Multifandom Imagines (and a Headcanon set here and there)

Rise Up (TheFatRat) - Gil Grissom x Reader

(A/N: Of course my first Gil x Reader fic is a song fic. Now, the song is in no way a love song, but I found that it fitted the context. I was writing, and this song came to mind. As my fic progressed, I thought of using Electrified instead. Well, guess what? I'm making a part 2, so I have an excuse to use both songs ;p I have to specify the artist, because Skillet also has a song called Rise Up...so yeah.  I have a lot of other fics to write but...I need the comfort right now...so have another comfort fic. Sara doesn't exist in this.)

You were sitting in the break room.  You had your half-eaten food to one side and the case file on the other, slightly nearer to you.  Your writing hand rested on the paper with the pen slack in between your thumb and forefinger, and your other fist was pressed against your mouth, supported by your elbow on the table.

You were trapped in your own thoughts.  Memories of your past flooded through, overwhelming you.  A tear that you were not conscious of slowly formed and rolled down your cheek.

Gil was walking to the break room. He saw you. He leant against the doorframe and called softly, "(Y/n)."

When you feel it's hopeless
When you think that you've lost, oh
I will take your hand and
We'll rise up from the dust, oh

You jumped in shock but quickly recovered to practically scrub your tear, which you had sensed when Grissom brought you back to consciousness, away.  As you did, you whipped around to face him, immediately going, "What? What?"

He frowned hard as he walked towards you. Somebody who did not know him would think that he was angry, but everybody who did know him would have known that he was concerned. "What's the matter?" he asked.

Here we go, go, go, let us heal and grow, you won't be alone, we're unstoppable
Don't be afraid to show what we're going for, this is what we know

"Nothing," you said, your voice steady.

He sat down beside you and looked at you with that piercing gaze he used whenever he was trying to reach your soul.  "Don't get lost to ghosts of the past."

Here we come back to life, we're still breathing
Standing up, everybody's gonna see it
Oh all you need to know is that we're holding on
Even if we all, we will rise up
And we follow the path that we believe in
No we're not gonna stop until we reach it
Oh all you need to know is that we're holding on
We rise up from the dust and claim our throne

You would have been able to hide your emotions if it had been anyone else on the team, as good as they were, but you had been working with Gil ever since the two of your were in San Francisco. You smiled sadly and looked down at the table, the hand that was holding your pen fidgeting a little.  You turned back to him and, your voice betraying the fact that your nose was stuffy, said, "Those ghosts still haunt me."

He put a hand on your shoulder. "You have to learn to let go."

We rise up from the dust and claim our throne

"Gil, you know that the hardest thing for me to do is letting go..." you said forlornly, putting a hand over his.

We all have our reasons
Why we are on this track, oh
We all have our burdens yeah but
We just keep on fighting and we never look back

"But you have to try."

Here we come back to life, we're still breathing
Standing up, everybody's gonna see it
Oh all you need to know is that we're holding on
Even if we all, we will rise up
And we follow the path that we believe in
No we're not gonna stop until we reach it
Oh all you need to know is that we're holding on
We rise up from the dust and claim our throne