What Makes the Desert Beautiful
Welcome to What Makes the Desert Beautiful! This collection contains works from the archive What Makes The Desert Beautiful (WMTDB), an archive for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation fanfiction focussed on the Nick and Greg slash pairing, active from 2004 to 2017, founded by CarolineCrane and moderated by BeeLikeJ.
What Makes the Desert Beautiful is CLOSED to new works.
The import of this archive to the AO3 was approved by the OTW Open Doors Committee on October 2021, and was completed in November 2023.
Links to the original archive were set to redirect to the collection on the AO3 in January 2024.
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I'm posting all of my old CSI Nick/Greg fanfic here. They're all very short (the longest is just over a thousand words), so I didn't want to post them all individually. So you're getting them here, as different chapters. :P These were written between 2004 and 2006 (omg I feel so old D:).
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A collection of one shots depicting the life of the Sanders-Stokes family. Some angst, but mostly humor, romance, and fun times had by all. NG, no other pairings.
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When the truth about Greg’s test tube DNA becomes known, Nick will need all the strength he can muster to keep him safe and protected, while Greg will need his own strength just to stay alive. And the strange truth, will surprise you. AU, NG.
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An assassin for hire has one last job to do for his boss who's realized that Nick Stokes is on to him. Can Greg save Nick's life or will he wind up dead for doing his job? Action violence romance angst slightAU. NG
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Greg calls Nick at work because he can’t sleep. What ensues will give Warrick the surprise of his life. NG Romance, humor, rated G.