Faerie (CSI Miami zine)
| Zine | |
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| Title: | Faerie |
| Publisher: | Requiem Publications |
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| Author(s): | Khylara |
| Cover Artist(s): | Ara |
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| Date(s): | 2005 |
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| Size: | digest-sized |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | CSI Miami |
| Language: | English |
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Faerie is a slash 266-page digest-sized CSI Miami novel by Khylara. It has a cover by Ara.
Summary from Knightwriter: "Secrets, unexpected revelations, and danger from outside the team colour this new novel... Lots of h/c, and a happy ending."
Excerpt
"I'm sorry," Tim Speedle said softly, his voice full of regret but firm and final all the same. "I can't."Horatio Caine stared at the younger man in stupefied shock. He had caught all the signals that had passed between them over the last few months - the looks constantly traded back and forth, the light, brushing little touches whenever they passed one another, more and more time spent in each other's company both off the job and on. Every one of those gestures had indicated an interest, an attraction and he had felt sure enough to make an offer to take things further. He had been more than confident that he wouldn't be turned down.
He had been wrong.
"Why?" he found himself asking. He had to know the reason; he couldn't have made that big of a mistake. Could he? "I thought that you..." He stopped just then, not knowing what else to say. Especially when he already had said too much.
"You weren't wrong, H," Speed said softly. He folded his arms across his chest, an uncomfortable look on his face. "I do... I am. Very much so." He paused. "But I've given it a lot of thought, us getting together, and I just can't." He shook his head. "I'm sorry if I led you on or anything. God knows I didn't mean to."
"No, you didn't," Horatio quickly said. And he hadn't. Not really. Just the signals, which weren't Speed's fault. He was the one who had read them all wrong
But had he really? He said he was attracted to me, Horatio realized, thinking about Speed's exact words. He just said that he couldn't do anything about it? But why? I know he isn't seeing anyone else, so that can't be the reason. "It's because I'm your boss, isn't it?" he asked, hazarding a guess. "I'm your boss and we work together. You don't want to jeopardize that."
"That's partly it," Speed acknowledged with a nod. "But it's not the only reason. A big part of it is personal."