A/N: Hey guys! So sorry it took me a while to do this one. A Sara, Nick, and Greg 'Forget Me Not' one shot as requested by starfire25. I wanted to get it perfect, because it was such a sad, moving, but lovely episode at the end. So I played around with a few ideas before I thought, yeah, this is good, so I hope you agree!

Mentions of GSR and Sandle. Obviously, spoilers from 13x15.

Summary – Sara, Nick and Greg think about their friendship and the events of 'Forget Me Not'. The male CSI's go to give Sara some much needed comfort.

The Time Is Irrelevant

Sara Sidle couldn't sleep. She sat in her living room flicking through the channels on her TV, hoping that the meaningless white noise would help drown out her thoughts. She finally stopped when she came across the discovery channel. A programme about bugs in the African rain forest was on. Bugs. Sara felt tears begin to form in her tired eyes.

"This is ridiculous" she mumbled to herself before shutting off the TV and pulling her knees up into her chest.

It had been two days since her whole episode with Ronald Basderic. Two days since she told Nick and Greg her and Grissom were no longer a couple. Sara didn't want them to feel they had to pick a side; Nick and Greg had been Grissom's protégés and friends for many years, she was more than happy for them to continue being friends. They could never make her feel betrayed, not after all they did for her.

Sara just couldn't stop thinking about her estranged husband. It didn't seem right. Sara had fought for so many years for that man to let his emotional barriers down, to let her into his unusual little world. Now all that pain of longing but never getting just seemed like a waste of time. Their whole team had been through a lot over the years, and Grissom was always Sara's rock. She could always depend on him to be there no matter what; to pull through for them all in the end, but now there was just an empty hole in her life that she wasn't sure could ever be fixed.

Sara was just glad that she had Nick and Greg. Her big brother and her little brother.

Nick had welcomed Sara from day one and taken care of her. Warrick and Catherine had been understandably hostile at first, and Grissom was wrapped up in the case. Nick was her friendly competition; sure they fought sometimes, but then which brother and sister didn't? But one thing Sara did know about Nick was that he would protect her, whether the threat was physical or mental. When Nick had told Basderic he wouldn't let the psycho hurt Sara, she wanted to hug the Texan there and then, tell him she loved him and appreciated everything he'd done for her, and would undoubtedly continue to do.

Greg…oh Greg, he had been a little awkward at first. In a cute way though, he would stumble his words in front of Sara and it took a while for him to be able to look her in the eye. Sara was awfully flattered by his nervousness, but she had reassured him there was no need and she would like to spend more time with him, they had been best friends ever since. Sara knew Greg had a crush on her early on, and it pained her to think how much she must have hurt the young man, but she knew she would have hurt him more, with her feelings for Grissom being so strong. Now they had both matured, Greg probably a lot more, and they enjoyed the sibling bond that they had.

Just the thought of the events of the past few days was really wearing Sara out. But she couldn't sleep, not yet, not when she had tears heavy in her eyes which she refused to let fall. Sara sniffed and looked at the clock. 3 AM. That wouldn't matter. She picked up her phone.

Nick Stokes couldn't sleep. He sat in a 24 hour diner staring down absently into his coffee as the cream spiralled around hypnotically, but not even that made the Texan want to sleep. He couldn't stop thinking about Sara and how she must be feeling right now.

He also couldn't believe he'd come so close to losing his little sister like that. But when he'd told Basderic he wouldn't let him hurt Sara, Nick had never been so serious in his life. He loved her and cared about her too much, plus in the past…well he felt he'd let her down. He felt he'd let Sara and Greg down on numerous occasions, in times when they'd needed his protection, but he hadn't been there. Nick had always had his older sibling's protection growing up, now he wanted to impart that to his own adoptive brother and sister.

But it wasn't just a one way thing, Sara and Greg had always been there for him too. They had seen Nick in his darkest hours, and they would still be able to bring him from the pits of despair. And now he needed to be there for Sara.

He couldn't even begin to imagine what being part of a broken marriage must be like. The Texan was convinced that Sara and Grissom would be together til death did they part; after all they had been through. Nick was being deeply sincere, when he said he felt Grissom and Sara's marriage kept their old mentor around, and now all connection was gone…well Nick realised for the first time just how independent of a CSI he had become, and that was all thanks to Grissom. He wondered how Grissom was taking this? But Nick would stay with Sara now, and support her, because the distress of separation was not something he could easily protect her from.

Nick sighed and sat back in his seat, tapping the spoon absentmindedly against the table top. He glanced down at his watch. 3 AM. He should sleep. The CSI's phone went off and he read the message. Nick immediately grabbed his coat and headed to his truck. Sleep could wait.

Greg Sanders couldn't sleep. The CSI tossed and turned in his bed as he tried to get comfortable, but he couldn't stop thinking about Sara. It used to be he couldn't stop thinking about Sara, because he wanted to wake up next to her every morning and see her bright smile and relaxing eyes. But now Greg couldn't stop thinking about her because she was still extremely upset, and he felt he should be doing more to help. His role as little brother, was to cheer Sara up and make her laugh and smile again, but instead the female CSI just looked like she wanted to cry, and that made Greg upset too.

It had taken Greg a little while to accept that Sara would never see him as more than a little brother. It was never love, he thought…just a huge crush, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt Greg any less. But Grissom made Sara feel happy and complete in away Greg never could, and all Greg had wanted was Sara's happiness. He had liked how their bond had developed over the years, Sara had always had his back, Nick too….Greg may biologically be an only child, but he felt lucky to have surrogate siblings like Nick and Sara to protect him, even if it was a little over protective sometimes.

However, Greg believed that just because he was youngest, didn't mean he couldn't be protective in return. When he thought about the miniature killer and what she did to Sara…when he thought about Walter and Kelly Gordon and what they did to Nick… it made Greg really mad. The grip on his pillow tightened at the thought, and it took a lot to get Greg mad. His family meant the most to him in the world, and Nick and Sara had always been a part of that.

Greg sighed as he turned onto his side and looked at his clock. 3AM. Great. Suddenly, his phone vibrated on his bedside table, and Greg read the message through squinted eyes. It only took him a few seconds to come to his senses before he was finding some more clothes to put on. Sleep could wait.

Sara looked up when she heard the knock at the door. Tears were streaming down her face and she couldn't find the will to move. Eventually, the door opened to reveal very concerned looking Nick and Greg. Sara sniffed and tried to wipe the tears away. She was normally so much stronger than this.

"I'm so sorry about this, I know it's late…" she whispered as the two men came towards her "It's just…I…I really need you guys right now" Sara buried her head in her hands and continued to cry.

Nick slowly sat down beside Sara, wrapping his arms around her and pulling the younger woman towards his chest. Greg sat down on the other side of her, lifting Sara's arm to trail around his neck, and resting his head on her shoulder. Sara squeezed his shoulder in thanks.

"We're always going to be here for you Sara" Nick promised "Always" he extended his arm slightly to invite Greg into his protective hold too, indicating the same went for him.

"Yeah, no matter when, no matter what" Greg whispered wrapping an arm across Sara's waist.

"Thanks you guys. I love you so much, don't ever forget that"

"We love you too Sara" Nick assured her and Greg nodded in agreement into the female CSI's shoulder.

Suddenly, Sara Sidle felt more at ease. She had her big brother to her left for protection, and little brother to the right to make her smile. She could never truly be sad, not when they were around.

So I am aware the ending it like ultra-mushy, but that's kind of what I was going for. I just wanted to get across the sibling love XD Also, I haven't really written about GSR before, so I hope Sara's thoughts and her reaction were still like Sara, if that makes sense :P I hope you liked!

Running low on prompts now, so more would be awesome!

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