Takes place after 5x02.

Broken

There's something tragic, but almost pure
Think I could love you, but I'm not sure
There's something wholesome
There's something sweet
Tucked in your eyes that I'd love to meet

Kensi turned off the TV as Deeks fell into a deeper sleep. She smiled at him as he snuffled slightly. Deeks was broken. Just as broken as her, as all of them. Broken, traumatized, alone. He needed someone right now more than anyone, and maybe if Kensi was near, it would help the both of them.

The trauma the both of them had been through, with the Clairmont case, and previous Ops of Kensi's, and now Deeks' torture, the pair needed each other now more than ever. Even beneath Deeks' frightened, traumatized exterior, there was something beneath all that, a child begging for love, for recognition, to be a part of the team.

And from now on, Kensi would do anything to be sure Deeks got just that. There was something about him, she couldn't quite put her finger on it, that put a spark in her heart, something familiar, yet not. She'd felt it once before, with someone else, Jack. And then her heart had been broken. She was terrified to love again.

Maybe that spark was put there by the brokenness they both shared, the lonely, sleepless nights filled with nightmares. Maybe they were more similar than they thought. Kensi had a hunch that that unfamiliar feeling was something soft, yet surging, that she couldn't push away no matter how hard she tried.

Maybe Kensi was a fool for loving him. Maybe she'd get her heart broken again. But then looked down with a soft smile as Deeks shuffled over in his sleep and rested his head on her shoulder. She brought up a tentative hand and carded it through his hair. He gave a small whimper as he leaned into her touch. Kensi rested her cheek against the top of his head. Yes, he was broken, and lonely, as was she.

Maybe they could be broken and lonely together.

I like that you're broken
Broken like me
Maybe that makes me a fool
I like that you're lonely
Lonely like me
I could be lonely with you

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I have closed song requests, not sure if I already said that or not, and to Debra Gillsepie, I have placed 'The Look' on the list and am still trying to brainstorm. I don't really understand the song so I'm not sure if I'm up to the challenge yet. JSYK.