#densi-mber

[densi-mber]

It is here!

Hey guys! It took me long enough, but Densimber number SEVEN is officially LIVE!!!!

Time to get excited about the best month of the year! @ejzah has some great stories and prompts lined up, and I've got some new gif sets to share! I'm also planning some discussion posts and other fun throughout the month!

But also, we'd love more goodies from you guys too! Please reach out if you have ideas for us, or projects of your own you'd like to share! Or just tag us here and we'll reblog it to the page!

Let's have another amazing Densimber!!! =D

[blogger360ncislarules]

Acts of love through each other’s laundry.

Day 2 of @densi-mber 2023

[wanna-be-bold]

I just realized this is Densi's first Christmas as parents and now I'm emotional

[ncisla-westaytogether]

A few words on the fandom

It’s been amazing to share NCIS:LA with you all. Thank you for all the fanfics, drabbles, the gifsets and fanarts, and of course thank you for making Densi-mber every year.  As always, I really appreciate the time, dedication and love you invested in all these projects.

This really made the show a wonderful experience, as your creativity filled all the scenarios we wished to see on screen. It's been amazing how you all made me feel accompanied every week here on Tumblr, Twitter and of course on Fanfiction.

I'll always be greteful for being lucky enough to have found the show and to be part of this fandom, and I'll always remember how happy it made me. 

Tonight is the last episode of NCIS:LA, but I’ll keep coming back here as it’s the only place that really makes me feel good. 

Thank you to all the NCIS:LA Familia, you truly are the best¡   ❤️

[mashmaiden]

So, this semester I turned one of my old short @densi-mber stories into an original short film script. Currently, I'm attempting to translate the script into a shot list for when we film it next week for my capstone class!

So scary that it's actually becoming "real"!!

(I am changing the names so it is not so obviously someone else's intellectual property, but 95% of the script comes from the original story I wrote.)

Also, on a related but not note - Densimber Number 6 is exactly 4 weeks away! ack! Time to start planning!

[mmphoto1987]

Thanks for tagging me @agentblyeanddeeks

3 ships: Densi (NCIS: LA), Mel/Jack(Virgin River), Danny/Lindsay (CSI:NY)

First Ship: Patrick/Robin aka Scrubs (General Hospital) first ever ship.

Last song: Street Called Main by Keith Urban. I love country music always puts me in good mood.

Last movie: It had to be a documentary called Sr. On Netflix. Wonderful documentary about a father and son.

Currently reading: @densi-mber fics

Currently watching: Virgin River. Waiting so patiently for season 5 to come out.

Currently consuming: Nothing as for right now. I had a snickerdoodle cookie from crumbl cookie which was delicious.

Currently craving: a good sandwich from a little place called Hoagie Hut. Best sub sandwich ever! Yum!

Tagging @glenncoco4 @wanna-be-bold

#aboutme

[agentblyeanddeeks]

Thanks for tagging me @ejzah!

3 ships: Densi (NCIS: LA), Pleo (Charmed, Chenford (The Rookie)

First Ship: Tommy and Kimberly (MMPR)

Last song: Probably some Christmas song on the way home from work

Last movie: Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone

Currently reading: @densi-mber fics

Currently watching: Hot Bench

Currently consuming: Waiting on my sister to finish cooking the ribeyes

Currently craving: Ribeyes with my sisters secret marinade

Tagging @mmphoto1987 and @ncisla-westaytogether

#about me

[kalliopekorekind]

Stockings and Hope

A/N - for today’s Densi-mber prompt. This group is single-handedly restoring my Christmas spirit. A shout out to you all. @densi-mber​

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Jason is used to being brave for his little sister. It’s been his job for a few years now. He’s only seven, but he feels the weight of being the older sibling – the man of what was a family of two for a while. He’s sitting next to Kimmy on the floor in front of the Christmas tree. Deeks and Kensi watch them from the kitchen.

“What do you think they’re talking about?” Kensi wonders, looking at the way Jay puts his arm around his sister and pulls her close. Kimmy is only five, and it’s hard not to laugh and the seriousness of the two children as they talk in the lights of the tree.

“Umm, plotting to steal more dessert tonight?” Deeks jokes, but when he looks up and he sees his little girl wipe a tear away from her eye, and the way her big brother holds her, he is devastated. What could weigh so heavily on these two angels on Christmas Eve?

They’ve only been a family for a few months. The paperwork is final and they are finding their way, with all landmines and surprises that accompany it. There’s still a lot to figure out. He’s moved to action seeing his little girl cry, taking Kensi’s hand and bringing the family together beside the tree.

“Hey there. What’s got you down, little bug?”

She leans into her brother, and he does what he does, stepping up to look out for her.

“We were just talking.”

“What were you talking about, Jay? Is there anything we can help with?” Kensi asks him directly.

Jason’s face shows every mental gymnastic he does deciding if he should say anything. It’s been like this since he arrived - he’s been slower to trust than his sister. Kensi and Deeks are quiet and relaxed while they give him time.

“We were talking about how we could let Santa know where we live next year.”

Deeks and Kensi look at each other.

“You’ll live here with us. We’re a family now, and this is your home,” Kensi assures him.

“Santa couldn’t find us last year. Or the year before that,” Kimmy’s little voice explains.

Kensi holds Deeks’ hand a little tighter as she thinks through what that means. She says nothing while she makes sure her composure is intact. Jay fills the silence.

“The foster families we lived with the last two Christmases, they explained it – that Santa has to plan his route far in advance and that he can’t always find kids if they move around a lot.”

Kensi is desperate not to cry as Jay explains it so matter-of-factly. Deeks is struggling to hide his anger.

“It’s ok, though,” Jay tells them. “This is the nicest house we’ve ever gotten to stay in. It’s like a Christmas present.”

And Kensi can’t stop the tear from falling.

“What’s the matter, moma?” Kimmy asks.

“I’m just thinking about how brave you two are, and how well you took care of each other. I’m so proud of both of you,” she tells them.

“We got a family for Christmas. What could be better than that,” Kimmy tells them, reaching out to give Kensi a hug.

“Come here, bug guy,” Deeks says as he joins the embrace, and soon all four of them are together.

“I feel like I need to let you two in on a little secret,” Deeks tells them as he holds them close. “I absolutely agree that getting to be a family is the best gift we could have hoped for. But when we filed all the adoption papers, we filed all the change of address papers with the North Pole, too.”

“You did,” Kimmy says in wonder.

“Deeks is a lawyer,” Kensi reminds them. “He knows all the right paperwork to fill out.”

“What does that mean,” Jay asks.

Deeks gets up and goes to another room, coming back with something behind his back. “It means that Santa knows where you live this year. He even did a trial run with your Christmas stockings to make sure everything would go perfectly.”

“He did?” Kimmy says, now her wonder mixed with excitement.

Jay is skeptical, but Deeks brings his arms around and in each hand he has a stocking with their name on it and a hook to use to hang it on the mantle.

The children’s eyes go wide with excitement, and although Jay wants to play it cool, he just can’t. It’s been three years since he celebrated a Christmas like other kids do, and he missed it so much. Tears start to fall from the usually stoic child, and he runs at Deeks and throws his arms around him.

Kensi reaches over to free up Deeks’ hands so he can return the hug. He goes down on his knees so that he can look his son in the eye and reassure him.

“We are going to have so many great Christmases together little man.” Kimmy runs at them, too, never wanting to miss out on a group hug. It’s like the past two years have created a hug deficit she is eager to recoup.

“I love you, daddy,” the little girl whispers. He hears it, and he feels like his heart will burst with love.

Kensi finishes hanging the kids’ stockings and the kids run to the mantle to see the stocking up close. They are smiling and giggling and are carefree for a moment. They’ll take every moment of joy they can get.

Deeks puts his arm around Kensi. Neither of them knows if they have enough love to heal the wounds of the past for these two little ones, but they are determined to try.

It’s going to be a very, merry, Christmas.

[creatorlounge]

CONFESSIONS ★ WEEK 66: @densi-mber

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[cbetham]

Densi-mber Day 13 - Kensi and Deeks run into Polina and Brett [Neighborhood Watch]

It was a rainy Friday the 13th. Kensi was clearing glasses and wiping down the bar after several customers had left.  Christmas lights were twinkling in the main window. Deeks was running bus pans to the back and checking on his mom. Just a normal, albeit damp night, at the Squid and the Dagger.

“Melissa? Is that you?” Kensi’s head snapped up and looked toward the door. She squinted, trying to figure out who it was and how they knew that name and why the voice sounded so familiar. “It’s us, Brett and Polina. We were neighbors, remember? Where’s Justin? Do you work here?” 

Kensi didn’t know what to do but she needed to get a hold of Deeks and warn him. She smiles at the couple, sets them up with a glass of wine each in a booth and RUNS to the kitchen. She practically knocks Deeks over has he comes out of the kitchen. “Whoa there SugarBear, what’s got you all riled up?” Kensi grabs her husband and drags him back into the kitchen.

“You are NOT going to believe this but remember that whacky, crazy, couple that wanted to have a foursome with us when we were working the Russian spy ring?” Deeks closed his eyes, trying to remember, and gasped. “Brett and Polina?”

“Yes!”

“You have got to be kidding! Where are they?”

“I set them up in #5 and came looking for you. What do we tell them?”

Deeks scratched at the back of his neck. His usual tell when he was thinking. “Well, we tell them half truths. We’re still married, we bought the place when my artwork wasn’t selling due to a change in the market and we wanted something more stable and this place has been fun because we get to work together. And we CANNOT let Mama meet them!!!”

Kensi nodded in agreement. “We need to get them out of here quickly. And NO we are not interested in getting together. Do you understand Hubby!” Deeks chuckled it was a crazy evening. With a plan of action agreed upon, the happy couple approached their guests.

Polina’s eyes lit up when she saw “Justin”. Kensi noticed and placed herself semi in front of her husband and out of the attractive blond’s reach. Deeks rubbed his hand on his wife’s waist to calm her down and whispered “easy Tiger” in her left ear. Brett offered a hand to “Justin” and the two men stared at each other. Deeks remembered how he didn’t like the way Brett looked at his then pretend wife, much like he didn’t like the way he was now looking at his actual wife.  Yeah they need to get them out here.

Small talk was exchanged and much like that dinner long ago, the couple tried to entice Justin and Melissa into coming to dinner and renew acquaintances. This time the bar owners were able to beg off due to ownership, time of year, gosh it’s just too bad, yada yada yada. 

Fortunately, the nine o’clock movie crowd was making its way into the bar. Brett looked at his watch. “Honey we need to get going.” Polina nodded and started to get up. Justin was happy to comp the wine and thanked them for coming in. 

Deeks offered a “Happy Holidays!” as Kensi was seating new customers. Brett and Polina headed for the door. Kensi came up behind her husband and swatted at him. “What are you looking at?”

“I wonder if Polina is still modeling? Cause that walk……”

Kensi shoved a bus pan into her husband’s hands. “How about you watch me walk back into the kitchen and I remind you how good you’ve got things right here.” With that, she turned and sauntered to the back with her happy husband hot on her heels.

[chicgeekgirl89]

Also, I feel like maybe it didn’t bother me that there wasn’t a lot of holiday goodness because we’ve had so much AMAZING @densi-mber work to get us in a holly jolly mood! 

[densi-mber]

Who is up for Densi-mber 7?!

Even though the show is over (😢), I think TV's best couple deserves at least one more big celebration! I can't believe this will be the SEVENTH one! Densi-mber December is almost here! 31 days of Densi, sounds like a great time to me!

If others are up for enjoying the event, and/or helping plan things and contributing to the event, I'm up for hosting it at least once more! (Not to say it won't continue past 2023, but at this point, I'm committing for this year!)

@ejzah has agreed to again write some of her awesome ficlets for the event, and I plan on gif-ing moments from throughout the entire series. Any suggestions will gladly be taken into consideration! Especially moments from more recent seasons!

That said, Densi-mber number 7 is just 2.5 months away! Please reach out if you'd like to help take part this year! As long as it's Densi-related (which this year will include their growing family), we want to see it! Gifs, stories, photo edits, art, whatever Densi things you want to share, we are up for it! (side note: Although the event takes place in December and we sometimes use that to have some holiday themes/prompts, that is not a requirement for the event! It's just in December for pun's sake (and also when their "all-in" anniversary is)

If you're not feeling as creative to make your own things, feel free to reach out with ideas you'd like to see from the rest of us! I'm also going to try to add in some fun questions and trivia that anyone can take part in!

As in years past, the event mostly takes place here on Tumblr, but we do have both an Instagram and a Twitter/X/whatever-it-is page too. They're both @densimber (no hyphen). I'd love to spread the Densi-mber love as far and as wide as possible! If anyone would like to volunteer to help with sharing the event on either of those accounts, I'd love the assistance! Feel free to send me a DM or an ask either here or @mashmaiden.

TL;DR: December 1st - 31st = Densimber number 7!! Please join us for the fun! =D

[blogger360ncislarules]

What the ride back to OSP was probably like for Deeks during Season 8's Sirens. (in my humor obsessed mind. 😂)

Day 17 of @densi-mber 2023

[toucheblye]

@densi-mber : New Year’s (doesn’t really fit into either one of the prompts, but it does fit the holiday, soo........)

For all the good that had happened to him this year there was also a lot of it that came with the bad. He had known love and loss and what it feels like to lose the possibility of that one thing you love most in the world, and somewhere along the lines the year had taught him love was worth every risk and every heart ache. Yet, love had made his life fuller, greater, and made him yearn for things he never knew he wanted.

She was quiet when she sat on the couch next to him, sticking a beer in his hands. “Penny for your thoughts?”

“Sure.” He said as he took a sip of his beer. “I was just, reflecting. New Year’s resolutions and such and thinking back on what this year had taught me and what’s happened.”

“And what does that mean?” She asked as she put her head on his shoulder.

“There was a lot of bad this year, I have to admit it. But with that came a lot of good as well. I really don’t know if I feel upset this year is over or grateful.”

He could feel the soft chuckle she let out and the nod in agreement. “I think I know exactly what you mean.”

“I think… What it comes down to though, Kens. Isn’t so much the premise of a new year, or new year’s resolution. At my age now, and with what we do, I’m looking at this in an entirely different way than I did when I was younger.”

“And that is?” She asked, the questioning apparent in her tone.

“Well, I don’t think it ever matters if the year was better or worse in the long run. Or what my New Year’s resolutions are and if I will achieve them or not. Because between all the good and bad that has happened the greatest lesson I have learned that that I want to ring in 70 more new years. And the stuff that happens between December 31st and January 1st don’t matter so much, as long as you’re with me.” He looked up to the TV, the ball dropping down and the clock hitting 00:00.

“I’ll be with you till the end of time, whenever that may be.” She replied as she reached up and kissed him. “Through all the years.”

[ncisla-westaytogether]

I haven’t been around much lately (work is exhausting¡) but I can’t wait for my 3-days Christmas break to catch on all the Densi-mber stories¡ Also to write a drabble this year too, I’m super rusty but it really makes me happy to contribute to this year’s Densi-mber, as usual. 

So I’ll see you soon and I also would love to say that I need more Densi, please writers listen to our prayers, why are you doing this to us¡¡¡¡ 

[mashmaiden]

Informal Gif-requests Request

So guys, I’m trying to get some stuff planned and ready for @densi-mber and so I’m trying to figure out what gif sets to make.

While mostly I’m focusing on Densi related stuff for event in December, I’ll also take other NCIS: LA requests as well for things I can post in the meantime. While we seems to have gained/regained some gif makers recently this past season, we still have a large gap in gifs from Seasons 9 & 10, and I hope to start fixing that. - Any moments that stand out to you guys?

So any particular scenes, themes, parallels, and moments past or present you want me to explore? Please DM me or reply here, or send me an ask if you wanna be anon.

Thanks all! ♥