Rating: PG, Crossover
Pairing: Josh/Catherine (West Wing/ CSI)
Spoilers: Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
Notes: For the LiveJournal TWW100 Crossover Challenge. For Bekki, who asked. Demanded. Ordered even.

Josh dodges Toby's question with a comment about knowing forbidden love; is grateful when Toby, predictably, cuts him off.

Because Josh doesn't want to castigate Sam for a one-night-stand with a hooker.

Not when he's the one who had a weeklong fling with a Vegas showgirl.

It was years ago, and he knows it was insane, but something drew him to her, something beyond the obvious. She was better than the French Palace; and holding her, he told her so.

Both knew that they had no future, but he still thinks of Catherine Willows, and when he does, he smiles.