I Loved Her First

1. Taken

Kensi's POV

The team had just wrapped up an eight-week case where Hetty had Deeks and I assume the roles of husband and wife. The case named neighborhood watch was to identify the Russian sleeper agent in a family-friendly neighborhood and went on longer that Deeks and I expected, but there was not much complaining from either of us once we stopped arguing and actually connected

Deeks and I have only been partners for the past year and a half, and despite how well we get along on the job we're not as close at most people assume. I know he's someone I can trust with my life, but aside from a professional work relationship where we occasionally flirt and joke around I barely know anything about the man, so I have no clue how we ended up in this position

I guess Hetty was right when she spoke to us about unfamiliar feelings because over the past eight weeks I found myself falling harder and harder for my partner. We crossed a line and ended up in bed together, and the weeks after had been amazing.

I wish I regretted the choice I made, but I don't. He made me feel safe, I felt protected falling asleep in his arms, waking up to his smile, but now that the case is over I can't help but wonder what happens next. Was his actions all for show? or does he really care about me? Those questions have been all I could think about since we arrived back at the bullpen this morning

"Kens can we talk?" He asked as he leaned over my desk, but my response was cut short by Eric's whistle from the top of the staircase

"After work?" I offered a reply with an apologetic smile. He nodded leading the way upstairs where we joined the boys along with Nell and Hetty who all stood with serious expressions on their faces which meant this was something big

"Who died?" asked Deeks, in an effort to lighten the mood

"At 7am this morning LAPD were called to a gated community uptown Los Angeles where they found evidence of what looked like a possible kidnapping. Bullet holes, an empty syringe and a pool of blood, and evidence of what looked to be one hell of a struggle" said Hetty

"What does that have to do with NCIS?" asked Callen

"This" said Eric as he pulled up a photo taken from the crime scene. It was a family portrait, where Deeks stood beside an almost unrealistically beautiful brown skinned Indian woman, and a pair of equally beautiful twin girls who seemed to be the perfect combination of the couple. The girls had their mother's radiant smile, and skin tone paired with their father's bright blue eyes, but what Kensi noticed first were the wedding bands.

He's married, or at least he was at some point

His heart looked as if it shattered looking at the photo posted on the big screen, and to be honest it was hard for me to look away from that seemingly perfect family.

I couldn't help but think if I were his mistake if anything that happened between us meant anything to him. What I felt was real and raw emotions, something I sheltered myself from feeling ever since my fiancée walked out on me a few years ago, and now here I am completely smitten with a married man

I couldn't help but wonder if I'd be the reason his kids grow up in a broken home, but the truth is I don't know. I do know I'd never break up a happy family no matter how much my heart would ache to have to cut ties with the man I've fallen so hard and fast for in such a short amount of time

Sample chapter. Thoughts?

P.S this is what Zara looks like ⬇

She's played by the enchantingly beautiful Priyanka Chopra whom I love. You Densi lovers shouldn't hate on her character too fast. There's an explanation behind that little snippet of the story

I also recommend the show Quantico which Priyanka Chopra stars in. She's really an incredible actress and her accent is the cutest thing ever