A/N: This drabble is the reason I decided to continue writing in the "nickname" theme. I hope you like it!

WARNING: This drabble contains spoilers for 806 – if you really want to remain unspoiled, please don't read it until you've seen that episode. (Well … the CSI half of it, at least. I didn't take anything from Without A Trace.)

Thanks for reading and reviewing! Enjoy!

I don't own CSI.


Hank

"Hank. She's dating a man named Hank."

Grissom looked at the boxer puppy jumping around his feet.

"I suppose it's too late to change your name now, isn't it?"

Hank, his new puppy, looked at him briefly before attacking his shoe.

"This is what I get for giving you a 'human' name. I should've let Lindsey name you. You'd be Cuddles, or something equally ridiculous."

He picked Hank up and looked into his eyes. "Would you rather be Cuddles?"

Grissom swore that the dog frowned at him. He laughed.

"Okay, you can be Hank, too. No ridiculous nicknames. I promise."