Fandom: CSI
Pairing: None
Author on LJ:
nestraAuthor Website: http://www.bifictionalbedlam.slashcity.net/nestra/ Why this must be read: I feel like a bit of a cheat for recommending this, since I beta read this story. On the other hand, Nestra is a wonderful writer, and her sole foray into CSI fic deserves to be read. The story itself is simple without being simplistic--Grissom and Sara are working an open-and-shut domestic violence case, and they both emotionally process what has happened in very different ways. I didn't learn anything new or shocking about either character, but when I finished reading the story I felt that I had a deeper, more solid understanding of who these two people are and how they think.
The Grissom and Sara interaction in this story is splendid, with dialogue that sounds as if it could have been lifted directly from the show. It's nice to read a story that lets the two characters be themselves without pushing things in a shippy or anti-shippy direction.
I'm linking to the story at the 1000 Whispers site, since it is definitely worth browsing through the other stories generated by the challenge.
Swinging between life and death