Safe (CSI, Gil/Greg/Nick)

“Hey,” Nick greeted cheerfully as he walked into Grissom’s office. Grissom didn’t look up right away, too busy reading over the report Greg had handed up. He heard Greg leave, a little surprised but not concerned over the lack of fanfare that marked Greg’s departure.

“Hey yourself.” Grissom gave him a warm look when he finally glanced up from his paperwork. A worried frown marred Nick’s face as the Texan watched Greg leave. “Something up?”

“I…” Nick’s voice faltered as he searched for words. Gil waited patiently, ready to handle whatever it is that had Nick concerned. The Texan shook his head quickly, displacing the worried look with a nervous smile. “It’s nothing, probably. I’m just being silly.”

It wasn’t hard for Gil to guess what Nick was worrying about. “About Greg?” Nick had expressed concern before about their resident lab tech, a concern that Grissom often shared. He frowned absently as he thought back to Greg’s visit in his office moments before. Greg had seemed alright. There hadn’t been anything troublesome in Greg’s report. All the DNA tests had turned out exactly as Gil had expected. Admittedly, the report had been delivered rather plainly, but he’d attributed the lack of flair to the fact that there wasn’t anything spectacular about the results. Greg hadn’t showing off much recently, which suited Gil just fine.