nickngreg | Se Salva

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Title: Se Salva

Chapter: 1- Veinte Minutos

Summary: Four robbers return to the scene of a casino heist, resulting in a brutal hostage situation for the three CSIs still processing the casino. Only two CSIs make it out, and the entire team struggles with the aftermath. Catherine and Warrick try to hold what's left of the team together, even when it means putting it before their personal lives. Wendy strives to fill Greg's footsteps and fulfill her own dreams as she finishes her proficiencies, while Nick is devastated by grief -- and heartbreak. Grissom decides that an addition to the team is what everyone needs -- or is it just what he needs? Finally, Catherine recognizes a pair of melancholy eyes on the man who took her, Nick and Greg hostage on that gruesome night, bringing back memories of a tragic love story of years far past.

Rating: T

Warnings: Heavy themes

Pairings: NSxGS, CWxWB, GGxSS, WSx??,...

Beta/Help: LaughableBlackStorm (overall), Sara's Girl (NG flashbacks), WitchGirl (plot advice) and LostLadyKnight (Yo!Bling consulting)

Disclaimer: If I owned it, Greg would get more screentime, Warrick wouldn't be dead, Yo!Bling would be canon and The Love would get wayy more subtext. Insert other conditionals here.

Timeline: Season 8 (Sara is in Frisco, Warrick is alive and divorced, and Wendy is set on becoming a CSI)

"Case? But Wendy and Rick are already there -- it looked like there was plenty more to process, and there --" Grissom's somber silence on the other end told Catherine the whole story. "That case."

"Yes. That case."

Catherine choked back a sob.

That case. Victim: Gregory Hojem Sanders.