Hello again my dears. I would like to thank tomfeltonlover1991 for the lovely review.
So here is the next chapter, its set in season 2, episode 5 'Little Angels'. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS: LA, nor any of the lines I have taken from the show.
By the time Sam and Callen got to the office their conversation had moved on from Callen's love life, much to his relief, and they were now discussing Sam's fear of clowns. How they got onto that topic Callen wasn't so sure, but he was very happy to discuss it.
"I mean, that really exists? I thought that was some urban legend. I didn't think people had that." He said as they made their way into the office. He still couldn't believe the big guy was scared of clowns.
"I do." Sam replied simply.
"You're really afraid of clowns." Callen said again, just to make sure his partner wasn't pulling his leg.
"Yeah." Sam responded not sure why G was finding this so hard to believe. I mean it was a perfectly normal fear. Everyone had something they didn't like right? His just happened to be clowns.
"What kind of clowns are we talking about?" Callen asked, intrigued by this new insight into his partner. It seemed to be a morning for revelations between them.
"Clowns like Deeks, or clowns like-" Kensi asked joining the conversation while Callen looked round for the man she mentioned. Seeing him getting himself a coffee he couldn't stop himself from smiling at him. He hadn't had a chance to say a proper good morning to Marty yet, what with him leaving him asleep in his bed.
Deeks upon hearing his name turned around, though his eyes only went as far as the man who had just arrived with his partner. He had missed him that morning. But then G smiled at him in such a way it made his day, and he couldn't help but smile back, before turning to listen to the conversation that was going on between the team.
Nell was putting things into her locker when the senior agents came in, she listened to the conversation, and took not of the smiles shared between agent Callen and detective Deeks. She wasn't sure what was going on there, but it seemed like… something? No. She was no doubt wrong. I mean what would be going on between those two? She hadn't been there long after all, and she was still trying to learn the dynamics of the team. Maybe she should ask Eric about them, and see what he said. He had known them both a lot longer after all. Maybe they were just good friends.
"No, real clowns. Orange hair, fat-toed shoes." Sam said interrupting Kensi. Not paying any attention to his partner as he answered her question.
"So we bust in on some terrorists, and they pop on a red nose, you're gonna freeze up on me?" Callen asked enjoying ribbing Sam. it was always fun.
"I reveal a vulnerable part of myself and you mock me?" Sam asked in disbelief. He hadn't mocked G when they were talking about his sexuality, yet he mocked his fear of clowns? How fair was that?
"Hell yeah." Callen replied completely unsympathetic. He found it hilarious.
Deeks on the other hand was storing this information in his mind. If Sam ever came after him about him and G, well then, he now knew all he had to do was put on a clown mask. Hmm, he might have to go out and buy one and keep it in his bag, just in case. And maybe get a nice big orange wig. He was sure he could pull that off with panache.
"Well, I have Chaetophobia." Kensi volunteered to Sam, showing that they all had something there were afraid of.
"Fear of hair?" Nell asked as she made her way through the bullpen up to ops. She didn't understand how Kensi could be afraid of hair, I mean hers was pretty long.
"Impressive. Gold star for the new girl." Kensi replied surprised that someone there actually knew what she was talking about.
"Way to go Nell." Sam said as well, glad that Kensi had distracted G from mocking him. He'd had enough of his idea of humour for the morning.
"I didn't see that in your Romancing the One profile." Deeks said joining the conversation for the first time. He wasn't going to let a chance to wind up his partner slide.
"How did you know I-?" Kensi asked in disbelief then frowned when she saw the smirk on Deeks face at her words.
"I do now." He replied moving towards his computer to look her up, while sharing a look with G as he did so. He could see their team leader was trying really hard not to chuckle at the banter between him and Kensi. It felt good knowing he was amusing him. He loved G's smile and the way his face looked when he was relaxed and happy. He beat he looked like that when he slept as well, but Deeks had yet to actually catch the guy doing that so… he would have to make do with whatever he got.
"Go Deeks." Sam sang from his place besides him, chuckling at the look of alarm on Kensi's face and the bluster in her voice as she replied to her partner.
"Well, you'll never find it. It's an alias."
At her words Callen looked at her with a shake of her head. Didn't she know that saying things like that to Marty was like waving a red rag at a bull? She had just challenged him to locate her profile, and knowing Marty as he did, he wouldn't stop until he had succeeded. Which probably wouldn't be that long actually. He was a damn good detective after all.
"Starting off a relationship with a lie? How's that ever gonna lead to true love?" Deeks asked studiously ignoring the raised eyebrow look G was giving him. He knew full well they had started as a lie, but that was different. That was them, not Kensi.
Callen on the other hand first of all registered the hypocrisy of Marty's words, but then he figured, it wasn't like they were leading to true love, so it didn't really matter. And if that thought caused a slight twinge in his mind, he ignored it in favour for listening to the conversation between him team.
"Are you afraid of all hair?" Sam asked brushing an imaginary lock behind his ear as he battered his eyelashes at Kensi.
"Back hair. Shaggy back hair. On men specifically. Its- I shouldn't have brought it up." Kensi replied feeling sick just thinking about it.
"You really shouldn't have." Callen replied. Though he had to agree shaggy back hair, wasn't something he liked on men either. Not that he would be saying that.
"Got me out of the clown thing." Sam responded with a smile.
"Oh! Charlene St. James? Is that your porn star cover?" Deeks interrupted having found Kensi profile. Oh yes, this was perfect. He had material here for days if not weeks if he worked it right.
"How did you find that? No, no, Deeks. Don't do this." Kensi begged from her seat, though she knew it was pointless. This was Deeks after all, he seemed to take immense pleasure in winding her up. Damn him.
"Dislikes: dentures, hoarders, prison records." Deeks read before turning to look at his partner with a raise of his eyebrow. "Setting the bar pretty high there, hu?" He asked while out of the corner of his eye he watched G come round to stand next to him and place his hand on the back of his chair, on the pretence of reading the profile he had found. But in reality so he could be close to his man.
"Deeks stop-" Kensi tried to say, but Deeks had gone back to the computer screen, leaning back slightly so that his shoulder was now in contact with G's hand, and he could feel the man as he gently stroked him with the backs of his fingers.
"Likes: martial arts, techno music and first dates at the zoo." Deeks said surprised he could still get the words out at the feel of G. but he had his own cover to keep up, and he would.
"Don't most animals have hair on their backs?" Callen asked leaning forwards slightly to point at the screen, but in truth so he could brush against Marty's arm.
"It's how she faces her fears." Sam replied looking up at Callen to share the joke, completely unaware of the byplay happening between his partner and Deeks. They really were good at keeping things hidden from their team.
But before anyone could say anything else the shrill sound of Eric whistling got their attention. It looked like they had a case.
The case turned out to involve the disappearance of a commander Jason Remy who held the keys to the navy's classified kingdom in his head. They needed to find him. Therefore the whole team moved out to his home to investigate.
It didn't take them long to discover it wasn't the commander who was missing but his daughter. And not much later they discovered she had been kidnapped and had been buried alive. So while it was now officially an FBI case, there was no way Sam would be leaving it alone. He was going to be working this case, on or off the clock. He couldn't walk away. He had a debt to pay. He had to save that girl.
Callen watched his partner, watched how determined he became in saving this girl and he knew it was more than just wanting to bring her home to her family. It was then he discovered what had happened in bonsai. That Sam had been buried alive with his partner, and the other man had died so that Sam could live. He understood his need to save this girl, and he would do everything he could to make sure they did. Make sure that Sam did. He would be there for his partner, because that was what he did. He had his back.