Wait...

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Luke rode the elevator down to the first floor of the Adolphus hotel in downtown Dallas, hoping to catch Reid before he got his car from the valet and drove away.  He rocked back and forth from foot to foot, nervously watching the numbers over the door.  I've wanted to kiss you for a long time, Luke.  And he'd just stood there, grinning like an idiot, letting him walk out the door.  Why hadn't he grabbed him, kissed him back, told him that the doctor's lips had been on his mind too?  God, that kiss.  So confident.  He'd been fantasizing about kissing Reid for months, even before he knew he was gay, even before he'd broken up with Noah.    And there had been that day at his house when Luke swore it almost happened.  The urge to press his lips to Reid's had caused him to swallow hard, and Reid looked like he's wanted it too, but then he'd dropped his hands from Luke's body, turned, and walked out the door.  "Come on, come on..." Luke quietly urged the elevator to go faster.  He didn't know where Reid's apartment was, so he had to get to the hotel lobby before it was too late.

When it arrived on the first floor, Luke anxiously exited the elevator and literally ran into Reid, who was stepping just as quickly into the elevator car.  Luke stepped back.  "Reid..."

Reid smiled at the sound of his first name coming out of Luke's mouth.  He looked at Luke's lips and then back up into his eyes before gently pushing Luke backwards into the elevator.  Once inside he pressed Luke up against the wall, while hitting  the number 19 on the control panel.  The doors closed.  The elevator started its assent.  Reid's mouth found Luke's again.  And this time, Luke kissed back.