Argghh! Both my stories are lacking in any recent GSR moments, I'm having withdrawal symptoms, had to work some slight ones in at any cost. Even if they are just general not specific here.


Catherine knocked on Ecklie's office door, fighting all her urges, the one which said run away, the one which said demand answers, the one which said she shoudl slap him across the face.

She kept her face calm as she entered when told to.

"Aaah Willows. What can I do for you?" Catherine fought down a shudder as she saw the grin on Ecklie's face. She stepped into the room as little as she could without her feet been outside and held the door loosely in her hand so that it didn't shut her in the office with him where she might do something she shouldn't. She knew that she wouldn't regret it however.

"Ecklie. Glad I caught you in." She said while her mind screamed the opposite. "Just here to let you know I'll be in charge of the night shift for a little while longer. Grissom is taking a few days leave so that he can spend more time with Sara than he would just with paternity leave."

She saw the almost visible pain pass across Ecklie's face, she knew that he had been planning to visit their home. She watched as he fought to keep his feelings under control.

"Thank you for informing me Willows. I'll make a note of it." He gritted out from between clenched teeth. Catherine nodded and made her way out of the office, she had barely gone a few steps when she heard him cursing and shouting and the sound of a crash, as though he had thrown his chair across the room.

Afraid she ran until she reached the break room. She had never been sure that Ecklie could ever go through with whatever he was planning, she now knew that he would not stop until he did, she had also believed that he would never physically hurt Sara. She now knew she was wrong.


"Sara, did you want syrup with your pancakes or lemon and sugar?" Grissom called through from the kitchen. Grissom had left her sat in bed soon after he had told her he was staying at home. He had decided to go make breakfast while she tried to convince Harmony to stay asleep for a little longer or at least not to wake up so that Ella and Harmony didn't get onto different sleeping timings.

He heard a hurried shushing coming from the bedroom and smiled slightly. He loaded both options onto the tray and walked towards the bedroom.

He walked into the bedroom and saw her rocking gently with Harmony to calm her down again. Grissom slipped onto the bed next to her, "Sorry" he whispered, "I brought both to make it up to you." Sara smiled and leaned across to kiss him gently before pulling back and looking longingly at the pancakes which lay on the tray on Grissom's lap.

"Hmm, looks good." She muttered.

"Well, dig in." He replied calmly. Sara glanced meaningfully down at Harmony, "Does it look like I have a spare pair of hands right now?" She asked, making sure her voice stayed calm and quiet in order not to disturb Harmony. "Would you mind taking her for a minute so I can eat that?"

Grissom tilted his head to one side for a minute and looked thoughtful, after a minute he picked up the knife and fork and looked down at the pancakes. He calmly began cutting away a section, placed it on the fork and lifted it up to mouth level. Sara looked at him waiting to see which path he would follow and who he would take it to. He stayed still for a moment and then quickly leaned forward and ate it.

"Hey" Sara objected, Grissom simply smiled and cut another piece, Sara turned away for a moment to look at Harmony while Grissom ate only to look up a moment later to find the piece held in front of her mouth. She smiled at him and leaned forward to eat the piece. Her smile turned into a grin as she ate it. Grissom smiled at her again, "Good?" he asked.

She nodded her head, and in this way managed to feed her the whole pancake within a reasonably short time. She smiled and laid back with a contented sigh as she finished and leaned back into the pillows.

Grissom looked contented now, knowing that she was comfy, had slept and was now fed as well. He relaxed back into the pillows as well. He had barely touched the pillows properly when he heard sound coming from the girls' bedroom. Sara looked at him, his look clearly said that it was his turn now. "I'll go get her" he muttered before she said anything.

"Thank you sweetie." She called through quietly as he left.

Grissom smiled and continued walking into the bedroom. He picked up Ella and held her as she calmed down again. He made his way back into the bedroom and slid back into his former place.

They both spent the better part of the next hour happily talking and joking, playing with Harmony and Ella and laughing. Simply enjoying spending time as a family, both knowing that they wouldn't be able to do this for sometime with the new baby due soon.

After that though both Ella and Harmony were demanding to be fed and both Sara and Grissom were forced to get up in order to feed them both, Grissom making frequent comments to how the baby food looked until the Sara threatened to catapult some food at him from the spoon, he soon stopped making the comments and Sara finished feeding Ella with a hidden smile lying on her face.