hello people of fanfiction! i am SO glad that everyone liked that last chapter, because everyone's been so excited for it, and it was a really important chapter, and my brother had to tell me like a dozen times that it was good and i needed to just post it already haha...but anyway, HUGE thank you to everyone reading this, following/favoriting and my lovely reviewers!

So chapter is basically one big fluff fest. N7sdr93 has gotten diabetes from how sweet this chapter is (his words, not mine XD) as always, shout out to him! i don't own, blah blah blah.

Enjoy the fluff fest :]

Chapter 7

"Daddy, I hungee." Leo announced, making the adults part from their embrace.

Kensi stepped back and rubbed her hands together awkwardly. "Well, um...I should get home then...and you two should go get something to eat and enjoy the rest of your night." She rambled, backing away slowly.

"Hey uh, Kensi you could um...you could always just...you know..." Deeks rambled as well, embarrassed.

Leo looked between the two adults, confused at their behavior. "Kens no go! Eat wiff me and Daddy!" He demanded.

Deeks grinned at the little boy. "Well, at least one of the three of us doesn't have communication problems." He chuckled.

Kensi couldn't help but smile at that. "Oh, you don't want me to come too. You and your daddy will have so much more fun without me." She told the boy.

Before her partner could object, his son beat him to it. "Nuh-uh. Daddy smile bigger-er when yous wiff us." Leo informed her. "So you gots to go too so Daddy smile more." Leo informed her.

Deeks was looking up at the sky, not believing his son was saying all of this. Kensi was smiling from ear to ear, enjoying the detective's discomfort at the situation. She stepped back towards the Deeks boys.

"Well, I guess I could go. That is, if your daddy wants me to." Kensi told Leo.

"He do." Leo nodded.
Deeks chuckled. "Yea, Kens. I do." He nodded.
"Well, alright then. What should we eat?" She asked, a slight blush on her cheeks.

"Ice cweam!" Leo yelled excitedly.
"Food, Leo. Not dessert." Deeks said, a slightly more firm tone in his voice now.

"Otay...but then we has ice cweam?" Leo asked sweetly, pulling the puppy dog face on his father.

Deeks couldn't help but melt at his son. "Alright. You eat a good dinner, then we'll go have ice cream." He nodded.

Kensi watched the two interact with a smile on her face. She was right when she said Deeks would be a great father someday.

She was just a few years behind on the 'someday' part, Kensi mused.

"Well, I am definitely up for ice cream." She grinned.
"You wike ice cweam too, Kens?" Leo asked happily.

"Oh, little man, you've never seen anyone eat ice cream like Kensi here can." Deeks teased lightly.

"Even more than me?" The little boy gasped.
"Even more than you. And me. Combined." The detective smirked at his partner.

Kensi pressed her lips together, trying to fight the smile trying to grow on her face; but even she knew there was no way she could deny his words. They were completely true.

Leo looked at the woman in awe. "Whoa. Cool!" He grinned, holding out his little hand for a high five.

She laughed and high fived him. "Thank you, Leo."
"You welcome." He replied.

Suddenly, Kensi's stomach rumbled and Deeks burst out laughing. "Oh man, we'd better fed her, Leo. She'll turn into evil hungry Kensi if we don't." Deeks winked at the boy.

Leo gasped and wiggled around in his father's arms. "Go Daddy! Go! Sabe Kens! Sabe her! Get the food!" He exclaimed.

The partners laughed and Kensi smoothed some of Leo's hair down. "Don't worry, babe, I'll be fine." She told him.

"You pwomise?" Leo asked sweetly. Kensi's heart melted as she looked at the little boy's baby blues.

And she thought Deeks' puppy dog eyes were hard to resist. Leo's? Impossible.

"Pinkie promise." Kensi smiled, wiggling her pinkie out to the boy. He immediately joined his small finger with hers, giggling lightly.

"Alright, now that that's settled, why don't we go find some eats?" Deeks smiled, happiness flowing off of him as he watched the two interact.

The three had found a food truck not far from where they were, and grabbed some food there; eating it on the beach. Kensi and Leo both wolfed theirs down immediately; both eager to get the ice cream that was promised.

Deeks arched an eyebrow at the two as he saw they'd finished before he was even halfway through his shrimp curry. Leo huffed impatiently, his face resting on his little fist.

"Come on, Daddy! Huwwy uuup!" Leo whined.
"Yea, Deeks! Move it! We've got ice cream waiting!" Kensi added, also eager.

Deeks chuckled at the two. "I am going to enjoy my dinner, thank you both. I will finish when I finish." He told the two.

Leo pouted for a minute, before he looked at Kensi and his eyes flashed mischievously. The little boy jumped up and put his lips next to the woman's ear, covering it with his hands to keep what he was saying a secret.

Deeks' jaw dropped a bit as he watched Kensi grinned wickedly. "Really? My son and my partner ganging up on me? This is totally not supposed to happen." He said, grinning nonetheless.

Kensi stood up and grabbed Leo's hand. "Leo reminded me that I have a car, and money, and that we can go get our own ice cream." She grinned.

Leo giggled as the two turned and started walking towards the cars. Deeks watched speechless, for two reasons. The first being his disbelief of the two joining forces against him. The second, his heart clenching at the sight of Kensi and Leo holding hands and walking together.

Like a mom would do with her son, Deeks couldn't help but think.

He knew it was completely ridiculous for him to be thinking like that, but it was what his heart wanted. He wanted Kensi in their lives, as something much more than just partners at work.

When Deeks realized that the two were actually serious about leaving him, he quickly eat the rest of his food before running to them, catching them laughing by her car. He chuckled quietly and looked at Kensi.

"Well played, Fern. Well played." He told her.

Kensi fake gasped. "Whatever do you mean, Deeks? Are you implying that we played you?"

The man chuckled and stared at her. "You know you totally did. And strangely I'm alright with it." He smiled.

"Good. Now, let's go get that ice cream." Kensi beamed, getting in her car.

Standing in line at the ice cream shop, Deeks watched as Leo and Kensi looked through all the flavor and topping choices offered. He was amazed at how comfortable Leo was with Kensi so quickly.

He shouldn't be surprised, Deeks mused, she just had that effect on people. Especially the Deeks boys.

Leo was standing on his tip toes, attempting to see in the glass, and huffed -frustrated- when he realized he still couldn't see. Kensi looked down and smiled slightly, lifting the boy up into her arms and pointing out the different flavors to him.

Deeks was definitely a goner.

Suddenly, the detective felt a light tap on his shoulder. He immediately turned to see an older woman standing behind him, smiling warmly.

"Can I help you with something, ma'am?" Deeks inquired politely.

The woman's smile grew bigger. "No thank you, I'm sorry to bother you, but I just had to tell you what a beautiful family you have." She said softly.

Deeks glanced back at Kensi and Leo -both smiling and laughing about something- and grinned. "Thank you, ma'am. That's very kind of you to say."

"You're very welcome." She replied, and walked off.

The grin didn't leave the shaggy man's face as he walked back over to his two favorite people.

"Alright, so what flavors we gettin'?" Deeks drawled.

"Rocky road." Kensi said at the same time Leo said "Wocky Woad." The two looked at the other and grinned, Leo bursting into giggles.

"Well, looks like you two have the same favorite flavor." Deeks smiled, ruffling Leo's hair.

"Daddy, Kens is so cool!" Leo grinned.
Deeks arched an eyebrow at his partner. "How much did you pay him?" He teased.

Kensi stuck her tongue out at him. "Oh ha ha Deeks. You're so funny." She rolled her eyes playfully.

Leo furrowed his eyebrows, confused. "Why does you call my daddy 'Deeks'?" He inquired.

Kensi paused for a moment, not sure how to answer. "Um..."

"That's my superhero name." Deeks told his son. "People at work call me that." He explained.

"Oh!" Leo replied, understanding. He turned to Kensi and smiled. "My daddy's a super hewo. Is you a super hewo too, Kens?" the little boy inquired.

"Oh, no I'm not a superhero." She shook her head.
"Don't let her fool you, buddy, she's Wonder Woman." Deeks said fondly.

Kensi blushed as Leo gasped. "Weally? Wow!" He grinned. "Does they call you Wonder Woman or does you hab a super hewo name wike Daddy?" Leo asked.

"Fern. Her superhero name is Fern." Deeks grinned, cheekily.

Kensi fake glared at him as Leo's eyebrows furrowed again. "Furn? Why does they call you Furn?" Leo asked.

"Because your daddy is goofy and started that silly nickname a long time ago." Kensi couldn't help but smile as she remembered their first op with Deeks as a member of their team.

"Oh!" Leo nodded, turning back to look at the ice cream.

"So one small rocky road, one large rocky road and a chocolate for me." Deeks told the woman behind the counter as it came their turn.

The woman nodded and rang them up, and Deeks handed her the money before Kensi could object.

"Deeks, no; I'll pay for mine." She shook her head.
The detective rolled his eyes. "Fern, I've got it." He smiled.
"You're so lucky I can't hit you." She mumbled, but Deeks caught it.

Deeks chuckled as he accepted the small tray with their ice cream cups from the woman and turned. "Leo, you pick the table." He announced.

"Otay!" Leo replied, wiggling out of Kensi's arms and running towards a booth. He crawled in and bounced up and down a bit, giggling to himself.

"Ice cweam! Ice cweam!" Leo said excitedly.

Deeks smiled as he scooted next to Leo and Kensi sat across from them. The three reached for their cups and started eating, laughing and chatting happily to themselves. Kensi had her ice cream eaten first, which was no surprise to either of the adults.

Deeks took one last spoonful of his before he slid his cup across the table to Kensi, knowing she wanted more. She smiled gratefully to him as she dug into the cup, and Deeks smiled in return before he grabbed a napkin and wiped Leo's face off.

"I'm gonna go grab a couple more napkins, Fern." Deeks told the woman, before sliding out of the booth.

Kensi nodded and stuck another huge spoonful of the delicious ice cream in her mouth. A tap on her shoulder drew her attention, and she turned to see the same woman who had spoken to Deeks earlier.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but I told your husband earlier and I just had to tell you; you have such a beautiful family. It's really nice to see a family all together and happy nowadays." The woman said sweetly.

Kensi's cheeks immediately blushed and she was completely embarrassed. "Oh, thank you, ma'am. That's very sweet of you." Kensi replied.

The woman nodded before walking off, and Kensi's cheeks grew even redder when she saw that Deeks had heard the entire thing.

"Well wifey, that was nice of her to say, wasn't it?" Deeks smiled. Kensi thought he was teasing her, but his eyes showed nothing but sincerity and complete adoration. It took her breath away.

"Um...yea." She nodded finally, turning back to her ice cream.

Deeks continued to stare at her intently, feeling completely content with Kensi and Leo both by his sides.

"So, who else knows?" Kensi asked seriously, nodding towards Leo-who was too wrapped up in his ice cream to be bothered with what the adults where talking about.

"Hetty, because she is a ninja and knows everything. My neighbor Mr. Jason, he babysits Leo during the day. Maybe Bates remembers, but I highly, highly doubt it." Deeks explained.

She nodded, taking another bite of ice cream. "Are you planning on telling the rest of the team soon?"

"I figure I'll have to. But, I'm not sure I want to yet. It's still really fresh and it's really personal; it's not really something I share lightly, you know?" Deeks said after a moment's thought.

His words weren't lost on Kensi; Deeks had willingly told Kensi, before telling any other person at NCIS. She was important enough to him that he had told her about the most important thing in his life.

And she hadn't willingly told him the majority of the things she should've. He'd had to find out through other means.

"Thank you, for telling me, Deeks." Kensi said softly.
Deeks smiled at her. "I'm sorry I didn't do it sooner."
She shook her head. "No, I understand."
"I'm glad. You don't know just how glad I am to hear that, Kensi." He replied lowly.

Leo's yawn drew their attention and Deeks smiled fondly. "Gettin' sleepy, buddy?" He inquired.

"Noo..." Leo shook his head, but his eyes were becoming droopy, and both of the adults knew he was fibbing.

"You done with your ice cream?" Deeks asked.
"Uh-huh." Leo nodded, rubbing one of his eyes with his tiny fist.

Kensi smiled at the boy, already adoring him. Deeks grabbed all their trash and threw it away. When he came back to the booth he picked Leo up into his arms; the little boy wrapped his small arms around his neck and laid his head on his dad's shoulder. Deeks smiled softly, rubbing a hand down his back.

The partners walked out of the shop and down the street a bit to where they'd both parked their cars; both intentionally walking a bit slower than normal. Kensi's car was closer, and the two stopped.

Deeks immediately reached for her car door, opening it for her. Kensi beamed at him, rubbing a hand across Leo's back softly.

"Leo, I had a wonderful time with you today. It was so nice to meet you." She said softly.

Leo looked up a little and smiled. "I had fun wiff you too, Kens." He said quietly, laying his head back down on Deeks' shoulder.

Kensi grinned at Deeks, who was staring at her with that look again. She hoped she wasn't blushing as they stood there, wrapped in a comfortable silence.

"Thank you, for all this. It was...it was really great, Deeks." Kensi smiled.

"Thank you for giving me the chance to explain. And for spending time with us. I really enjoyed it." Deeks replied honestly.

"Bye Kens." Leo mumbled.

She smiled and pressed a kiss to the back of his head. "Bye Leo." She said, and turned to get in her car.

"What, don't I get a kiss too, Fern?" Deeks smirked.

Kensi rolled her eye playfully, but stepped towards him nonetheless. She leaned close to him, and almost laughed as his eyes widened. But, being the tease and one upper that she was, Kensi turned her head and kissed Deeks on the cheek.

His cheeks immediately turned red and Deeks chuckled softly. "Alright, princess, we can play that game. Touché."

"Touché." Kensi grinned. Deeks rolled his eyes as she turned and got in her car, shutting her door with a wave and driving off.

Deeks walked the little way back to his car with a huge smile on his face. He carefully opened the backseat door and place Leo in his car seat, buckling the boy up.

"Daddy," Leo said.
The detective looked up at his son. "Yea bud?"
"You wet Kens eat you ice cweam." The boy said, opening his eyes.
"Yea, I did." Deeks nodded.

"You must wike her a wot, Daddy." Leo smiled.

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