A/N; I find it odd that this is my first CSI: Miami fic when I've been a fan for a while. Oh well.
Disclaimer: I do not own CSI: Miami, nor am I making any profit from this work of fanfiction.
Evidence Gone Cold
Theme: Insomnia
Characters: Horatio/Calleigh
Genre: family/friendship/humor (maybe?)
Rating: K
Calleigh slumped down over the table, allowing herself only brief rest. She'd been at this case for days, and she was pressed for time, but Lord she was tired. One thirty-minute nap a day for 72 hours is hard on the body. And eyes. And all-around focus. Where was her coffee...?
"Calleigh?"
"Not... available," she mumbled, borrowing farther into her warm sleeves.
"Calleigh..."
"Coffee," she replied in a muffled voice, one hand slipping loose and laying palm-up on the table.
"Go home."
Her head snapped up. Disarrayed blonde hair flew everywhere, and heavy eyes gazed up at this angelic figure before her.
"Can't. The case--"
"You can't function properly like this," Horatio said firmly, hands on his hips. She gave a small moan.
"I can try."
"You'd be a liability. I need you to be alert."
"I just need coffee."
"What you need," he said, placing his hand on her arm, "is sleep. Now, if you'll stand up, I'll take you home. When you get back, then we'll fill you in and you can pick up where you left off." He gave a small smile. "We can function at least a day without you."
"Promise?" she said thickly, standing on sore legs.
"About filling you in?"
"About a day's worth of sleep."
Horatio chuckled, leading her through the door, hand on her back. "I promise."