In which her coworkers finally force her to speak to the cute boy that gives her heart eyes every morning when he grabs his coffee, and things turn out better than expected. [based on season seven of Criminal Minds] || book one of one || started: july 22nd 2016 ended: july 27th 2016

The graveyard shift is never an easy one, not even for the most experienced of CSI's. Meet Miki Romani, Vegas born and bred and the new girl on the block in the LVPD crime labs. A girl with definite potential to go far and a determination to rival even the best, she sets out to find the evidence to put the killers away for good. However, every crime comes with drama and before long, she finds herself caught up in her own problems, inherited from the father she never had a chance to meet. Along with that, comes the charming, but playful Greg Sanders, the CSI who is automatically drawn to Miki, feeling it his duty to guide her and pass his knowledge onto her as the now ex-new kid on the block. However, when one night changes the lives of the CSI's forever and two bullets force a ripple in their destinies, they find themselves caught up in a whirlwind of sin themselves, hiding the truth from the people who know them best. Just how long can things last before their secrets catch up with them? In a city of neon lights and burlesque dancers, Greg and Miki must find a way to remember the world that they forgot.

[keh-ren-sia] (n.) a place where one feels safe, a place from which one's strength of character is drawn; where one feels at home nick stokes x female oc CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Years after moving to San Diego to become the Director of the Crime Lab, Nick Stokes should be used to all kinds of threats against him, and his lab. Crazy stalkers, slighted officials, bureaucratic nightmares, disgruntled family members -- he's seen it all. What makes this time different? Kari Hanson is just a file clerk in that lab, a woman with a haunted past who's just trying to rebuild and live her life under the radar. When those worlds collide, sparks fly -- literally. Question is, will they crash and burn, or help each other to rise above it all?