"Wow! Look at you. Where did you learn to do that?"Deeks watched in wonder as his beautiful badass partner gently swayed and rocked the tiny infant. Kensi told him how she used to babysit in middle school when they were stationed at Camp Lejeune. He resisted the urge to comment on what she used her money on but would probably tease a little about it at another time.
It was so surreal and sad at the same time. The team stops a terrorist attack on a nuclear power plant. Now, they wait, hope and pray the gunnery sergeant will survive his radiation exposure. His wife was sitting at his bedside telling him about their son. Deeks again reminded why they do what they do but also yearning for his own family with Kensi.
While Kensi rocked the baby, his thoughts went back to his "interview" with the head of security. He had is background story set in his head, how he was tired of the grind of LAPD, frustrated with a couple of his superiors, needed a change of scenery. But after coming from the hospital and seeing Jamie, he allowed that he wanted to settle down and have a family. (Wait, what, where did that come from?) So here he was now watching Kensi and after all they had been through with internal affairs, just maybe…..
Deeks was startled out of his thoughts by Kensi asking him if he knew any lullabies? "Me? Yeah no, no, no lullabies." Definitely no lullabies, a lot of yelling, crying, glass breaking and a gunshot, but no lullabies. Kensi sensing his sadness said "I'm pretty sure Twinkle Twinkle is ok, everybody knows that one." Deeks paused, and if his partner could face her fears, then he certainly could override his sad memory. Very quietly and barely above a whisper, he started, "Twinkle Twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high," he paused forgetting what came next. But his Kensi, who will always have his back, joined in "like a diamond, in the sky." "Keep going. It's working." They both looked down at the precious face, both now swaying as one to soothe the baby.
As they drove home, Kensi was more quiet than usual. Deeks suddenly heard the faint humming of the lullaby coming from her. He reached over, took her hand. They see the worse of man, but for one moment they saw the best and possibly a glimpse of their future.