proposal prompt from glencoco4 on tumblr - shirtless Deeks + donuts
"Kensi Marie Blye."
"Hmm?" She mumbles into her pillow, not bothering to lift her head or even open her eyes at the jostling of the mattress as Deeks sits on the edge of the bed. It's Saturday morning, they're not on-call for work, and she's pretty sure the breakfast-in-bed she was promised today did not make the trip upstairs with the exasperated man next to her.
"Kens."
Opening one eye, she glances at him and snakes one hand out from under the covers to rub his bare back.. "Is breakfast ready?"
Deeks sighs. He sounds annoyed, but also like he can't quite hold back a laugh. "Were you foraging for food in the middle of the night again?"
"Um…" Kensi opens both eyes now and shifts onto her side so that she's looking at Deeks. "I may have woken up at some point and was having trouble falling back asleep, so I may have gotten myself a little snack."
"A donut?" Deeks gives her a knowing look.
Kensi scrunches her face and nods sheepishly. "I didn't know we had any, but when I went into the kitchen, I found the box on top of the fridge. You know I can't resist the donuts."
Chuckling quietly, Deeks mumbles, mostly to himself, "I should have known this would never work."
"What would never work?"
"I'll be right back." He leans over to press a kiss to her temple. "Stay here."
He's back not more than a minute later, this time with the box of donuts in his hands. Kensi sits up, leaning back against the headboard and stretching her legs out in front of her before criss-crossing them so that Deeks can sit close to her. He's look at her as though he's contemplating what to say and then he smiles at her.
"So, I'm going to have to improvise a little here, which wouldn't be necessary if it wasn't for Kensi the Donut Monster needing her midnight snack last night."
She rolls her eyes, but can't bite back a smile as he smirks at her. Rather dramatically, Deeks faces the box towards her and slowly opens the top. Kensi isn't sure exactly what she's supposed to expect when she can finally see what's inside the box, but what's there hadn't made the shortlist.
Inside the box are five donuts and they're in the shape of various letters.
ARRY E
"I don't get it." She looks up at Deeks, who she just now notices is holding something else behind his back.
"Last night," he begins, "after you went to bed, I snuck out to that donut shop you love to pick up a special order I placed last week. Seven donuts, in all of your favorite flavors, made especially to help me with something. As you can see, there are only five here."
The confusion on Kensi's face is clear. "I swear I only ate one, Deeks!"
"You did." Deeks nods. His smile growing wider, he brings his other hand out from behind his back, revealing another donut.
M
"This poor guy now has to pull double duty and it kind of takes away from the effect I was going for, but it will have to do, because I do not want to do this a fifth time."
With that, Deeks silently puts the M donut in the box.
"What does it say now?"
Suddenly realizing what this is, Kensi's eyes dart quickly between the box and her boyfriend's face. Her response is barely above a whisper. "Marry-"
Deeks quickly holds up a finger to stop her, and reaches into the box to move the donut.
"And now?"
Kensi exhales. "Me."
Sliding off the bed and dropping to one knee, Deeks reaches into the pocket of his sweatpants and pulls out the ring she hasn't seen in months. The one she made him promise to keep hidden from her until this moment.
"Kensi Marie Blye," he says again, this time with nothing but adoration in his voice. "You're the only one I would ask to marry me four times, and I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't propose how ever many times it took for you to say yes, but I'm really hoping you don't make me do this again. It may not be the beach at sunset, but we're not at work, I have a ring, I'm on one knee, you're awake, and everything is back to normal. So, will you please marry me?"
Kensi is smiling so broadly, her face hurts and she can't even begin to form a response. Reaching into the box of donuts, she quickly pulls one out, takes a bite, and then rearranges them. When she turns the box back towards Deeks, he's on his feet and his lips are on hers before she even finishes chewing.
Picking up the box and placing it on Kensi's bedside table so that he can shift closer to her, Deeks finally slides the ring on her finger where it can now stay. Right before he leans in for another kiss, he steals a sidelong glance at the three donuts that deserve a spot in some imaginary pastry hall of fame next to that cronut she got him all those years ago. Once again, Kensi's told him all he needs to know, without saying anything at all.
YEP
