Prompt: Nate talks to Kensi.
She walked into the bullpen early that morning after her night with Deeks. She was greeted with a sight that she was not surprised about, he had yet to talk to her. It was Nate.
"What are you doing here?" She dropped her bag on her desk.
"My flight leaves in a couple hours and I wanted to come and talk to you, and I had to drop papers off to Hetty."
"Oh."
"So how are you doing?"
She knew it. He was here to talk, it was Nate after all.
"I don't know."
She knew though. The past few weeks and months had been difficult. She was working without a partner. She spent countless nights up not sleeping because he was all she thought about. She has made attempts to get to him, but he ignores them all.
"You know, Kensi."
She did. Here Nate was doing what he does best, his job, getting inside of people's heads.
"Things have been hard. I tried everything I could, and he still wouldn't accept anything. I have called 47 times and no answer."
"And what about now, have you seen him?"
"Last night, after I basically let myself into his house."
She remembers standing in his doorway last night with food and then he finally let her in.
"And how was it?"
"We talked, but he was asleep within ten minutes."
"Did you say asleep?"
She nodded her head. "Yeah."
"You know he is not sleeping?"
"I figured."
"Kensi, he needs you."
She knows that, but he is hard to get to. What he had to go through makes her angry and sad and she can't imagine what he is going through.
"I know he does, but I just saw him last night for the first time in weeks."
"Just be there for him, he won't say it, but he needs you right now."
"He is my partner; I will always be there for him."
She will be.
"Oh, and, stop blaming yourself for part of this."
"What?"
He just patted her on the shoulder and walked towards Hetty's desk. "You know what."