NCIS: LA Secret Santa
Happy holidays, hecalledherfern! Hope you enjoy this little oneshot!
“You cannot be serious right now,” Kensi insisted as she and Deeks walked into the bullpen.
“What are you two arguing about now?” Sam groaned. He had hoped that when they became a couple at the start of the holiday season, the tension between his coworkers would have dissipated, but he was quickly discovering that was not the case.
“He thinks that Felicity is going to end up with Ray Palmer,” Kensi explained, setting her bag down on her chair. “On Arrow?” she continued, trying to connect the dots in Sam's head. Sam shook his head.
“It’s completely plausible,” Deeks argued.
“Not a chance,” Kensi refused. “She bought him a love fern.”
“What exactly is a love fern?” Callen interrupted, finally joining the rest of the team. Before any of the others could respond, Eric whistled from the top of the stairs.
“Crime fighters assemble!” he called.
“We’re not the Avengers,” Sam pointed out as he passed the technical operator on the stairs.
“You don’t know that. They’re called secret identities for a reason,” Eric pointed out.
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“You know, I would have thought that you would hate the idea of a love fern." They had paused their conversation when they left the OSP to review the details they knew for the case, but Deeks restarted it when they arrived at the crime scene.
"Why would I be opposed to a love fern?" Kensi asked.
"Well, for one, you're a notorious plant killer. I mean, who kills a cactus?" he began. She opened her mouth to argue, but decided against it. "And second, you hate when I call you fern." She laughed at the latter comment, recalling some of their earliest undercover work together, and followed her partner into the home to search for evidence. "Besides, aside from the love fern, what does Oliver have that Ray doesn't?"
"The point of the love fern is not just the fern!" she exclaimed, aggravated by her partner. He jumped at the sudden change in her tone. He redirected his attention to the scene before him.
"Hold on, I think I've got something here."
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"Thanks Eric, we're on our way," Kensi confirmed, hanging up her phone and sliding into the car. "Address is on your phone," she told Deeks, unlocking his phone and pulling up the GPS system.
"So, if the point of the love fern isn't just the fern," he began.
"It's the love," she explained. "Despite everything they've been through, they keep trying. I guess that part of me wants to believe that they can make it even though they don't always believe that they can," she shrugged.
"Are you talking about them, or are you talking about us?" he checked, reaching across the console. "Because, for the record, I may not believe in Oliver, but I sure do believe in us."
