Life, Lies and Video Surveillance

By Cortexikid

Chapter 2: Cognomen

A/N: Thanks so much for all the reviews, alerts & faves guys, I'm chuffed! So, here's the next word – a perfect excuse to bring in another massive obsession of mine HAWAII FIVE-0 (McDanno FTW) Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Neither NCIS: Los Angeles nor Hawaii Five-0 is mine. Epic sad face =[

SPOILERS: For Hawaii Five-0 Season 2 Finale "Ua Hala." And mere speculation of possible Season 3 plot-points for H50 and Season 4 plot-points for NCIS:LA.

WOTD: COGNOMEN; cog·no·men noun. A person's name, nickname or alias

"So, who was that?"

"What?"

"On the phone? Who was it?"

Kensi smirks and rolls her eyes. He has been like this for a couple of days now, ever since a certain Sergeant Detective from the Five-0 taskforce got back in touch with OSP. Apparently, now that their illustrious leader Steve McGarrett has returned to the island, the proverbial shit has hit the fan, so much so that they were cashing in favours left, right and centre. Hetty heard it through her multiple covert connections that Lieutenant Kelly's wife Malia and cousin Kono were targeted by a dirty cop, a dirt-bag named Delano. Thankfully, neither attack was fatal on either woman. It has come to light that Delano is now suspected of working in close connection with ex-Marines. He and his associates are now in the wind so, Danny, being the good Detective that he is, contacted NCIS: OSP to try and get any possible hits on any of the ex-marines that may be classified to other law enforcement agencies. As far as Kensi knows, at the moment, Nell and Eric are coming up empty.

"Was it Danno?" Deeks asks, a hint of something in his tone as he watches Kensi, his jaw set, waiting impatiently for her response.

"How did you know his nickname was Danno anyway?" Kensi ponders, thinking back to when he first said it all those months ago, teasing her about her so-called 'pheromone spreading' – and tactfully avoiding his question, of course.

"Heard him say 'Danno loves you' to his little girl on one of his many phone calls," Deeks responds, tilting his head to the side and squinting as he continues, "how did you know?"

Kensi can't possibly stop the small smile that graces her face as she thinks back to her first visit to Hawaii, when she met Joe White and McGarrett to help him with the surveillance tape of his father and the previous Governor.

"Before I met McGarrett, White told me a few things about him, and his partner. Apparently, White endured a lot of bickering between the pair and calling Danny 'Danno' seems to be a favourite of McGarrett's...they both sound adorable really..." she trails off, biting her lip to engulf a laugh that threatens to erupt from her as she sees Deeks' expression darken.

"Yeah, well, we're adorable..." Deeks grumbles, running a hand through his already dishevelled hair.

"Are we?"

"Yep. And, we've been partners longer than them, or at least as long."

"So?"

"You don't have a cutesy nickname for me...Fern."

Kensi laughs at his tone. He really seems upset about this. Like he is jealous of a partnership that he has never really had the chance to observe up close (yet) and really has only heard the apparent 'legendary' stories through the grapevine. The Special Agent has to admit though; she is excited about the return of Hawaii's finest to Los Angeles, this time with Lieutenant Commander McGarrett and Officer Kalakaua in toe, she just wishes it were under better circumstances. They did owe Williams and Kelly a beer after all...and will most definitely spring some for McGarrett and Kalakaua too.

"Hey Fern, you still with me?" Deeks called, waving a hand in front of her face.

Kensi snaps out of her reverie and stares back at her partner from where he sits beside her, at her and Callen's desk.

"Fern is a terrible name."

"So is Danno."

"I think it's cute."

Deeks scowls and looks away from her as Kensi pokes him in the shoulder, hard.

"You mean you think he's cute..." the scruffy-bearded blond murmurs, rubbing his arm where she harshly poked him. Kensi looks away quickly, hiding her smile as she pretends to begin a new report.

"You jealous Deeks?"

Deeks snorts loudly, obscenely so. It reminds her of her maniacal laughter when she's nervous or when he catches her in a lie.

"Jealous? Me? No! What would I have to be jealous of exactly? A pint-sized Jersey-native that Hetty thinks is 'cheeky'? I think not..."

"Oh right, it's just, you kinda sound jealous," she teases, resting her chin in her palm as Deeks finally turns back around to look at her.

"Nope. Not jealous. Just...I thought you didn't like blonds?"

"When did I ever say that?"

"You said I wasn't your type—"

"I didn't realize you were the only blond in the world Deeks..."

"Maybe not, but I am the hottest."

"Your modesty is astounding."

"And don't you forget it."

The partners both smile at one another before Kensi is distracted by her booming message alert tone. She can feel Deeks' body stiffen next to her as she takes out her phone and glances down at the text, a tiny grin on her face.

"Who...who is it?" he attentively asks, his voice barely above a whisper.

"Oh no one Deeks...just my date for tonight," she replies sassily before standing up and walking away without a backwards glance.

Deeks' cerulean gaze burns into her back, causing a little chuckle to erupt from her lips as she makes her way to Hetty's office. It was only Eric that text (and called earlier to update her on the case) now to tell her to meet Hetty in her office after all, not a hot date, or one of five-0's finest Detectives, but she wasn't gonna tell her partner that. It was just too fun to watch him squirm.

A/N: Second chapter in one day - I know, I know, but it won't be a regular thing, unfortunately. Hope you liked this instalment, I am planning sort-of-sequels that will crop up every now and again throughout the (what I aim to be) rather large series. I just love the idea of McGarrett and Danno rivalling both Sam and Callen's bromance and Kensi and Deeks' 'thing.' =]

A review would be lovely =]

~Cortexikid