"You still cool?" she asks. At times like these, he feels like she can see straight into his soul, so he knows she will know if he's not being 100% honest, but at the same time… "As a cucumber." Or, in which Eric is less cool than he thinks, and Nell knows exactly how to calm him down. Post 9x18

She has pomegranate juice on her nose.

Two days ago, when everything was over, when she was talking to Kensi, she said she couldn't imagine losing someone that close to you. Kensi was thinking of Deeks. But Nell. Nell was thinking of Eric. Or, what happens after the finale. Post 8x24

"Beale." He lifts his head and looks at her, and she can see the hickey forming on his neck, and it sends a whole new wave of heat through her body. "Move your hands."

"They pull up to a bar, and almost before he gets out of the car Nell attacks him in a hug, and the first thing he smells are coconuts and mangos. It's September 17, 2014, he's 33 years old, and he's pretty sure he's just discovered the most amazing scent in the entire world." Or, the reason that Eric remembers Nell's shampoo.

"'Oh my god," she groans, flipping herself over so she can look at him. His fingertips now press into her spine, and if she's not careful, this little sleep over thing they are having is going to turn into something much more." Or, Eric and Nell, a bed, and chocolate chip pancakes.

"'Eric, why is there a baby in OPS?" Nell is tired. There was a bomb threat on Pendleton, on a Saturday, their day off, and they all had to come in and they can't find the person who sent it, and Hetty has her running around crazy, and she doesn't know if she can handle a tiny human being screaming in OPS." Or, there's a baby in OPs and both Nell and Eric learn something new.

"Her head pops up and she gives him a small smile, before twisting herself so she's facing him. Her leg is almost touching his now, and he's not sure what it means. Maybe it means nothing. Maybe it means everything." Or what happens after they kiss. Post 8x18 "Getaway."

""Here." She drops the rubber band in his hand."Every time you think of something that isn't relevant to the case, snap it." "Are you trying to train me?" He asks, slipping the rubber band over his wrist anyway."No, Beale. I'm trying to help you.""Or, Nell wears that skirt and it turns into a very dangerous game of distractions.

"It's the tiniest little feeling, but it scares her, so once he can fly without her, she takes off, running as far away as she can in the park saying something about getting the drone to follow her, but really it's because she thinks her best friend is cute and she needs a moment." Childhood best friends AU.

"Nell glances up, and her eyes meet a pair of familiar ones behind a pair of glasses, and suddenly, Nell is 15 again, and she's in Paris about to have her first kiss with a beautiful boy from Oklahoma." Fate keeps throwing Nell and Eric together only to drag them apart. AU.

"The first time he says I love you, they are at work. It comes out of nowhere after she says something brilliant, because she's brilliant and he doesn't realize what he's done until it's too late." Or the five times Eric tells her he loves her, and the one time Nell says it back.

"She realizes she wants to know everything about Eric Beale, from his family to his heartbeat to how his lips would feel against hers in the morning. She wants to know everything; she wants everything." Or the five times Eric and Nell kiss, and the one time they talk about it.

""They're just pancakes." She's flushed as his words and she hates herself. Hates herself for letting this happen, hates herself for feeling this way, hates herself for not being able to do anything about it." Or Eric and Nell keep owing each other dinner, but it's really just an excuse to see each other.

James looks up at her over his glasses, and she's struck with how pretty he is. Lily knows it's not the time or place, but his eyes catch the light just right, and his lips are so, so pink, and his hair is basically begging to be touched, and wow, Lily realizes James Potter is pretty.

She lost Severus, and Petunia, and her parents to the stupid drunk driver, and Marlene can't walk anymore, and so many of her friends had died and now, she's losing James. Because he doesn't remember her.

She hates him and his stupid mouth that kissed Alice last week, and she hates him because he's holding the book she needs, but mostly she hates him because when she kisses him, he tastes like tea and biscuits and chocolate, and his hands know exactly where to fall as she quite literally jumps him.

Sirius Black loved Lily Evans first.