Post-ep to Black Market. I was a nursing assistant back in the day and thought why not have some quality time with my OTP. Dedicated to my girl Steph who needed a smile today.
Disclaimer: still don't own them, the Cubs will probably win the World Series before I do.
It was a very long, tiring day when Deeks finally arrived at the hospital. His body was on autopilot as he navigated his way through the lobby, elevator and hallway towards Kensi's room. He paused when he thought he heard voices come from the room. His heart stopped, and his pace picked up as he arrived at the door. Did she wake up?
What he saw made his heart melt and ache at the same time. The nursing assistant was doing Kensi's evening care. On the TV was ANTM and the assistant, Kitty was doing a running commentary. She remember that Kensi liked the show from her conversations with Marty. So as she lovingly washed each limb and did her range of motion exercises, she gave her commentary as the models were being judged.
"Oh snap, Tyra just took out Julie. I didn't think she was that horrible." On and on she went. Deeks knew Kitty wasn't exactly a fan of the show but put effort into watching to have something to "talk" to Kensi about. He appreciated the extra effort for "his girl". Deeks stayed hidden as she went about her tasks. Many an evening he was there and he came to think of the assistant as a friend. It was nice to have someone to talk to, even nicer when he found out what a sports fan she was. They both loved baseball, and kidded each other about their basketball teams. Deeks conceded that she had it worse with her Sixers verses his Clippers.
"Oh and Kensi, wait til Marty gets here. I can't wait to remind him that the Dodgers would not be in the playoffs without my guys, Utley and Ruiz, being on the team." She chuckled as she kept working. "I miss Philadelphia but I will always be a Phillies fan." "Maybe you should come with us next time we go to a game." Kitty was startled by the male voice from the door. "Dude, don't sneak up on me like that. Besides you do not want to go to a game with me. I will wear my Phillies jersey, I cheer and boo, it's not pretty." Deeks chuckled as he came into the room and right away gave Kensi a kiss on the cheek. "Evening Fern, how was your day?" Kitty stepped back to give them a moment. Her heart ached for the couple. But she so admired Marty's dedication to Kensi.
He looked more tired than normal. He never failed to have a smile when he saw "his girl" though. She could see he was struggling to keep the faith but sometimes it was just so hard. Kitty filled him on some of her day and told him she would get the nurse to fill him on the rest. She was excited for him to hear that Kensi had actually responded to pain stimulation. Hopefully it meant that she was starting to wake up, but the nurse or doctor had to give him that news.
"You are just in time for evening calisthenics! Why don't I let you finish and I can go check on my other patients." Marty nodded and took over from the assistant. As Kitty gathered up her supplies, she heard Marty pick up where she left off talking about TV show. He was a good student, learning everything he could about her care. She watched for a minute to make sure he was doing things correctly, of course he was, she wished she could do more for them both. "I'll check in later. No shenanigans while I am gone you two." Kitty gave Marty's shoulder a squeeze and then left the room.
She prayed that Kensi would wake up soon.