Prompt by Anon: Densi in the forest finding things that are their metaphors.


"Are you even human?" Deeks asked as he began to climb the large hill Kensi was already at the top of. This large hill was part of an eight mile hiking trail that Kensi had made Deeks go on with her.

"The hill's not even that steep. Get your ass up here." Kensi was growing impatient will her partner's choice of walking at a snail-like pace.

By the time Deeks got up the hill Kensi was nowhere to be seen.

"Kens? Where'd you go?"

"I'm over here, Deeks." She had ventured off of the paved trail, and Deeks followed the sound of her voice to find her hiding behind a tree.

"What are you-"

"Shhh. You'll scare them away." She whispered angrily.

"Scare what away?" He began looking around to find whatever creatures she was talking about. She rolled her eyes and pointed to her left where two raccoons were scrounging through a cardboard box.

"What do you think is in the box?" Deeks asked.

"I don't know. It had to be something they could smell or they wouldn't bother with it."

"It's probably just another box."

"That's stupid. Why would it be-" Then she realized what he was trying to do.

This is how things went with them. Seemingly normal things like hiking turned into serious conversations spoken in metaphors that no one else understood.

"No, it's probably the female raccoon's third heart in the box."

"That's why the male is trying so hard to open the box."

"Except no matter how hard he tries he can't find her third heart. She has to show it to him."

Deeks started to walk back toward the trail.

"Where are you going?"

"If he's anything like me it will be a year before he gets that box open and if she is anything like you it will be even longer before he sees her third heart and there is no way I'm staying here that long. So I'm going back to the trail."

"You know, one of these days we are going to have to talk like adults and stop comparing our relationship to that of forest creatures."

"Maybe one day. But I swear to God Kensi if we pass a frozen lake on this trail I'm going to think you set me up."

"Considering it's almost June and we're in California, I don't think anything is frozen around here."

"We should go find a frozen lake next winter. Just for fun."

"And do what? Just run across it to see if we can?"

"Exactly. Or we could put two raccoons in a box with three paper hearts and slide it across the frozen lake."

"This is getting hard to keep up with."

"You're right. That's enough dysfunction for one day. "

"Hey Deeks?"

"Yes, Fern?"

"Scientists are wrong. Raccoons definitely mate for life."

"Whatever you say Kensalina. Now let's get out of the forest and go get some tacos."

And Kensi knew exactly what that was a metaphor for.


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