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complexhero.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2006-03-28 07:03 pm
You Have To Break It Before You Can Fix It by pinn2480 (PG-13)
Fandom: CSI
Pairing: none
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pinn2480
Author Website: none
Why this must be read: Nick Stokes is the official damsel of CSI. Season after season, the writers of the show rejoice in doing really horrible things to poor Nicky, who reacts with a patented "I'm almost about to cry" look. Following season 5's "Grave Danger" episode, there was a whole slew of Nick-centric fics cataloging his recovery. They're all lovely, but Pinn's fic stands out. Her Nick manages to be both private and empathetic; he keeps his trauma to himself but fears that equally horrible things will happen to his coworkers. It'a a very realistic portrayal, and the ending suggests that it'll be a long time before Nick's truly better. The prose is truly beautiful, and Nick's inner thoughts will break your heart just a bit.
When he goes to a scene where a boy no older than twenty was beaten because he was standing outside a gay club, it's not the victim that Nick sees but Greg, bruised and bleeding. A suicide in Hendersonville, a woman with no family and no one to claim the body is Sara. An old man killed for his social security check and left to rot in a freezer looks so much like Grissom that Nick vomits at the crime scene for the first time in years.
You Have To Break It Before You can Fix It
Pairing: none
Author on LJ:
pinn2480Author Website: none
Why this must be read: Nick Stokes is the official damsel of CSI. Season after season, the writers of the show rejoice in doing really horrible things to poor Nicky, who reacts with a patented "I'm almost about to cry" look. Following season 5's "Grave Danger" episode, there was a whole slew of Nick-centric fics cataloging his recovery. They're all lovely, but Pinn's fic stands out. Her Nick manages to be both private and empathetic; he keeps his trauma to himself but fears that equally horrible things will happen to his coworkers. It'a a very realistic portrayal, and the ending suggests that it'll be a long time before Nick's truly better. The prose is truly beautiful, and Nick's inner thoughts will break your heart just a bit.
When he goes to a scene where a boy no older than twenty was beaten because he was standing outside a gay club, it's not the victim that Nick sees but Greg, bruised and bleeding. A suicide in Hendersonville, a woman with no family and no one to claim the body is Sara. An old man killed for his social security check and left to rot in a freezer looks so much like Grissom that Nick vomits at the crime scene for the first time in years.
You Have To Break It Before You can Fix It