Title: A Decided Lack of Equality

Author: Michelle K.

Category: Drabble, Catherine/Sara

Rating: PG-13

Spoilers: through 'Play with Fire'

Summary: This'll be the last time.

Disclaimer: Belongs to Bruckheimer, CBS, others.

Notes: For the 'lasts' challenge at csi100.

A Decided Lack of Equality

by Michelle K

This, Catherine tells herself, will be the last time she kisses Sara. It's not fair to either of them, this cycle of drunken sex and confusion, these half-hearted attempts at pretending that fucking solves anything at all.

It's never going to make them happier.

It certainly hasn't yet.

And then there's Grissom: Sara's obsession, even if she would never classify it that way. She and Sara would've been over if he'd said yes to her dinner invitation, this Catherine knows for sure.

No. It's not fair to anyone.

And yet, when their lips meet, it feels like anything but finality.

FIN