Grissom sat in silence. The discovery channel was on, but had a blinking green signal on the screen, indicating the channel was muted.
There were no close captions or subtitles visible.
Until a few minutes ago, he'd been trying to lip read the commentary, a difficult feat when the person talking turned away from the camera, or it switch to narration; or what Grissom assumed was narration.
But his thoughts had now wandered. They had returned to Greg, mainly, the state he was in when he left the office.
Grissom hadn't known how to react. He hadn't seen it coming.
For any other person, they would have told themselves, 'you can't predict these things.'
But not Gil Grissom. Not a CSI.
He closed his eyes; he tried to remember every time he'd been n the lab with Greg. He hadn't seen any since; but he hadn't really been in the lab much.
He exhaled sharply. From general medical knowledge he knew the effects of Parkinson's. It just seemed so unreal that Greg had the condition.
Condition? Disease?
Grissom didn't see his 'disease' as that. It wasn't that he saw it as an opportunity; he just didn't see it for what it really was.
He was determined to let Greg stay.
Grissom was also determined to stay. Hearing or no hearing.
He hated prejudice.
He softly groaned when he thought of how the team would react – that was if Greg was willing to tell them.
He couldn't make Greg tell them; after all, he hadn't told anyone about his hearing problem.
But Greg wasn't like him. He enjoyed the company of others, whereas he didn't mind being isolated.
It's easier to hide temporary deafness than a tremor.
And Grissom closed his eyes; he knew he couldn't hide it forever.
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Ok, the last 4 chapters have been about Greg and Grissom……but the next chapter brings in the other CSI's…how will they react?
Short chapter, but the next one will be longer, much longer; I promise. Thanks for the reviews – I really appreciate them.
There were no close captions or subtitles visible.
Until a few minutes ago, he'd been trying to lip read the commentary, a difficult feat when the person talking turned away from the camera, or it switch to narration; or what Grissom assumed was narration.
But his thoughts had now wandered. They had returned to Greg, mainly, the state he was in when he left the office.
Grissom hadn't known how to react. He hadn't seen it coming.
For any other person, they would have told themselves, 'you can't predict these things.'
But not Gil Grissom. Not a CSI.
He closed his eyes; he tried to remember every time he'd been n the lab with Greg. He hadn't seen any since; but he hadn't really been in the lab much.
He exhaled sharply. From general medical knowledge he knew the effects of Parkinson's. It just seemed so unreal that Greg had the condition.
Condition? Disease?
Grissom didn't see his 'disease' as that. It wasn't that he saw it as an opportunity; he just didn't see it for what it really was.
He was determined to let Greg stay.
Grissom was also determined to stay. Hearing or no hearing.
He hated prejudice.
He softly groaned when he thought of how the team would react – that was if Greg was willing to tell them.
He couldn't make Greg tell them; after all, he hadn't told anyone about his hearing problem.
But Greg wasn't like him. He enjoyed the company of others, whereas he didn't mind being isolated.
It's easier to hide temporary deafness than a tremor.
And Grissom closed his eyes; he knew he couldn't hide it forever.
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Ok, the last 4 chapters have been about Greg and Grissom……but the next chapter brings in the other CSI's…how will they react?
Short chapter, but the next one will be longer, much longer; I promise. Thanks for the reviews – I really appreciate them.