Title: Paired Up
By: postnotice
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Written for Queen of the Universe's 500word story challenge. Sara and Catherine spice up the downtime at the lab.

The day had started normally (well, night, rather) - the graveyard shift was found lounging in the break room...everyone except Grissom, but that was expected.

The lac of anything to do weighed heavily on them, and finally, Sara sighed. "If you were going to date someone in the lab, who would you date?"

"Ooh, spice it up a little," Catherine suggested, leaning forward. "Let's guess. And the labrats, too," no one seemed to notice Nick and Greg's amused glances.

"Henry and..." Catherine's eyes settled on Warrick, and she voiced his name.

"What? Come on Cath, you know I'm not..."

"No, who's Henry into?"

"Not getting into this," he said, downing the rest of his coffee and standing. Catherine protested, eventually coazing him back into his seat, and prompted him again. "Okay..Mandy, I guess,"

"And...?"

"And what? This wasn't my idea, I'm not doing all the brain work,"

"Sara and Grissom," Greg threw in, drinking his coffee. He winked at Sara, who glared back while Nick chuckled beside him.

"Wendy and Hodges," Catherine added thoughtfully, staring into space.

"Judy and David,"

"Dave's already taken," Nick pointed out.

"Not our problem," Catherine shrugged, looking down into her cup.

"Jacqui and Bobby?" Sara wondered aloud.

"I thought Bobby was gay," Greg said, eyes widening when everyone looked at him. "Uh..."

"Bobby and Archie, then," Catherine revised, flipping her hair from her face. "Jacqui and..."

"Ecklie?"

"No way, the thought of Ecklie with anyone sexually disturbs me," Nick said with a shudder, the room muttering agreements.

"That leaves Nick, Greg, Warrick, Catherine, Jacqui, and Doc Robbins,"

"Jacqui and Robbins,"

"Grissom chose this moment to stick his head into the breakroom, eyebrows furrowed together in frustration. "I've been looking for all of you for the last ten minutes. I've got cases!" he waved the slips for emphasis and waited for the to stand.

Once they received cases, Sara turned to them. "Cath and Warrick, Nick and Greg,"

They walked from the break room, leaving the newly acclaimed 'perfect gay couple' alone. Greg drank the last of his coffee before turning to Nick. "For the record, they're not the only ones who think we'd make a hot couple," he winked and left, leaving a dumbfounded Texan in the breakroom, alone.