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Lonely Men by Alison Nixon (PG-13)
Fandom: CSI
Pairing: Grissom/Sara
Author on LJ: not that I know of
Author Website: again, not that I know of; archive on g&s.com
Why this must be read:
They say that everyone's got their kinks: mine is long. Anything over 15,000 words, I'll read, no matter how bad.
Thankfully, "Lonely Men" is good. Really, really good. It's not a romance - it starts out as more of a friendship and UST story, set behind the episodes in the second half of season 2. In its original version, it didn't even deviate from canon, and then Alison added an epilogue that brings it sharply AU. It's included in this version, and quite frankly, I prefer it with the epilogue. It brings full circle something that could have been done very easily on the show.
It's also mostly in Grissom's head, which is incredibly hard to do. His character seems to have become more and more inscrutable as the show goes on, and for a fic writer to be able to delve so deeply into his dreams and fears and have it ring true is very rare.
And on top of all that, it's beautifully written. So, enjoy.
Summary: He had said and done enough to keep her for now. What more was there to want?
Snippet: Who was he, after all, to tempt fate? The problem was not merely philosophical — surely the pressing of one’s luck was best left to men far more adventurous than he. Besides, what he said to her the other night had been fateful enough. The memory brought something close to a smile to his lips. No simple matter, talking to a woman about beauty. Telling her she was beautiful would have been simple. Telling her she had opened his eyes to the existence of beauty was...not.
Lonely Men
Pairing: Grissom/Sara
Author on LJ: not that I know of
Author Website: again, not that I know of; archive on g&s.com
Why this must be read:
They say that everyone's got their kinks: mine is long. Anything over 15,000 words, I'll read, no matter how bad.
Thankfully, "Lonely Men" is good. Really, really good. It's not a romance - it starts out as more of a friendship and UST story, set behind the episodes in the second half of season 2. In its original version, it didn't even deviate from canon, and then Alison added an epilogue that brings it sharply AU. It's included in this version, and quite frankly, I prefer it with the epilogue. It brings full circle something that could have been done very easily on the show.
It's also mostly in Grissom's head, which is incredibly hard to do. His character seems to have become more and more inscrutable as the show goes on, and for a fic writer to be able to delve so deeply into his dreams and fears and have it ring true is very rare.
And on top of all that, it's beautifully written. So, enjoy.
Summary: He had said and done enough to keep her for now. What more was there to want?
Snippet: Who was he, after all, to tempt fate? The problem was not merely philosophical — surely the pressing of one’s luck was best left to men far more adventurous than he. Besides, what he said to her the other night had been fateful enough. The memory brought something close to a smile to his lips. No simple matter, talking to a woman about beauty. Telling her she was beautiful would have been simple. Telling her she had opened his eyes to the existence of beauty was...not.
Lonely Men
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