Retribution | By : ambrosiarush Category: M through R > NCIS: Los Angeles Views: 13277 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Deeks stared out at the ocean, the day couldn’t have been nicer. Warm but not too hot, sunny and cloudless. It was mid-day Tuesday so the beach wasn’t too busy, a few joggers, a handful of surfers and their group. Kensi stepped up beside him in her bright pink bikini and nudged him with her elbow. “What are you thinking about?”
He was quiet for a moment as he collected his thoughts. “I’m just... grateful you know... that it’s over.” Not that the stress of all that had happened, the grief and sadness of it was gone, it wasn’t. Not even close. The events that had transpired he knew would forever change him and he wasn’t sure if for the better or worse.
He looked over his shoulder to where Delaney and Jax were both lounging under a large multi-coloured beach umbrella to prevent too much sun exposure. Jax was sprawled out in a grey t-shirt and blue board shorts on a white beach lounger. Delaney laid on the other side of the umbrella pole on her preference of a bright yellow towel, with her oversized designer sunglasses covering her eyes and a mint green bikini on that went nicely with her freckled alabaster skin though it did nothing to hide the small scar that she had from the operation. Both were still healing, but a day out was called for after ten days in Jax’s condo.
Kensi nodded, she too was grateful. The past week had been incredibly stressful. She gazed out at the ocean where Nate, Callen and Eric were tossing a sponge football around and smiled, things would get back to normal. She looked back to where Nell and Delaney were chatting, Jax appeared to be sleeping or just didn’t want to be pulled into conversation by his sister. Sam was a bit further on setting up the net so they could play a game of beach volleyball. It was nice to be all together.
Ray had already gone home, Kensi missed his smart-ass and knew Deeks was too. Her partner had already started to tread into the ‘hey want to come with me when I go visit’ territory as if nervous he was moving their relationship to quickly. She told him she’d think about it, after all, she didn’t want him to think she was easy.
The boys started walking out of the water, Callen tossing the sponge ball at the back of Eric’s head and the man turned back pick the now sandy ball back up and whip it back. Expecting it, Callen quickly ducked and it hit Nate instead.
“Boys play nicely!” Kensi called with a laugh.
“Callen started it!” Eric shouted back as Nate picked up the ball.
Callen laughed as the three men met up with Kensi and Deeks and together they returned to the rest of the group. Eric picked up a bag of All Dressed chips and started munching while other hands dived in to get some snacks as Sam returned now that the net was set up.
“Lunch first!” Nell said sharply pointing to their cooler that held sandwiches and water bottles. She then turned back to Delaney who she’d been mid-conversation with. “Then what is your type?” Nell had been fishing, pointing out some of the male joggers but Delaney had just shook her head with a grin.
“Oh you know,” Delaney replied slowly and a few eyes went between her and Nate as she answered. She tipped down her large sunglasses, her big green eyes looking Nate from head to toe and back up again. “I like my men like I enjoy my showers, long, hot, wet and naked.” Nate flushed under her gaze and there was an uproar of laughter. Delaney smirked wickedly and glared at his green and blue designed swim trunks. “Three out of four ain’t bad...” she winked. “ “And that fourth could be easily remedied.”
Jax groaned and threw a bag of chips- the only thing in reaching distance- at his sister’s head. “Stop it.”
Delaney just laughed. “Hey, Cheezies,” she said picking up the bag her brother had tossed at her. “I love Cheezies.”
“Eat something with actual nutritional value first, okay?” Deeks requested. He worried over the twins, Delaney seemed to be mostly back to normal, she winced a bit when she stood up but other than that her doctors had said she was on the path to recovery. Jax had spent some time in physiotherapy, still slept more hours than he was awake and was healing slowly but surely. The stab wounds Trent Stadden had left him with were now permanent reminders upon his flesh. The knife wounds along with the surgery left him with a longer healing time.
“Yeah, yeah,” Delaney replied but popped the bag open anyways and reached in, carefully she picked up one of the Cheezies trying to get as little cheese dust on her fingertips as possible. She popped it in her mouth and licked the dust off her fingertips before trading the bag off for the sandwich Deeks offered.
The group ate while chatting, conversation started on the topic of Nell and Callen’s upcoming nuptials. “Mom and Chloe are coming down to help me pick out a wedding dress soon, I think dad and Chris are coming with them. Steven said he might be able to fly down to help.”
“You want your brother to help you pick out a wedding dress?” Kensi asked raising an eyebrow not noticing when Deeks slowly leaned forward and took a bite of her sandwich that she was holding out to the side as she spoke. “And why just the one? Don’t you have like eight?”
“I have six brothers,” Nell corrected and then shrugged. “And because Steven is into fashion.”
“He’s gay,” Callen blurted. Nell sent him a look. “What?” Callen asked with a shrug. “He is. I didn’t say there was anything wrong with it. And I believe the reason he said he wanted to come down to help was so that you would, ‘look fabulous,’” Callen said air quoting. “He’s married to George, they live in Canada and I’m still pissed that he hasn’t sent me the recipe for those squares.”
Deeks howled in laughter.
“What?” Callen asked shooting the detective a glare.
“You,” Deeks snorted. “Baking.” Kensi, Nate, Sam and Eric joined in on the laughter.
“Don’t mock,” Delaney stuck up for Callen with a grin. “A man who will bake? That’s sexy...And delicious... ” she nudged Nate just slightly with her toes. “And just think of the things you could do with icing.”
“Laney,” Jax growled. “For the love of God, piss off!”
“Love you too, Jax,” she responded with some barely suppressed laughter.
Kensi leaned her head on Deeks’s shoulder and he smiled looking over at her. Her eyes went to her lunch and she noticed the big bite missing. She leaned away from him to give him the full effect of her glare. Deeks just smiled and her ability to keep a straight face was lost. His hand skimmed unseen by the others along the small of her back and he could tell she was trying to keep her focus on the conversation- which had unexplainedly changed to the best truck vendor places in LA
This day was exactly what they all needed a moment where things were normal, where they were all together this little snippet of time, that was wonderfully filled with laughter.
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