A/N: There's the smallest amount of drama, and blood, before things get fluffy again.
"Sophie!" Kensi shouted, reaching her a second after Deeks, Rosa standing completely still in the doorway. He turned her over carefully, pulse pounding in his ears as he anticipated the worst. A two-inch cut sat directly above her left eyebrow and had already swelled considerably, a trickle of blood seeping out.
Sophia stared up at him, blinking slowly, clearly stunned.
"Oh, baby." He pulled her into his arms while Kensi frantically checked her over for any other injuries.
"Is she ok?" Rosa asked. "I'm so sorry. If I—"
"It's not your fault," Deeks assured her, catching her eye long to make sure she knew he meant it.
"I think she only hit her head," Kensi said, voice shaking as she cupped the back of Sophia's head.
"Sophie ok?" Caleb asked, leaning on Kensi's shoulder. The second he caught sight of his sister's bloody forehead, his face crumpled, and he burst into tears. That seems to break through the shock, and she started crying too.
"Sissy's ok," Deeks assured him quickly. "She just has a little boo-boo." He shot Kensi a mildly frantic look as he tried to appear calm. They'd had their share of bumps and bruises, but nothing quite this intense so far.
"Yeah, Sophie's going to be just fine. Can you help me get her a Band-Aid?" Kensi asked, taking both of Caleb's little hands. His crying slowed a little bit, and he nodded seriously, successfully distracted at the prospect of helping.
Blood had started to well more quickly out of the cut, dripping towards Sophia's nose.
"What can I do?"
"Uh, can you get some towels?" Deeks replied to Rosa, who immediately ran to fulfill his request.
"I'm going to find a first aid kit." Kensi rushed off, taking Caleb with her.
"Here," Rosa said. She offered him a spare hand towel and an entire roll of paper towel.
"It's ok, sweetie," Deeks murmured, gently dabbing at the wound while he cradled Sophia closer. She let out a shuddering, gasping sob, blindly reaching for him, her fingers tangling in the ends of his hair.
He continued to make soothing noises, rocking her gently with one arm while he kept the towel pressed over her forehead. Sniffling quietly, Sophia tucked her thumb in her mouth.
Kensi returned a few minutes later, Caleb in one arm and a small first aid kit in the other. He seemed considerably calmer with a few minutes of distance.
"This was all I could find," Kensi said breathlessly, handing Caleb off to Rosa so she could pull out the contents of the kit. She also had a small ice pack. "How does it look?"
Deeks gingerly lifted the cloth, which was now had a pretty large spot of blood staining the middle. The bump had risen to twice its original size, but upon closer inspection, it seemed to be a purely superficial wound. Horrible, yes, but not requiring a trip to the emergency room.
"I think the b-l-o-o-d mostly stopped," he told Kensi and she nodded, closing her eyes briefly in relief. Rosa murmured something in Spanish under her breath.
"Thank god."
"Mommy," Sophia whimpered pitifully, reaching out with one hand.
"Come here, baby," Kensi said. They switched places, Deeks taking over first aid duties while Kensi held Sophia.
"You ok, Sophie. You all better," Caleb encouraged her. He watched from Rosa's arms, diligently observing his mom's work with a careful eye.
Kensi carefully wiped away the remaining blood and then applied a large bandage that covered most of the bump.
"There, good as new," she announced.
"I'll clean this up," Rosa offered. Deeks stopped her before she could start gathering up the bloody towel and other garbage.
"Hey, we'll get that. Go sit down; you're looking a little gray," he said gently.
"I do feel a tiny bit faint." She exhaled slowly. "I've never seen a toddler bleed that much."
"Yeah, it was scary," Deeks agreed. "But head wounds tend to be like that. The good news is it stopped and all her responses are normal."
"We can take her in for a checkup after the wedding, just to be sure," Kensi added, and Deeks nodded in agreement.
"Kay-Kay, what is going on? Kat said you were running around like a mad woman and asking for a first aid kit or something. Your wedding was great, but I cannot have a weird Russian guy showing up," Tiffani ranted, barreling into the room so quickly they didn't have time to clean up any of the blood. "Oh my god! What the hell happened?"
"It's ok, we just had a little accident," Kensi said, getting up with Sophia in her arms.
"But her head—"
Kensi shook her head rapidly making a slicing motion with her hand before Tiffani could get fully worked up. The last thing they needed was the twins crying again.
"I know. She's going to be ok though."
"You just might have to find a different flower girl. I'm not sure our girl here is up to walking down the aisle," Deeks added.
"Oh, I don't care about that," Tiffani scoffed. "I mean I do care, but I care more about Sophia than I do having the perfect wedding. Does that make sense?"
"Yeah, Tiff is does," Kensi said with a gentle smile. Sophia tugged at the front of her dress insistently, face screwed up with a serious look.
"Mommy, I fwower giw," she insisted firmly.
"I know, Sweetie, but you've got a bump now and I don't want you to feel bad."
"My fwowers, mommy. I fine." She held up her hand and grinned widely as proof, and Deeks choked back a snort of laughter.
"Sophie all better," Caleb chimed in helpfully. He looked to Deeks for reinforcements.
"Just like her mother," he said, tweaking one of Sophia's curls. "Nobody's taking her job away."
"Do we let her?" Kensi asked uncertainly.
"I can walk with her, if that's alright with Tiffani," Rosa offered.
"You're so sweet, Rosa. That would be perfect," Tiffani agreed. "Just try not to get blood on the dresses, because we have pictures after the ceremony."
"We'll do our best." With the extreme emotions of the last fifteen minutes, Deeks found himself fighting back a grin.
"Ok, great. Everyone's ok. No one's dying, and I need to get into my dress."
"I'll come help you in a couple minutes," Kensi called as Tiffani hurried back out.
"Well, it wouldn't be a wedding we're involved in if there wasn't at least a little bloodshed and the possibility of a hospital visit," Deeks summed up.