Re: Grissom&Sara #10 - Meet Me in the Gutter & bring the Tap
I totally buy into the theory that there was an attraction between them when they first met in SF (or whereever it was - the location has not been confirmed...) I dont think it was acted on. I think they intellectually stimulated each other and that she asked him for coffee (she'd had covered by saying that it was to discuss forensics...)
They went out for coffee, which became dinner, which turned into him walking her home. Then they had that moment - you know, the moment where you're with someone who you're attracted to, and they seem into you too, and you almost kiss. And it gets really quiet... And then you stammer your way through a 'well, this was nice' and 'i had a great time, thanks' and they said goodnight and went their seperate ways...
They had exchanged email addresses, and when Sara wanted advice on a case or something, she emailed him. He was pleasantly surprised to hear from her, and when he emailed back a response, he took the time to ask how things were with her. And so it began, their friendship via email. ANd when he was in SF on business, they met up for dinner to catch up. But nothing ever happened, because Grissom was convinced that it would never work - beautiful, younger woman, long distance - nope, bad idea in his mind. So they just kept it as friends...
Then he asks Sara to Vegas. And she comes. And, maybe, somewhere in the back of his mind he thought 'well, that removes the long distance thing' But then he was made the Supervisor officially and he had to start putting up those barriers between himself and his subordinates. The man who was already pretty removed from the rest of the world in the social sense now had another barrier. And so he grew even more introverted. And more distant from everyone he worked with. And the flirting between himself and Sara lessened, especially after he realised that she maybe had feelings for him too...
And so they did their dance to the place where they are now - the shards of their broken friendship only now starting to be reassembled... And then, maybe one day...