"Now all the bitterness was gone. It wasn't about the desperate need, about the illusory comfort. Not only about the chemical reaction in the brain. Sure, it was about the want and the desire as well. But there was more. There was always more." [epilogue to "A Day In Between" and "A Day After Yesterday"] (major spoiler for 9x13 episode)

All she wanted was to find a way out of the hole she'd been digging for herself. She never expected that one chance meeting could change her life & set her on a path of self-discovery that would leave everyone around her changed forever.

International politics, criminals & murder; never a good combination, as Mac's team find when their lives come under threat. Meanwhile, Flack struggles to cope with his grief after Pay-Up. Mac/Stella, DL & all the team. By lily moonlight & Forest Angel

In the wake of devastating tragedy, the team struggles to hold itself together with a vital piece missing, while a new case challenges personal assumptions, bringing long-buried secrets and lifelong regrets to the surface for one CSI. Post-season five.

FLACK/OC "It's time to make up for my past and try my hand at the future." Flack, Dean Truby's ex wife and a precocious toddler. Recipe for disaster? Or a paradise waiting to be discovered? Some DL, some SMACKED in later chapters

Post-Pay Up. One of the team has fallen. Will they pull through? And how will it affect Flack, who has been stretched to breaking point by this latest tragedy? Sorry, I suck at summaries but the story is better I promise! Please read and review! COMPLETE!

A detective leads a colourful life...Fiesta, but don't let that put you off!