Repost Drabble #071 - #080
#071 Broken
#072 Fixed
#073 Light
#074 Dark
#075 Shattered
#076 Rebirth
#077 Paralysis
#078 Disease
#079 Agony
#080 Healing
Title: Alone
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #071 "Broken"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom
Wordcount: 100
Slowly Gil left the lab. This night had been hell. He hadn't been able to solve the murder he had been working on and now dayshift was working it.
Nick had called in sick, something which worried him immensely for he knew that the young man had a good health.
Catherine had called him an 'insensitiv old bastard', though he still wasn't quite sure why.
Sara had hunted him down again and even managed to get an invitation for a breakfast.
Now he felt old, broken and lonely. He only wanted to go home, close the door and forget everything.
The end
Title: The breakfast
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #072 "Fixed"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom
Wordcount: 100
"So, you ready?"
Gil winced when he heard Sara's voice, almost shrill with excitement.
"Ready for what?"
Gil relaxed. Nicky. He turned around and smiled at the Texan. "Breakfast. Wanna join us?" The question was out before he could stop it. He could hear Sara's barely suppressed growl, but kept his eyes fixated on Nick's dark ones.
The answering smile he got from him was as blinding as the sun over the desert, and Nick nodded. "Sure. Love to."
Gil quickly turned around before Sara could react and question him. Well, maybe this breakfast wouldn't be so bad after all.
The end
Title: The One
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: # 073 "Light"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom
Wordcount: 100
Gil was deadly tired when he came home from his shift. It had been a terrible night. Two young women had been murdured by a schizophrenic classmate who had insistet on 'doing what the voices told him'. It had touched Gil deeply. Cases like these always made him doubt humanity.
The whole condo was dark, except for one light coming from the bedroom.
Nicky.
A smile crept over Gil's face and could feel himself relax. Nick always kept a little light burning for him. Somehow he had become a light in Gil's life. The only light that kept him going.
The end
Title: Behave!
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #074 "Dark"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom/Nick Stokes
Wordcount: 100
Gil was in a dark mood, hiding in his office all night. And when he came out, the whole lab tried to avoid him.
Catherine tried to talk to him. Three minutes later she left his office, closing the door behind her with a loud bang.
Sara was next. Two minutes and she stormed out of his office, tears in her eyes.
It was Nick who finally cleared the front. He walked into the office, kissed Gil deeply, and murmured "Behave...or this won't be happening a long time!"
With that he left.
Gil's mood was much brighter after that.
The end
Title: After all
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: # 075 "Shattered"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom
Wordcount: 100
Numbly, Gil Grissom stared at the shattered mirror, laying at his feet. His hand was bleeding but he didn't care.
He could've lost Nick today.
It would've destroyed him. Whenever he closed his eyes, he could see him ... the bandages around his hand, the cut on his forehead. He'd tried to suppress his feelings but after putting Nicky in his guestroom, he had stared into his mirror and had lost it.
"Gris, you okay? God, you're bleeding. Let me help you."
It was after all the tenderness in that voice that shattered him completely. He broke down in Nick's arms.
The end
Title: "Finally"
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #076 "Rebirth"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom
Wordcount: 100
The day he finally broke with Sara was one of the best in his life. She screamed. She yelled. She called him names. She insulted him in her pain.
She broke down crying.
And he simply told her he couldn't do this any more. Told her he couldn't live this lie any longer. Told her he finally had the guts to be the man he really was. And there was no longer a place for her in his life.
Walking out on her felt like rebirth. She screamed something after him. About him being a sick gay bastard.
He smiled.
The end
Title: "Numb"
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #077 "Paralysis"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom
Wordcount: 100
He felt numb.
Couldn't sense anything. Something inside him was frozen .
Paralysed.
Seeing Nick in that box buried in the ground, broke something inside him. He wanted to cry, wanted to shout, wanted to bring Walter Gordon back to life just to kill him once more for putting him and Nick through this agony.
All he could do was calm everyone down, take the initiative. Free Nick from the casket. He could break down later.
Right now the paralysis was his companion, saving him from his emotions. He clung to it. Welcomed it.
And knew he would hate it later.
The End
Title: "Cure"
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #078 "Disease"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom, Nick Stokes
Wordcount: 100
He could still remember Sara's words when he had told her that he would end their relationsship because of another man. He didn't remember ALL of it, just could recall some fragments of her tirade. What had stuck was "It's just like a ... desease. Stay with me and you'll forget it."
A desease, huh? Interesting thought. He turned around and gazed at his sleeping lover. He put one hand on Nick's soft skin, causing him to mumble something in his dream and move closer.
If this was a desease, then he really hoped that they would never find a cure.
The end
Title: "Watching"
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #079 "Agony"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom, Nick Stokes
Wordcount: 100
It was pure agony to watch him every day. To work close to him without being allowed to touch him. To see him flirt with all those beautiful woman. To hear him fool around with Warrick and Greg.
It didn't help to know that this was just the way Nick Stokes was. Being friendly came naturally to him.
And Gil was sure that one day he would simply snap. Maybe he would just grab him, and kiss him in the middle of the lab.
Of course he would never do that. He would just watch him every day. In agony.
The end
Title: "Healing Presence"
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: # 080 "Healing"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom, Nick Stokes
Wordcount: 100
Sometimes Gil was sure that Nick had healing hands. There was no other way to explain it.
He was laying on his stomach. Nick was sitting on his ass, warming the massage oil before putting his hands on Gil's back. The older man moaned in appreciation as those hands started to work their magic.
With great skill, Nick worked out all the knicks and knacks in Gil's muscles. When he was finally satisfied with his result, Nick pressed a gentle kiss between Gil's shoulderblades. And Gil was sure ... not only did Nick have healing hands ... he had a healing presence.
The end
#072 Fixed
#073 Light
#074 Dark
#075 Shattered
#076 Rebirth
#077 Paralysis
#078 Disease
#079 Agony
#080 Healing
Title: Alone
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #071 "Broken"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom
Wordcount: 100
Slowly Gil left the lab. This night had been hell. He hadn't been able to solve the murder he had been working on and now dayshift was working it.
Nick had called in sick, something which worried him immensely for he knew that the young man had a good health.
Catherine had called him an 'insensitiv old bastard', though he still wasn't quite sure why.
Sara had hunted him down again and even managed to get an invitation for a breakfast.
Now he felt old, broken and lonely. He only wanted to go home, close the door and forget everything.
The end
Title: The breakfast
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #072 "Fixed"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom
Wordcount: 100
"So, you ready?"
Gil winced when he heard Sara's voice, almost shrill with excitement.
"Ready for what?"
Gil relaxed. Nicky. He turned around and smiled at the Texan. "Breakfast. Wanna join us?" The question was out before he could stop it. He could hear Sara's barely suppressed growl, but kept his eyes fixated on Nick's dark ones.
The answering smile he got from him was as blinding as the sun over the desert, and Nick nodded. "Sure. Love to."
Gil quickly turned around before Sara could react and question him. Well, maybe this breakfast wouldn't be so bad after all.
The end
Title: The One
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: # 073 "Light"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom
Wordcount: 100
Gil was deadly tired when he came home from his shift. It had been a terrible night. Two young women had been murdured by a schizophrenic classmate who had insistet on 'doing what the voices told him'. It had touched Gil deeply. Cases like these always made him doubt humanity.
The whole condo was dark, except for one light coming from the bedroom.
Nicky.
A smile crept over Gil's face and could feel himself relax. Nick always kept a little light burning for him. Somehow he had become a light in Gil's life. The only light that kept him going.
The end
Title: Behave!
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #074 "Dark"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom/Nick Stokes
Wordcount: 100
Gil was in a dark mood, hiding in his office all night. And when he came out, the whole lab tried to avoid him.
Catherine tried to talk to him. Three minutes later she left his office, closing the door behind her with a loud bang.
Sara was next. Two minutes and she stormed out of his office, tears in her eyes.
It was Nick who finally cleared the front. He walked into the office, kissed Gil deeply, and murmured "Behave...or this won't be happening a long time!"
With that he left.
Gil's mood was much brighter after that.
The end
Title: After all
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: # 075 "Shattered"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom
Wordcount: 100
Numbly, Gil Grissom stared at the shattered mirror, laying at his feet. His hand was bleeding but he didn't care.
He could've lost Nick today.
It would've destroyed him. Whenever he closed his eyes, he could see him ... the bandages around his hand, the cut on his forehead. He'd tried to suppress his feelings but after putting Nicky in his guestroom, he had stared into his mirror and had lost it.
"Gris, you okay? God, you're bleeding. Let me help you."
It was after all the tenderness in that voice that shattered him completely. He broke down in Nick's arms.
The end
Title: "Finally"
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #076 "Rebirth"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom
Wordcount: 100
The day he finally broke with Sara was one of the best in his life. She screamed. She yelled. She called him names. She insulted him in her pain.
She broke down crying.
And he simply told her he couldn't do this any more. Told her he couldn't live this lie any longer. Told her he finally had the guts to be the man he really was. And there was no longer a place for her in his life.
Walking out on her felt like rebirth. She screamed something after him. About him being a sick gay bastard.
He smiled.
The end
Title: "Numb"
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #077 "Paralysis"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom
Wordcount: 100
He felt numb.
Couldn't sense anything. Something inside him was frozen .
Paralysed.
Seeing Nick in that box buried in the ground, broke something inside him. He wanted to cry, wanted to shout, wanted to bring Walter Gordon back to life just to kill him once more for putting him and Nick through this agony.
All he could do was calm everyone down, take the initiative. Free Nick from the casket. He could break down later.
Right now the paralysis was his companion, saving him from his emotions. He clung to it. Welcomed it.
And knew he would hate it later.
The End
Title: "Cure"
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #078 "Disease"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom, Nick Stokes
Wordcount: 100
He could still remember Sara's words when he had told her that he would end their relationsship because of another man. He didn't remember ALL of it, just could recall some fragments of her tirade. What had stuck was "It's just like a ... desease. Stay with me and you'll forget it."
A desease, huh? Interesting thought. He turned around and gazed at his sleeping lover. He put one hand on Nick's soft skin, causing him to mumble something in his dream and move closer.
If this was a desease, then he really hoped that they would never find a cure.
The end
Title: "Watching"
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: #079 "Agony"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom, Nick Stokes
Wordcount: 100
It was pure agony to watch him every day. To work close to him without being allowed to touch him. To see him flirt with all those beautiful woman. To hear him fool around with Warrick and Greg.
It didn't help to know that this was just the way Nick Stokes was. Being friendly came naturally to him.
And Gil was sure that one day he would simply snap. Maybe he would just grab him, and kiss him in the middle of the lab.
Of course he would never do that. He would just watch him every day. In agony.
The end
Title: "Healing Presence"
Author: Beverly aka Bev *too*
Prompt: # 080 "Healing"
Fandom/pairing: CSI, Gil Grissom, Nick Stokes
Wordcount: 100
Sometimes Gil was sure that Nick had healing hands. There was no other way to explain it.
He was laying on his stomach. Nick was sitting on his ass, warming the massage oil before putting his hands on Gil's back. The older man moaned in appreciation as those hands started to work their magic.
With great skill, Nick worked out all the knicks and knacks in Gil's muscles. When he was finally satisfied with his result, Nick pressed a gentle kiss between Gil's shoulderblades. And Gil was sure ... not only did Nick have healing hands ... he had a healing presence.
The end