Fic: Battlefield (5/11)

[clarrisani]

Title: Battlefield
Chapter: 5/11
Author: Jedi Princess Clarrisani
Beta: Stalker of Shadows
Additional Helpers:  galuxkittyand puppytraining
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Pairing(s): Nick/Greg, Grissom/Sara, Warrick/Tina, wishful Catherine/Warrick
Rating: NC-17   
Total Word Count: 25, 184
Tag: The storm’s been brewing for some time now.
Summary: With a serial killer on

Comments

[marufreak]

Very interesting case! And i loved the kiss ;)
I really like how you develop both the case and their relationship, and not just focus on one.
Hope to read more soon! :)

[clarrisani]

Thank you! It is so damned frustrating to write, you know. I just want them to jump in the sack and... well, but I dislike stories like that so I wanted to have a plot. That, and I pride myself on writing for a genre. CSI is about the cases, so I write the cases. Nick/Greg is just the icing on the cake. It's so hard to keep the balance.

More coming! I promise!

[clarrisani]

Thank you!

You've got to wonder how many bodies there will be before they solve this case. One dead end after another... So who do you think did it?

[tanisafan]

Great update! I'm really enjoying this story, especially the bit with all the CSIs bird-dogging them about the date *giggles*. And I was giggling like a loony when Nick shoved Warrick's date-theory right back into his face. Go Nicky!

Also: whoa. That was one hot kiss.

And as has been stated, I also really like the way you keep developing the case. A good plot is so often neglected in shippy stories, and I think that you're maintaining a great balance between the case and the Nick/Greg interaction.

[clarrisani]

Oh I am totally adoring your avatar. :D

When I was writing I wanted to have some colleague reactions, and it just came to me that Warrick and Sara would never let them live it down, and Catherine would be more than happy to go along for the ride. And Nick turning it back on Warrick... those guys love a good competition. Besides, it shut Warrick up. And made Greg love Nick all the more at the same time.

I love a first kiss. I think Nicky loved the first kiss too. ;)

You're right about the neglected plot. It's a self-made promise to never reduce my writing to a plotless ship story, so this one was carefully planned out. I was taught that there is a trick to a good story - the three levels of conflict. Personal, Community and Global. Personal - Nick's feelings for Greg; Community - Greg in threat of losing job and the impact on the team; Global - the murders. Have all three conflicts, and you have a story and the plot will come naturally. Just a headache to write, is all. ;D

[tanisafan]

Hee! Can't take credit for it, I have to admit. It was made by the awesome bugchicklv. But it's very appropriate for my fandom, so what the hell ;).

And ohhh, three levels of conflict. That makes a lot of sense! *writes that down for future reference ;)*

[clarrisani]

It's hell appropriate for the fandom. Subtext is everything, and I so can't believe I never made an anagram of that word. Must pass that one on.

I'm a qualified professional writer and editor with a published short story, and I am almost finished with earning my teaching degree thus soon to be an English teacher. You could say it is my role in life to pass on the knowledge. :D

Finally made an avatar for this fic. What do you think? I unfortunately only have Paint on my computer though. *sigh*

[let_fate_decide]

Somehow I've missed the past two chapters, but I sure am glad I caught up. This whole concept of Ecklie wanting Greg on his team, because, well, he's a damn good employer, eh? But I love your Greg, how he has a secret life that nobody knows about other than Grissom. (I totally just made him sound like some undercover FBI person or something. Oops.)

Cannot wait for the next chapter. Adore your writing, by the way :D

[clarrisani]

Happens, so I forgive you. I really should be backlinking these chapters, but I just don't have the time. Sorry.

Ecklie wants Greg because Greg is the best. I've also got this theory that Ecklie is harbouring fantasies about Greg. The evidence is there! And I'm worried that I'm pushing the secret life of Greg Sanders too far - I know the sibling thing is wrong. I wrote this fic back in September, before "Fannysmackin'" (that ep airs here in Australia next year).

Secret undercover FBI... hm...

Next chapter coming this weekend! I promise!

[sillie82]

Still enjoying this story very much. I adore your Greggo and Nicky, they're such woobies. :'3

[clarrisani]

Woobie. *grins and thinks of csi_labs* Love 'woobie'

Thank you!