Title: The Missing Lover
By: gstar16
Pairing: Gil/Nick
Rating: PG

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It would be hard to think of life without him, he knew, but he may have to. His lover had been missing for a week now and Gil was blaming himself for it. Catherine had tried to comfort him but she had not succeed. She had too much of a motherly aspect to her. Now Gil was sitting in his office reviewing the case file of his missing lover. This was the only case that anyone in the whole department was working on. The goal was to find him before it was to late. His parents had flown in and were staying at a hotel nearby.

"Gil you okay?" Catherine asked. Gil looked up to see Catherine and Nick's parents standing in the doorway.

"Yeah I'm fine. Why?" Gil asked gazing into Catherine's eyes remembering his lover's deep brown eyes.

"Have you made any progress?" Nick's father asked before Catherine could say anything.

"No we haven't. I promise you when we do I will let you know." Gil said sadly. Nick's mother leaned on her husband's shoulder in tears. Everyone was missing Nick and his cheerful disposition.

"May I please be left alone to think?" Gil asked rather calmly.

"Sure," Catherine said as she escorted Nick's upset parents out the door. Then it was silent. Gil had time to think but his mind was set on one thing, the deep brown eyes of his lost lover. Then came a sound that shattered the silence into a million pieces. He looked up and there was nothing. It must be all in his mind he thought. Then he heard it again. He looked up again but once again nothing. He started to concentrate on the sound and it was the same scream Nick had emitted when he was buried alive. He knew then it was all in his mind but then he had it. He knew where Nick was. He finally knew.

He flew past Catherine who was amazed to see him running. She shouted after him but he completly ignored her. She ran after him and reached the parking lot when he was pulling out. She watched him pull away and knew he was up to something.

Gil reached the old dark building he had been longing to come back to. It was the place where Nick and Gil did their first case together. He slowly and catiously walked up the front steps. He heard a moan coming from inside and he glanced in the window to see Nick tied to a pole in the middle of the room. He looked around for anyone else but noone was around. He called Brass and told him he found Nick. Then he called Catherine and told her to tell his parents.

He turned the cold metal doorknob and the big wooden door creaked open. Nick looked up at him with his deep brown eyes and once he saw it was Gil he knew he was safe. Gil rushed to his lover's side to comfort him.

"I was waiting for you," Nick said shakily. A smile spread across Gil's face.

"Do my parents know?" Nick asked.

"Yes. Now shhh, no more talking." Gil said calmly. A smile spread across Nick's face as he gazed into the deep blue eyes of his lover he had been longing to see once again.

After a few minutes Brass, an ambulance, Catherine and Nick's parents showed up. Nick was taken to the hospital and Gil could finally breath knowing now his lover was safe.

THE END

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