Title: Assumptions
By: sarcasticsra
Rating: PG
Summary: You shouldn't make assumptions about people.
Pairing: Ecklie/Greg
A/N: Thanks to Kelly for the beta.

Ecklie wasn't so bad a guy, Greg thought. Yeah, he was a prick sometimes, but that was just because Ecklie and Grissom clashed a lot, and Ecklie dealt with it in the way he knew best. But really - when Nick had been in trouble, he'd not been so bad, right? And he'd given Grissom his team back. He was really kind of decent when it got down to it.

And he wasn't 'sucking up' to him like Nick and Warrick said, he was just helping his career. So what if he changed his hair a bit - it was time for a change. And so what if he did the man a favor or two? He was just being helpful. Right, helpful.

Greg knew that Ecklie could be an asshole and everything, and that he wasn't exactly Mr. Personality, and he was definitely not very attractive. There was just something about the guy that was kind of intriguing, and Greg, ever the curious one, couldn't help but being interested. What made this guy tick - why did he act like he did? Was he born to play politics? Did something happen in his past that made him do this? More importantly, what sort of things triggered his human side that he liked to keep hidden?

He was a bit of a puzzle, and, well, Grissom was always telling them to try to solve puzzles, right?

It occurred to him that becoming involved with Conrad Ecklie was probably not what Grissom had, had in mind, but Greg didn't care. He'd found out a lot of interesting things - such as the fact that Conrad Ecklie had horrible low self-esteem issues.

Granted, I don't know why, exactly, I kissed him, Greg thought, but the fact that he thought it was some sort of joke... who would do that to someone?

"Why would you do something like that? I could make your life hell, fire you, make it public - why would you risk your career? What are you playing at?" he had said, and Greg just kind of looked at him, slightly dumbfounded, before it clicked.

"You're scared. That's what this is about. What, you think I just go around kissing people and leading them on just to make them feel like crap and have a good laugh about it afterward? Geez, what kind of person do you think I am?"

"You're part of Grissom's team-"

"Eck- no, Conrad. Just shut up." And Greg kissed him again. That time, he didn't stop him.

And that was why Greg Sanders was able to put up with the light ribbing from Nick and Warrick about him 'sucking up' to Ecklie. He wondered what they'd be saying if they knew the truth. They'd have a field day with it, probably. Well, he certainly wasn't going to tell them.

It was their fault for assuming, anyway.

-End