Title: Past, Present, Future
Author: kyrdwyn
Rating: R (language, mostly)
Category: Mixed - Romance, UST, angst etc. Mainly involves Sara, Warrick, and Grissom.
Spoilers: Some of the first season, but nothing specific.
Summary: Sara's past comes back to affect her present and her future.
Archived: Will be at my website at some point, also on Fanfiction.net. Other places, please ask first.
Disclaimer: If they appear on CSI, they belong to those companies, CBS, and the actors who make them come alive. The other characters, as well as the plot lines, are mine (or I'm theirs, never quite sure which). Done purely for enjoyment and not for profit.
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Ginny was asleep in her room, tired out from playing hide and seek with Warrick while Sara had been busy cleaning. The young girl had taken to Warrick like a favored uncle. He enjoyed spending time with Ginny, finding her to be fun and intelligent. When he had a night off and Sara had to work, Warrick often volunteered to baby-sit.
That had started to change their relationship as well, and now Sara lay on her couch with her head in Warrick's lap, his hand stroking her hair, as they watched a forensic show on the Discovery Channel. They commented on the procedures and how they would have worked the case.
Sara enjoyed this quiet time, when Ginny was asleep and she could sit down and rest. She didn't know how Catherine had managed it when Lindsay was Ginny's age. Then again, Eddie had still been in the picture. Though Warrick was wonderful with Ginny,
and she wasn't even his daughter.
Warrick was rapidly turning into more than just a friend and colleague. Though they hid it at work, they had become lovers as well, finding something in each other's arms that they were slowly coming to realize they didn't want to live without.
They had shared more than just their bodies, they had shared their pasts. He told her about growing up in Las Vegas with his grandmother, and about the woman who had broken his heart. She told him about her hippie parents and her marriage to Michael.
The only sore point between them was the fact that Sara still hadn't told Grissom that Virginia was his daughter.
She sighed, and Warrick's hand came to rest on her neck, lightly massaging the muscles. Sara knew, on an instinctive level, that Grissom had to know. She had hated every moment of the time she was cut out of Ginny's life, spending all her time at work to ignore the ache in her heart for her little girl. And she knew that if her relationship with Warrick was going to continue in the direction it seemed to be going, she was going to have to tell Grissom.
The show ended, and Warrick turned the TV off. He looked down at her, and smiled. He and Sara had gotten off to a bad start, but in time they'd managed to establish a solid working relationship. He'd never imagined falling in love with her, and Ginny. Ginny was just as important to him as Sara was. He was just afraid of what would happen when Sara finally told Grissom. Would the other man try to form a family with Sara and Ginny? Would Warrick lose Sara to the lover she'd had one night with three years ago?
"I'm going to tell him."
Warrick was startled out of his thoughts by her quiet declaration. He didn't say anything, not knowing what brought this on.
"He needs to know. And…I need him to know. So I can answer that question you asked."
He was startled. He had asked the question offhand, one night, as they lay in her bed. She hadn't answered him then, and he thought she hadn't heard him, or was ignoring him. When several weeks had passed, he figured she had forgotten about it. Apparently, she hadn't.
"No matter what happens when I tell him, I still…Ginny adores you. I don't want anything to change that."
Warrick nodded, trying not to show how the words bothered him. He knew Ginny adored her 'Uncle Wick'. He wanted to know how her mother felt about him. They were lovers, but did she love him?
He could only wait, and hope, that she loved him the way he loved her.
Author: kyrdwyn
Rating: R (language, mostly)
Category: Mixed - Romance, UST, angst etc. Mainly involves Sara, Warrick, and Grissom.
Spoilers: Some of the first season, but nothing specific.
Summary: Sara's past comes back to affect her present and her future.
Archived: Will be at my website at some point, also on Fanfiction.net. Other places, please ask first.
Disclaimer: If they appear on CSI, they belong to those companies, CBS, and the actors who make them come alive. The other characters, as well as the plot lines, are mine (or I'm theirs, never quite sure which). Done purely for enjoyment and not for profit.
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Ginny was asleep in her room, tired out from playing hide and seek with Warrick while Sara had been busy cleaning. The young girl had taken to Warrick like a favored uncle. He enjoyed spending time with Ginny, finding her to be fun and intelligent. When he had a night off and Sara had to work, Warrick often volunteered to baby-sit.
That had started to change their relationship as well, and now Sara lay on her couch with her head in Warrick's lap, his hand stroking her hair, as they watched a forensic show on the Discovery Channel. They commented on the procedures and how they would have worked the case.
Sara enjoyed this quiet time, when Ginny was asleep and she could sit down and rest. She didn't know how Catherine had managed it when Lindsay was Ginny's age. Then again, Eddie had still been in the picture. Though Warrick was wonderful with Ginny,
and she wasn't even his daughter.
Warrick was rapidly turning into more than just a friend and colleague. Though they hid it at work, they had become lovers as well, finding something in each other's arms that they were slowly coming to realize they didn't want to live without.
They had shared more than just their bodies, they had shared their pasts. He told her about growing up in Las Vegas with his grandmother, and about the woman who had broken his heart. She told him about her hippie parents and her marriage to Michael.
The only sore point between them was the fact that Sara still hadn't told Grissom that Virginia was his daughter.
She sighed, and Warrick's hand came to rest on her neck, lightly massaging the muscles. Sara knew, on an instinctive level, that Grissom had to know. She had hated every moment of the time she was cut out of Ginny's life, spending all her time at work to ignore the ache in her heart for her little girl. And she knew that if her relationship with Warrick was going to continue in the direction it seemed to be going, she was going to have to tell Grissom.
The show ended, and Warrick turned the TV off. He looked down at her, and smiled. He and Sara had gotten off to a bad start, but in time they'd managed to establish a solid working relationship. He'd never imagined falling in love with her, and Ginny. Ginny was just as important to him as Sara was. He was just afraid of what would happen when Sara finally told Grissom. Would the other man try to form a family with Sara and Ginny? Would Warrick lose Sara to the lover she'd had one night with three years ago?
"I'm going to tell him."
Warrick was startled out of his thoughts by her quiet declaration. He didn't say anything, not knowing what brought this on.
"He needs to know. And…I need him to know. So I can answer that question you asked."
He was startled. He had asked the question offhand, one night, as they lay in her bed. She hadn't answered him then, and he thought she hadn't heard him, or was ignoring him. When several weeks had passed, he figured she had forgotten about it. Apparently, she hadn't.
"No matter what happens when I tell him, I still…Ginny adores you. I don't want anything to change that."
Warrick nodded, trying not to show how the words bothered him. He knew Ginny adored her 'Uncle Wick'. He wanted to know how her mother felt about him. They were lovers, but did she love him?
He could only wait, and hope, that she loved him the way he loved her.