10 Day Shipping Challenge
Day Five - Sad MomentOh God, why? Why, God. why? Let’s split this down into why it’s sad:
KENSI
Kensi, especially back here in early season three, was never sure of her feelings for Deeks, they’ve always been conflicted. So when he gets fired for shooting an unarmed man, she figures “Hey, there’s something here. I’m not sure what, but we don’t have the pressure of being partners getting in the way any more. Let’s maybe see if there can be something more between us than the tension and the flirty banter.” So she goes for it… and he practically shoots her down cold. Hell, he even puts his box o’ stuff in front of him as a shield. And as the scene continues, it’s basically like he’s giving her one heck of a brush off; he’ll call her, that sort of thing. So poor Kensi, who didn’t know where she stood anyway, has gotta be questioning herself, thinking “Well, maybe I misread the signs? Maybe I just imagined the whole thing, and we’re nothing more than just partners.” And when he leaves, she’s still no closer to having a straight answer, which screws with her for the rest of the episode.
DEEKS
Dude. How awkward must that have been. Deeks is a pretty empathetic guy, and he can read Kensi pretty well. And he knows exactly what’s coming. Hell, he even tries to cut her off, hiding behind his box. Because he knows what she’s going to say, and he knows that he can’t let her finish it; he knows the truth, that he’s not fired, and that they’re having to play with Kensi’s reactions to get what they want. He tries, in so many tiny little subtle ways, to not give it away, but when she says “And it’s over now!” he almost breaks. He knows they’re on two vastly different places; she thinks he’s gone for good, while he knows he isn’t. And it hurts him that not only does he have to toy with her emotions to establish his cover, but he needs to close that door firmly. Not only deceive her about his status, but about any feelings he may have too. As hard as it is on her, it’s twice as hard on him, cause he can’t be honest.
BONUS COMMENTS
1) I love the choice of “hoped” here. They could have gone for any other word - thought, expected. But they didn’t. Kensi HOPED that something might happen.
2) Her face through the whole thing is… ugh. Why? Why, God, why?
10 Day Shipping Challenge
Day Four - Favourite MomentThis was the hardest decision. Ever! There are so many wonderful moments, across every season. I almost went for their recent play fight, but in the end I settled on this. It’s such a perfect microcosm of their relationship; there is story, emotion, and - of course - laughs throughout the whole episode. I chose to gif this simply because a) the note he writes is fantastic, and perfect, and everything. And b) he doesn’t even let her finish asking if he thinks she is a murderer. Doesn’t even let the sentence finish. For everything that Kensi goes through in the two-parter, in this scene Deeks tells her that he’s got her back no matter what, but also manages to lighten the load just enough to not crush her spirit.
10 Day Shipping Challenge
Day 2 - HugsYou could say I didn’t have much choice in this. That it’s the only on-screen hug we’ve seen (aside from their little snuggle session in Wanted). But I love this scene for one reason; it’s totally pointless. There is no grand reason for it, he hasn’t done anything remarkable. He hasn’t just saved her life, or rescued someone she cares about. He found her wage form, that’s all. It says a lot about how much she’s losing control of her emotional wall regarding him that their first hug is caused by that.
