Cam's Corner of the World

Everything We Don’t Say with Words
by Camilla Sandman

Summary: Not everything needs words, his mother once told him when he tried to understand living without sound. You can still talk in silence. You can still hear when someone says nothing. You just don’t use your ears. [GSR]

Rating: Teen.

Disclaimer: CBS’s characters. My words.

Author’s Note: Spoilers for season seven, vague references to past seasons.

( Why, she doesn’t ask. She knows why. She’s known why since the first time he looked at her in That Way, eyes dark even in rooms filled with light. Why, she knows. Why now, she wants to ask. After all the hurt and waiting and silence and careful friendship, why now? )

Lines in Euclidean Space
by Camilla Sandman

Summary: Of Catherine and Grissom - and Eddie and Lyndsey, silence and skin, what can be settled for and how people can be right for each other without being meant for each other. Of Grissom, Catherine and Warrick - and Sara and Eddie, letting go and holding on, hedging a bet and how complicated simple can be. Of Grissom and Sara, Catherine and Warrick - and Natalie and Laura, pain, loss, love, happiness and coupling, how to build a life and how to keep one. [CGR, CWR, GSR]

Rating: R. Some mature language and adult activities.

Disclaimer: CSI is CBS's property. I'm just taking it for a joyride - and definitely not making any money.

Author's Note: I've taken some liberties with the various backstories for the characters. If something openly contradicts Canon, forgive me - I've probably gotten it all jumbled in my head. Spoilers up to and including series seven. Much thanks to mingsmommy for beta. :)

(equidistant) (1/3)

( Sure, he has fantasized about Catherine - in a car, in an elevator, in the morgue, on his desk, on Grissom's desk, against a slot machine - but that's just... She's Catherine. And she's wrong. The great thing about fantasies is that it doesn't need possibilities. )

Fake cut to Geekfiction.

Thank you sincerely to everyone who commented on my last post. It's good to see a little compassion and human decency now and then. A particulary thanks to those who shared their stories - there is a sort of comfort in knowing you're not the only one.

So in Norway we've been talking a bit about this now solved murder case. Several reasons for that, of course. The statue of limitations has passed on it, and the guy who did it was only 13 when he committed the act. For these reasons, his name has been kept out of the media as well.

Now it is revealed that gossip mag Se & Hør apparently offered 100,000 NOK for the guy to come forward and tell his story. If you're used to English tabloids, you might not think it particulary shocking and just shrug your shoulders. Here, a lot of people find it rather revolting. Me included. (Bite me, Se & Hør.) And yet, I know I shouldn't really be surprised.

It occurs to me sometimes how naive my country is - and how we've made a whole society out of it.

In other notes, fandom and life:

- I'm having lines to a Martha/Doctor Martha/Doctor fic (don't ask, it's involved) in my head and I didn't invite them in. I blame the BBC.

- CSI spoilers for the finale has made me fill up the Wankshelter and add another layer of concrete padding. Holy wank potential, Batman.

- Debate in France over remarks on paedophiles. Err, yeah. Perhaps not the smartest - or most insightful - thing to say there.

- Norwegian politicians are so cute when they fight. Or possibly there's something wrong with me finding them so. Or maybe I'm just glad Norwegian politics isn't that nasty, thus feeling an urge to pet it like a little kitten. Or something.

- Aww, my firstet ever online fandom wanks. It occurs to me that in some ways, it hasn't changed since the... Oi, almost ten years since I was in it. Cripes.

- I feel old now.

Finally, because I did laugh:
--Go to Google.com
--Click on Maps.
--Click on "get Directions".
--From New York
--To Oslo (Was Paris, I changed it. Shut up.)

--And read line # 23.

If you laugh, repost this.

(Yeah, I know. I'm supposed to be writing Doctor Who fic. Ooops?)

Stale Toothpaste (And Other Problems of Love)
by Camilla Sandman

Summary: Grissom snores. Sara leaves the toothpaste cap unscrewed. [GSR]

Disclaimer: The characters of CSI belong to CBS. I just borrow for some fun.

Rating: Vaguely Teen/PG-13. Some references to adult activities, nothing at all explicit.

Author's Note: Spoilers for "Way to Go". Set at some undetermined period before, after or during, depending on how you interpret the relationship. Thanks to Saz for looking over.

II

( It's not love until they've had their first fight over a small, insignificant, annoying detail, she has decided. )

Where It Starts
by Camilla Sandman

Disclaimer: CSI is the property of CBS. I'm only borrowing the characters for a little romp.

Summary: Sara was never quite sure where it started. [GSR]

Rating: Teen for a little language and implied adult activities.

Author's Note: Spoilers for "Way to Go".

II

( Maybe that's where it started. A changed smile and a different look, and Sara and Grissom and time. )

(Or if you prefer, read it here or here.)

Dirge of Silence
by Camilla Sandman

Summary: The wind rises, lifting the dust and drowning the faint sounds of distant Las Vegas. Now sounds the desert's dirge in the silence after blood. [CWR]

Rating: PG-13 for implied violence and adult themes

Disclaimer: The characters mentioned within are CBS's and they are probably treated more nicely there.

Author's Note: Written on request for Andy. Warning for character death and angst. Not for the fluffy-minded. Thanks to Wiccagirl for encouragement and title assistance.

Grissom's quote is by Arthur Schopenhauer and is in the public domain. A bastardisation of part of the lyrics to "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" also occurs within.

II

( (Silence is gone.) )

(Or if you prefer, you can read it here (ff.net) or here (CSI Forensics).)

Hush
by Camilla Sandman

Summary: She wants to hush it all, shut everything up, the wind, the earth, the fire still burning, the time still seeping forward and the life still beating. They’re dead and she’s not. [CWR.]

Rating: PG-13

Author’s Note: For laiwethel, as asked for.

II

( The roar seems to be everywhere, around her, within her, as her. )

Or if you prefer, you can read it here (ff.net) or here (CSI Forensics).

Beautiful Reflection
by Camilla Sandman

Summary: He doesn’t make her feel young. He just makes her feel as her, and he knows her as she knows him. Not quite a mirror to her, but a glass, offering a faint reflection. [CWR]

Rating: PG-13. Ever so faint suggestions of adult activities.

Author’s note: For kittkatbar77, as requested.

II

( She sits in the light before dawn and waits for another day to be born in fire and sky, as it must. )

You can read it here (ff.net) or here (CSI Forensics) if you so prefer.

Womb of Sky and Skin
by Camilla Sandman

Disclaimer: CBS own the characters. I borrow for my own enjoyment and not for any profit.

Summary: “Death leaves a mark. It kills you even if you don’t die.” Nick has survived. But can he live? [Post-Grave Danger. Slight implied GSR, CWR, Nick/Greg. Maybe.]

Rating: PG-13. Mentions of violence.

Author’s Note: I hardly ever write Nick, since I suck at it. But I thought he deserved his own Grave Danger piece, so… I tried my best, Nick. Please don’t hit me hard.

II

( He sleeps in darkness... )

Today I am a busy writing bee, it seems. You can also read it here or here if you so prefer.

Metamorphosis

by Camilla Sandman

Disclaimer: Not my characters, only my words.

Summary: It wasn’t supposed to end like this, the friendship of Warrick and Catherine. (CWR, post-Grave Danger.)

Rating: PG

Author’s Note: For falena84, as asked for. Minor reference to Grave Danger.

II

( ‘It wasn’t supposed to end like this,’ she thinks, and kisses him. )