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Season 5 : Episode 5

*shows up to a micro ship eight years late with Starbucks*: traffic, ya know?

Not going to lie, they had me at “cute girl with a gun”. What else was I supposed to do? NOT ship it? That would be ridiculous.

occam’s razor says (COMPLETE on AO3) Fandom: NCIS: Los Angeles Word Count: 8114

Summary:

Marty Deeks is a detective. He detects.

He just never expected to detect something that no one else on the team has noticed. And HOW have Eric, Kensi, Sam and Hetty not picked up on what’s happening right in front of them? Especially Hetty.

Hetty is supposed to know everything.

Aka: 4 times Deeks thinks that there’s potentially a chance that maybe Nell and Callen are secretly in a relationship, possibly? And the one time confirmation stares him in the face.

One of my favorite scenes all season!

G offers to talk to the Admiral for her. And then Nell says she doesn’t want him to step in like a big brother and stand up to a bully for her. And then G is like, “I mean, I can if you want.” He’s 110% there to help. 

And then she uses the name he gave her. And he chuckles and repeats it.

And Nell just wants an alibi. I forgot that part. Which was a classic Nell theoretical threat. 

..........

Kensi brow furrows at the image that pops up on the screen. “Why would Nell’s car be at the bar?”

The shaggy blonde looks confusidly at his wife. “What do you mean? Before I leave every Thursday evening to go night surfing with the guys she comes in and says she’s waiting for you. One of your weekly book clubs or something.”

She looks at him like really? “What are you talking about? I went night surfing with you last week. I met you at the beach...remember? And also, do either Nell or myself look like the type of women who would be in a book club.?”

The detective contemplates his partner’s words. “Hm.”

“So does this mean?”

Eric stands there, not sure what to think but after hearing the words of his colleagues some of the peaces start coming together. It explains a lot of what’s happened over the last few months. “Wait, are you...you guys don’t think-“

Deeks continues, going into investigation mode. “Come to think of it there was that one time I went to Callen’s and saw a woman’s dress draped over the couch. It looked kinda old like a renaissance era-“

Kensi looks over at Eric and sees the sad puppy eyes that are forming. Yet her husband is completely oblivious and continues his rambling until she brings her elbow to his ribs. “Babe.”

He sees her raise her eyebrows in exasperation, nodding over to their tech operator. “Beale, I’m sorry man.”

“Yeah, I thought you two were keeping it casual?”

He gives the pair a sad smile. “Yeah, we stopped that a few months ago.”

Deeks walks over to his friend, giving him a reassuring pat on the back. “I’m sorry, buddy.”

“It’s okay. As long as she’s happy.”

A thought sudden forms in Kensi’s head and it’s pretty brilliant if she says so herself. “I know it may be a bit soon but my friend Anna is single.”

Beale’s eyes perk up at the mention of the beautiful woman he met at the couple’s wedding. “Does she like DND?”

She nods perfusly. “Yeah, of course!”

“If you count Stranger Things.” Deeks mumbles.

Beale smiles his first real smile of the day. “Okay, I’ll give it a shot.”

The detective walks up to his partner, whispering in her ear. “You’re just not gonna quit until Anna moves to LA, are you?”

She bites back a smile. “Hey, your the one that put the thought in my head. And since Kip broke her heart you will shush.”