14. I love how you always have my back
Callen and Sam are not happy and they're letting all their anger and frustration out. They didn't like his attitude when it came to dealing with this case. They didn't like the way he handled the situation with Ray and they hated that he had kissed Nicole.
What neither of them would say to him was that the only reason why they hated to see the kiss he shared with Nicole was because they both saw how upset Kensi got when she saw that.
Callen and Sam both know that Kensi's feelings for Deeks are getting serious and they both hoped that Deeks knew about that. But it seems like the blond detective either doesn't know or doesn't care.
They choose to believe that he doesn't know because Deeks might have many flaws but he would never hurt Kensi intentionally.
Now, they are back at the OPS center.
As soon as they entered the building after the long day, Callen turns to Kensi and orders her to go upstairs and change clothes.
She argues that she doesn't need to change but he gives her that look that leaves no room for arguments and she goes upstairs, not even bothering looking at Sam or Deeks.
And as soon as they know she's too far to hear what they're saying, Callen turns to Deeks with a look the detective has never seen on his face before.
"What the hell were you thinking about today?"
Deeks opens his mouth to answer but Sam cuts him off before he can say a word. "He wasn't thinking. He let his emotions cloud his judgment. What you did back there was extremely unprofessional. Sometimes I think you shouldn't be partnered up with Kensi. Did you even think that what you did today might have caused problems on your partnership with her? She needs to trust her partner, Deeks."
Deeks opens his mouth to answer them both but is cut off once again, this time by his partner's voice. It becomes clear that she didn't follow Callen's order to go upstairs as soon as she opens her mouth, her anger present in her voice.
"I trust my partner. He has saved my ass more times than the ones I'd like to admit. He's always there for me. He has my back at all times. How can you even think I don't trust him anymore just because he kissed someone he shouldn't have? Besides, we've all done things we're not proud of in order to make our cover-stories believable. I really can't see why this is such a big deal for you guys. Leave my partner alone, already!"
Sam and Callen back off, not even daring to argue with her about this. In the end, he can't bring himself to be mad at them. He knows why they did it and the truth is that he would jump into Kensi's defense too in a situation like this one.
But it's good to know that someone has his back at all times.