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Deeks insisted on taking the first shower, and not just because he wanted to make sure he got the hot water. Honestly, even if that was what Callen accused him of as he climbed out of bed, the older man trying to drag him back. Not that it worked, so instead Deeks' shower became their shower, but Deeks was still the first one to get out. He had to be if he wanted something more than cereal for breakfast. And he wanted to cook something special for the both of them that morning. They had the time as Callen wasn't leaving to go to his own house to change, and he liked it when they shared breakfast in the mornings. It was something that usually only happened on the weekends, so the chance to do it on a weekday too made him feel good. Made him feel like they were a real couple living together, getting up together, and going to work together.
Therefore he was busy at the stove when Callen joined him, wrapping his arms around him and placed gentle sweet kisses on his neck, diverting Deeks attention from his cooking.
"Stop it, or it'll burn, and you'll go hungry." Deeks muttered half heatedly though he did lean back against the man behind him, closing his eyes at the feel of being wrapped in G's warmth. He loved this. The way they were together when it was just the two of them.
"Wouldn't be the first time." Callen replied offhandedly as he proceeded to move his kisses further up Marty's neck to his jaw, before finally being able to place a short kiss on Marty's lips. But he made sure that he didn't distract the younger man too much, breakfast did smell really good and he was looking forward to it. He loved Marty's breakfasts.
"Well I'm not gonna let anyone say I don't feed my man." Deeks responded jokingly when the kiss ended and he pulled himself away from the body behind him to stand up straight and open his eyes. He decided to ignore the comment made by G, as well as the small voice in his mind that asked if that was really true or not.
"Fine." Callen responded holding his hand up in surrender as he moved away for Marty. Though he couldn't stop the smile that appeared on his face at the knowledge that he could distract him so easily. That fact caused a warmth to grow in side him. One that he was becoming used to feeling whenever he was around the other man. The warmth which he knew came from the emotions he couldn't define.
With that Marty proceeded to make them both breakfast while Callen got Monty his before he poured both himself and Marty coffee, just the way they both liked it. It wasn't long before the food was ready and they were sat down eating, enjoying a comfortable silence and the simple pleasure of being together. But Callen knew they still had somethings they needed to talk about, or at least he still had somethings he needed to talk about. Taking a deep breath to ask in his most casual voice one of the questions that was going round his mind.
"So you going to tell Kensi?"
Deeks' fork stopped on its way to his mouth for a brief second before it continued its journey, giving him the time to think over the question and what he wanted his answer to be. What G would want his answer to be. Swallowing he replied, without meeting G's eyes.
"No."
"Why not?" Callen asked with a frown. But it wasn't an accusation, he just really wanted to understand Marty's thoughts. Understand why it was he was deciding to keep this secret from his partner. I mean she already knew he was with a man, so why not tell her everything? Isn't that what Marty wanted to do? But even as he thought this Callen knew that inside he was sighing with relief. He didn't want Kensi to know, he wasn't ready for anyone at work to know the truth about him, about them. Well no one other than Hetty and Sam.
"We've just got to a good place as partners. Just started trusting each other, I don't want to ruin it by telling her I'm in a relationship with the boss." Deeks responded with a shrug still not meeting G's eyes. He wasn't' sure how the other man would take his words, nor was he sure he could explain how he didn't want to upset the balance he and Kensi had found with her discovery that he was with a man.
"Marty, look at me." Callen said softly as he reach across the table and placed his fingers under Marty's chin to raise his eyes to his before he continued speaking. "If you want to tell her, I'll back you, if you don't that's fine too. But make sure you're doing it because it's what you want."
"It is. If she works it out then so be it, but I'm not ready to tell her." Deeks replied with an honest smile upon his face. This was his decision and he had made it.
"Okay, but you know when she does find out, she is going to be pissed." Callen responded with a chuckle. Oh Kensi was going to kill them both when she worked it out. Hmm, maybe when that happened he could find himself a nice undercover mission somewhere far away until she cooled down at bit. Leave her to Marty, she was his partner after all.
"I can take her." Deeks replied with a wave of his hand and false bravo, though both knew that that wasn't true. Kensi could kick his ass without breaking a sweat. Oh well, he would just have to try and make sure she never figured it out, or if she did that he could run away really fast.
"Yeah right. Whatever you say." Callen agreed, a smirk spread across his face that caused Deeks to take a fake swing at him that he dodged easily with a laugh before remembering the other question he really wanted answered, though it was less a question, more a… request.
"Can you do me a favour?" He asked leaning back in his seat so he could look into Marty's eyes while they talked.
"What is it?" Deeks asked copying G's position unconsciously.
His question make Callen smile. "You're learning." He said rather than reply to the question. He wasn't sure how Marty would take what he had to ask. He hoped he would be okay with it.
"What? To not just agree to do you a favour without finding out what it is first? Oh yeah, I've definitely learnt that one." Deeks responded with a roll of his eyes. Did G really think he was that stupid?
"Good." Callen replied with a chuckle. Marty made it seem like he was always asking him to do him favours, and he wasn't. Not really.
"The favour?" Deeks asked when G said nothing else. He was trying to work out just what it was that he could want him to do.
"Can you get Kensi to not flirt with you? I don't particularly like seeing her all over you." Callen replied in an even tone refusing to let his mind bring up images from the previous night to go with his words. Instead he wondered how his lover was going to take them. Wondered if he would be okay with it or not. Because Callen really wasn't sure if he could cope with having to watch Kensi faun over his man. He might just be forced to have a word or two with her, or maybe kill her, neither or which would work well with Marty's wish for her not to know they were in a relationship.
"Aw, so possessive G." Deeks responded in a jokey tone, though inside he felt a warmth run through his heart. The knowledge that G didn't want anyone else touching him made his belief that the older man loved him grow just that little bit more. It added one more layer onto it, and made his heart sing.
"I can be much worse if you want." Callen responded learning across the table and grabbing Marty's hand in his own as he stared with an intensity that reflected his words at the man across from him. The man he cared for, his man.
"I'll speak to her." Deeks replied gently with a smile and love in his eyes. He would make sure that Kensi knew to not do what she had done the previous night ever again. He could find a way to work it he was sure. He could spin anything after all.
"Thank you." Callen answered with a smile of his own as he squeezed Marty's hand before letting go and standing as he saw what the time was. "We had better go if we're picking Sam up and taking you and Monty to the vets."
And with that the two of them got themselves and Monty ready to leave.
Sam was waiting for Callen to arrive, he was five minute late. Therefore he spotted when his car pulled up. Giving a shout of goodbye to his family he was out of the door just as Callen climbed out of the driver's side of the car, but when he saw him exit the house he didn't move from where he was. Just stood there as if he was waiting for something.
"You're late G." Sam said in lieu of a greeting. Though he was pleased to see that G was smiling. That had to mean he and Deeks had patched things up since yesterday. He hoped they had. He didn't think he could take another day of G being even more sullen than normal.
"Good morning to you too Sam." Callen replied with a smirk waiting for the precise moment Sam would notice the others in the car.
It didn't take long. As Sam approached the car he noticed that there was already someone in the passenger seat, and it didn't take a genius to work out who it was. He grumbled good-naturedly about seeing Deeks in his seat, but he didn't hesitate to reach for the handle of the back door, preparing to climb in. Or at least he didn't hesitate until he saw who he would be sharing the backseat of the car with.
"Oh hell no. I'm not sitting in the back with Deeks scraggly mutt." He stated crossing his arms and glaring at G who he could see had humour in his eyes. I mean he could cope with the dog when they were out with the family and all that, but to sit next to him all the way to work? No way. It was Deeks dog he should be the one to sit with him.
"Well you could always walk Sam." Deeks suggested with a smirk as he relaxed back into the passenger seat with an exaggerated sigh. Sam's face really was entertaining.
"You really going to let him suggest that?" Sam asked G as he glared at his partner who had climbed back into the car and was waiting for him to get in.
"Well you did just insult our dog." Callen replied calmly smiling as he started the engine. Though he did turn round when no one said anything else. He turned to find two pairs of eyes just looking at him. "What?" he asked completely confused about what he had said or done that caused that sort of reaction from his lover and his partner.
"You just said our dog." Deeks replied with a bright smile. He loved that word, our. It was perfect.
Callen rolled his eyes at that even if he did turn away to hide his own smile at Marty's reaction to his words. I mean Monty was theirs really, right? Wasn't that what Marty had wanted when he had first brought him home? For him to be both of theirs?
Sam watched this display with a smile of his own. Yep, Deeks and G had definitely worked out there problems from yesterday and then some in his mind. I mean if G had decided Monty was their dog, then something big must have happened, and he was happy for them both. Okay then, he guessed he could spend a journey sitting next to the beast who now had two owners. So without another word about it he climbed into the back of the car and turned the conversation to normal morning banter, though now it was between the three of them and not just his him and his partner.
Callen pulled up outside the vets and all three men climbed out of the car. Callen going to get Monty from the back and Sam to reclaim the passenger seat. Walking round to the other side of the car with Monty next to him Callen couldn't stop himself from reaching for Marty as he handed over the lead. He Pulled the younger man in for a gentle kiss goodbye that they usually shared by Deeks front door.
"Give me a call if you need me to come and pick you both up." Callen said pulling away from the kiss, though not removing his hand which had somehow found its way into Marty's hair.
"We'll be fine G. See you later." Deeks replied pushing the man he loved back gently towards the car. He needed to get Monty inside and G needed to get him and Sam to work.
"Okay, see you at work." Callen agreed stepping back towards the car as Deeks waved goodbye to Sam and made his way inside with Monty at his heels.
Sam waited until they had pulled away to speak up. "So I'm guessing everything is all sorted then." He said with a smirk. It was pretty obvious after all, but he wanted to make sure that G really had sorted it out. Had actually talked to Deeks and not just ended up in bed with the guy to solve their problems. He knew his partner wasn't best at talking after all. Not about emotions anyway.
"Yep." Callen replied a smile spreading across his face as he remembered Marty telling him he loved him. Remembered that Marty was his and he wasn't going to leave him.
"You gonna tell me about it?" Sam asked warmly seeing the smile and realising he didn't really need to know. But he wanted to make sure he was there if G wanted to talk.
"Nope." Callen responded simply before changing the topic of conversation. He didn't think Sam would be able to understand exactly what had happened between him and Marty. Well in truth he didn't think his partner would be able to understand how he hadn't been able to say he loved Marty back. But Sam didn't need to understand that, as long as Marty did then it would be fine. He would work out what his feelings were eventually. And even if talking to Sam might be able to help him understand, he wasn't ready to let him into that particular part of his mind. No that part belonged to his lover, and was his alone.