Happy Birthday, Raccoon Lady :)

Kensi groaned as she hit the snooze button on her alarm clock one more time. It was time to get up, but she wanted nothing more than to stay put in her warm comfortable bed. Unfortunately, duty was calling. She started to push herself up, but then Deeks snaked his arm around her waist, pulling her close until her back was flat against his chest.

"Come back here," he said sleepily.

"Deeks…" She tried to sound stern even though she loved it when he held her like this. "We're going to be late for work."

"Yeah, but snuggling is more important."

"I highly doubt Hetty will think so."

"Shhhhhh." He placed a lingering kiss on her shoulder. "Don't talk about Hetty when we're in bed. It's a real letdown. Literally and figuratively."

Warmth spread through her body as his lips traveled to her neck. "Come on, Deeks. We've already been late a couple times this week."

"We're still keeping America safe, so what's the big deal?"

She turned around in his embrace. "Well, I don't want to deal with the judgy stares from Sam and Callen so we need to get going." She was still trying to be serious, but he looked so adorable and sleepy and hot.

He just smiled and her heart beat a little faster. "You know what day is today?" he whispered.

"It's Thursday, which means we have to go to work."

"No…" He leaned forward and kissed her softly. "What happened on this day?"

She was about to call him out for stalling, but then it hit her and she smiled back at him. "Tell me."

"Seven years ago today… there was this gorgeous brunette with wavy hair waltzed into my life."

"Waltzed? She actually waltzed?"

"Well, maybe more like salsa'ed."

She scrunched her nose at him. "I doubt there was anything that resembled salsaing that day."

"I don't know. That's not how I remember it."

"Okay, so how do you remember it?"

"Like I said, there was this gorgeous brunette and I could tell she wanted me from the moment she laid eyes on me." He brought his hand up to brush her hair off her face.

"Oh really?"

"Absolutely." He grinned. "And who could blame her?"

She poked his stomach. "Are you sure she wasn't just unbelievably annoyed?"

He startled a bit, but he still had that grin on his face. "No, that's not possible."

"Okay, maybe she thought you were… attractive…"

"Hot, charming, sexy, handsome, irresistible…"

"Attractive, but also really annoying."

"And what do you think now? Seven years later?"

"I think…" She wrapped her arm around him and caressed the soft skin on his back, tracing the lines of his muscles. "That was the best day of my life."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I got the best partner I've ever had. My best friend. And the man I want to be annoyed by for the rest of my life."

"Are you sure about that? Because I'm definitely up for that challenge."

"I know you are. And yes, I'm absolutely sure."

He leaned forward and captured her lips in a breathtaking kiss. He tightened his hold on her and left sweet slow kisses all over her cheek and nose and forehead.

"That was the best day of my life, too," he said, his voice laced with emotion.

She smiled and ran her fingertips along his jaw. "I said it first."

Later on, when they walked into work almost thirty minutes late, Kensi didn't even mind the judgy stares she got from her co-workers. Not one bit.