Title: Moving On
Disclaimer: Aside from the characters I created for this story, I do not own Y&R (The Young and The Restless), the Bell family, the writers, and CBS do. I also do not own CSI, Anthony Zuiker and CBS do.
Author's Note: Thought it might be fun to do a CSI/YR crossover! This came to mind and has is completely and since now that CSI is over this will be completely alternate universe. Will be in the CSI stories section since there are so few Finn stories.
A/N 2: Constructive criticism welcomed but no flames please.
Genre: Romance
Rating: T
Chapter 1: How It Started
Mention of/Spoiler for: The End Game (Season 15.18)
-Story start February 2017-
When life is not fair there are people who give up and then are people who keep going no matter what. Finn was one of them.
Finn thought her life was perfect, a steady job as the assistant supervisor at the LVPD Crime Lab in Clark County, a steady relationship with Nick Stokes the handsome Texan who was ever the gentleman in not pushing too hard. Yes they have had their rough patches too, Nick and Finn had secretly gotten together before she had been badly beaten up by the Gig Harbor killer. Their team figured it out their secret after seeing Nick spending what time he could by Finn's bedside. When she had come out of her coma Nick was there for her recovery process and everything slowly returned to normal and they were happy.
However their happiness wouldn't last long; fourteen months later it all came crashing down. Nick got an offer he could not turn down, a job at the FBI its Headquarters at Quantico and Nick knew let this one pass he would never forgive himself. The moment he accepted the job he told Finn first and then the rest of the crime lab; everyone was happy for him while Finn was torn. Yes she was happy for him getting the position he deserved but it was only recently that she wanted more from the relationship but now it was too late. It had happened in a blur and soon he was gone, out of Vegas and out of her life.
Sara and Morgan saw how sad Finn was following Nick's departure. Even though Finn denied feeling sad but Sara and Morgan were not convinced and they started a dating profile for her. Finn was not happy, she was the type of woman who met guys in person, not online. It took Sara a while to meet convince a disbelieving and hesitant Finn to give it a try. Slowly she warmed to the idea because a match was found and the guy was Finn's type—Paul Williams was the Chief of Police and he was from Genoa City, Wisconsin. What got Finn's attention was his height, six feet to be exact, there just something about tall guys Finn loved. Pretty soon Finn and Paul hit off and messaged each other once and every few days.
At this stage, Sara and Morgan had managed to verify the guy was not a crazy person but there was only so much they could do. So the correspondence continued onwards until one day without tell anyone Finn sent an invite to Paul Williams and asked to come meet her. Once ready she sent and decided it would be better not to expect anything.
Meanwhile a little over seventeen hundred miles away in Genoa City, Paul Williams was at usual, hard at work.
Usually he was hard at work but lately he had been distracted especially when it came to the dating profile of a Julie Finlay. The first time he saw her photos he felt something he had not felt in a long time and she was what he was looking for: a gorgeous blonde who was athletic but was smart as she happened to be the Assistant Lab Supervisor. He decided to take a chance and contact Julie and see where it took him. As it turned out it was a perfect match and ever since their first correspondence he has been calling her Finn, as she had preferred.
At the same time he was thinking about how well he got along with Finn some other thoughts popped in like how his life used to be. His recalled how only a few years ago his life was not in mess and going well, he had remarried Christine and life was good. However, the bliss did not last long at all. He had gotten shot while trying to rescue Avery (Bailey Clark) which required a family only liver transplant. Because of that crucial requirement the longtime secret that he had son with Nikki came out which devastated Christine. Apparently finding out that their attempts in starting a family did not work and that Dylan is his son was too much for Christine.
Add that to problem that was Ian Ward. Ian had known all along Paul was Dylan's biological father. With the plethora of information he did all he could to drive Paul and Christine apart which unfortunately he [Ian] had succeeded. However, before Ian could further damage he ended up meeting a dastardly fate himself and was offed by a former member of his entourage. In any case the damage was done and Christine left for her new position as a Federal Prosecutor in Kentucky as soon the divorce was finalized leaving Paul reeling even further.
He began throwing himself into work so he could stay occupied—except he had almost worked himself into exhaustion many people including Nikki intervened and made Paul slow down or risk his health. During this time everyone helped when they could, Dylan took the time to bond with his biological father. Dylan then along with Chavez, Michael, and Kevin convinced him with extra persuasion to start looking and he went on an online dating site and was soon matched with Finn.
As he pondered he heard a ping and saw it was a message from Finn. He opened it and saw it was an invite to come and meet her in Vegas.
He took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes and leaned back a little and thought would it really hurt to go and meet Finn? It could turn out well and Finn is who she says she is or it could turn out badly and he get hurt or something even worse.
He knew he needed to make a decision and soon, should he meet her?
A/N 2: Thanks for reading the 1st chapter of "Moving On"! Please leave a review!