A/N: Post 8x07 Goodbye and Good Luck. Prompt provided by the LiveJournal community group GSRdrabbles. Thank you to Smacky30 for the beta!

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Drabble Prompt: Name Tag

Word count: 100

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SIDLE:

Remembered pain, hospital trips. A flashing blade.

Blood covering the walls, yielding lonely years in anonymous homes.

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GRISSOM:

Brilliant mind, dedicated teacher. A concerned mentor.

Sometimes aggravatingly oblivious, yet never deliberately cruel.

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SARA:

Passionate heart, driven mind. A cultivated control.

Protective walls washed away in a flood, burned away by the sun.

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GIL:

Playful colleague, caring companion. A supporting shoulder.

Bearer of the love that she sees upon waking from darkness.

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Maybe it was time. Time to face the past. Time to be rid of Sidle and Grissom.

Time to find herself, to return to become Sara and Gil.

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