Title: Sleep
Author: Beverly
Rating: PG
Fandom/pairing: CSI: Vegas, Gil Grissom/Nick Stokes
Wordcount: 106
Summary: Drabble based on prompt #009 Months.

It was five months now since Nicky's abduction, and finally Gil managed to sleep through the night again. The first weeks had been the worst. Every night he'd woken up in cold sweat, shivering, calling out Nick's name. But Nick hadn't been there. Gil had been alone. After a while Nick had looked at him with a strange epression on his face. And one morning, after their shift had ended, he dragged the older man home with him, put him to bed, curled up around him and held him through the night.

And Gil slept peaceful, feeling safe and secure for the first time in months.

The end