Title: Sun Catcher
By: Caster
Pairing: gen
Rating: PG

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Archie Johnson obviously had a death wish. It had begun as Greg's idea, a brilliant plan that went along the lines of 'Hey, let's get David more into music.' And on anyone else, this might've worked. But David Hodges wasn't just anyone else; even if he did like the music they not-so-subtly stuck in his CD player, he'd never admit it. Two months later, Greg had no choice but to surrender to their looming defeat; Archie, on the other hand, had much more time to plot than Greg ever did. (After all, he spent hours viewing surveillance footage. Could you blame him if his mind wandered every once in a while?)

Three months later, his music list was becoming shorter and shorter every passing night. He'd tried Japan. He'd tried Depeche Mode. David Sylvian? New Order? All were placed into David's stereo while the trace tech was away and, consequently, all were turned into sun catchers. (David would thread the CDs with string and hang them in the main lobby. Accordingly, the lobby was beginning to look quite pretty.)

It wasn't until month four that Archie slipped Duran Duran's Astronaut into David's Walkman. He didn't expect to succeed, but when he passed the lobby and noticed that another rainbow-colored disk hadn't been added to their sun catcher display, he was curious. He passed the break room and Grissom's office to reach David's lab; he was disappointed that David was already gone, but there was a Post It attached to his CD player, obviously meant for Archie to find.

They don't make my ears bleed.

Archie grinned at the words and hurried off to find Greg before the he left. He'd done the impossible; this so called for celebration, and breakfast at Frank's Diner sounded pretty darn good.

FIN.