CSI

Ah, a fandom full of science, bugs, seeing dead people and some serious eye candy. I got hooked because Spike had these lovely reruns and I actually watched TV (which is rare for me), and fell in love with the show(s) and their characters. I’m more familiar with CSI: Las Vegas, but I’ve also enjoyed CSI: Miami so look out for recs featuring the cast from Miami!

Some abbreviations you may see: GSR=Gil/Sara Romance unless they are talking about gun shot residue, also known as Geek Love. OC= Original Character. Summaries/notes are mostly from the authors with commentary by myself.

Also-a few stories are only found on LJ yet are multichaptered, so I’ll link each chapter at the bottom of the fic’s entry.

Standalones/One-Shots

Into The Looking Glass-Grissom/Sara [Older Teen] Summary: She wanted to tease him, she didn’t know if it was a good idea. It was hard enough now to be working around him; he’d made it clear that despite what had happened between them at the conference, they were friends and friends only.

Against The Wall-Grissom/Sara [PG-13]-Originally inspired by Grissom’s famous comment in the CSI pilot.

What Dreams May Come-Grissom/Sara [M]-companion to Going Crazy. Really nice fic exploring the deepening of Gil and Sara’s relationship.

Going Crazy-Grissom/Sara [PG-13]-post Committed.

Dreamland-Nick, post-Grave Danger. Ooooh. A glimpse into the mind of Nick after he’s rescued. [T]

Afraid of the Light-[M] A post Unbearable fic. Sara buries herself in a case that threatens to destroy her, and the man who hurt her may never be able to reach her again. Eventual GSR. Shameless WAT tie-in.

Alchemy-[GSR] Over the summer, Sara paints her house, takes up photography, and turns into gold. Post-”Bloodlines.” [K+]

A Stitch in Time: [GSR] Following Grissom’s death, Sara gets the unexpected chance to change history. With a little help from her friends, of course.

Cardinality- A serial killer is stalking the citizens of Las Vegas. also at author’s website. [T]

Carnivale-Gil/Sara. Geeky fluff! [K+]

Cotdie-Things were changing. Every day there was another clue. GSR. [T]

Dead Ringer-Dead Ringer is a crossover between CSI and Manhunter (Red Dragon). Every person is supposed to have an exact double somewhere in the world. When asked about it once, Grissom said, “Never been proved.” Until now. [M]

Don’t Be A Bad Boy-A killer is on the loose in Las Vegas. Three people have died in as many weeks. There is no evidence pointing to anyone. [PG-13]

East of the Sun, West of the Moon-East of the sun and west of the moon it was, that she knew, ‘and there you arrive late or never.’ A daughter’s death. A father’s revenge. And the lives caught inbetween, chasing a fairytale. GSR, CWR. [M]

Enmity-With budget cuts and the threat of layoffs looming over the department, Gil Grissom has to figure out a case that hits very close to home.

How Different it Is GS. Grissom’s life is turned upside down when he is the unwilling victim in a crime and suddenly he’s forced to try and make sense of the fear and anger that haunts him afterwards. [T]

How to Have a Social Life Without Really Trying-[GSR] This could be the culminating moment in his relationship with Sara. Granted, he had never expected it to take place in Greg’s living room with the sounds of a Jenga competition in the background, but still. [T]

Nobody Knows-How will the team find out about THE RELATIONSHIP? Greg sees more than he bargained for… [K]

Occam’s Razor-Why Grissom shaved the beard. Written in response to a challenge. GSR

Paper Cranes-Fluff! With origami!

Scorned-Tensions rise when a dead body is found in the desert, and the only evidence suggests one of the team is the murderer. G/S.

Snapshots-Snapshots in Nick and David’s life and how they eventually get together. David x Nick [T] So funny. (Though I LOVE the idea of Nick x Warrick, myself)

Teacher’s Pet-the Obligatory High School AU-Grissom is a physics teacher, Sara is his student, Greg is captain of the Geek Love ‘ship, Nick and Warrick are rarely apart, and Principal Willows used to be an exotic dancer. Maybe. [GSR]

The Courtship of Catherine Willows-Greg has a crush, Sara has a plan, Grissom is confused, Catherine is wooed, and Nick and Warrick are singing mice extras. In a manner of speaking. [K]

The Last Embrace-Had I known my heart would break, I would have loved you anyway. GSR CD Warning. So sad and omg my heart broke. [T]

The Passing of Seasons-Come for the entomology textbooks, stay for the invasion of privacy. Grissom and Sara and a life in the passing of seasons. GSR [M]

Tortured Reasoning-It’s a Thanksgiving to remember when an investigation into a brutal serial rapist becomes personal for Sara and Grissom. [PG-13]

Holiday Spark-How Gil put spark into the holidays. GSR fluff, [G]

Deadly Neglect-When a new serial killer comes to Vegas, Sara has no choice but to go back to her past… GSR, WIP-Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6 . (done this way is it is on LJ) [T]

Take Anything-Grissom is fascinated with bugs, but mostly just Sara. [R]

[Untitled]-It wasn’t the first time Sara heard gunshots at a crime scene… [PG-13]

Remembering All the Steps-Grissom wasn’t a dancer. He knew how, of course. He just had to take the time to remember all the steps. [T]

Inn Trouble-Once upon a Christmas, Grissom was Joseph…

Inventing Games Out of Everything-”If he’d known it was going to work, he would’ve suggested strip poker.” [PG-13] Nick/Greg slash

Second Chance-A tragic misunderstanding pushes Grissom to resolve his personal feelings for Sara. [R]

Smart Girl Dates Stud, A Valentine’s Day Story-Kind of a post Nesting Dolls fic crossed with a Valentine’s Day fic, mixed with a very sad attempt at angst that ended up fluffy. How’s that for a summary? G/S [R] I thought this was very cute.

The Wall || Side One and The Wall || Side Two-Grissom likes Pink Floyd. Wonder why? A series of Grissom-centric vignettes through time.

The Odyssey Revisited-The Greek gods are playing with our favorite geeks. Will they make any progress or will they give up and deem our science nerds a lost cause in the romance department? [PG-13]

To Bangkok and Back-Imagine Grissom and Sara on the Orient Express to Bangkok. [PG-13]

Top 5 Things To Do On The Roof Of Your Car-Grissom and Sara are stuck overnight in the dessert due to set of missing keys. [PG-13]

Linguistics-A study of words [T]

The Kansas Hit. Very funny and well read it!

Where You Are. Working a brutal case left Greg and Sara shaken until Nick and Grissom intervened. A blend of drama and humor with character backstory and relationship details. N&G, GSR are the focus. Some YoBling,Brass,lab rats. [T] {Drama, Humor}

Series

Staring into the Abyss Series

• Race Among the Ruins-Grissom/Sara [M]-Too much sleet and too little sleep spell disaster for Grissom. First in the Staring into the Abyss series.
• Dreamers on the Rise-Grissom/Sara [M] A deranged killer aspires to overcome himself and society. Second in the Staring into the Abyss series.
• Sniper-Grissom/Sara [M]- A Sniper has returned from prison seeking revenge on those who put him there. Third in the Staring into the Abyss series.

Gravity/Feasibility Study Series

Alternate Reality: slight changes from canon by Ms-Maggs

• Gravity-Sara’s birthday is the catalyst for a chain of events that leaves the team members searching for answers to questions both old and new. When forensics can’t provide all the answers where do scientists turn? The gang is all here in many combos. [M]
• Feasibility Study: This is a sprawler featuring the entire cast with some interesting ideas about the characters. This is the sequel to Gravity and comes before Laws of Motion. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8. 108 chapters in total, and 787,428 words, so plan for lots of reading. SERIES Ships: GS,NOC,GrOC,CW,BrLH (Gil/Sara, Nick/OC, Greg/OC, Catherine/Warrick, Brass/Lady Heather). [M] for all sections
• Laws of Motion-Sequel to Feasibility Study and Gravity. Follow the lives of the CSIs and their loved ones as they face the future and confront the past. All cast story DramaRomanceHumorActionCasefile and the ships are: GS, NOC, GrOC, CW and Lindsay, VarOC, BrLH and Ellie, SofOC. (Hodges/OC, Vartann/OC, Sofia/OC)
  Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, Book 4. [M]

The Candy Shop Series

An AU series by cincoflex.

“Rumor has it that there is an organization out there that can get anything done, for a fee. Some people think of it as a corporate version of the CIA, and others feel it’s more like some sort of commercial covert ops establishment, bouncing back and forth over the law as needed. I’m here to assure you it’s all an urban legend; our findings indicate that there is no such thing as the Candy Shop.”

• The Grenville Mission. Gil/Sara, [M] Have you ever wondered about the flip side of the coin?
• Wheeling, Nevada. G/S [M] Sequel to Grenville Mission
• Muerte Pequeña. G/S [M] Sequel to Wheeling, Nevada
• Resurrection Garden. G/S [M] Miss Chocolate and Mr. Peppermint find that death will keep them apart–but for how long?