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Prompt from XoxMountainGirlxoX : Deeks and Nell friendship
"You'll do fine," Deeks encouraged.
Nell had her fingers drifting over the car door handle, but intelligence analyst couldn't bring herself to open it. "Maybe you should do this," she persisted, bring her hand back and resting it on her lap.
Deeks chuckled, "sorry, the target's not gay. Come on Nelly."
"The guy almost got away last time. What if it happens again?"
"Are you forgetting that you nearly beat the guy to a pulp and stabbed him several times?"
Nell laughed. "Are YOU forgetting that I passed out?"
"Everybody makes mistakes in this line of work, Velma. You just gotta get more experience, which you have been. You'll do fine. Besides, you have me as backup."
This made Nell smile, "distress word?"
"You won't need it. Besides, Ken-" Deeks's grin abruptly vanished as he began saying her name. "Kensi would never forgive me if I let anything happen to you."
Nell saw the forlorn look in the detective's eyes and the way his mouth had twitched into a thin line. Eric was right. Something definitely happened between the two partners. With that thought, Nell got the overwhelming feeling of what big shoes she had to fill.
"She'll be back before you know it," Nell offered with a tiny smile.
"I hope so..." Deeks drifted off. His phone buzzed, alerting him to a text message. He looked at it briefly before returning his gaze towards Nell. "That was Callen, he wants to know our progress."
"Guess I better get in there then," Nell commented awkwardly.
She flung open the door and headed for the front doors when she was stopped.
"Hey Velma!"
Nell spun, where Deeks was leaning over the center consol and close to the open window.
"Distress word is Shaggy."
The intelligence analyst laughed and shrugged. "I won't need it."