A/N: Wow, thank you for the amazing reviews! I've taken a break from the prompts for this one and used an idea of my own, some protective Nick, my favourite! But don't worry I'm still working on your prompts. This was just a little idea that came to me out of nowhere really. It is a bit OOC but I hope you'll forgive me for that, I just can't resist the opportunity for a cute scene :P enjoy!

Summary – When a suspect makes a comment about Greg, Nick goes into protective mode.

Threats

"What was I supposed to do?!" the suspect protested as he slammed his fists down on the table "that bitch, she killed my brother, I know it!" the man was breathing heavily and rapidly as his anger boiled over and his eyes narrowed.

"There is no evidence to suggest that" Nick said bluntly. He had to stay calm and show he was in control, but this guy was really getting on Nick's nerves now.

"Well that's your fault then" the guy said through gritted teeth.

"Look Mister Norton, just tell me. Did you or did you not kill Samantha Jenkins?" Nick asked for what seemed like the 1,000th time.

The man leant back in his chair and looked at Nick like he was trying to stare him out, make him crack, like he was trying to figure something out. Well if that was the case he was about to find out Nick could glare for a lot longer and harder.

"What would you do?" The guy asked. He seemed pretty serious "if it were your little brother, what would you do?"

"I don't have one" Nick said still remaining blunt. He wasn't going to start answering to this guy's games; Nick was the one in charge here.

"Ok, well what about that guy I saw you with….Sanders, is it?" Norton smirked when Nick's scowl grew deeper. The suspect knew he'd touched a nerve. "I saw the way you were with him; you wouldn't let him within ten feet of me when you got me arrested."

"Leave him out of this" Nick practically snarled through gritted teeth, his fists now clenched. Norton just continued to look smug; pleased he had finally gotten to the CSI.

"Well? If it were Sanders who got murdered then what would you do to the scumbag that did it?" the guy seemed like he genuinely expected an answer.

"Why do you want to know?" Nick retorted.

The guy shrugged "just wondered" but Nick couldn't help but pick up on a hint of a smile.

"Are you threatening him?" he asked, absolutely fuming now.

Once again the man simply shrugged "Perhaps" Norton said and that same hint of a smug grin appeared even wider "he seems such a nice guy, it would be an awful shame if anything were to happen to him, I'm sure"

Nick totally lost it. He threw his chair back across the room and lunged for the guy, grabbing hold of the top of his shirt. "You try anything and I will hurt you!" he yelled. Some officers stormed in then too restrain him, he struggled with all him mite. One punch, that's all he wanted, just one punch in the guy's smug and sickening face.

"Nick!" Brass shouted as he entered the room; he had been watching the interview through the one-sided glass. Nick looked round; the disappointment in Brass's face was enough to make him stop immediately. "Just walk away ok" Brass said calmly "We have enough evidence to keep this guy in jail. He won't be able to hurt Greg, alright?"

Nick sighed and yanked himself from the officer's grip. He didn't say anything else, just glared daggers at the man. He didn't need to say anything, because if looks could kill then the man would most certainly be dead.

Nick left the room feeling tense and still angered. How could that bastard even contemplate putting him and Greg through something like that just to prove a point? Greg was the most innocent one on the team after all. He'd never killed intentionally, only carried a gun when he decided necessary and always tried to remain objective. How could someone even think about hurting him?

Nick suddenly became aware of the fact he had been watching Greg work in the room opposite for almost ten minutes. It made Nick kind of sad how Greg was working away happily, blissfully unaware that just moments ago, his life was being threatened. And that's the way it should say, Greg not knowing, as knowing such a fact would probably worry him and there was no need for that.

Nick had made a promise to himself and Greg a long time ago. Not only was Greg the youngest but after Sara left and Warrick died, Greg was the only surrogate sibling Nick had left, as Nick was Greg's. So, Nick had promised to protect Greg and look out for him at any cost.

Nock remained observing for a while, daydreaming, until he noticed Greg smiling at him and waving his hand to indicate for him to come over. He blinked a few times before pushing himself off the wall and heading inside the room

"Hey I wondered if…" Greg started to say but then stopped when Nick unexpectedly flung his arms around him in a tight embrace. Greg cautiously put his arms around Nick too. "Hey, what is it? What's wrong?" he asked concernedly.

"Nothing, nothing's wrong" Nick said sincerely as he pulled away but Greg still looked worried.

His eyes were frantically checking Nick over as if he would find some kind of horrific injury. Nick just laughed; it was typical for Greg to worry about him despite his claims of being ok. If Greg thought one of his friends wasn't alright, Nick didn't doubt Greg's ability to find out and cheer them up.

"Are you sure?" Greg asked still seeming a little hesitant to drop the matter.

"Yes, what's the big deal, I wanted to hug my little brother, ok?" Nick explained casually.

"Well…alright, it's just you've never done that before…" Greg said still looking at him a little suspiciously, but he couldn't help but smile a little at Nick calling him his brother, it meant a lot. "Any way I was wondering if you could give me your opinion on something?" he asked looking down at the files.

"Definitely" Nick said with a smile and the two worked together for the rest of that night.

Nick felt at ease. He knew that whilst he was still around, no one was going to harm or even threaten Greg, because they'd have Nick to answer to.

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