Title: Part of the family
Author: Beverly
Fandom/Pairing: CSI: Vegas, Gil Grissom/Nick Stokes
Rating: R
Wordcount: 188 (it HAD to be so much ...sorry)
Summary: Based on prompt #024 Family.

They smile at him and treat him like he's ever been a part of us. In a way he was. Over the past few years had been times when I wouldn't have made it without him.

Amy Hendler, to begin with.

Staring at the business end of a gun with my name written on the next bullet is no fun. He safed me that day. His presence kept me sane, helped me to get back to the office. Finish my case.

Nigel Crane, the next one.

A stalker from the worst kind who tried to be me.

And Walter Gordon. Last but certainly not least. Still the main star of all my nightmares.

It was Gil I ran to,that first night when I was home from hospital and the memories came to the surface and threatend to overwhelm me.

He's been by my side ever since. Helping me, guiding me.

Loving me.

Now he's here, together with my sisters and their husbands, with my nieces and nephews. And with my parents. He's not only a part of me now...he's now also a part of my family.

The end