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"You believe in voo-doo?", Derek asked incredulously, watching as Garcia went about her tech lair 'cleansing' her servers with some sort of burning herb.

"It's actually pronounced 'whoo-doo', and yes, when I feel like my digital babies have endured as much evil as they can handle, I back up my files, wipe the hard drives, re-install me some Linux, and fire up a little sage mixture for complete purification." she waved the burning leaves under his nose, but he didn't really mind as it smelled quite pleasant.

"Women, you are some kinds of crazy", Derek chuckled.

Penelope shrugged nonchalantly, stubbing the sage out in her cold, dreggy, green tea. "It seems to have worked for me so far, so.."

"Why mess with a good thing?", Derek finished for her, beckoning for her to have a seat on his lap, which she did willingly, allowing him to wrap his strong, protective arms around her.

"Exactly", she sighed contentedly, checking one last time around her office to make sure everything was in order, then leaning into Derek's neck with a smile. "What ever keeps my family safe."

Derek grinned and kissed the top of her silly golden head. She was the best little witch he'd ever met. After all, she had sure charmed her way into his heart.

[a/n: just a note, this story switches point of view a lot. if it gets too confusing, message me. also, something happens to derek later, so i wanted him to have a nice moment before everything goes awol. love y'all. peace.]