I'll Follow You Into The Dark

Chapter 10

Sam

"Okay honey one more step." Michelle told Sam holding onto his arm to help him into their house. He was home; he was out of the hospital and here with her and the kids.

"Michelle I think I know how to walk to my own house." Sam said looking up from the walkway to see that his kids had made him a banner that said Welcome Home Dad.

"Dad, you're home!" Sam's little girl yelled spotting her dad from the front porch; she ran off and launched herself into her dad's arms. Sam tried his best to not wince in pain when his kids hugged him. It was a good pain; everything he went through was worth it to have his kids in his arms again.

"Hey guys, it's so good to be home." Sam said finally getting out of the hug that he was hit with. Slowly he grabbed both of his kid's hands and walked with them into their house. Inside it was all decorated with pictures that the kids drew, balloons that all wished Sam to get well soon. It was perfect.

"You didn't have to do all this, thank you guys so much. I love you." Sam said kissing Michelle on the lips and each of his kids on the top of the head. He didn't know what he had done to deserve a family like the one he had but he would do it a hundred times over to get them.

"Honey you should rest. I'll set you up in the bedroom, kids why don't you help me with the bags." Michelle said taking Sam's arm, knowing that he was exhausted. She knew though that he would never let anyone know especially not the kids. He always wanted to be seen as invincible in their eyes.

"That's a good idea but the kids don't have to take the bags I can get it." Sam said trying to control his breathing, all the shocks that he went through often left his with a racing heart and short breathing. Over time it would get more controlled and easier to manage. In no time he would be back to his normal self.

"No we wanna do it, one day I wanna be as big as you are dad." Sam's little boys told him looking up to his dad like he was the superhero that filled the comic books he read. Sam had to blink back a few tears and just nodded his head giving them the okay to take the bags.

Once Michelle and Sam had got him settled in bed with the bags all taken care of it was almost dinner time. Michelle had planned for the team to come over his weekend long before this case had happened. Now it only seemed right to have a small family gathering with Callen of course.

"Hey partner, good to be home?" Callen asked showing up in the bedroom where Sam laid waking up from a light sleep.

"You have no idea how good it feels to be home. Out of the hospital and here with Michelle and the kids is the best thing that could have happened to me." Sam said breathing a sigh of relief to see that his partner was unharmed. A few bruises covered his face and hands where he must have resorted to 'other tactics' to get what he wanted.

"Well I'm glad you're okay." Callen said to Sam, when he was in the hospital Callen had to face the harsh reality of what life would be life if Sam wasn't there. He was the one person he could always count one, Sam was a constant in his life when there was nothing left. If Sam was gone what else would have been certain.

"You're not getting rid of me that easily, we still have to make it to the ten years mark in our partnership." Sam said trying to lighten the load that was on Callen's shoulders when it came to this case. He didn't blame his partner for what happened.

'Yeah we do." Callen said smiling just as Michelle came in to announce that dinner was ready.

NCIS LA

Deeks

"Seriously Kens I think I can manage a few steps into his apartment." Deeks said in the car with Kensi who was supposed to be driving him home. Instead she was going to being him to his place.

"Deeks your apartment does not have a few stairs, you could barley manage the walk to the car from the front doors of the hospital. My apartment is all one level you should be fine." Kensi said trying to get across that she was doing this for Deeks which was true but she was also doing it for herself. She just wanted to make sure for herself hat he partner was in the best hands he could be in.

"Fine but this is only for a few days until I can do the stairs by myself." Deeks said, usually he would add a witty comment in there that he knew would drive Kensi up the wall but it was still really painful to talk. The doctor said that it would be a long hard recovery, Deeks wasn't sure if he was ready for everything to come.

"Whatever you say partner." Kensi said stopping the car right in front of her apartment, she quickly ran over to the over door to help Deeks out of the car but he shooed her away with his hand.

"Fern I have to learn to do this by myself at some point." Deeks said, he might have a cast on his left arm and a boot on his leg, along with some broken ribs and his aching jaw but he wasn't about to let Kensi do all the work.

'Deeks it's you're first day at home, just let me help you for it okay?" Kensi asked using a look that Deeks could never say no to. Damn her and everything that their thing did to him.

"Okay but just for now." Deeks said, slowly but surely the two of them made their way into the apartment which was surprisingly clean and tidy. Deeks knew something was up now.

'What's with the space? Not after I just got used to stepping over everything, did you take my advice and go on hoarders?" Deeks asked letting some of his old personality shine through giving hope to Kensi that her partner was still in there.

'Very funny, no I asked Nell to come over and tidy up a bit before we got here so it would be easier for you to move around. Are you tried do you want to have a nap?" Kensi asked realizing that Deeks was supposed to be resting and doing as little work as possible. This whole taking care of him was starting out with a bit of a rocky patch.

"Princess now that you mention it I could catch a little time in dreamland. Why don't we sit on the coach and watch a movie for a while?" Deeks asked trying not to give off the vibe that he was scared to fall asleep in case some of the demons followed him.

"Sure I just recorded the last few episodes of Top Model and I think that they're going to be the best one yet." Kensi asked walking over with Deeks to the coach where she tried to get him settled as best he could. She had to dig around for the remote for a while but when she found in Kensi pressed played.

After the show was done Kensi looked over at Deeks who was dozing off giving off a little snore every once in a while. Carefully Kensi turned off the television and tried to get off the coach hoping not to wake him up. However Deeks must have gotten a hold of her hand sometime while they were watching the show because now she couldn't get up. Kensi started to untangled their fingers which caused Deeks to shift in his sleep and mumble something Kensi didn't catch. She decided that it was best if she just sucked it up and stayed with him while Deeks slept. Kensi reached over and grabbed a blanket and wrapped them both up. She got comfortable as best she could against his chest avoiding all the injuries she could trying not to cause him any pain.

NCIS LA

"Kens, Kensi wake up." Deeks said, he had been up for a while just watching Kensi sleep. When he first woke up he thought he was dreaming seeing the Kensi Blye curled into him holding each other's hand not letting go. He couldn't remember how many times he wanted this to happen and now that it was happening he was walking her up.

"No, few more minutes." Kensi said still half asleep burying her head further into Deeks chest, her head was about to go right into a set of broken ribs. Deeks braced himself for the pain that he was about to feel. As hard as he tried Deeks couldn't hide the wince that he let out.

'Oh my God Deeks I am so sorry you could have just moved me." Kensi said snapping awake once she heard Deeks whimper in pain. After a few deep painful breaths Deeks was okay, he couldn't help but notice that the grip Kensi had on his hand got tighter when she thought he was in pain.

'Hey its okay I'm fine now. See now lasting damage, perfectly fine." Deeks aid not wanting Kensi to feel bad about it. The pain could have happened doing anything.

'I am so sorry, I didn't mean to I swear." Kensi said once again still a little freaked out that Deeks wasn't okay and was trying to act tough in front of her.

'Princess I am okay; you just hit a bad spot nothing to bad." Deeks said taking Kensi face in his hands tracing her jaw live with his good hand. Ever so slowly he brought their faces closer connecting them with a kiss.

"You still suck at communicating." Kensi said when Deeks pulled away trying to get his breath back. That kiss worked out a lot better in his head, although he was hoping to be in perfect health when he kissed Kensi.

"I try my best." Deeks said trying his best to smile his mouth still felt like it was fire most of the time, but that kiss was worth it. To feel Kensi lips against his own was the best feeling in the world.

"What does this mean?" Kensi asked while Deeks still had her face in his hands. Whenever he looked at her the way he was right now Kensi felt like the only girl in the world.

"I don't know but once I get back to being me I'll let you know okay. Let's just take it one day at a time right now okay?" Deeks asked kissing her one last time lightly on the cheek and lips.

'It's late why don't we call it a night?" Kensi asked getting up off the coach and started to walk to her bedroom. It took her a while to realize what was wrong in this situation.

"Deeks you're not sleeping on the coach get over here." Kensi said coming out of her room after changing. Deeks swore that he was drooling when he saw Kensi wearing his old LAPD shirt and a pair of yoga shorts.

'Are you sure about this?" Deeks asked one they were in the bed together. He didn't want Kensi to do anything that she was uncomfortable with.

"Deeks we've shared a bed before and it's not like we can do very much with you in the condition you are in right now." Kensi said pulling on of his arms around her waist and snuggling into the body of her partner. Thinking about it for a second it was strange, the man that she hated when their partnership started turned out to be the only person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. Who would have thought.

'Night Kens." Deeks said but to his surprise Kensi was already asleep.