Title: Archie's Special Soup
Author: csi_niteowl
Summary: David thinks Archie is making a fool of himself.
Rating: pgish
Pairing: Archie/Grissom
Warnings: slash
Spoilers: None
A/N: I wrote this for ic789. She wanted the pairing of Archie/Grissom. I wrote the story through David's eyes because writing Grissom scares me. Comments are great!

David glared at Archie though the glass walls. The nerve of the man to think he could just show up at Grissom’s, uninvited and unannounced. Oh sure, he had the excuse of taking their ailing boss some ‘special’ soup. Hmm… David bet it came straight from a can and not homemade as Archie insisted. Damn, why hadn’t he thought of taking Grissom something?

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It had been three weeks since Grissom returned to work. Three weeks of David trying in vain to find out exactly how the boss kicked Archie to the curb. Sure, he hadn’t expected to find anything out from Grissom himself but Archie was a totally different story. Archie always knew all the gossip and was more than willing to share with anyone who wanted to know. Of course, David usually tried not to listen.

Something was different, that much was obvious. Archie was walking around whistling, if you could call that noise whistling. David just called it annoying. He was sure Grissom would tell him to stop but instead he would just give him that Grissom look and continue on his way.

Another thing that was different and more annoying than that god awful whistling was that whenever the two of them were talking, Archie would stand really close. David supposed that Grissom was oblivious to the whole thing because he never said anything.

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Everyone knew David was Grissom’s favorite tech but that sneaky Archie Johnson had weaseled his way into the good graces of their boss. Now, David didn’t begrudge Archie for it but he was making a fool of himself. He had even gone so far as to talk to him about it but he just laughed and said David was just jealous.

He knew that sooner or later Archie would slip up and when he did, well, he was sure one of the office gossips would run right to the boss and tell him. Poor Archie. He decided he’d better keep an eye on him, for his own good, of course.

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Archie had called in sick but David wasn’t buying it. After al,l he’d seen him at the store before shift and he was fine. He’d had the makings of a romance night, bottle of wine, candles and a couple of cds in his cart.

This was the screw up David had been waiting, um, watching for. He decided he’d better pay Archie a little visit, maybe take him some soup, as soon as he was off.

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David was about to ring the doorbell when he saw movement though the side window. He leaned in closer and saw Grissom standing in the living room. Ha! He caught him, David thought. Smiling, he stood back to watch Archie get exactly what he deserved. He watched as Archie approached the other man. He gasped in horror as Grissom put his arms around the tech and started kissing him. He turned and ran as Archie’s clothes started coming off.