Title: Seven Deadly Sins

Author: Lexi Lou Who

Summary: People commit at least one of the seven deadly sins every day. Some commit them more than others…. Post 'Grave Danger'

Warnings: Angst, Possible Romances, Drabbles, Post 'Grave Danger'

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters you see here. I'll bring them back in one piece.

A/N: Lexi here! Sorry I haven't updated this story lately. I'm working on 2 other stories, 'In a Heartbeat' and 'No Control.' I'll try and update this later…but you never know. I could get distracted..

Thanks to Sanqhian for Beta-Editing. Kudos to you!


Chapter 3: Warrick is Greed

Warrick couldn't escape it. No matter how hard he tried.

He was a former gambler. It started out okay at first, just placing the occasional bet, but it soon got to the point where it got in the way with his job; when a judge told him that he now owned Warrick and it bugged him down to the bone. But the worst part of it was that Holly Gribbs was shot while he was betting when he was supposed to be watching her at a crime scene.

At that point, Warrick decided to finally give in, told Grissom what was going on and they caught the judge and Warrick wasn't fired because Grissom said he didn't want to lose another CSI. But it wouldn't change the fact that he had caused the death of another CSI.

That's what influenced him to finally kick the gambling habit.

But, even after he quit it for good, the temptation was still around him. It was Vegas after all: Sin City. There were casinos everywhere; the dinging of machines of the people who got lucky and won money, dealers dealing cards to people hoping to make that big buck and end up losing everything in a matter of minutes. Every day he didn't gamble was another day that he beat his gambling addiction.

He snapped back to reality and found himself sitting in the layout room with newly developed, glossy crime scene photographs in front of him. With a sigh, he took a look at the victim, a man, and smiled softly when he saw the wedding ring. It reminded him of his own marriage to Tina.

He had married her after Nick's kidnapping. He realized then that life was short and thought 'Hey, why not marry Tina?' Well, the married life wasn't as easy as he originally thought. Fights broke out over the hours he worked and it was getting ridiculous, in his opinion. If she didn't like his hours, too bad. She would have to live with it.

There was one person he loved, a certain senior CSI. They've always had a connection between them, which was a mix between friendly and sexual. Like the time they were investigating the man that died in the sewer. When Catherine fell, he caught her and there was a moment where it seemed that they would kiss, then the cop interrupted them and the moment and spark had diminished.

He knew it was wrong to want something that he already had, but Catherine was different from Tina. She understood him, didn't whine (as much), got stuff done, had determination…There were so many things that Catherine had against Tina. And now he could never have her.

All because in a moment of greed and wanting, he asked Tina to marry him and didn't know what he was losing.

"Hey, 'Rick." Catherine said as she passed by the layout room. Warrick looked up and smiled as he waved a hello to her as she headed to the DNA lab. Warrick sighed and, instead of looking at the photo like he was supposed to, followed the woman that he wanted more than anything, but could never have because of marriage in the moment of weakness.

Warrick is Greed.


A/N: What'd you think? I'll try and type Chapter 4 as soon as I can.
Please R&R!