3. I love that you can always tell when someone's lying

Sometimes, he fears for his partner's mental sanity. There are a few things about Kensi Blye that make him wonder if she is completely sane. There are not many people in the world who are as crazy as she is that much he knows. The world's population would be a lot shorter if everyone had the cojones she has. That often amuses him but there are other times that he can't help but get annoyed with her, angry even. This just happens to be one of those times.

He doesn't know what annoys him the most. He figures it is a tie between her insanity (there's really no other word he can think about to describe her behavior sometimes) and the fact that Callen and Sam seem to look at her craziness as something absolutely normal. They don't even try to lecture her about it. It pisses him off. And they even go as far as give him a pointed look so he won't say a word about what she has just done. So he waits until they're alone in the car, away from Callen and Sam and in a place where she can't even try to escape.

She's driving, as usual, and he's waiting for the right moment to blow up. She makes a right turn and he can't take it anymore.

"You're completely insane." It comes out as something pretty close to yelling.

She looks at him weirdly. "I did what I had to do to get the job done. Any other person in my place would have done what I did. What's your problem?"

Deeks shakes his head and can't keep his anger inside any longer. "Are you freaking serious, Kensi? You don't know what's my problem? My problem is that you are on the verge of being committed in the psychiatric ward of a hospital. No one would do what you did because no one is as crazy as you are. Do you have any idea of how frustrating it is to be your partner? I never know what you're going to do next. I have to be alert at all times and it's tiring as hell. A warning would be nice; at least when you decide to make a move like the one you did today."

Kensi lets out a sigh but he can tell she's trying not to yell back at him. "Again, I did what any other person in my place would have done."

Deeks looks at her as if she'd grown an extra-head. "Are you serious? You think any other person would have walked straight to a guy with mental problems and a gun just like that, without backup? You really think any other person would have kept walking to him after he warned said person he was going to shoot if he or she came any closer to him? You really think any other person would have dropped his or her gun and stepped as close to that guy as possible without actually touching him? You really think any other person would have been as crazy as you were?"

She is in silence for a few minutes and he figures she's just giving him time to breathe, time to calm down. He stays in silence too, just looking through the car window. Kensi keeps driving and Deeks keeps thinking. She is his partner (and he only describes her as his partner because he's not brave enough to call her the object of his undivided attention). He wants her to be safe at all times, and he admits to himself that it goes way beyond a partnership. He needs to make sure she's alright at all times, both on and out of the field. It's a thing he has.

The silence remains until she parks on her spot. She remains seated and waits. He knows she's waiting for him to make the first move but he can't. He's afraid to yell at her once again. He's just too nervous for that, after such a long and tiring day. So, after a few seconds, she's the one who breaks the silence that has settled between them. And the words that come out of her mouth are so Kensi that his anger dissipates immediately.

"I knew he was lying when he said he's shoot me if I got any closer."

Deeks looks at her questioningly (because he's sure she's completely mental) and she just shrugs, as if this is no big deal. She wants to get out of the car and drop this subject, he knows that. But she doesn't. She just looks at him and waits.

He knows what she wants. She wants to make sure things between them are okay before she gets out, wants to make sure he's not angry at her anymore. It's kind of an unspoken agreement between them.

Some couples never go to bed mad at each other. Some friends refuse to hang up the phone if they're in the middle of a fight. He knows for a fact that Callen and Sam never go home while they're in the middle of a fight.

This is his thing with Kensi (even though he always says there's no 'thing'). They never leave the other if they're mad at each other (not mad…angry, because dogs get mad and people get angry).

He gives up, there's really nothing else he can do. He is well aware that his partner can see whenever someone is lying better than any other person he knows. It's a comforting though, most of the times. And he has learned to embrace her skills in the course of this partnership.

Deeks sighs and leans in, giving her a kiss on the forehead before getting out of the car. Kensi follows him and by the time they walk inside the building, everything's okay between them. They go back to being Kensi and Deeks, the two partners who are constantly arguing with each other.

She can always tell when someone is lying and, in the end of the day, that only makes him love her even more.