***WARNING***

This chapter will have an M-rated part, I will mark it clearly in between a row of MMMMMMM's like this. Skip over it if you'd like, you have been warned.

A/N: Thank you all of you for reviewing, I am so thankful for the great readers and lovely responses I got. Hope you enjoy Chapter 4 of Break. :)

There was no pain, or blood, or heavenly light, only the sensation of being yanked roughly off the ground, an angry voice demanding something. Time sped up again and blood rushed into her ears as adrenaline spiked into her blood.

"What the hell were you thinking? Are you hurt? Are you shot? Dammit you're bleeding!" Deeks said, fear causing his voice to become rough. Kensi blinked and looked at the blood trailing down her arm.

"Piece of wood nicked me." She said swiping at the blood.

Deeks grabbed her arms and shook her lightly "What the hell were you thinking?" He repeated

She opened her mouth to answer him but found herself shoved up against the wall, his mouth fused to hers in a desperate kiss.

Twin rockets of adrenaline and lust shot straight through her and she was left absolutely speechless as Deeks released her, his breath coming heavily.

"Shit," was all he said as they heard Sam and Callen shouting their names.

"We're fine!" Deeks yelled just as Sam and Callen came running around the corner and Deeks stepped away from her.

Kensi grunted in pain as she pulled off her vest, almost certain that she was going to end up with a few nasty bruises. She was just glad the bullets hadn't come from a higher caliber weapon or she would've had a broken rib to deal with.

"Call an ambulance for Kensi, she was hit, looks like she took it all in the vest." Deeks said, refusing to look at her.

"No, I'm fine, I don't need an ambulance."

"Just shut up, okay." Deeks said, his voice unsteady. Sam looked curiously at Deeks and walked over to Kensi, helping her out of her vest.

"How's your breathing, any pinching?"

"No," Kensi said, wincing as she pulled back her shoulder to slide off the vest.

"Take a deep breath for me." Sam said gently, and Kensi did as she was told, her eyes on Deeks. She could tell he was angry with her, and had the situation been reversed she would have been furious at him too. She opened her mouth to apologize, to try and explain, but she was cut off by the blare of sirens as an ambulance sped onto the lot. Two EMT's came rushing out. They ushered her to the back of the van and since she refused to be taken to the hospital they sat her down and ran some basic diagnostics. She winced as they slid a cold stethoscope under her shirt and told her to breathe deeply.

"Looks like you're going to have some pretty bad bruising but it doesn't look like there are any breaks or fractures." The EMT pressed on the spots already turning red and Kensi hissed out a breath.

"Hmm, well I really would prefer if you would come in for some X-rays but I can't force you." He said, tutting over the marks.

"I'm fine," Kensi said and hopped off the back of the truck, pulling her shirt over her head. She looked around for Deeks and was confused when she saw only Sam walking towards her.

"Where's Deeks?"

"He's headed to the Mission with G, if you're ready we can head over for our initial debrief."

"Yeah," Kensi said, staring at the ground.

"Look you scared him, he's pissed. He'll come around, it's Deeks, he never stays mad."

Mad was a kind word for what he was. All the desperate fear he'd felt when he'd heard those shots and seen his partner drop to the ground had turned into blind fury when he'd seen McCarthy point his gun at her. Shoving her up against the wall and kissing her right after she'd almost gotten shot probably hadn't been the best move, he thought regretfully. He'd always imagined their first real kiss would be a bit more romantic, that they would have talked about it a little more. This made a real mess of things, he'd shoved his tongue down her throat and then he'd left her to deal with the EMT's while he rode to the Mission with Callen. He knew he was acting like a jerk, and guilt was already gnawing at him with the way he'd left her. It wouldn't do any good to talk to her now, he was still too angry, to unsettled by the fact that he'd almost lost her because she'd gone off without any backup.

"You know, usually I'm the angry brooding one." Callen said casually as the pulled up to the NCIS Mission.

Deeks snorted, "Usually my partner doesn't drive me this crazy."

"Give her a break, she doesn't always know how to deal with this kind of thing. She wanted him to pay."

"By almost getting herself killed? It was stupid, irresponsible," he sighed rubbed his hands hard over his face. "She scared five years off of me."

"I'm not saying she was smart, I'm just saying you should cut her a break."

"Yeah, maybe, when I don't feel like strangling her," Deeks muttered as they walked inside.

The adrenaline had worn off and she was starting to feel a dull pounding ache around her ribs where the shots had embedded into the vest. She was silent as Sam drove them to the Mission and she glared at her car as they pulled into the lot. Deeks had a lot of nerve, yelling at her, kissing her brainless, and then stalking off angrily. She decided she would apologize, not because he deserved it, but because she was going to take the higher road. Satisfied with that, she followed Sam inside and looked around for Deeks. She found him at his desk writing down what must have been his initial statement and she stood in front of him, waiting for him to look up.

"I wanted to say that-"

Deeks held up a hand and cut her off.

"I'm sorry for what happened after you got shot."

"You're sorry?" She decided that she wasn't going to apologize, she was going to punch him instead.

"Yeah, what can I say, adrenaline." His voice was oddly distant and he gave her a apologetic smile before giving her a friendly pat on the hand.

Kensi's eyes narrowed and she opened her mouth to tell him just where he could stuff his apology when Hetty's voice stopped her.

"You've done good, McCarthy and his second in command have been dispatched and the rest of his group has already disbanded. The chances of them regrouping is slim to none. Very well done." Hetty repeated. "Now go home, rest. You've all had a very long day."

Deeks scribbled his signature onto the bottom of the page and brushed past Kensi to hand his statement to Hetty.

"All done," he announced, his voice gratingly cheerful.

Kensi watched in disbelief as he walked off without her. The idiot probably thought she was going to come crawling after him, begging him for his forgiveness. Well he could forget it. There was no way she was going to beg for anything from him. If he thought he could walk off like nothing had happened between them and pat her on the hand like he was indulging a child then he could just sit at home and mope all by himself. She had better things to do.

Kensi scribbled her statement angrily onto the paper and barely restrained herself from putting and then my idiot partner kissed me and decided to pretend it was no big deal because he is a coward. She smiled viciously to herself as she finished writing and signed her name with a flourish. She handed in the statement minus the kiss detail and grabbed her bag. There was a bucket of chocolate ice cream and a hot bath waiting at home for her.

She made it to the hot bath but exhaustion had her flopping face first onto her pillow, wet hair and all. She was asleep in seconds.

Deeks glared up at the ceiling as the sun slowly rose in the sky. He'd spent all night tossing and turning in fitful sleep. He probably shouldn't have apologized for kissing her, that was his first mistake. Well technically the kiss had been his first mistake but he couldn't really bring himself to regret that. She could twist him up in knots without even trying, and maybe that's what made it all the more powerful. He was in love with her, had probably been for a long time now and last night, that terrifying time stopping moment, had just slammed it straight into his heart. His temper was slowly starting to fade with the rise of the sun and he got up to feed Monty. As Monty danced around his feet in anticipation of his breakfast his thoughts drifted to Kensi.

Her persistence, her loyalty, her desire to bring justice to the world, they were just a few of the things he adored about her. It was also what had made her run after McCarthy, not considering the risk to herself, to him. How could he be angry if he would have done the same thing? Deeks set down Monty's bowl of food and grabbed his car keys. It was about damn time he confronted their thing.

He reached her apartment in record time and since he still had a little bit of mad left in him he pounded loudly on her door. It brought a small sense of satisfaction when she swung the door open, bleary eyed and wild haired. Her expression went from surprised to furious in about a split second and he slipped inside while she was still gaping at him.

"What the hell are you doing here?"
"Good morning to you too, nice hair by the way, I came to talk about our thing."

Kensi reached up to touch her hair and stopped herself.

"Get out."

"Is that any way to treat your partner, especially after he saved your life?"

"I wasn't the one who decided to kiss their partner and then get pissed at them!"

"Yeah, I was going to sit at home and brood about it until you came to apologize but then I thought to myself, this is Kensi Marie Blye, the most stubborn person I've ever met in my life. There's no way she's going to come over here to apologize to me so I brought myself," he flashed her a grin "you're welcome."

"I'm not apologizing to you, you brainless idiot! I didn't do anything!"

His temper threatened to spike again.

"Do you think you're the only one who cares? Who's afraid when they see their partner getting shot at and there's nothing they can do? I swear for a moment there I was going to watch you die Kensi and yeah I got mad and I did something I probably shouldn't have done but you scared the life out of me. You were stupid to go running after him like that without backup."

Even though she'd already admitted to herself that she'd been stupid , hearing him say it only served to enrage her. She lunged at him and he caught her neatly around the waist.

"Quit it! You already have a bruised rib."

Kensi stomped on his instep and he released her on an oath.

"Okay can we talk about this like two adults without you trying to kill me?"

"No," Kensi said and plowed a fist into his gut. He wheezed out a breath, thankful at least that he'd been prepared for the hit and hooked his leg around hers, sending them both tumbling to the ground. They rolled and bucked, each trying to get the upper hand and the effort caused a thin sheen of sweat to coat their skin. He finally pinned her and even though she struggled he held her there.

"That's better," he said out of breath, "now if you would listen to me-"

He was cut off as she spit a stream of inventive curses at him.

"That sounds fun, but this is better" he said, lowering his mouth to hers.

She remained completely still, an emotionless statue as he brushed his lips experimentally against hers.

"See? Much better," he deepened the kiss and released her arms, bracing for the hit. It didn't come, instead she ran her fingers into his hair and fisted her hand there as she kissed him back. His blood burned white hot as a small moan escaped her throat.

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The kiss turned desperate as their bodies heated and Kensi arched against him, sliding her leg between his and flipping them over so that she straddled him. She sat up and moved against him as she slowly pulled off the t-shirt she'd slept in, revealing that she wore nothing underneath. He took a moment to send up a prayer of thanks before he sat up, tipping her slightly backwards before he caught her again, and trailed his lips over her throat. He closed his mouth over her breast and she moaned low and deep as she moved against him, sending his own nerve endings into a frenzy. She pulled his shirt over his head and ran her fingers over his chest and down lower until his stomach clenched in anticipation.

He pushed her back to the ground and hovered over her, teasing her with light kisses until she yanked his mouth impatiently down to hers and kissed him until his eyes were practically crossing. His hand slid under the waistband of her sweatpants and pushed his fingers into her. She came fast and hard and he had to bury his face in the crook of her neck to try and gain control again. Panting, he managed to get himself out of his jeans and he slid into her slowly, deeply. He could have sworn that something inside of him switched as he moved inside of her. Her eyes met his, dark and open, and in that instant it was if they were connected by so much more than the physical. It touched him, made him gather her close as they moved together, the earlier desperation had faded into something deeper, stronger than he'd ever felt. This time when her breath came faster his did too and they fell over the edge together, clinging to each other.

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Kensi lay beside Deeks, afraid to move, afraid this was all just a dream that would shatter when she woke. Something beat inside of her, strong and real. She was almost too scared to admit it was love. It was like he'd unlocked something that had been inside of her all along, but he'd been the only one to hold the key. Fear warred with her desire to embrace the love she felt for him. Opening herself up to it meant leaving her heart right out in the open, vulnerable to attack, but closing herself off to it meant going back to how she'd lived before, and somehow that seemed so pale in comparison.

"Quit thinking so hard, I can practically hear the wheels turning." Deeks said, brushing a hand over her hair.

Kensi bit her lip and propped herself onto her elbow.

"I have to say something," Kensi said, nerves dancing up her spine.

Deeks turned to her, his face completely open. She saw his love for her, bright and warm as a slow smile spread on his face.

"This is important to me, you are important to me." She said, and it felt like her chest was going to burst if her heart kept swelling like this.

Deeks tugged her closer so that she was snuggled onto his chest and she heard his heart beating steadily in her ear.

"I love you too Kensi," He said, and a light burst inside of her until she was sure that she was actually glowing.

She tilted her head up to meet his eyes.

"I love you," she said, grinning when he beamed down at her.

"We're going to have to get married." Deeks said

"What?" Kensi sat up and stared incredulously at him.

"So that we can have ninja assassin babies," he explained as if that made all the sense in the world.

"Whoa, slow down there buddy, okay. I just got used to the fact that I'm in love with you."

"It's fine, I can wait." Deeks said and he reached for her again. "But just so you know, if we got married I can cook you breakfast every morning." He nibbled on her shoulder "Chocolate chip pancakes," he pressed a kiss to her jaw. "those banana nut muffins you like so much." Kensi let out a hum of pleasure as he trailed a hand up her side. "Am I convincing you yet?"

"Keep talking," Kensi said.

"bacon and egg quiche."

"Ooh, fancy."

"Homemade waffles." He nibbled at her ear.

"Okay, I think I can get behind this whole marriage thing."

"Fantastic," Deeks said as he flipped her onto her back and slid over her again.

The End.