Title: Pumpkin Roll
Author: pheonix-fire13
Rating: PG
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Summary: Nick and Greg bake.

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"And 2, ¾ cup of pumpkin." Nick read to his blonde lover watching as he measured the ingredient and put it in with the rest of them in the bowl. Greg had claimed he had never in his life made pumpkin roll and so here they were, in Nick's apartment making the nice Christmas dish. Greg's tongue was sticking out of his mouth towards the side as he scraped the pumpkin out and slapped it in the bowl.

"Ok, now what?" the Texan smirked while plugging his beaters in and pulling the bowl over along with the blonde. Greg looked at the beaters then him. "Go slow at first." He told him. "Then after it does all mixed together go faster. Ok?" Greg nodded and took the beaters from him. "I'm going to grab a towel." He left with a smile and had to stop at the mantel of their fireplace. A picture of the nightshift sat in the middle, everyone but the two smiling at the camera. The two were in the back smiling at each other with knowing looks. It was one of his favorite pictures of Greg and he. As he walked back the hall he stopped to look at a picture of a newspaper clipping, 'Las Vegas Crime Lab Explodes.' That made him pause and read it again, something he found he did every time he walked by.

The Las Vegas crime lab exploded yesterday. Many were hurt and one was seriously injured. Gregger Hojem Sanders was in the lab working when it happened, luckily he moved just as the explosion happened. News on him is that he is in Desert Palms with 3rd degree burns and a concussion. Later reporters were told that the one CSI, who was working the case, caused the explosion, Catherine Willows. No other news as given to the reporters there.

Nick sighed and went into their room. He went to their bathroom picking up Greg's towel from his shower that morning and throwing it in the basket on the way. He paused at the door and looked at the room. One side was neat and the other side was a mess. Before Greg moved in everything was in order and had a place now…Greg kept everything n the floor and kept everything he ever got. Smiling even more he grabbed his towel just as a scream and crash came from the kitchen. He ran past the things he once paused to look at and went into the kitchen. He instantly began to laugh.

"It's not funny." Greg pouted from the floor covered in the batter. Somehow Greg managed to get the pumpkin treat everywhere, the ceiling, floor, counter, sink, and even him. The bowl lay before him shattered while the beaters continued to beat the air.

"What happened?" he asked as he turned the beaters off.

"I did as you said. Slow then fast. I lost control and well…" he trailed off glancing around their house to the mess. Nick smiled as he watched Greg before offering his hand to the blonde to help him up. But Greg had other ideas and pulled him down as he gripped his hand. They both ended up in the pumpkin mess covered in it. Nick stared at Greg in shock before smirking at the blonde's laugh. Getting an idea, he pulled the blonde so he was pinned under him and saw pumpkin on his nose.

"Shower?" he asked licking the mess off of the said body part. Greg smiled and caught his mouth each tasting of pumpkin.

"Ok." And with that, they left the kitchen to sulk in the mess while they 'cleaned' themselves off in the shower.

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