#CSI 3x05

[lilcathsmith]

Greg in every episode of CSI (45/328) • Abra Cadaver •

[coolmoviemanmike]

I just watched CSI: Vegas 3x05 "It Was Automation"

[buildinggsr]

GSR - A love story one look at a time

CSI 3.05 Abra cadaver

[coping-via-clint-eastwood]

I am Sara.

[nade2308]

Rules: I will post all the names of all the files in my WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous, and tag as many people as I have WIPs to do the same. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it.

Thanks for the tag @novemberhush

Oh boy, this will be interesting to do, seeing as I have SO MANY WIPS, I HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT TO LIST THEM ALL SO FAR. But here we go.

I will start with my Whumptober list (not including the finished ones) and then I will move onto the other WIPs I have in different folders.

Whumptober:

MacDalton AU - Kovacs mission + oblivious idiots + embracing the darkness (MacGyver 2016)

Date night gone wrong (Blue Bloods)

Post "Home from the sea" (OG Magnum PI)

“I found you before and I'll find you again” (MacGyver 2016)

3x13 post ep fic (MacGyver 2016)

Mac + Jack + Pool + Murdoc (MacGyver 2016)

Evil Magnum idea - AU of the capture in Vietnam (OG Magnum PI)

Post 3x01 MacGyver - Still you on the inside (MacGyver 2016)

Outside the rain fell dark and slow (MacGyver 2016)

Murdoc evil (MacGyver 2016)

Shorty breaks his leg. Field medicine (Monte Walsh 2003)

Nick evil (CSI)

The blacksite one (MacGyver 2016)

Frank getting shot while undercover. Patching himself up (Blue Bloods)

Buck sells Magnum to Ivan (OG Magnum PI)

Monte buying the bay back for Shorty (Monte Walsh 2003)

2x04 X-Ray + Penny (MacGyver 2016)

Deal with the Devil - Blue Bloods (Blue Bloods)

1x20 fic (MacGyver 2016)

Heart transplant CASE (Blue Bloods)

Jack fakes his death in order to hunt down James who assumes Kovacs' alias (MacGyver 2016)

Post "Choices" (MacGyver 2016)

Other WIPs:

Coming home part 2 (MacGyver 2016)

Trafficking ring idea - sequel to "Consequences" (MacGyver 2016)

NaNoWriMo 2021 fic (Blue Bloods)

Tumblr drabbles (MacGyver 2016)

2x07 MacDalton tag (MacGyver 2016)

Buck comfort (9-1-1)

Evak fic - March 2019 (SKAM Norway)

Fake dating MacDalton AU - former assassin Jack/MIT Mac (MacGyver 2016)

Grave Danger AU (CSI)

Heart transplant fic (MacGyver 2016)

Inspired by a line in "From Ashes" (MacGyver 2016)

Jack and Nick talk - college Nick/high school Jack (MacGyver 2016, CSI)

Just another AU (MacGyver 2016)

Kisses (MacGyver 2016)

Mac + "I'm fine" - possible 5+1 (MacGyver 2016)

Mac + Nightmare + Flashback + Jack (MacGyver 2016)

Mac and Jack + Nick (first meeting) (MacGyver 2016, CSI)

Mac, Jack and Nick (hurt Jack and protective Nick) (MacGyver 2016, CSI)

MacDalton AU - Scars on Mac's face + body (MacGyver 2016)

MacDalton smut + angst + punishment (MacGyver 2016)

NaNo fic John and Robin (MacGyver 2016)

Post "Drowning" (MacGyver 2016)

Post "Teaghlach" chapter 19 (MacGyver 2016)

Post 1x19 MacGyver (MacGyver 2016)

Post 2x10 MacGyver (MacGyver 2016)

Post 2x15 MacGyver (MacGyver 2016)

Post 2x22 MacGyver (MacGyver 2016)

Post 3x08 MacGyver (MacGyver 2016)

Post 3x22 (MacGyver 2016)

Post 4x06 MacGyver (MacGyver 2016)

Post 4x13 MacGyver (MacGyver 2016)

Post MacGyver + MacGyver (MacGyver 2016)

Post WK 3x05 (MacGyver 2016)

Preg (MCU, Captan America movies)

Salting hay (MacGyver 2016)

Sex in the plane bathroom (MacGyver 2016)

Tag to 1x13 (MacGyver 2016)

That AU idea of James prohibiting Jack from seeing Mac (MacGyver 2016)

The fic where Riley saved Jack from that hit that was ordered on him and that's why she went to prison (MacGyver 2016)

The Nick and Alex AU (CSI, X Men movies)

Then and now - aka Frank didn't meet Joe for the first time in 10x19 (Blue Bloods)

Shorty and Monte fics (Monte Walsh 2003):

Chet, Shorty and Monte talk

Seven years later

Shorty and Monte moments

Sketchbook

Bonus:

Coming back to life (original work)

Intentions (original work)

More John and Robin evil (a fic inspired by Thistle's "Magic & Silver")

Tagging: @thethistlegirl @telltaleclerk @thesammykinz @erinsworld @csinickstokes @panchostokes @dixons-mama @humapuma @amandagaelic @musette22 @wintersoldier1989 @appalachianapologies @holbytlanna

(I don't have so many people on my mind to tag as much as I have WIPs so this will have to suffice lol. If you see this, consider yourself tagged.)

[blris96]

Tips to survive the hiatus. When do you think it'll return?? Thanks B👍🏽 😊

Hi lovely anon!

I fill my time with other things I enjoy. I go to baseball games in the summer with my dad even though I’m 26 (I drag him to games with me and he goes even though he isn’t much of a baseball fan).

I watch a few Summer shows (American Ninja Warrior, Holey Moley, and baseball games to name a few). I can’t do The Bachelor, Bachelor in Paradise etc. 😅. I can’t do Survivor either. I’m sorry, I know they’re really popular!!

I do a rewatch or two over the summer too. First on my list is a CSI: Miami rewatch for the whatever time. I’m on 3x05 right now.

That’s going to be followed by CSI: NY. Danny and Lindsay are the ship on CSI: NY and they NEVER get old no matter how many times I watch, they’re a top tier ship and I highly recommend! Lindsay doesn’t come in until S2, but still. You get everything with them 🥰🥰🥰. 9 seasons.

I do have a regular 9-5 job. Well, in my case my hours are 7:30am-4:30pm CST (we can work whatever hours we please as long as the majority falls within the regular business hours of 9pm-6pm).

They’re sending us back to the office 6/14 hybrid for 3 days per week and I’m NOT looking forward to it 😅.

Between all of that, I don’t worry too much. The only shows that will have cliffhangers for me is the FBIs and One Chicago. All of my other ones didn’t have cliffhangers.

My tip is to fill your time with other things you enjoy ❤️.

My best guess for when The Rookie comes back is the end of September (9/25). Reason being, it started the last week in September last year, so it’s most likely going to start around the same time again.

[thewhumpproject]

Crime Shows Whump Catalogue (WIP)

Crime/Cop/Detective/Investigative dramas/whodunnits/Murder mysteries/whatever you want to call them. Incomplete and will be updated as I write it all up.

NCIS - DiNozzo:

Found this halfway through making this list. Goes as far as 8x15. Has every little thing [x]

1x20 – Drugged, kidnapped

2x22 – Plague

2x23 – Still lowkey weak from Plague, gets almost blown up and ‘collapses’, continues to need rest

3x08 – Tied to a chair (w/ Ziva) and punched

3x12 – ‘Shot’ (scratched) in arm

3x16 – Injures ankle

3x23 – Bloody nose

4x04 – Knocked out

6x24 – Fight, breaks arm

6x25 – Still has broken arm, gets tackled by Ziva

9x01 – Shot in head, amnesia

10x21/22 – Car crash, unconscious, cut nose (Ziva hurt more these eps)

.

NCIS: LA – G. Callen:

[NCIS 6x23] – Shot multiple times

1x08 - Hit over head/‘concussion’

4x01 – Captured, beaten

4x20 - Poisoned

5x04 – Thrown/knocked out by explosion

6x12 – Exposed to ‘deadly’ virus

7x01- Tased (tasered? Shot with a Taser? ...Mildly electrocuted)

8x24 - Shot in vest

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NCIS: NOLA – Christopher Lasalle

1x15 – Gassed/high

1x22 – Shocky (emotionally)

2x02 – Shot in Kevlar

.

JAG – Harmon Rabb:

1x20 – Captured, tied up, drugged, interrogated

2x03 – Head injury, blinded

2x13 – Hit by car, nasty gash, ligament damage, slight concussion

2x14 – Knocked out, hits head again

3x01 – Deteriorating concussion

4x01 – [After ejecting from plane, wakes up in a tree] Knocked out

7x01 – Head injury, severely hypothermic, amnesia

9x01 – Knocked out in plane crash, head injury

.

Criminal Minds – Spencer Reid:

An in-depth breakdown [x]

1x06 – Hostage, kicked

2x15 – Kidnap, torture, drugged (begins drug addiction arc)

4x24 – Anthrax

5x01 – Shot in leg (covers actor’s own injury) on crutches in further episodes

6x12 – Headaches (storyarc that sort of fizzles out)

9x23 – Shot in neck

Derek Morgan:

4x18 – Tackled through window, knocked out

5x23 – Knocked out, tied up

9x23 – Shot in arm

11x16 – [11x15, drugged and kidnapped] drugged, tortured, chemical burns

.

Chicago PD – Antonio Dawson:

[Chicago Fire 1x13 – shot. 1x14 – Shooting aftermath]

1x13 – Shot

1x14 – Shooting aftermath, hospital

Jay Halstead:

3x01 - Torture

.

CSI:NY – Don Flack

2x24 – Explosion

6x08 - Beaten up

Mac Taylor:

4x10 - Knocked out, drugged, kidnapped

8x18 - Shot

Danny Messer: 

6x01 - Shot

.

CSI (Las Vegas) – Nick Stokes:

2x19 – Pushed out window

5x25 – Buried alive

Greg Sanders:

3x22 - Caught in explosion, hospital

7x04 – Beaten up

.

Numb3rs - Don Eppes

1x02 - Shot

2x24 - Drugged

5x20 - Stabbed

.

Hawaii 5-0 – Steve McGarrett:

1x01 - Fight

1x20 – Falls off cliff, head injury, broken arm

2x01 – Stabbed, collapses off-screen

2x10 – Captured, tortured

2x16 – Hit by car

4x08 – Shot in arm

4x19 – Trapped in building collapse

4x21 – Captured, beaten, tortured

5x01 – Shot in leg

5x07 – Gassed, drugged, tortured

5x13 – Car crash

6x06 – Fight

6x17 - Gassed

6x25 – Shot on a plane

7x01 – Continuing issues from liver transplant

7x04 – Stabbed (but apaaaarently he’s too tough for being stabbed in the back with a kitchen knife to do more than be momentarily inconvenienced)

7x25 - Peaky, turns out he has radiation poisoning

Danny Williams:

1x01 – Bullet grazed arm

1x23 – Sarin poisoning

3x10 - Shot

4x19 – Trapped in building collapse, impaled

5x16 - Stabbed

6x17 - Gassed

6x25 – Donates some liver

.

Lethal Weapon – Martin Riggs:

[Emotional whump like every episode especially the first half of the season]

1x01 – Shot twice, shoulder + foot

1x02 – Bar fight, black eye, crashes through window from building across street,

1x03 – Cattle prod-ed

1x04 – Fight

1x07 – Hit by car door, tortured,

1x10 - Drugged

1x12 – Almost drowns

1x13 - Shot with nail gun

1x16 – Angsty, smashes head into mirror

.

Quantico – Ryan Booth:

1x01? - Shot

1x07 – Shot

1x08 – Continued from shooting

1x09 – Tortured

.

Bones – Seeley Booth:

1x15 – Explosion

2x18 – Knocked out, tied to chair, beaten

3x05 – Shot in leg

3x08 – Car crash/explosion (Bones in car too)

3x14 – Shot and ‘dies’

4x13 – Breaks his hand punching someone, knocked out, concussion

4x14 – Kidnapped, trapped in box then on ship, hallucinating, explosion

4x25 – Hallucinations

4x26 – Brain surgery, coma

5x10 – Explosion

9x24 – Shot

11x01 – Shot

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Graceland – Mike:

1x09 – Stabbed

1x10 – Continued stab wound, attacked

2x01 – Tortured

2x13 – Shot, suffocated

3x01 – Continued shooting injuries (drug addiction arc begins)

3x07 – Drug withdrawal, sweats, vomiting, delirious, ice bath

.

Rush – Michael:

1x09 – Car crash, knocked out

1x10 – Head injury

2x10 – Captured

3x07 – MMA fight, nasty fight later (attempted eye-gouging involved)

3x15 – Tumbles down hillside

3x22 – Speared

4x06 – Knocked out (beginning of story arc to 4x08)

4x07 – Kidnapped, head injury, shot

4x08 – Coma hospital scenes

Josh:

1x04 – Hit on head, collapses

1x06 – Smoke inhalation

2x08 – Shot in leg

2x11 – Kneed by suspect

3x09 – Fight, stabbed, injures arm/shoulder, hospitalised

3x14 – Falls through ceiling, dazed for a second, shot (in vest)

4x06 – Fight

4x11 – Comes to on a boat, shot, falls overboard

Lawson:

2x01 – Caught near explosion, minor head injury

3x17 – Hit by a car

4x12 – Hit on head

Christian:

3x19 – Knocked out

Dom:

1x10 – Caught in explosion, hospitalised for head trauma

2x18 – Glass in face

Grace:

1x04 – Hit in face

1x10 – Caught in explosion, collapses, hospitalised

Stella:

1x03 – Shot in vest 

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New Blood: Stefan –

1x02 (Case 1, Part 2) – Drugged

1x03 – Caught in explosion

1x04 (Case 2, Part 1) – Dog bite, drunk, punched

1x05 - Knocked out, strung up

1x06 (Case 3, Part 1) – Car crash (tbc)

1x07 – Fight, car crash, thrown by explosion

Arrash:

1x03 – Caught in explosion

1x04 – Kicked in the nads, drunk

1x05 - Knocked out, strung up, punched

1x06 – Car crash (tbc), hit, thrown to ground

1x07 – Fight, car crash, thrown by explosion

.

The Glades – Jim Longworth:

1x01 – Alligator bite

2x01 – Dog bite

2x08 – Snake bite

2x11 – Fight – sand in eyes, knocked out, attempted drowning

4x13 – Shot (cliffhanger, last episode)

.

The Finder – Walter Sherman:

1z12 – Shot (fine, later complications: subdural hematoma)

.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine – Jake Peralta:

1x06 – Concussion from falling from ceiling

2x13 - Exercises, flops to the ground

2x19 - Kidnapped

2x20 – Falls through car sunroof, various broken and bruised bones, later hit by car, hospitalised

3x10 - Knocked out

3x16 - Knocked out

4x01 - Run over by go-kart

4x02 - Fight

4x03 - Hostage, shot in leg

4x04 - cont. shooting recovery (cane)

4x17 – Hungover, mentions that he might have injured his ribs

.

Psych – Shawn Spencer:

3x11 – Knocked out

4x09 – Shot

5x04 – Barely poisoned

6x13 – Appendix burst

7x08 – Head injury, concussion

.

Endeavour – Morse:

0x01 – Faints

1x02 – Stabbed

1x04 – Shot

2x01 – Knocked out, tied up, beaten up

2x02 – Falls through floor

4x02 – Drugged

4x04 – Head/ear injury from grenade

.

Lewis – James Hathaway:

2x03 – Drugged, trapped in fire, caught in explosion

4x01 - Shot

5x04 – Mild arsenic poisoning

7x01 – Whiplash

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Midsomer Murders – Ben Jones:

15x02 – Knocked out, tied up, concussion

19x03 – Knocked out, tied up

.

Grimm – Nick Burkhardt:

1x01 - Injected with a toxin, collapses

1x08 – Brutal fight

2x13 – Drinks a potion, stomach pains, collapse

2x15 - Blinded

3x01 – Zombified, enraged and gets into fights

3x02 – Continued ‘zombification’, fights as his pals try to capture him, injected with painful cure

4x02 – Sudden headache

4x06 – Sudden headache develops into general weakness gets worse over time

5x21/22 – Fight, torture, hallucination, shot

6x04 – Lightheaded for a moment

.

Republic of Doyle

Jake:

3x01 - Fight, knocked out. Tied up. Shot in leg.

3x03 - Hungover. Fight, thrown through window. Hit with stick. Headbutt, dazed.

3x04 - Punched many times

3x05 - Drugged

3x06 - Shot

3x07 - Hit in arm with baseball bat

3x08 - Knockout drugged

3x 09 - Fight, whacked over head

[backtothestart02]

Fallen Star - Chapter 4

A/N: It is here!

Also, a reminder that I started writing this fic right after 3x05 aired, so anything that takes place after that point is canon divergent in this fic. You'll see what I've changed as time goes on, but if anything confuses you before it's explained, please don't hesitate to let me know and I will try to address it as best as I can without giving too much away

*Many thanks to @valeriemperez, my ever faithful beta. :)

Chapter 4 -

“I got him.”

“Woo hoo!” Cisco pumped his fists. “You got him! You got the thieeeef.”

An awkward silence follow and Cisco cleared his throat.

“Glad you got him, Barry,” he said, softer this time, more normal.

“I’m going to hang here until the cops show up,” Barry said. He sounded tired. Too tired. “Unless you have anything else for me?”

Cisco shook his head until the odd look he got from Caitlin reminded him that Barry couldn’t see him.

“Uh, nope. No criminal activity showing up on our radar over here.”

“Good.”

Silence lingered again.

“Are you…going to come in after you hand the guy over?” Cisco asked, trying not to sound too hopeful, since he knew what the answer would be.

Barry sighed, the exhaustion clear again.

“No, I gotta get back to CCPD. Julian’s already suspicious enough as is. I can only come up with so many decent excuses to leave mid-morning when no new case has landed on our desks.”

Cisco nodded once. “Right. Well, we can celebrate later then.”

“I have to go now. The cops just showed up.”

Cisco’s lips parted, debating one last thing he could say, but the static click informed him that Barry had turned off his comm. Caitlin shook her head, reminding him that getting Barry to turn his com back on last time had not proved successful and likely wouldn’t this time either.

Cisco sighed and plopped into the chair beside Caitlin’s.

“Is it just me or is it more painful saving the bad guys all of a sudden?”

Silence ticked away again, but this time only briefly, because H.R. emerged from the hallway into the room and deposited a tray of bagels and carefully selected coffee drinks.

“Hey, guys, sorry it took so long. I…” He paused a moment to chuckle. “I overslept.” He nodded cheerily, smiling to himself. “I guess I didn’t realize how early criminals get up to commit crimes.”

Cisco’s brows narrowed. Caitlin blinked. Joe dragged his hand down his face. Wally brooded in the corner.

“I think you guys need some coffeeee,” H.R. said, lifting the drink tray enticingly. “Caffeine makes everything better.”

When no one made a move toward the much-needed drink display, H.R. took it upon himself to walk around to each of them and hand them their personalized beverages.

“Why is…Randolph crossed off on all of these?” Cisco asked, spotting the permanent marker first on his cup and then on Caitlin’s next to him. He saw Wally and Joe analyze their cups as well.

“Funny you should ask, Francisco. Apparently, this earth requires you to give just one name when ordering drinks.” He ignored the incredulous looks of those around him. “Since none of you have my name, and here –” He paused to laugh. “Well, even I don’t have my name!” He shook his head, clearly amused with himself. “I put all your names on there, so I would remember who belonged to what.”

He took a sip of his drink, then his head snapped back.

“Whoa-hoa-hoa, this is not mine.” He shook his head, walked over to Joe and took the drink out of his hand. “This is yours.” He dabbed his lips with a napkin.

Joe glanced down at the drink being held out to him, then back up at H.R. He forced a tight smile, so he wouldn’t be tempted to strangle the man being so naturally cheery when everyone else was anything but.

“I think I’ll just get some coffee at the station, thanks.”

Joe set the drink down he’d initially been given and turned to leave.

“W...Wait, Joe, come on, I mean…” He looked down at both drinks, briefly dumbfounded on how to fix the situation. “I barely touched it!”

“I should go, too,” Wally said, sounding as tired as Barry had.

H.R. spun around. “Wallace, no, please stay. Drink!”

But Wally was gone as quick as Joe had been. Cisco and Caitlin were back at their computers by the time he spun around. The elephant in the room parted from his lips as soon as he found his seat on a vacant chair on the far side of the room.

“Where is Iris?”

Caitlin typed faster on her computer, determined not to make eye contact. Cisco stopped what he was doing and glared at H.R.

“You’re an ass.”

H.R.’s eyes widened. He pointed to his chest, jaw dropped, shock evident.

“Yes, you.” Cisco got up from his seat and tossed the half-empty drink in the trash.

“Hey, now, that wasn’t necessary, was it?” H.R. complained.

Cisco walked up to him, then stopped, hands on his hips, trying for all intents and purposes to look menacing. H.R.’s smile waned some, and he figured he’d at least somewhat succeeded.

“Iris isn’t here because she’s at CCPN working.”

“Well, yeah, but she’s usually here some of the ti—”

“She and Barry have only been broken up a few days. Don’t you think she deserves to come in when she’s ready?”

“You can’t just…let personal feelings affect—”

Cisco raised his eyebrows.

“Well, you can’t.”

“She’s not getting paid to be here!”

H.R. flushed.

“I…I didn’t mean—”

“Go!” Cisco’s pointed towards the hallway.

“But what if Barry—”

“If Flash stuff happens you’ll know it.”

“Will you tell me?”

His eyebrows narrowed again. “Go.”

Caitlin turned to Cisco after H.R. had left, eyeing him with concern.

“Do you think this will go on for a while?”

Cisco sighed. “Iris will come in when she’s good and ready.”

“That’s not what I meant,” she said softly.

Cisco met her gaze and sunk in on himself a little.

“I don’t know.”

…

When he heard the sound of footsteps coming down the hall, Julian mentally began to prepare himself. His partner – a loosely used term – was always showing up late or leaving early or leaving and coming back for extended period with no real solid explanation – he’d checked all the ‘calls from Singh’ or ‘emergencies in the break room.’ What kind of possible emergency could a CSI tend to in a break room anyway? There was already a first aid kit in there.

Barry Allen had always rubbed him the wrong way from the moment they met, but he’d become increasingly odd in the last seven months, and now the annoyance Julian had felt for over a year had become even more unbearable.

Other than bite his tongue, inflict on him some scathing insult, and occasionally report him to the higher-ups (which rarely put even a dent into the golden boy’s reputation at the precinct), he had to accept the facts as they were.

Barry Allen wasn’t going anywhere, and he, Julian Albert, Head CSI of the Central City Police Department, was going to have to accept that.

That didn’t mean he had to like it though. And it didn’t mean he would ever give him a free pass.

So, when the footsteps stopped just short of entering the forensics lab, Julian didn’t even lift his head to address his co-worker on the delay in his return from ‘getting some coffee downstairs.’

“Did you run all the way to Coast City to get your coffee this morning, Allen, or was there just an extremely long line to—”

The sound of Joe West clearing his throat abruptly thickened the weight of his tongue in his mouth. He quickly turned to face who had entered the room. Barry was there with Detective Joe West, but so was Captain Singh.

“Detective West.” Julian stood to his feet and came around his desk to greet them, his chair scraping across the cement floor. “Captain Singh.”

“Mister Albert,” Captain Singh addressed him. “Would you mind coming with me to my office? I’d like to speak with you.”

Julian couldn’t remember the last time he’d been so flustered – or so professionally frightened.

“Am I… Are you going to terminate me?”

Singh raised his eyebrows. “Hardly. You’re the best CSI in the state.”

Julian saw Barry flinch out of the corner of his eye and took some satisfaction in that.

“It’s good news, not bad news.”

“Am I being… promoted?” Julian’s jaw dropped.

But Singh’s eyes only narrowed. “My office. Please.”

“Right.” He shook his head and grabbed a notepad from his desk before following the captain out of the room to his quarters.

When the sound of footsteps had dissipated, Barry wandered over to his desk and set his bag on the floor against it.

“What was that all about?” he asked Joe, who had meandered along after him.

“What – Singh?”

Barry nodded, not offering anything more.

Joe shrugged. “I guess he decided to give him a promotion.”

Barry raised his eyebrows. “Higher than Head CSI?”

“A special project maybe?” he ventured, not quite meeting Barry’s eyes.

“Joe.”

The older man sighed.

“Alright, I may have mentioned to Singh how impressed I’ve been lately with Julian’s competency as a CSI.”

“Competency.” He folded his arms across his chest.

“Yeah.”

“And why would you do that? You trying to get me fired?”

“What? Of course not.”

“Then…?” He let the question hang.

Joe set the files he’d been carrying on Barry’s mess of a desk; carefully though, lest anything fall off it.

“I may have mentioned that you’re having a bit of a rough time recently –”

“Joe.”

“I didn’t give any details, don’t worry.”

Barry ran a hand over his face, very sure he was about to suffer from a monumental migraine.

“What does that have to do with Julian?”

“There’s a convention going on in upstate New York. Only the best and brightest CSIs are encouraged to come.”

“And I’m not one of the best and brightest.”

“I didn’t say that.”

“Well you suggested that to Singh if Singh is only considering sending Julian there, and for how long?”

“A week.”

“A week?”

“Don’t tell me you won’t be working better – and sleeping better – with Julian not harping on you for everything he thinks you’re doing wrong.”

Barry sighed.

“Plus, I did emphasize how valuable you are to us as well, and that we wouldn’t want you gone for even a week, no matter how bright you are.”

“And Singh just…went with it. No pushing or prodding required.”

Joe shrugged. “Maybe he’s having a good day.”

Barry looked away, his eyes scanning the room with no real effort to see anything in plain sight.

“Please just take the olive branch, son.” Joe squeezed his shoulder. “I’m trying to help.” He paused. “I can’t fix you and Iris, but I can make life a little easier on you until you fix yourselves.”

Barry met his eyes, searching for something he couldn’t define. He ached to let out his emotions, but he was too scared he’d unravel and wouldn’t let himself do that. Not here, and not as the Flash either. He had to be strong. Even at home he wouldn’t let himself cave to the flood of emotions pushing to be released.

I don’t know if we can be fixed, he wanted to say. But that would be one breath away from pacing and tears and hyperventilating, so he didn’t say it.

“Alright,” he said instead, then forced a smile. “Thanks, Joe.”

He nodded, dropped his hand to his side and headed towards the doorway.

“Oh, hey,” he said just before leaving. “I know you’re…not showing up at STAR Labs because you think Iris might be there.”

“Joe—”

“Well, she hasn’t been.”

Barry pursed his lips.

“She didn’t show up Monday or yesterday or today, I’m guessing for the same reasons you didn’t.”

He swallowed hard.

“So maybe you wouldn’t mind dropping by one of these days? Cisco and Caitlin miss you, and I think H.R. is driving all of us a little bit insane with his relentless cheeriness.”

Something almost resembling a laugh slipped out between Barry’s lips.

“Alright,” he said. “I’ll consider it.”

“Great.” Joe smiled. “I’ll see you around then, Bear.”

“Hey, Joe,” Barry called out, coming around his desk before the older man could leave. “How is…Wally doing? I assume Iris has told him what happened.”

“He’s processing,” he said. “He doesn’t hate you, but…you are the reason his sister is currently miserable, so…”

“He doesn’t know how to feel about me.”

Joe shrugged.

“What makes you think Cisco and Caitlin will feel any differently? I mean, last time I really talked to Cisco he was trying to convince me to just get back together with Iris and pretend like nothing happened.”

“He’s still your best friend. He knows you did what you thought was best, even if he wishes it hadn’t hurt Iris. Plus, he misses you. So does Caitlin.” He paused, watching the forlorn look spread across Barry’s face.

“What about Iris?” Barry swallowed hard. “How is she…” His tongue ran dry, and he couldn’t finish the sentence.

Joe didn’t miss a beat.

“Iris has Linda to confide in and help her cope.”

Barry looked away.

“Who do you have, Bear? Have you talked to anyone?”

The ‘besides me’ was implied, so Barry didn’t try to make a joke by saying it was him.

In fact, saying anything at all right now felt dangerous.

“I’ll think about stopping by STAR Labs later.” He hesitantly looked up and met Joe’s concerned gaze. “Okay?”

Joe studied him a while, but then obviously realized he wouldn’t get much more out of him.

“I hope you do.”

Barry forced a tight smile and watched as Joe left, then returned to his desk and sat in his chair. The paperwork spread out before him, it took a moment till he realized Joe had left his files from the morning case amidst the endless forensic reports.

“Oh, Joe!” He called out, jogging down the hall to chase down the detective. “Joe, you forgot—”

He stopped suddenly, three feet away from Joe’s desk, because there chatting and smiling affectionately at her father was Iris.

And when he took one step back, eager to get away and regretting even making the journey to the first floor, she turned and looked at him.

Her face dropped, and he felt prickles of heat and cold spreading across every inch of his skin. He saw her throat move as she swallowed and knew his had done the same.

Her voice was tight and emotionless, even though her eyes were not.

“Barry.”

The word seemed to echo in the noisy room that suddenly fell silent, even though no one other than Joe was paying them any attention.

Dragged from the depths of his soul, scratchy, breathless, came her name from his lips.

“Iris.”

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[backtothestart02bts]

A/N: An update!

Also, a reminder that I started writing this fic right after 3x05 aired, so anything that takes place after that point is canon divergent in this fic. You'll see what I've changed as time goes on, but if anything confuses you before it's explained, please don't hesitate to let me know and I will try to address it as best as I can without giving too much away

*Many thanks to @valeriemperez​, my ever faithful beta. :)

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“Am I being… promoted?” Julian’s jaw dropped.

But Singh’s eyes only narrowed. “My office. Please.”

“Right.” He shook his head and grabbed a notepad from his desk before following the captain out of the room to his quarters.

When the sound of footsteps had dissipated, Barry wandered over to his desk and set his bag on the floor against it.

“What was that all about?” he asked Joe, who had meandered along after him.

“What – Singh?”

Barry nodded, not offering anything more.

Joe shrugged. “I guess he decided to give him a promotion.”

Barry raised his eyebrows. “Higher than Head CSI?”

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[lilcathsmith]

Greg Sanders in CSI Season 3 - Greatest Hits

[fyeahvulnerablemen]

aw, you don't have a paralysis tag? that and electrocution are my faves and I really don't see much of them in the whump community it seems :(

Ok we had a brainstorming session in the chatroom earlier! Thanks @arwione, @sarcasmcloud, @ouchthatwasgood, @dammittmarie @x-wingsandarchers :)

The Man From Uncle, Iron Man 1 (paralysis), Arrow 4x12, The 100 2x05, Hawaii Five-0 5x07, Dr. Who 3x05 & 4x10 (paralysis), 12 Monkeys 2x03, Dirks Gently Holistic Detective Agency 1x04 &1x07 & 1x08, Forever 1x08, Firefly 1x09, Teen Wolf 2x04 & 2x10 (paralysis), Supernatural 1x12, CSI Miami 3x01, Jessica Jones 1x09, ER 12x12 (paralysis), Dark Matter 1x04, The Princes Bride

These are mostly electrocution but a little bit of paralysis too. If anyone knows more please share. :)

[coolmoviemanmike]

I'm watching CSI: Vegas 3x05 "It Was Automation"

[buildinggsr]

You make me smile Oh, you make me smile Come through and save the day You make me smile You make me smile In a very special way “You make me smile” Aloe Blacc

CSI 1.03 | 1.22 | 3.05 | 3.07 | 4.11 | 4.13

[coping-via-clint-eastwood]

Aaaaaawwwwwwww

gil grissom + tmw you love her so much you start to believe in magic

[tallskinnyvanillalatte]

Aww Lindsay, what is it, bb?