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Kai made it a personal rule not to dip the pen in company ink, as Cath was fond of phrasing it. Sure it worked for some people – Greg and Nick have been together for five and a half years and no one cares. But in other cases it blows up spectacularly – Grissom and Sara come to mind. Though with them it was more a case of if you’re going to date your boss, don’t hide it from his boss. Regardless, Sara left nights and then Vegas altogether and her replacement is starting tonight. And he’s making Kai rethink his workplace dating policy. CSI Level 2 Leo Corbett is one hot guy. He doesn’t know much about the new CSI – just that he and Greg were college roommates and at one time a bit more than that. If Leo gets paired with Nick on a case, he may not survive his first shift. Nick generally isn’t the jealous type, but the green-eyed monster does tend to appear when he’s confronted with one of Greg’s exes – of either gender.
“You know the sooner you ask him out, the less likely Nick is to kill him. And I prefer my friends alive.” Kai jumps at the sound of the voice behind him.
“Damn it, Greg. You scared me.”
“That’s because you were too busy staring at Leo. Seriously Kai, you should ask him out.”
“First of all, I don’t know the guy. And I refuse to use you as a character witness. Aside from Nick, your taste has been questionable at best. And secondly…”
“You don’t date coworkers. I know. But sometimes it does work. And I’m insulted by your comment about my exes.”
“Just don’t break up with Nick or you’ll be doomed to be single for the rest of your life.”
“Very funny, Kai.” Greg sticks his tongue out at his friend as Nick sticks his head in the AV lab.
“Greg, come on. We have a case.”
“On my way. And seriously Kai, ask him out.” Nick sends Kai a look of apology before he and Greg head off to the crime scene. Kai buries his head in his hands – he has a feeling Greg won’t back off until he does indeed ask Leo out.