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Four Things That Never Happened to Greg Sanders (And One That Did) by Caroline Crane (PG-13)
Fandom: CSI
Pairing: Greg/Nick, Greg/Sara, Greg/Other
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carolinecrane
Author Website: http://www.carolinecrane.net
Why this must be read:
Aside from the fact that I just plain like this fic, there are several reasons why I chose to recommend "Four Things...":
1. The "Five Things That Never Happened" idea has spawned many wonderful fics across a wide variety of fandoms, so of course I wanted to recommend one during my turn at the wheel. Caroline Crane came up with five excellent scenarios for this fic, including one that took on a life of its own and grew into the excellent "All the Way to Paris."
2. There are a number of CSI episodes that have created scenarios that have not been explored nearly enough in later episodes. One of these was "Playing with Fire," aka "The One Where Greg Gets Blowed up Real Good." Other than one short scene involving shaky hands and a brief talk with Grissom, the show seems to have forgotten that the explosion--which caused third degree burns, hello!--ever happened. The fic writers, however, have not forgotten. There is a lot of post-explosion fic out there, some good, some bad. This is one of the good ones.
3. Nick/Greg is one of my favorite CSI pairings, and this fic has three plausible scenarios for how things might work out--one happy, one bitter, and one very sad indeed.
4. I don't see nearly enough Greg/Sara out there, so it's nice to have even a little snippet by a talented author.
5. There are a bazillion stories in practically every fandom that have been "jossed" when something happens on the show that instantly renders a story AU. Something like that has happened to the third scenario in this story, which is a crossover with CSI: Miami. In this case, what happened in this season's premier of CSI: Miami doesn't so much joss the scenario as add a layer of sadness that wasn't there when this story was first written. It's not often that changes to a show enhance a pre-existing fic.
Four Things That Never Happened to Greg Sanders (And One That Did)
Pairing: Greg/Nick, Greg/Sara, Greg/Other
Author on LJ:
carolinecraneAuthor Website: http://www.carolinecrane.net
Why this must be read:
Aside from the fact that I just plain like this fic, there are several reasons why I chose to recommend "Four Things...":
1. The "Five Things That Never Happened" idea has spawned many wonderful fics across a wide variety of fandoms, so of course I wanted to recommend one during my turn at the wheel. Caroline Crane came up with five excellent scenarios for this fic, including one that took on a life of its own and grew into the excellent "All the Way to Paris."
2. There are a number of CSI episodes that have created scenarios that have not been explored nearly enough in later episodes. One of these was "Playing with Fire," aka "The One Where Greg Gets Blowed up Real Good." Other than one short scene involving shaky hands and a brief talk with Grissom, the show seems to have forgotten that the explosion--which caused third degree burns, hello!--ever happened. The fic writers, however, have not forgotten. There is a lot of post-explosion fic out there, some good, some bad. This is one of the good ones.
3. Nick/Greg is one of my favorite CSI pairings, and this fic has three plausible scenarios for how things might work out--one happy, one bitter, and one very sad indeed.
4. I don't see nearly enough Greg/Sara out there, so it's nice to have even a little snippet by a talented author.
5. There are a bazillion stories in practically every fandom that have been "jossed" when something happens on the show that instantly renders a story AU. Something like that has happened to the third scenario in this story, which is a crossover with CSI: Miami. In this case, what happened in this season's premier of CSI: Miami doesn't so much joss the scenario as add a layer of sadness that wasn't there when this story was first written. It's not often that changes to a show enhance a pre-existing fic.
Four Things That Never Happened to Greg Sanders (And One That Did)