"A Moment In Time"
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Fandom(s): NCIS: Los Angeles
Character(s): Kensi Blye, Marty Deeks and Vostanik Sobatino (CIA Agent)
Pairing: Deeks/Kensi undertones
Rating: T
Words: 480 words
Requested By: none
Challenge/Summary: Tag on to 4x17; "Wanted". A little harmless flirting leads Kensi to rethink what she has with her partner.
Inspiration: Not only was this episode a director-debut for Chris O'Donnell but Deeks/Kensi shared many great scenes together (survey, comedic stalling, some naked teasing and post-op come to mind) and I just had to elaborate more when the CIA Agent started making moves on Kensi.
Spoiler(s): everything up to ep. 4x16 ("Lohkay")
Time Frame: During the 4x17 library scene between Kensi & Vostanik.
A/N: Additional comments at the end to avoid spoilers.
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"If You Were My Partner…"
"If you were my partner, I'd end up falling for you…hard. Then what would I do?"
Kensi just froze in her spot as Agent Sobatino finished his harmless confession. To anyone else, the comment would have seemed flattering with that flirty tone to it but for Kensi, it just froze her in her spot. Wasn't she just telling Sobatino that there was nothing romantic between her and Deeks? Why was he talking about partners falling in love?
"Good partners are hard to find." Agent Sobatino continued yet taking note of her frozen stance, "I need someone I can trust to have my back. I wouldn't want to lose that."
Kensi couldn't help but agree to that statement. Good partners were hard to come by. It took her and Deeks quite some time to get to a point where they worked seamlessly together and when she thought she'd lose him as a partner last year after that cop-killing-rouse, she didn't know what she would have done.
"On the other hand, you'd also be the person I cared about more than anyone else in the world. And I'd never want to see you in jeopardy." Agent Sobatino explained while looking meaningfully at Kensi yet all she could think about was Deeks.
Was that how Deeks saw things for them? She knew that Deeks had become a very important person in her life since he'd been appointed her partner. Having him substituted with Granger for a day didn't even sit right with her. She and Deeks just clicked when they were in the field and they had fun together off the job too.
As if he was waiting for her to focus back on him, the moment her eyes landed on his again, he quickly finished off before he lost her focus again. "So you couldn't possibly be my partner. It's a dilemma." He stated with a small shrug. He had to hide his small smile when he noticed the few false starts she had. He had her flustered on the subject.
Kensi didn't know what to say. If an agent who she just officially met was telling her that he'd eventually fall for her if they were partners then what did that mean for Deeks who was been her partner for almost three years? They finally had their thing working for them but what if that was ruined by some unrequited love that she was too terrified to even acknowledge the possibility. Even thinking of it was causing her to clam up and sputter for a way to escape.
But that didn't seem to be the case because as she tried to escape that topic from Agent Sobatino, she only ended up bumping into the very thing that was on her mind.
Deeks.
And for some reason, he looked just as nervous as she felt…and that just didn't seem right with her.
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A/N #1: I'm sorry if this sucks but I think it'd be much better if I made a Densi video with Sobatino's statement as the voiceover as a Densi montage that highlights his words match up. Now if only I could edit a video properly -_- Aside from that, what did you think of the idea of Kensi thinking of Deeks and their situation during that talk? I definitely loved it! Densi definitely had their moments in this episode. What did you think about this or about the episode itself? Let me know in a review!
A/N #2: Thank you to everyone who took the time to read my latest snippet/challenge on Vampire Diaries, it means the world to me! A special thanks to Guest, HassanaR and Enx2103 for leaving me a review for my previous snippet. Once again, thank you for always leaving your thoughts for me to read and respond to. THANK YOU!
Coming Up Next: TBA
Originally Published: March 7, 2013
