Challenge: Eric/Talia - "Wow, you're hot."
Talia was constantly amazed by adults that acted like children. First it was Deeks and Kensi with their "brother-sister" relationship full of longing looks and boob thrusts. Now it was these two adorable dorky idiots in the OSP Operations Center. Seriously, could she try any harder to be aloof and could he be any more obvious about his affections for her? Eric stared at Nell like the sun rose in her ginger crown and set in her surprisingly curvaceous ass.
A crash startled Talia from her thoughts. Eric ran into the desk, probably because because he was too busy looking at Nell to pay attention to his own feet. God, this was annoying. Why did she always have to point out the obvious when she had to play with the NCIS people? Last time didn't work out so well. She should take a different approach this time.
Sliding over to Eric, she patted his knee. "You okay?"
"Yeah, of course. This," he stumbled over his words. "It happens all the time."
Talia smiled. "I hope you don't think this is too forward, but wow. You're hot."
Nell's neck whipped to look at them so fast that Talia was surprised her head didn't come flying off. "Um." Eric laughed nervously. "Like. Temperature?"
"I never noticed it before, but you have beautiful bone structure." Talia ran a finger along his stubble of his jaw. "Like a Greek god."
Fire lasers that only a redhead could shoot were boring into her body, but that was the reaction Talia wanted from Nell. Unfortunately, she didn't get the right reaction from Eric. His love eyeballs were now pointed in her direction. Shit.
"Really?" He asked excitedly.
Abort abort. Plan backfiring. Shit. Hitting. Fan. Nell was on fire. Eric was possibly in love with her because she gave him two seconds of attention. Shit.
"Totally." Talia grinned and rubbed her hand over his bicep. "Can you excuse me for a second? Ah, um, I think Kensi needs me."
"But she's at the boatshe-"
"Talk to you two later!" Talia scurried away, far far away as fast as she could.
One of these days she'll learn not to intervene. At least Nell wasn't a head-butter. Hopefully.