"Seriously, Kensi? That's what you want to decorate our home with?" Deeks asked as he came in behind her, making her jump. She had been blaring out Christmas songs and singing along loudly when he'd walked in from outside. He noticed straight away that she was wearing a cute little Santa hat - the very same one he vividly remembered her wearing with an entirely different, much more revealing, outfit this time last year.
She froze, arms stretched wide over her head, holding the bright blue tinsel in place above the doorway. After composing herself, she looked over her shoulder and scowled before answering. "Yes… Why, what's wrong with it?"
To her surprise, Deeks was grinning. He was up to something.
"Well, I mean nothing. It's just, it's a bit… tacky, don't you think?"
Kensi's eyes grew wide and her jaw dropped slightly at his words. She turned to study the tinsel before scowling back at her partner once more.
"It's tinsel." She said, pouting at her partner.
"It's baby blue tinsel." Whined Deeks.
"It's meant to look like snow, Deeks." She huffed, frustrated that he was totally killing her Christmas vibe.
"Yeah I get that but, it really doesn't look like snow, does it baby? This is LA, we don't even get snow." It was a fair comment, the last time Kensi had seen snow had been last Christmas when she and Deeks had headed far North for a mini winter vacation. It definitely never snowed in LA - even more reason for snow themed Christmas decorations, thought Kensi.
There was a moment of silence while Kensi weighed up her options. With a sigh, she opted to just go with the truth.
"I like it though." She mumbled, eyes drifting towards to floor with mild embarrassment. Being partners both in and outside of work meant that Deeks knew her pretty well and she wasn't used to him judging her on her likes and dislikes.
At her confession, Deeks' grin broadened, not that Kensi saw as she was now intensely studying a scuff on the leather of her boot in an attempt to avoid eye contact.
"You like it, huh?" He asked and she heard his smirk before she looked up and saw it.
"Yeah." She nodded. "I really like it. It makes me feel Christmassy."
"You like it sooo much that you want to decorate our entire home with this god awful fake snow tinsel, yeah?"
"I mean, I -"
"Because if you do -" He interrupted her, "-You might want to go and look in the trunk of the Audi." He finished, jabbing his thumb backwards towards the front door.
Kensi raised an eyebrow skeptically, before brushing past him and heading towards the car. She opened the trunk and her eyes lit up with excitement as she saw three massive bags heaving with overly-bright, glittery Christmas trinkets and tinsel. There was more of the baby blue tinsel her partner despised, as well as several light up ornaments and sparkly baubles that were so bright in the LA sun, Kensi had to squint a little to get a proper look at them.
As her partner sauntered up to her, she beamed at him. "Deeks, these are -"
"Truly tasteless, I know." Deeks nodded in amusement. "But, you know what? Anything for my girl." And he wrapped her up in his arms and placed a kiss on the top of her head.
