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So firstly sorry for the long wait. I am trying to move house and don't seem to have much time for anything right now. Anyway enough with my excuses, here is the next chapter, I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I don't NCIS: LA.

The next day passed in an amalgamation of kisses and work for the newly defined couple, interspersed with teasing comments from Frank and Henry. Throughout it they lived in a wonderful bubble of blossoming feelings created by a new relationship, and the usual banter than defined their friendship. It wasn't until that night when they were ready for bed that it truly hit that tomorrow Callen would be returning to LA.

"G." Deeks said, sitting carefully on the edge of the bed. He wasn't sure how to say what he wanted. Wasn't even truly sure if it actually was what he wanted, but he knew he had to say it.

"Marty? What is it?" Callen asked moving towards him so he could rest a hand on his arm, hoping the connection would help the younger man express whatever was on his mind.

"I was thinking, that maybe tonight we should have sex." Deeks replied finally getting the words out.

"No." Callen responded instantly. They were not ready for that. In fact they were nowhere near ready for that.

"But you're going back to LA tomorrow, and we don't know when we'll see each other next…" Deeks replied trailing off at the end as if those reasons explained enough of his thinking.

"Marty, we'll have sex when we're ready and for no other reason. I'm coming back, I'm not going to leave you." Callen responded with. He needed Marty to know that sex really wasn't that important, not to them, not then.

"Okay." Deeks sighed in relief and a smile spread across his face as he leaned towards the older man, sealing their lips together in a gentle sweet kiss that said more than words ever could right then.

When they finally pulled apart Callen dragged Deeks into the bed beside him, before wrapping him once more in his arms. He loved falling asleep wrapped around Marty. He wasn't sure how well he would be able to sleep once he returned to his bedroll. But that wasn't the thoughts he needed to think then. No all he needed to think about now was the man he was with. As such Callen found he could not stop himself from peppering kisses along Marty's neck, making the younger man chuckle until he turned in Callen's arms.

"Well we don't have to go to sleep right now. It's still early after all." Was all he said before kissing G on his lips, and sweeping them both away in the feel of being with the other. Sweeping all other thoughts from their minds, and instead made it so that they only concentrated on the here and now, and who it was they were sharing the bliss they were experiencing with.

In fact it wasn't until the next morning that the shadow of Callen's departure was truly felt among the men who lived at the bar. The breakfast they all shared was unusually subdued with the knowledge that rather than joining Henry in the kitchen Callen would be heading back to LA.

"Are you sure I can't persuade you to stay? Our barman is extremely attractive, and I have it on good authority that he likes you, surely that's an incentive to stay?" Henry asked into the quiet not being able to cope with the sombre mood a moment longer.

"While that is a very tempting offer, though I really don't think you should be pimping him out like that, I really can't." Callen replied with a small chuckle at how his words caused Deeks to almost choke on his food.

"Oh don't worry, we only pimp him out to his boyfriend. Plus good kitchen staff are really had to find." Henry responded with a wave of his hand making Deeks blush at how casually he just called him and G boyfriends. It wasn't a word they had used yet to describe their relationship, but he liked it. He liked it a lot.

"I'm not that good." Callen answered back as if he was revealing a secret he'd been keeping.

"When I'm done with you, you will be." Henry replied with a wink, though he did drop the subject then. But at least he had achieved one of his goals, and that was to lighten the atmosphere around them all with his humour.

Finally it was time for Callen to go. He'd packed up all his stuff in the car and he had his brown bag of lunch already sitting on the passenger sit. All that was left was to, well, actually leave. Which he was finding harder than he expected it to be.

"Call me when you get back. Let me know you made it okay." Deeks said when the two men were standing facing each other, but trying to put of the parting that they knew was coming fast.

"Yes, mom." Callen replied with a smirk before turning serious. "You call me if you need me, any time, right?"

"And what if I just want to talk to my boyfriend?" Deeks asked his cheeky grin on his face, though his words were asked in complete seriousness. He really wanted to be able to just call G whenever he felt like it, but he wanted to make sure the other man was okay with him doing that.

"Then that's an even better reason to call me." Callen replied before closing the distance between them and kissing Marty with all the passion he had inside him. He wanted him to remember this kiss, remember what it declared about them, and the promise it held for their future together.

Deeks returned the kiss with equal fervour, determined to get as much as he could from that last moment they had together for the foreseeable future. He didn't know when he would see G again, and as such wanted to make the most of the now.

But still they could not continue kissing forever, however much they may wish they could. As such it came to its inevitable end as they pulled apart, Callen stepping back from the younger man, though not breaking the eye contact they shared.

"Make sure you come back, G. Take care of yourself, and try not to do anything stupid, yeah?" Deeks said even if he knew that the other man couldn't make any promises, he still had to say it.

"No promises, but I'll try. After all Sam will kill me if I don't." Callen replied smiling softly at Marty. He knew he was getting the better deal here, I mean it was highly unlikely anything would happen to Marty working behind a bar. That could certainly not be said for his job.

"I'm completely with Sam on this one." Deeks responded with a smirk. At least he knew Sam would have G's back. He trusted the big guy to make sure he came back to him. Because that was what they did, it was what partners did.

At that Callen chuckled, but didn't say anything more. He really didn't want to be talking about Sam in his last moments with Marty. "I'll come up as soon as I can." He said sincerely instead, taking Marty's hands in his and giving them a squeeze.

"I'll see you then, then." Deeks replied before pulling G in for one last kiss. This one containing less passion than the last. It was more a promise of what was to come, the next time they met.

And with that final kiss Callen climbed into his car and drove away from the cove and the man he had such growing feelings for. Drove away from his boyfriend, who stood and watched until his car was out of sight.

The next morning Hetty stood at the entrance to the bullpen waiting to welcome her two senior agents back from their leave.

"Mr Callen, Mr Hanna. I hope your medical leave was restful." She said smiling at them both as they walked in side by side.

"It was, thank you, Hetty." Callen replied his smile widening beyond his power to stop it as he remembered all that had happened during his time away. As he remembered he now had a boyfriend waiting for him. And for the first time in his career he couldn't wait for his next days off so he could see Marty once more.

Hetty for her part saw the smile and couldn't stop her eyebrows raising. Just what was the meaning of that? It made her even more determined to find out just what it was that kept pulling her agent to a cove in the middle of nowhere, especially when it put that look on his face. See needed to find out just what was going on in Mr Callen's life. But she did not let any of that show on her face as spoke once more. "Kensi and Detective Thomas are working a case. Eric and Nell are waiting to brief you up in ops."

"Thanks, Hetty." Sam responded before dropping his bad and heading towards the stairs, his partner only one step behind.

Hetty waited until they had disappeared from sight before going to collect her bag and making her way out of the office. She had a bar to visit, and the mysteries of one G Callen to uncover.