AU from the end of Hand-to-Hand. What if Deeks had said no? Would they still end up in the same place if they'd taken a different path? [K/D]

He's there, in front of her, just where he said he'd be - the words spilling out of his mouth as his blood spilled around her fingers, the pressure she was applying not enough to stanch the bleeding.

Missing scene for 6x02 - Inelegant Heart. Deeks and Kensi in the morgue.

He counts to ten and back down to one and still can't properly breathe. [tag to 5x19, "Spoils of War"]

Deeks watches Callen and Sam drive away, allowing himself a moment to take a calming breath before opening the door and dropping into the passenger seat beside his partner. It doesn't help.