi finally asked. He had to suppress a grin and answere, "I've got a really important appointment that I cannot miss or reschedule."
He kept his fingers crossed that they didn't expose his lie.
"Okay. Why didn't you tell us about that?"
He shrugged. "That completely slipped my mind." They just nodded. "I'll see you guys tomorrow."
He left the mission and drove to the next market that surely had some advent calendars. For approximately one hour he searched for the right calendar, but failed miserably. They basically just had chocolate ones and he didn't think she's enjoy these that much. Not that she was against chocolate, which she definitely wasn't, but it just didn't feel right.
Then suddenly, he caught a glimpse of one with vouchers to different fast food restaurants and other things that had to do with eating. Maybe it was a little bit uncommon but when were they "normal" anyways?
And it fit Kensi Blye, didn't it?!
He grinned as grabbed the advent calendar, paying and the leaving the ship with a great feeling.
One hour later he stood at the hood of her car in the missions parking lot, leaning against it. Hoping she'd be out I a few minute, looked at his watch and waited.
"Deeks. What are you doing here?" She asked as soon as she came down, her eyebrows raised in question.
"I got something for you" he answered, grinning like a Cheshire Cat.
"Okay..." She took a step toward him, waiting unsurely for the present. He produced it from begin his back and held it out for her to take.
"Thank you" she said although she didn't know yet what it was. He had packed it in blue paper.
"I wanted to use cornflower-blue but they didn't had that one."
She smiled at him and opened the small package. "What's that?" She then asked.
"It's an advent calendar. You know? A thing you usually get in December. You get to open one little door every day and get a surprise."
She rolled her eyes. "I know what it is. I meant why do I have one?"
He shrugged. "It's December, a month full of joy. I wanted to surprise you and all...make your December-X-Mas days a little bit brighter."
He out his hands nervously into his jeans pockets.
"Thanks Deeks. That's nice of you." Then she looked at the advent calendar a little bit closer, examining it like it was some piece of evidence.
"Wait! Are those vouchers for fast food?!" She sounded like a child who just got what has wished for something really badly.
He nodded, saying "yes. But they're not just for fast food, they're for normal food too."
"That's so cool! Where did you get it?"
"Walmart has practically everything. I searched for so long and it caught my eye just when I decided to leave the store."
They were silent for a second as they both didn't know what else to say.
"But please, fern, do me a favour and open one door every day. Not all of them today."
She grinned. To be honest, she had thought about doing just that, but Deek's idea with the calendar itself was so nice that de couldn't do it- especially after seeing his pleading face.
"I won't." She said, nodding acceptingly.
"You sure? Do you promise?"
She did him unsaid favour of saying "yes, I promise not to open a door before it's actually the day it's supposed to be opened on."
"Great. Thanks. I hope you like it and I'll see you tomorrow." He said and turned around to go back to his car and drive home.
"Deeks, wait!" Kensi cried and followed him. "Do you maybe want to open the first door with me? And then use the voucher?"
"I'd like that. But we probably shouldn't do that every day, that would be very... Well it wouldn't end that good with fast food every day. You wouldn't fit into your jeans anymore."
"Okay that" she pointed a finger at his face,l "was mean!"
"Just open the door, Kens" he said.
She grinned and hastily opened the door with the little black number on it.
"10% discount at the taco stand on the beach." She said. For a second they were both thrown back to that "dinner" a few months ago, just before she was sent to Afghanistan.
Deeks hesitantly asked "You...uhm... Wanna go there? Or just go home and-"
"No, I want to go there. Meet you there?"
He nodded and smiled.
Maybe he would make her love Christmas from now on, after they had celebrated Christmas abroad these past two years...
You would make me very happy if you tell me what you think of it. Oh and if you have some ideas for one of the christmas days, then feel free to send them to me! You inspire me! ;)
Pusteblume17
*places a plate with fresh baked cookies in front of you*
PS: I had this idea which will come out in the second chapter. That will be one of the two main aspects in this story, the other one being the christmas storyline. And the second storyline is going to be even more fluffy! *-*
