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Ok, here we go! Still don't own NCIS:LA. just a girl waiting for an official Densi and hoping for some Nallen!

Chapter 2

Deeks wasn't ashamed to say that, as he was holding onto the number one most important thing in his life, he had tears pooling in his eyes. Deeks had dropped to his knees the second he saw him getting out of that taxi.

His son.
Deeks' son.

"Leo." Deeks managed to choke out as the boy ran into his father's arms and hugged around his neck.

"Hi Daddy." The boy replied happily.

It had been so long since Deeks had done this; held his son in his arms. He'd gotten bigger since he'd last saw Leonardo Deeks; commonly known as just Leo.

"I missed you, so much little man." Deeks said, his voice dripping with the sorrow that had filled him the past eleven months since he'd gotten to see Leo.

"I missed-ed you too, Daddy." Leo replied happily, pulling back to look as his father's face.

Deeks couldn't help but smile at his boy standing in front of him. Leo was practically his little clone; blonde shaggy hair, bright blue eyes, even the mischievous smile. The little boy was smiling from ear to ear, excitement coming off his little three-year-old figure in waves.

Deeks cupped his son's face and gently brushed the hair away from his eyes. "You been doing ok?" He inquired.

Leo shrugged. "Mommy has new boyfriend; he has cooties." He informed him quite seriously.

This brought a chuckle from the man. "Oh yea? Why's that?" Deeks asked.
" 'Cuz he mean and he no wike me. So he gots cooties." Leo explained.

"Of course; there's no other explanation. Anyone who doesn't like you has cooties." Deeks nodded, frowning slightly.

"Ahem." A new voice announced her presence, tired of being ignored.

Deeks rolled his eyes and looked up. "Hello, Rachel." He greeted.
"Marty." She replied.

Any stranger walking by would never guess that Rachel Smith was Leo's mother; he looked absolutely nothing like her. Dark hair, green eyes, and an unfriendly smile, Rachel was pretty in her own right.

But she wasn't the kind of pretty that caught Deeks' eye anymore.
The only kind that did that anymore was brunette hair, and mismatched eyes.

Deeks still had yet to let go of Leo, one arm still holding the little boy around the waist. Likewise, Leo's arms where firmly wound around his father's neck.

"Not that I'm complaining, at all, but you've never let Leo come down here. To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" Deeks asked.

Rachel huffed and crossed her arms. "Leo, go play." She told the boy.

Leo shook his head and stepped closer to Deeks, who couldn't fight the smirk growing on his face.

"I literally have held him for less than five minutes and you're already pulling him away from me?" Deeks said, bitterness teeming in his voice.

"This isn't really a conversation he needs to hear." Rachel sighed. "Leo, I said go play." She added sharply.

"I not want to..." Leo whined, cuddling close to Deeks.

Deeks stared up at Rachel for a moment, before he sighed and let go of Leo. "Hey buddy, Mommy and Daddy need to talk for a minute, alright? So how about you go play where I can see you ok?" Deeks said.

Leo nodded. "Mkay Daddy." He agreed, walking a few steps away and plopping down in the sand; pulling a toy car from his pocket.

"Oh, of course he'll listen to you." Rachel rolled her eyes.

Deeks stood back up and stepped to lean against his car; staying in perfect view of his son, smiling as he watched the little boy play happily.

"So why're you here, Rachel? You need more money? Leo said you've got a boyfriend; you never call me when you've got some guy in your life." Deeks asked.

She rolled her eyes. "That's the point. Michael doesn't like Leo. He doesn't want to take care of another man's kid."

The shaggy detective arched an eyebrow at her. "Ok, so you break up with him. If he doesn't like my son, tough."

"No, not tough." She shook her head.

Deeks looked at her incredulously. "What are you saying? What, you...you're picking this new guy over your son?" He gaped at her.

"Marty, Michael is a good guy; he's gonna take care of me after I leave here." Rachel explained.

"He's a good guy? By that you mean he's rich and he's going to take care of you because you don't date good guys anymore." Deeks chuckled humorlessly.

Rachel narrowed her eyes but Deeks didn't give her the chance to respond. "And what do you mean after you leave here? What's happening to Leo? You've already dragged him up and down the west coast more times than I can count and kept him away from me the majority of his life. What's next?" Deeks asked sharply.

"You are." She said firmly, crossing her arms.
His eyebrows shot up. "Me?"

"Yes, you, stupid. I've got Leo's stuff in the trunk of the taxi." She rolled her eyes, motioning to the car that had yet to move. "And I've got the paperwork to give you full custody; all you've gotta do is sign it." Rachel explained.

"Hold on here. You're giving up your son to be with this guy? How long have you know him? How can you just give up Leo like this?" Deeks shook his head, running a hand through his hair.

"I've known Michael for almost ten months now, and he promised we'd get married and he'd take care of me. But he won't take care of another man's kid. So I'm giving you what you've always wanted; Leo." Rachel explained.

Deeks watched, his jaw slacked, as she went to the taxi and pulled a few bags from the trunk. He shook his head in disbelief and turned to look at Leo; who was happily chasing after a bird not far away.

Rachel came to stand in front of him, a pen and a stack of paperwork in her hands outstretched to him. "Sign this." She demanded.

"So what, I sign this and you just disappear? You gonna call him, visit him, anything?" Deeks asked. It was clear in his voice that he was disgusted with her.

He couldn't wrap his head around why she could possible want to abandon an amazing kid, like Leo. Deeks knew Leo was the sweetest kid in the world, and he wouldn't change a single thing about him. But now here his mother was, ready to leave him.

It made Deeks think about his own mother abandoning him after he'd shot his father. To this day he still hadn't gotten over her just leaving him.

"Probably not." Rachel's voice drew him back to the present. "Michael's pretty adamant about me giving Leo up." She explained.

"You do realize that this guy isn't the only guy in the world, right? Surely you can find someone who can stand you and won't make you completely abandon Leo." Deeks snapped.

"Michael's a good guy!" Rachel yelled.

"You don't care about that! The only you care about-the only thing you've ever cared about-is how deep his pockets are!" Deeks hissed.

"So what, you don't want custody now? All I've heard for the last three years out of you 'let me see Leo' 'tell me where you are so I can visit' 'why do you keep my son from me' blah blah blah, and now you're trying to back out of it?" Rachel hissed.

"Hell no. I actually want my son. I'm just trying to think about what's best for him; and you abandoning him is not it, Rachel. He needs both his parents in his life; not just me, not just you, both of us." Deeks said firmly.

Rachel batted her eyes and took a step towards him, placing her hand on his chest and rubbing across it. "Well, he could have us both...we could be together again. You could take care of us." She said, trying to be seductive.

Deeks' face contorted in disgust and he pushed her hand away. "Don't touch me." He told her.

Rachel's eyes grew cold again. "Fine. Then sign the damn paperwork. Have your son."

"Fine." Deeks said, snatching the papers and pen from her before he lost his chance to have Leo in his life.

Remembering his days as a lawyer, Deeks flipped through the paperwork, making sure it was all legit.

"Oh come on, just sign it." Rachel rolled her eyes.

Deeks looked up at her. "Well, I need to make sure it's all valid. I was a lawyer, remember?" He smirked, knowing it would piss her off.

And it worked.

"You're such a bastard." Rachel snapped, slapping him across the face.

Deeks bit his tongue and rubbed his jaw. "You know what? Fine. Leo doesn't need someone like you in his life anyway." He said firmly.

He turned around and placed the paperwork on the side of his car to sign it. After he'd scribbled his signature he practically threw it at her. "I'll go grab Leo and you can tell him bye." Deeks said.

Leo noticed his father walking to him and a bright smile grew on his face again. "Daddy!" He grinned and ran over to him again.

Deeks couldn't help but smile as his heart warmed with the love for and from his son. He picked the boy up and held him close to his chest.

"Daddy can we come play here 'morrow? Is fun." Leo said.
"Sure we can, buddy." Deeks grinned, tickling his stomach.

Leo immediately burst into giggles and Deeks chuckled with him. Remembering why he'd went to get the boy, Deeks turned to start walking back up to the taxi.

But when he turned around, Rachel was gone.

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