Fanart, Fanfiction and Fangirling

This was totally unplanned and unexpected, but I found the "New Year's Dialogue Prompts" on Tumblr and just couldn't resist. These two will be the death of me.

Title: Fireworks
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Rating: PG
Summary: Las Vegas is ready to greet the new year and everyone is watching the fireworks. Almost everyone.


"Come on everyone, it's almost midnight!" Greg called out from the corridor as he quickly made his way toward the elevator.

The few people remaining in the lab followed him to the roof, where the rest of the staff had already gathered, ready to watch the fireworks. He stopped next to Nick, who smiled at him and handed him a glass just as the countdown started.

Read the rest on AO3.

I had an idea for a ficlet about Nick's cheerleader kink after seeing a gif set from "The Panty Sniffer" some time ago. It was supposed to be a standalone story, but then I got another idea for a (much more explicit) sequel. I thought of posting them as two chapters of the same story at first, but then decided to keep them separate.

Title: Cheer me up
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Rating: PG-13 and NC-17/Explicit
Summary: Two ficlets inspired by episode 10x16 "The Panty Sniffer". The first one is merely allusive; the second one is very explicit.

Cheer me up - Part 1: It's not a kink (PG-13)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/42285411

Cheer me up - Part 2: The Surprise (NC-17/Explicit)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/42452565

Guess what, I fell into a new fandom again. *facepalm* I finally started watching Stranger Things, and only because I've seen so many posts on Tumblr that I just couldn't put it off any longer. And of course now I wish I'd watched it sooner. Anyway. Even before watching it, I had stumbled across some Steve/Billy content and, well, the angst just wrote itself.


Title: Action/Reaction
Fandom: Stranger Things
Pairing: Steve Harrington/Billy Hargrove
Rating: PG/Teen
Summary: Billy Hargrove had thought he had learned everything about life. He had been wrong.
A/N: Mentions of domestic violence

Billy Hargrove had learned from an early age that his looks could get him whatever he wanted. As a young boy, he'd only had to look up at his mom, blue eyes wide open and pout firmly in place, to have her wrapped around his little finger in an instant. In school, a grin and a wink would convince any girl (and some boys too) to pass him the homework he hadn't bothered doing. As he had gotten old enough to drive, he had been able to charm any mother with a smile and a well-delivered compliment, assuring them their precious little daughter would be perfectly safe with him; on one memorable occasion, he had even managed to postpone curfew by a full hour.

But that hadn't been enough to make his own mother come back to him.

Read the rest on AO3.

Ah, yes, another ficlet that came out of nowhere. I was talking about touch-starved characters with someone on Tumblr and BAM! Also, this is not the first time I've realised I'm projecting waaay too much onto Mr. Greg Sanders. Oh, well, it's cheaper than therapy, right?

Title: Touch
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Rating: G
Summary: Greg hadn't realized just how much he had craved physical contact.
A/N: This ficlet was inspired by a discussion I had with Peanut_Booi about touch-starved characters.

Posted on AO3.

I keep forgetting to post my fics here after posting them on AO3. I also keep getting random ficlet ideas instead on finishing my WIPs. Oops. I may have another ficlet ready to post next week, who knows. But I also want to finish the fanart piece I drew for Mermay. It's not CSI, and it's not Good Omens either: it's *GASP* Our Flag Means Death. Because I really needed a new fandom. *facepalm*

Anyway, back to my latest CSI ficlet.

Title: A friend in need
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Greg runs into his ex while he's out with his colleagues.
A/N: Inspired by prompt #27 from 50 cliché tropes and prompts: "Help me I’m being hit on at a bar please be my fake boyfriend for a second". The story ended up being a bit different than the original prompt.

Posted on AO3.

Oh, look, another CSI fanfic, who would've thought? Joking aside, I've been working on this for weeks, and I'm quite happy with how it's turned out. I still can't explain what this fandom did to me, I've been so, so productive. I'm constantly inspired and even when I think I can't possibly get any new ideas... BAM! Inspiration strikes again. I already have something else almost ready to be posted, a drabble + fanart combo, not to mention the WIPs that keep piling up, it's insane.

Title: Absolute Beginners
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Rating: R/Mature
Category: angst, episode-related
Summary: Nick really believed he had a chance. A chance to make up for lost time, to finally be happy. Apparently, he had been wrong.
A/N: References to episodes 15x06 "The Twin Paradox", 15x18 "The End Game" and 16x01-02 "Immortality". Title is from the David Bowie's song, because it came on the radio while I was trying to come up with a title and I thought it was quite fitting.

Posted on AO3.

Oh, damn, I forgot to post my last fics and fanart. In my defense, the last couple of weeks have been... Well, let's just say they could've been better. *sigh*

Anyway. Here they are.

Title: We'll always have Naples
Fandom: MacGyver (2016)
Pairing: Jack/Sarah
Rating: PG-13
Category: angst, ficlet, episode-related
Summary: No one is getting any sleep the night before the sting. Though for very different reasons.
A/N: Missing scene from episode 1x12 "Screwdriver". Written for George Eads Appreciation Week 2022. February 28th prompt: "Relationship/Friendship".

Posted on AO3


Title: Hair
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Rating: PG-13
Category: fluff, whump, ficlet, episode-related
Summary: It all starts with Greg's hair.
A/N: Missing scene from episode 07x04 "Fannysmackin'". Written for George Eads Appreciation Week 2022. March 2nd prompt: "Whump/Fluff".

Posted on AO3


Title: A study in crimson
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Rating: PG-13
Category: fanart, vampire AU
Summary: Nick just wants a little taste.
A/N: Drawn for George Eads Appreciation Week 2022. March 3rd prompt: "Supernatural/Fantasy.

Posted on AO3


Title: Close
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It was supposed to be a simple breaking and entering. Then bullets started flying.
A/N: Written for prompt #1 from 50 cliché tropes and prompts: There's people chasing us and I pulled you into the alley with me and wow you're close.

Posted on AO3

I watched a grand total of 3 (three) episodes of the MacGyver reboot (1x1, 1x2 and 1x12), and only because I'd seen a few screen caps that got me curious, and what did I do last night? That's right: I wrote a ficlet on my mobile while I was already in bed. *facepalm* The series in itself is okay, but I don't think I'll watch all the episodes, so hopefully I won't get as obsessed as I did with CSI. But after watching a certain scene from episode 12 yesterday, I just had to write that ficlet. And it's not even slash! *dramatic gasp* As if I didn't have half a dozen WIPs I should be working on instead.

Anyway. I think I'll work some more on it in the next days and then post it for George Eads Appreciation Week on Tumblr. In the meantime I have a 5+1 Things fic ready to be posted on Valentine's Day and a couple other ficlets that might get posted before the end of the month. I'm also thinking of some fanart, but we'll see about that.

It looks like the inspiration fairy hasn't abandoned me yet...

A little bit of fluff that demanded to be written while I was trying to finish one of the ficlets from the hurt/comfort prompt list. I'm sure I can't be the only one who noticed Nick just couldn't keep his hands off Greg in that last scene of "Who Shot Sherlock?", right?

Title: Promotion Night
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Greg is over the moon about his promotion. Nick can't keep his eyes (and hands) off him.
A/N: Coda to episode 5x11 "Who shot Sherlock?"


Greg was over the moon. He still couldn't believe he had passed his proficiency and was finally, finally, a CSI. He looked at the people sitting around him – his colleagues, his friends – and couldn't hold back the huge, ridiculous grin threatening to split his face open. After they had finished the champagne bottle in the lab (and made sure Ecklie had left), Grissom had sent everyone home, different shifts be damned, so they had decided to continue celebrating in one of their usual haunts. Greg had lost count of how many drinks he had downed, and didn't really care. He was happy and tipsy, and that was all that mattered at the moment.

Maybe it was because of his slightly intoxicated state, which made him act a little less guarded than usual, but his eyes kept wandering to Nick. The Texan had been especially touchy-feely that night, even more so than usual: his back slaps lingered just a little longer than strictly necessary; his shoulder grabs felt more gentle, almost caress-like. Greg tried not to read too much into it, but it sure felt like Nick couldn't keep his hands off him. And the way he had been looking at Greg ever since their impromptu little party in Grissom's office, with a mixture of fondness and pride, caused a funny feeling in Greg's stomach that had nothing to do with alcohol.

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This will probably be the last ficlet of the year. Unless I get bitten by a rabid plot bunny in the next hours. (OMG, do people even still use the term "plot bunny"? I'm such a dinosaur.) I do have other fics in the works, but I doubt I'll post anything else before January.


Title: Forget
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Mention of child abuse
Summary: Nick just wants to forget. Why is it so hard?
A/N: Written for prompt #21 of this Hurt/Comfort prompt list: "Just look at me. Forget everything else."


"You ready to go?"

Nick looks up as Greg's voice pulls him out of his thoughts. He has no idea how long he's been sitting on the bench in the locker room after D.B. left, memories from the past and images of the latest case chasing each other in his mind.

He shakes his head.

"I think I'm gonna hit the gym, I need to shake off some tension."

Greg shrugs.

"Sure. Just don't overdo it, you're not getting any younger."

"Charming as always, Sanders."

Read the rest on AO3.