I'm coming out.

Chapter 1

Callen woke up and looked over at the blonde in his bed, “You gotta wake up soon baby, and Sam’ll be here to pick me up for work.” He said shaking her shoulder.

Gerry opened her eyes, “What...G?” she said; she looked over at her dog tags hanging around his neck and smiled.

“I’ll need those back lover boy.” She said reaching for them.

He took them off, kissed her and walked into the shower.

He was dressed and standing outside as Sam pulled up.

“Morning G.” Sam said as he opened the door.

Callen walked up the sidewalk to the door his bag in his hand. “You look good this morning.” Sam said.

Callen sighed, “I’m fine.” He said, Sam eyed him as he put the car into drive and headed into work.

“Something is different.” He said.

Callen stared out of the window avoiding his eye.

Sam stopped at an intersection and looked over at him again, “You had a date!” he exclaimed.

Callen sighed, “Yes I had a date.”

“Tell me his name.” Sam demanded.

Callen looked away again, he hated lying to his partner, but he couldn’t help it, Sam and Michael were like family and their little girl Rachel was the light of his life, if he told the truth he’d lose them.

“His name is Gerry ok, and he’s a blond.” Callen divulged.

“Nice, what’s he do?” Sam asked.

“He’s a marine.” Callen told him.

“Nice, I can’t wait to tell Michael, he wanted to set you up on a date with a nice little teacher called Joe.”

“Well, Gerry and I are kinda serious, but with ‘his’ schedule you may not get to meet him for a while.” ‘Or ever’ Callen thought.

Callen watched as he got out of the car, Kensi and Nell arrived together as usual, they had been dating on and off for a year, Kensi’s attitude and Nell’s smarts meant that usually they were fighting more than making up but Hetty had hopes for the couple. The only other couple in the team was Kensi’s partner Deeks who last summer had married Eric Beale the tech operator. 

Hetty looked up from her desk as Callen and Sam came in.

Sam gave her a nod and she smiled, Hetty had been hoping for years that Callen would settle down find himself a nice man and get married. She had been keeping an eye on him ever since his mother Clara had been killed by the CIA for having a child naturally. Clara had been on a CIA mission and had to pretend to be straight, a dangerous assignment especially for the 1970’s when being straight was still illegal.

Especially in the USSR.

Where she had met and seduced Nikita Resnikov and had bore him two children until she had been shopped to the KGB and Nikita had to smuggle them out of the country.

Nikita had been sent to Siberia as punishment for being straight and hadn’t been heard from since. Clara had made it as far as Romania and called her ex-wife Hetty for help.

Hetty had pulled as many strings as she could, but the CIA had disavowed their agent and had her killed. Hetty’s current wife however had arrived straight after the hit and had smuggled the children into the US under false passports and she had hidden both of them in the system.