Fic:Addicted To You Chapter 6/?
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nickngregTitle: Addicted To You
Author: Seether_79
Rating: R (Language, sexual references, and very, very mild naughty touching)
Beta: The lovely and awesome Jayceepat
Disclaimer: I do not own CSI or any of its characters.
Summary: Can a casual relationship stay casual or will Nick and Greg’s feelings complicate things
Previous parts of this story can be foundhere.
A/N: Hello all, thanks for all the wonderful comments and reviews on the last chapter. It’s a busy time of the year as you all know so this will be my last update until after Christmas and then there are only two or three more chapters to go. Thanks to my wonderful beta Jayceepat, you rule! And as always thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy this chapter…
Chapter 6: Greg Sanders and His Issues
Greg Sanders was a mess. A part of him felt happier than he had been in a long time; the other part was scared shitless and trying to figure out a way to bolt before things got too serious. He knew he wanted Nick, more than he had ever wanted anyone or anything. But the problem with getting what he wanted was now he had something to lose.
The panic over a date with Nick was also making it hard for him to think straight. He had been trying on shirts for over an hour now; trying to find the best one for his date. He knew he was really stressing out when he realized he’d tried on the same green shirt with black stripes four times now.
Nick was going to be here any minute to pick him up and he wasn’t even close to being ready. His hair was still damp from his shower and he hadn’t found the time to style it yet. Almost every item of clothing he owned was now laid out across his bed as he tried to pick the perfect ‘first date’ attire. He had no idea where his wallet was and although he was pretty sure they would be taking Nick’s car it worried him that he also had no idea where his car keys were.
“Why did I think this was a good idea?” Greg asked himself as he pulled on a pair of jeans, once his jeans were on and zipped, he turned again to look at his various shirts.
He’d never really noticed how many items of clothing he owned, but now that they all were lying on his bed, right there for him to look at he found himself wondering why he had so many shirts that were practically identical; he had seven black dress shirts that all looked exactly the same. ‘I need to stop buying clothes’ Greg thought to himself.
Greg was dragged out of his thoughts by the sound he had been dreading; a knock on his front door.
“It’s open!” Greg yelled from his bedroom as he quickly gathered as many items of clothing as he could and threw them into his closet. He grabbed the first shirt he could reach out of the remaining items and hastily put it on. He couldn’t help but laugh when he noticed he was now wearing the green shirt he tried on four times; and dismissed four times.
“Greg, working where we work you should know better than to just scream out ‘it’s open’. You shouldn’t have your door unlocked to begin with” Nick said to Greg as he leaned against the doorframe. “You look nice, I like your hair like that.”
Greg gave him the best smile he could muster up, “Wet.”
“What?” Nick asked him with a slightly confused face.
“My hair is wet and free of product, I lost track of time” Greg told him as he nervously cracked his knuckles.
“It looks nice, which won’t really matter if a serial killer walks in here and stabs you to death” Nick said in a voice that didn’t sound slightly amused.
“How do you know the serial killer will stab me, the serial killer might shoot me” Greg offered with a small laugh trying to ease away the tension he was feeling.
“Home security isn’t something to joke about” Nick told him.
“You sound like my mother Nick” Greg said with a small frown.
“You’re right. I’m sorry” Nick told him. “I guess I’m just a little nervous.”
“That makes two of us” Greg told him. “It’s stupid really I mean we’ve fucked like there’s no tomorrow, but one small date has us all jittery.”
“It’s all good, we’ll find our groove” Nick told him in an optimistic voice.
“Yeah” Greg replied but he wasn’t sure if he really believed it.
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“I’ve never even seen this place before” Greg commented as Nick led him through the door of a small Italian restaurant.
“It’s good. I know you love Italian and this place is nice and quiet so I thought it would be a good place to go” Nick said and smiled in the way that always made Greg want to jump him on the spot.
“It’s great” Greg said. He looked around the place and smiled at all the cute stuff that was on the shelves that lined the walls. There were kitten salt and pepper shakers and little figurines of things that had nothing to do with Italy or Italian food, nothing matched and the color scheme was all over the place; Greg liked it.
“Nick, how are you darling?” a short lady with curly brown hair said as she hugged Nick tightly; she looked as though she was in her early forties and had a face that seemed to be filled with love and wisdom.
“I’m real good” Nick said with a smile. “Greg this is Anita, Anita this is Greg.”
“Well isn’t he a darling?” Anita said with a wide smile that Greg returned.
“Hi” Greg replied.
“Is this your man friend that you have been telling me about?” Anita asked Nick and Greg almost laughed when he saw the older man blush.
“How bout you point us in the direction of our table” Nick changed the subject.
“I’ve embarrassed him now” She said to Greg with a small laugh.
“Table Anita” Nick interjected.
“I’ve got you over here” She said as she pointed to the table near the back of the restaurant. It had curtains near it and was angled so that it was fairly private.
“Thanks” Nick told her as he took Greg’s hand and led him to the table.
“Does Anita own this place?” Greg asked as he took his seat while Nick did the same. The moment they were sitting Nick took Greg’s hand into his own. Greg tried to ignore the giant butterflies that were causing havoc in his stomach.
“Yes. She’s real nice. I’ve been coming here for years now. You’ll think you’ve died and gone to heaven once you taste the food” Nick told him.
“I love food” Greg commented not sure of what to say. He didn’t really know what to talk about which was weird because he and Nick had been friends for years and he’d never had a problem talking to him before.
“I know you do” Nick said with a grin. “Look Greg, I just want you to know how happy I am that we’re doing this; that we’re here and giving this a chance.”
“Same” Greg replied in a small voice. He saw the weird look Nick gave him but ignored it as he took his hand out of Nick’s and lifted the menu to read it. Nick didn’t say anything but Greg was sure he was picking up on the strange signals he was sending him.
“Can I get you gentleman anything to drink, Anita says the drinks are on her” A blonde waitress said to them.
“Tell Anita thanks and I’ll have a beer” Nick told her.
“I’ll have a beer as well” Greg smiled. “Anita must really like you.”
“I come here so often I probably put her youngest son through collage, of course she likes me” Nick laughed.
An hour later they were eating their food and talking, Nick seemed to be quite happy but Greg was still feeling un-sure of himself. He wasn’t sure why, in bed he was completely confident; sex was something he knew he was good at, he’d had many partners tell him that in the past. But dating was never his strong point. He used to enjoy dating, talking to someone and getting to know them better. But the dating magic had been ruined for him when many of his ex’s had some not-so-nice things to say about him.
“What are you thinking about?” Nick asked snapping Greg out of his thoughts.
“Just stuff” Greg told him. “How’s your fettuccini?” Greg asked him.
“Really good” Nick said as he placed some on his fork and held it up to Greg. “Have some.”
“Okay” Greg said as he leaned in and placed his mouth around the fork. Nick was right the food was great. “Yum, that’s really good.”
“Yeah” Nick said and Greg saw the lust in his eyes as he had watched him lick the sauce off the fork.
“So” Greg said as he moved his chair a little closer to Nicks. “How do you think the date is going?”
“I’d say well” Nick replied.
Greg placed his hand on Nick thigh and smiled at him. Sex was what he was good at so he figured he should just stick to that and all would be good. “I think I know what would make it better.”
“What’s that?” Nick asked him and Greg could tell Nick honestly had no idea what he was planning.
Greg just smiled as he moved his hand to Nick’s crotch and started to massage him through his jeans. He could feel Nick’s cock harden and smiled. “I guess you like that.”
“Greg what are you doing?” Nick asked as he grabbed Greg’s hand and lifted it back up onto the table.
“What does it look like” Greg asked as he placed his hand back down and started to rub Nick through his jeans again.
“Stop that” Nick said in a hushed voice as he took Greg’s hand again and placed it on the table but this time he kept his own hand on top of it.
“You’ve never complained about me giving you a hand job before” Greg said slightly annoyed. He wasn’t used to getting turned down.
“You’ve never tried to do it in a public place before” Nick told him. “It’s illegal.”
“You’re telling me you’ve never done anything remotely sexual in a public place before?” Greg asked and he knew he would prove his point. He knew for a fact that Nick had done many sexual acts in all sorts of places, mainly when he was younger but still.
“Of course I have but not in a restaurant I eat at regularly and not for many years” Nick told him.
“I just don’t see what the big deal is” Greg told him.
“The big deal is I don’t want to have sex” Nick blurted it out and Greg was shocked. Nick didn’t want to have sex with him. Why didn’t he want to have sex with him?
Greg was feeling really confused now because up until this point he always thought Nick really enjoyed having sex with him.
“What?” Greg asked. “Why… What’s wrong with… I don’t even know what to say”
“Look Greg that came out wrong…” Nick started but Greg cut him off.
“I thought you liked having sex with me. I mean you always seemed to enjoy yourself. Is it the scars on my back ‘cause I know that throws some guys off? But you’ve seen them heaps of times and they’ve never seemed to bother you. To be honest with you I always thought we had great sex so this is kind off throwing me through a loop right now. I just don’t get it” Greg rambled, looking at Nick who seemed to be a little flustered. “You know what, this was a bad idea; I think I’m going to go.”
“Don’t go” Nick said quickly. “Besides I drove us here.”
“I’ll catch a cab” Greg said as he quickly got up and walked out of the restaurant, ignoring Nick asking him to stop and stay.
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“Greg!” He could hear Nick yelling from his front door. He sighed as he opened the door and watched as Nick just stood there looking at him. “What was that?”
“What was what?” Greg asked as he walked back into his house and grabbed a beer from his fridge. “Do you want one?”
“No I don’t want a beer Greg, I want to talk about you leaving our date” Nick told him.
“Sorry about that” Greg said in a calm voice. He just wanted to pretend this whole thing had never happened in the first place.
“Greg when I said I didn’t want to have sex, I didn’t mean at all. I just meant not right away.”
“Why don’t you want to have sex right away?” Greg asked him as he sat down on the couch and Nick did the same.
“Because I want to do this right, I want to actually go out a few times before we start having sex; I want to have a real relationship with you” Nick told him and Greg couldn’t believe the sincerity in his voice and face. Greg almost laughed out loud because of it, it seemed so corny but Nick was for real.
“Look Nick. I’m good at sex; sex is where I excel in relationships. I’m not sure if us dating is the best idea. Especially since you want a real relationship and I’ve never been very good at keeping someone in a real relationship.”
“Greg, why are you doing this again?” Nick asked in a pleading voice.
“Trust me Nick, two hours spent with me AND not fucking, you’re going to go insane. I have that effect on people, apparently I ramble too much” Greg told him.
“What are you talking about Greg?” Nick asked and Greg could tell that he was already getting frustrated. ‘That didn’t take long’ Greg thought to himself.
“Look Nick I’ve never been with someone longer than a few months. Around the two month mark I get the speech, ‘Greg you’re great in bed, the sex is amazing but I don’t really want a relationship with you, or you talk to much, or your working hours are to much to handle’. And this has happened time after time, so I’ve given up. I like relationships, hell I would love to be in one; but they never work out” Greg said as he looked at his beer bottle. “It’s not that big of a deal anyway, with work and stuff I don’t really have the time for much else.”
“Any person who said anything like that to you doesn’t deserve you Greg. I’m not going to lie, yes we have great sex together and I really love doing it; but my interest in you extends far beyond that and you already know that. I think you’re trying to find a reason for this not to happen because you’re scared” Nick told him. “There are plenty of things you’re great at G. You’re funny and intelligent and no matter what you think, I love talking to you, I always have. Why do you think I was constantly in DNA even when I didn’t have a sample for you; I enjoyed being around you.”
“I know” Greg whispered. He knew he was going to do this, be an idiot and make excuses when there really wasn’t a reason to not be with Nick. But it was hard to stop freaking out long enough to actually think about things. But once his brain caught up he knew he was being stupid; he really wished he could stop being like this.
“But Greg I can’t keep talking you into this. You have to be willing to do this or it won’t work” Nick told him with a soft voice. Greg knew he was right, there were only so many times Nick could say ‘come on, lets give this a shot before it would become too much. He knew Nick wasn’t the type to force someone into something they didn’t want. But the issue was Greg did want this, he wanted it so much that it was all he could think about.
“I’m willing. I swear I am and I’m going to try harder to not be a weirdo about everything” He promised Nick.
“Don’t stop being a weirdo completely” Nick said with a smile as he took Greg’s hand but unlike the first few times he had done it, Greg actually felt somewhat comfortable now. “That’s one of the things I really like about you.”
“Okay then, I’ll try and find a balance with my weirdness” Greg laughed. “I’m sorry I ruined our date.”
“It wasn’t ruined. I would still count this as part of the date and I’d say things are looking up” Nick smiled.
“So what should we do now?” Greg asked him.
“I was thinking I might kiss you” Nick smirked as he leaned in and kissed Greg lightly.
“I think that was a great idea” Greg whispered. He pulled Nick closer to him and kissed him hard. He loved kissing Nick; he loved the way their lips connected perfectly, like they were meant for each other.
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“My fucking neck” Greg mumbled to himself as he woke up. He looked around and noticed that he had been sleeping in his living room on his couch and apparently on top of Nick. He shifted himself slowly off the older man not wanting to crush him.
“Greg” He heard Nick mumble in his sleepy state as his eyes slowly opened.
“Hey there” Greg smiled.
“Hi… I think my back is broken” Nick laughed.
“Yeah sorry, I kind of passed out on top of you last night” Greg said with a small chuckle.
“It was nice to sleep with someone” Nick commented as he grabbed Greg’s hand and pulled him close. Greg smiled as Nick lightly kissed him on his face a few times.
“You’re in a good mood” Greg said to him as he ran his hand lightly across Nick’s back.
“I have every reason to be happy” Nick told him.
“I really am sorry about last night.”
“Don’t worry about it, it was my best first date ever” Nick replied in a gentle tone.
“You must have had some really bad dates in the past” Greg laughed. Nick must be insane if he thought that had been a good date.
“It was the best first date ever ‘cause it was with you” Nick smiled at him.
“Oh dear lord Stokes, you are one corny guy” Greg smirked. “But I like it.”
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“So did you have fun last night?” Catherine asked Nick during their next shift. Nick, Catherine and Greg were all sitting in the break room at work.
“Yes I did” Nick said with a small smile that only Greg could see. Greg couldn’t help but grin in return.
“You seemed so desperate to get the night off, he must be some thing special” Catherine said.
“He is” Nick replied as he opened the newspaper. Greg knew that Nick hated talking about his personal life and that was his way of telling Catherine that he didn’t want to get into it anymore.
“Will you at least tell me his name?” Catherine asked.
“Someone special” Nick said with a smirk as he sipped his coffee. Greg watched Nick closely, wanting to see and memorize everything about him.
Greg had looked up to Nick from the moment he met him. Nick was confident, sexy, intelligent, and brave. Greg wished that he could be just like him. He often found himself feeling uncomfortable in his own skin, but Nick wasn’t like that; he knew who he was and wouldn’t change for anyone or anything.
Another thing Greg envied about Nick was the way he dealt with the whole Walter Gordon situation; or more so how he handled Kelly Gordon. Most people would have just wanted to forget about everything and try and move on. But as soon as Nick had recovered he went to see the daughter of the madman that buried him alive. Not to yell at her or place blame, but to tell her that he didn’t hold her responsible and that she needed to let go of everything that had happened to her. Greg wouldn’t have been able to do that if he’d been in Nick’s position; it would have been too hard for him to deal with. In fact Greg knew that if it had been him he would have pulled the trigger, but Nick didn’t. He was brave and courageous and Greg could only hope that one day he would be half the man that Nick was.
“Greg!” Catherine yelled and Greg snapped his head up to look at her.
“What.”
“I was saying you need to help me get information out of Nick. He is being very tight lipped about this new man of his” Catherine told him.
“Nick what’s your new man like?” Greg asked in a flat tone. He just wanted to get Catherine off his and Nick’s backs.
“He’s wonderful” was all Nick said in reply. “How’s Lindsey?”
“You’re changing the subject” Catherine replied.
“Yes I am” Nick told her as he continued to read his paper not even bothering to look up at her.
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“I thought she was never going to stop asking questions” Nick laughed. He and Greg were sitting in their regular booth at the diner where they and most of the other CSI’s often ate breakfast.
“I never really noticed how nosey Catherine is until today” Greg replied before taking a sip of his coffee; it felt wonderful going down his throat and helped keep his eyes open after a long shift.
“The lab rats are worse” Nick commented.
“Hey leave my former comrades alone” Greg told him with a stern voice but he knew the smirk across his face would give him away.
“Sorry” Nick laughed as he held his hands up in mock surrender.
“While we’re talking about the lab, when do you think we should go public?” Greg asked him. He knew that it was something they needed to talk about but he worried that he might be bringing it up too soon, after all they had only been on one official date so far. But Nick seemed intent on this working so Greg figured it was best to learn where they both stood on the subject.
“Whenever you would like” Nick told him. “I know that I’m in this for the long haul so I’m ready whenever you are.”
“I think we should wait… Just for a little while; once we’re comfortable in the relationship we’ll… Well I’m not sure, but it won’t be a secret anymore” Greg said nervously. He didn’t want Nick to be upset or think that there was some weird reason to why he didn’t want people to know about them just yet.
“That’s fine; you just let me know when you’re ready and we’ll make it known to the people that matter like Warrick and Catherine… But I think we should tell Sara now, she is going to be wondering what is going on with us, after all she knows the basics already” Nick said.
“You’re right” Greg agreed. “Besides she would beat it out of me if I didn’t tell her.”
“That seems like her” Nick chuckled.
“Oh you have no idea how scary she can be sometimes” Greg told him.
“Trust me I got a taste of that when she thought I was corrupting you” Nick replied with a sigh, “Not something I wish to repeat.”
“Sometimes she takes the big sister act a little too far.”
“I guess, but I think it’s good that you two look out for each other” Nick said with a smile. “But she doesn’t have to worry about you anymore because now I’m going to look after you.”
“Again with the corniness Stokes, I can see we’re going to have to get you some help” Greg laughed.
TBC
A/N: As always thanks for reading and reviews are love! :) And I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas…
Author: Seether_79
Rating: R (Language, sexual references, and very, very mild naughty touching)
Beta: The lovely and awesome Jayceepat
Disclaimer: I do not own CSI or any of its characters.
Summary: Can a casual relationship stay casual or will Nick and Greg’s feelings complicate things
Previous parts of this story can be foundhere.
A/N: Hello all, thanks for all the wonderful comments and reviews on the last chapter. It’s a busy time of the year as you all know so this will be my last update until after Christmas and then there are only two or three more chapters to go. Thanks to my wonderful beta Jayceepat, you rule! And as always thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy this chapter…
Chapter 6: Greg Sanders and His Issues
Greg Sanders was a mess. A part of him felt happier than he had been in a long time; the other part was scared shitless and trying to figure out a way to bolt before things got too serious. He knew he wanted Nick, more than he had ever wanted anyone or anything. But the problem with getting what he wanted was now he had something to lose.
The panic over a date with Nick was also making it hard for him to think straight. He had been trying on shirts for over an hour now; trying to find the best one for his date. He knew he was really stressing out when he realized he’d tried on the same green shirt with black stripes four times now.
Nick was going to be here any minute to pick him up and he wasn’t even close to being ready. His hair was still damp from his shower and he hadn’t found the time to style it yet. Almost every item of clothing he owned was now laid out across his bed as he tried to pick the perfect ‘first date’ attire. He had no idea where his wallet was and although he was pretty sure they would be taking Nick’s car it worried him that he also had no idea where his car keys were.
“Why did I think this was a good idea?” Greg asked himself as he pulled on a pair of jeans, once his jeans were on and zipped, he turned again to look at his various shirts.
He’d never really noticed how many items of clothing he owned, but now that they all were lying on his bed, right there for him to look at he found himself wondering why he had so many shirts that were practically identical; he had seven black dress shirts that all looked exactly the same. ‘I need to stop buying clothes’ Greg thought to himself.
Greg was dragged out of his thoughts by the sound he had been dreading; a knock on his front door.
“It’s open!” Greg yelled from his bedroom as he quickly gathered as many items of clothing as he could and threw them into his closet. He grabbed the first shirt he could reach out of the remaining items and hastily put it on. He couldn’t help but laugh when he noticed he was now wearing the green shirt he tried on four times; and dismissed four times.
“Greg, working where we work you should know better than to just scream out ‘it’s open’. You shouldn’t have your door unlocked to begin with” Nick said to Greg as he leaned against the doorframe. “You look nice, I like your hair like that.”
Greg gave him the best smile he could muster up, “Wet.”
“What?” Nick asked him with a slightly confused face.
“My hair is wet and free of product, I lost track of time” Greg told him as he nervously cracked his knuckles.
“It looks nice, which won’t really matter if a serial killer walks in here and stabs you to death” Nick said in a voice that didn’t sound slightly amused.
“How do you know the serial killer will stab me, the serial killer might shoot me” Greg offered with a small laugh trying to ease away the tension he was feeling.
“Home security isn’t something to joke about” Nick told him.
“You sound like my mother Nick” Greg said with a small frown.
“You’re right. I’m sorry” Nick told him. “I guess I’m just a little nervous.”
“That makes two of us” Greg told him. “It’s stupid really I mean we’ve fucked like there’s no tomorrow, but one small date has us all jittery.”
“It’s all good, we’ll find our groove” Nick told him in an optimistic voice.
“Yeah” Greg replied but he wasn’t sure if he really believed it.
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“I’ve never even seen this place before” Greg commented as Nick led him through the door of a small Italian restaurant.
“It’s good. I know you love Italian and this place is nice and quiet so I thought it would be a good place to go” Nick said and smiled in the way that always made Greg want to jump him on the spot.
“It’s great” Greg said. He looked around the place and smiled at all the cute stuff that was on the shelves that lined the walls. There were kitten salt and pepper shakers and little figurines of things that had nothing to do with Italy or Italian food, nothing matched and the color scheme was all over the place; Greg liked it.
“Nick, how are you darling?” a short lady with curly brown hair said as she hugged Nick tightly; she looked as though she was in her early forties and had a face that seemed to be filled with love and wisdom.
“I’m real good” Nick said with a smile. “Greg this is Anita, Anita this is Greg.”
“Well isn’t he a darling?” Anita said with a wide smile that Greg returned.
“Hi” Greg replied.
“Is this your man friend that you have been telling me about?” Anita asked Nick and Greg almost laughed when he saw the older man blush.
“How bout you point us in the direction of our table” Nick changed the subject.
“I’ve embarrassed him now” She said to Greg with a small laugh.
“Table Anita” Nick interjected.
“I’ve got you over here” She said as she pointed to the table near the back of the restaurant. It had curtains near it and was angled so that it was fairly private.
“Thanks” Nick told her as he took Greg’s hand and led him to the table.
“Does Anita own this place?” Greg asked as he took his seat while Nick did the same. The moment they were sitting Nick took Greg’s hand into his own. Greg tried to ignore the giant butterflies that were causing havoc in his stomach.
“Yes. She’s real nice. I’ve been coming here for years now. You’ll think you’ve died and gone to heaven once you taste the food” Nick told him.
“I love food” Greg commented not sure of what to say. He didn’t really know what to talk about which was weird because he and Nick had been friends for years and he’d never had a problem talking to him before.
“I know you do” Nick said with a grin. “Look Greg, I just want you to know how happy I am that we’re doing this; that we’re here and giving this a chance.”
“Same” Greg replied in a small voice. He saw the weird look Nick gave him but ignored it as he took his hand out of Nick’s and lifted the menu to read it. Nick didn’t say anything but Greg was sure he was picking up on the strange signals he was sending him.
“Can I get you gentleman anything to drink, Anita says the drinks are on her” A blonde waitress said to them.
“Tell Anita thanks and I’ll have a beer” Nick told her.
“I’ll have a beer as well” Greg smiled. “Anita must really like you.”
“I come here so often I probably put her youngest son through collage, of course she likes me” Nick laughed.
An hour later they were eating their food and talking, Nick seemed to be quite happy but Greg was still feeling un-sure of himself. He wasn’t sure why, in bed he was completely confident; sex was something he knew he was good at, he’d had many partners tell him that in the past. But dating was never his strong point. He used to enjoy dating, talking to someone and getting to know them better. But the dating magic had been ruined for him when many of his ex’s had some not-so-nice things to say about him.
“What are you thinking about?” Nick asked snapping Greg out of his thoughts.
“Just stuff” Greg told him. “How’s your fettuccini?” Greg asked him.
“Really good” Nick said as he placed some on his fork and held it up to Greg. “Have some.”
“Okay” Greg said as he leaned in and placed his mouth around the fork. Nick was right the food was great. “Yum, that’s really good.”
“Yeah” Nick said and Greg saw the lust in his eyes as he had watched him lick the sauce off the fork.
“So” Greg said as he moved his chair a little closer to Nicks. “How do you think the date is going?”
“I’d say well” Nick replied.
Greg placed his hand on Nick thigh and smiled at him. Sex was what he was good at so he figured he should just stick to that and all would be good. “I think I know what would make it better.”
“What’s that?” Nick asked him and Greg could tell Nick honestly had no idea what he was planning.
Greg just smiled as he moved his hand to Nick’s crotch and started to massage him through his jeans. He could feel Nick’s cock harden and smiled. “I guess you like that.”
“Greg what are you doing?” Nick asked as he grabbed Greg’s hand and lifted it back up onto the table.
“What does it look like” Greg asked as he placed his hand back down and started to rub Nick through his jeans again.
“Stop that” Nick said in a hushed voice as he took Greg’s hand again and placed it on the table but this time he kept his own hand on top of it.
“You’ve never complained about me giving you a hand job before” Greg said slightly annoyed. He wasn’t used to getting turned down.
“You’ve never tried to do it in a public place before” Nick told him. “It’s illegal.”
“You’re telling me you’ve never done anything remotely sexual in a public place before?” Greg asked and he knew he would prove his point. He knew for a fact that Nick had done many sexual acts in all sorts of places, mainly when he was younger but still.
“Of course I have but not in a restaurant I eat at regularly and not for many years” Nick told him.
“I just don’t see what the big deal is” Greg told him.
“The big deal is I don’t want to have sex” Nick blurted it out and Greg was shocked. Nick didn’t want to have sex with him. Why didn’t he want to have sex with him?
Greg was feeling really confused now because up until this point he always thought Nick really enjoyed having sex with him.
“What?” Greg asked. “Why… What’s wrong with… I don’t even know what to say”
“Look Greg that came out wrong…” Nick started but Greg cut him off.
“I thought you liked having sex with me. I mean you always seemed to enjoy yourself. Is it the scars on my back ‘cause I know that throws some guys off? But you’ve seen them heaps of times and they’ve never seemed to bother you. To be honest with you I always thought we had great sex so this is kind off throwing me through a loop right now. I just don’t get it” Greg rambled, looking at Nick who seemed to be a little flustered. “You know what, this was a bad idea; I think I’m going to go.”
“Don’t go” Nick said quickly. “Besides I drove us here.”
“I’ll catch a cab” Greg said as he quickly got up and walked out of the restaurant, ignoring Nick asking him to stop and stay.
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“Greg!” He could hear Nick yelling from his front door. He sighed as he opened the door and watched as Nick just stood there looking at him. “What was that?”
“What was what?” Greg asked as he walked back into his house and grabbed a beer from his fridge. “Do you want one?”
“No I don’t want a beer Greg, I want to talk about you leaving our date” Nick told him.
“Sorry about that” Greg said in a calm voice. He just wanted to pretend this whole thing had never happened in the first place.
“Greg when I said I didn’t want to have sex, I didn’t mean at all. I just meant not right away.”
“Why don’t you want to have sex right away?” Greg asked him as he sat down on the couch and Nick did the same.
“Because I want to do this right, I want to actually go out a few times before we start having sex; I want to have a real relationship with you” Nick told him and Greg couldn’t believe the sincerity in his voice and face. Greg almost laughed out loud because of it, it seemed so corny but Nick was for real.
“Look Nick. I’m good at sex; sex is where I excel in relationships. I’m not sure if us dating is the best idea. Especially since you want a real relationship and I’ve never been very good at keeping someone in a real relationship.”
“Greg, why are you doing this again?” Nick asked in a pleading voice.
“Trust me Nick, two hours spent with me AND not fucking, you’re going to go insane. I have that effect on people, apparently I ramble too much” Greg told him.
“What are you talking about Greg?” Nick asked and Greg could tell that he was already getting frustrated. ‘That didn’t take long’ Greg thought to himself.
“Look Nick I’ve never been with someone longer than a few months. Around the two month mark I get the speech, ‘Greg you’re great in bed, the sex is amazing but I don’t really want a relationship with you, or you talk to much, or your working hours are to much to handle’. And this has happened time after time, so I’ve given up. I like relationships, hell I would love to be in one; but they never work out” Greg said as he looked at his beer bottle. “It’s not that big of a deal anyway, with work and stuff I don’t really have the time for much else.”
“Any person who said anything like that to you doesn’t deserve you Greg. I’m not going to lie, yes we have great sex together and I really love doing it; but my interest in you extends far beyond that and you already know that. I think you’re trying to find a reason for this not to happen because you’re scared” Nick told him. “There are plenty of things you’re great at G. You’re funny and intelligent and no matter what you think, I love talking to you, I always have. Why do you think I was constantly in DNA even when I didn’t have a sample for you; I enjoyed being around you.”
“I know” Greg whispered. He knew he was going to do this, be an idiot and make excuses when there really wasn’t a reason to not be with Nick. But it was hard to stop freaking out long enough to actually think about things. But once his brain caught up he knew he was being stupid; he really wished he could stop being like this.
“But Greg I can’t keep talking you into this. You have to be willing to do this or it won’t work” Nick told him with a soft voice. Greg knew he was right, there were only so many times Nick could say ‘come on, lets give this a shot before it would become too much. He knew Nick wasn’t the type to force someone into something they didn’t want. But the issue was Greg did want this, he wanted it so much that it was all he could think about.
“I’m willing. I swear I am and I’m going to try harder to not be a weirdo about everything” He promised Nick.
“Don’t stop being a weirdo completely” Nick said with a smile as he took Greg’s hand but unlike the first few times he had done it, Greg actually felt somewhat comfortable now. “That’s one of the things I really like about you.”
“Okay then, I’ll try and find a balance with my weirdness” Greg laughed. “I’m sorry I ruined our date.”
“It wasn’t ruined. I would still count this as part of the date and I’d say things are looking up” Nick smiled.
“So what should we do now?” Greg asked him.
“I was thinking I might kiss you” Nick smirked as he leaned in and kissed Greg lightly.
“I think that was a great idea” Greg whispered. He pulled Nick closer to him and kissed him hard. He loved kissing Nick; he loved the way their lips connected perfectly, like they were meant for each other.
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“My fucking neck” Greg mumbled to himself as he woke up. He looked around and noticed that he had been sleeping in his living room on his couch and apparently on top of Nick. He shifted himself slowly off the older man not wanting to crush him.
“Greg” He heard Nick mumble in his sleepy state as his eyes slowly opened.
“Hey there” Greg smiled.
“Hi… I think my back is broken” Nick laughed.
“Yeah sorry, I kind of passed out on top of you last night” Greg said with a small chuckle.
“It was nice to sleep with someone” Nick commented as he grabbed Greg’s hand and pulled him close. Greg smiled as Nick lightly kissed him on his face a few times.
“You’re in a good mood” Greg said to him as he ran his hand lightly across Nick’s back.
“I have every reason to be happy” Nick told him.
“I really am sorry about last night.”
“Don’t worry about it, it was my best first date ever” Nick replied in a gentle tone.
“You must have had some really bad dates in the past” Greg laughed. Nick must be insane if he thought that had been a good date.
“It was the best first date ever ‘cause it was with you” Nick smiled at him.
“Oh dear lord Stokes, you are one corny guy” Greg smirked. “But I like it.”
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“So did you have fun last night?” Catherine asked Nick during their next shift. Nick, Catherine and Greg were all sitting in the break room at work.
“Yes I did” Nick said with a small smile that only Greg could see. Greg couldn’t help but grin in return.
“You seemed so desperate to get the night off, he must be some thing special” Catherine said.
“He is” Nick replied as he opened the newspaper. Greg knew that Nick hated talking about his personal life and that was his way of telling Catherine that he didn’t want to get into it anymore.
“Will you at least tell me his name?” Catherine asked.
“Someone special” Nick said with a smirk as he sipped his coffee. Greg watched Nick closely, wanting to see and memorize everything about him.
Greg had looked up to Nick from the moment he met him. Nick was confident, sexy, intelligent, and brave. Greg wished that he could be just like him. He often found himself feeling uncomfortable in his own skin, but Nick wasn’t like that; he knew who he was and wouldn’t change for anyone or anything.
Another thing Greg envied about Nick was the way he dealt with the whole Walter Gordon situation; or more so how he handled Kelly Gordon. Most people would have just wanted to forget about everything and try and move on. But as soon as Nick had recovered he went to see the daughter of the madman that buried him alive. Not to yell at her or place blame, but to tell her that he didn’t hold her responsible and that she needed to let go of everything that had happened to her. Greg wouldn’t have been able to do that if he’d been in Nick’s position; it would have been too hard for him to deal with. In fact Greg knew that if it had been him he would have pulled the trigger, but Nick didn’t. He was brave and courageous and Greg could only hope that one day he would be half the man that Nick was.
“Greg!” Catherine yelled and Greg snapped his head up to look at her.
“What.”
“I was saying you need to help me get information out of Nick. He is being very tight lipped about this new man of his” Catherine told him.
“Nick what’s your new man like?” Greg asked in a flat tone. He just wanted to get Catherine off his and Nick’s backs.
“He’s wonderful” was all Nick said in reply. “How’s Lindsey?”
“You’re changing the subject” Catherine replied.
“Yes I am” Nick told her as he continued to read his paper not even bothering to look up at her.
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“I thought she was never going to stop asking questions” Nick laughed. He and Greg were sitting in their regular booth at the diner where they and most of the other CSI’s often ate breakfast.
“I never really noticed how nosey Catherine is until today” Greg replied before taking a sip of his coffee; it felt wonderful going down his throat and helped keep his eyes open after a long shift.
“The lab rats are worse” Nick commented.
“Hey leave my former comrades alone” Greg told him with a stern voice but he knew the smirk across his face would give him away.
“Sorry” Nick laughed as he held his hands up in mock surrender.
“While we’re talking about the lab, when do you think we should go public?” Greg asked him. He knew that it was something they needed to talk about but he worried that he might be bringing it up too soon, after all they had only been on one official date so far. But Nick seemed intent on this working so Greg figured it was best to learn where they both stood on the subject.
“Whenever you would like” Nick told him. “I know that I’m in this for the long haul so I’m ready whenever you are.”
“I think we should wait… Just for a little while; once we’re comfortable in the relationship we’ll… Well I’m not sure, but it won’t be a secret anymore” Greg said nervously. He didn’t want Nick to be upset or think that there was some weird reason to why he didn’t want people to know about them just yet.
“That’s fine; you just let me know when you’re ready and we’ll make it known to the people that matter like Warrick and Catherine… But I think we should tell Sara now, she is going to be wondering what is going on with us, after all she knows the basics already” Nick said.
“You’re right” Greg agreed. “Besides she would beat it out of me if I didn’t tell her.”
“That seems like her” Nick chuckled.
“Oh you have no idea how scary she can be sometimes” Greg told him.
“Trust me I got a taste of that when she thought I was corrupting you” Nick replied with a sigh, “Not something I wish to repeat.”
“Sometimes she takes the big sister act a little too far.”
“I guess, but I think it’s good that you two look out for each other” Nick said with a smile. “But she doesn’t have to worry about you anymore because now I’m going to look after you.”
“Again with the corniness Stokes, I can see we’re going to have to get you some help” Greg laughed.
TBC
A/N: As always thanks for reading and reviews are love! :) And I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas…
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Date: 2007-12-24 12:23 am (UTC)Anyways, loved it as always=) I almost thought there'd be some nasty row after Greg fleeing from the date but yay they made up!=) And I really liked all the talk about Greg being better in bed than in a relationship, made me laugh in a good way=)
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Date: 2007-12-26 08:01 am (UTC)Hope you had a wonderful Christmas :)
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