Title: Simple Treasures
By: Clockstopper
Pairing: Nick/Greg

Nick tilts his head and lets out a groan.

"Oh… right there."

He feels fingers press into his neck, muscles sore and tender giving way to the pressure. He feels a little bit of pain, but mostly it feels oh so good because he's tense and his back and neck hurt.

"Here?"

Nick feels warm breath dart across his skin, lips grazing against his earlobe and he shudders just a little bit.

"Yeah." He says, voice breathy.

"So… hard day?"

Nick lets out a laugh.

"Hardest."

"Hmm… I bet. You got all angry. Nicky mad face. I saw it."

"Hard case."

"I caught the particulars. The CSIs talk you know. Sara said that this was a pretty hard case for you."

"I just… need to unwind." Nick says.

He doesn't want to think about the case. Doesn't want to think about poor innocent dead girls and neglectful parents that just let them die. He doesn't want to think about all the crap he's gone through today and the stupid politics he has to deal with because Grissom won't.

He just wants to think about the fingers digging into his skin as they make his muscles uncoil and become not tense.

"See… that's what I'm trying to do for you. Make you unwind. My plan includes a backrub…"

"Which your great at by the way. Excellent. You should do this for a living."

"You want get jealous?"

Nick frowns.

"Hmm… maybe you should stick to aspiring CSI who's currently the best DNA tech in the lab."

He hears the laughter in his ear, breath and perfect and he can picture that face, those dimples and that fucking beautiful smile with those straight white teeth and Nick can't help the smile that spreads across his face.

"I thought so."

"So what else does this plan include?"

"Well I was thinking sex, but then I'm always thinking about sex when I think about you."

"You only like me for my body."

He feels those fingers press harder into his shoulder muscles and he lets out a sharp yelp.

"Hey."

"I do not only like you for your body. Though I won't deny that it's a great body. Nice arms. But you know I love you for a whole string of different reasons."

Nick's smile widens.

"Yeah, okay. So, if this plan doesn't include sex then what does it include?"

"Well if we had a tub I'd suggest a bubble bath, but seeing as you had to be all manly and buy a house without one, that idea is out."

"So now what?"

"Well… I was thinking about it when you walked in so backrub was as far as I got with my plan."

"Why was sex not on the menu?"

"Because you pulled triple shifts with this one and my lungs are still getting over the last time we tried to have sex after you pulled triple shifts."

Nick looks embarrassed. He remembers that time quite well. Remembers how he woke up Greg, middle of the afternoon and Greg had been all hot hands and desperation and Nick had needed it so badly.

So they'd fucked, slow and needy and he thinks if he'd gripped Greg's hips any tighter, Greg would have permanent bruises.

It had been great, fantastic, excellent, just like ever other time they've had sex and Nick doesn't remember passing out, but a few hours later he'd woken up, half on top of Greg, still inside and Greg had a pissed off look on his face.

Nick hadn't had sex for five days after that which, for them, is like a record that Nick doesn't ever want to repeat.

"Right. So… backrub."

"Awesome backrub." Greg counters.

"Right, awesome backrub. I told you that you could do this professionally."

"But you'd get all jealous and caveman if I even thought about touching another guy like this."

"Damn right."

"So… backrub and then maybe… cuddling?" Greg says, voice sounding a bit uncertain.

Nick turns and sees Greg's face, smiling hopefully and Nick thinks that that sounds perfect and that he can't believe he's this lucky and he really does love Greg more than he ever even thought possible.

He leans in, hand reaching around to the back of Greg's neck and he pushes Greg to him. Greg gets it and he lets Nick do it, wide smile on his face and Nick stares at it until they're too close and he's kissing Greg, lips a bit hungry.

"So I'm guessing cuddling is a go?" Greg says playfully.

Nick smiles.

"Yeah, cuddling is definitely a go."

Greg smiles.

"After the backrub." Nick says.

"Right, right, you only love me for my backrubs."

Nick's face gets a bit serious and he knows that Greg's joking, but Greg didn't let him get away with it so he's not going to let Greg off the hook.

So he turns more until he can grab Greg's hands and stop them and he looks Greg straight in the face.

"I love you for a lot more than that."

FIN