A Well Respected Man (Chapter 2 - This Is Your Life)
Title: A Well Respected Man (Chapter 2 - This Is Your Life)
Author: ar_poe
Rating: PG
Pairing: Morgan/Reid
Summary: Spoilers for 'The Big Game' and 'Revelations.' What happened during Dr. Reid's group therapy and throughout his recovery.
Chapter 1 can be found here.
A/N: I got quite a few reviews on here and LJ, so I thought I'd go ahead and post chapter 2. Enjoy! And thanks to Hanna for being a beta reader!
Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds nor do I own Dr. Spencer Reid or Derek Morgan. It'd be nice, though.
Chapter 2
It was late by the time Reid had managed to drag himself up the stairs and to his apartment door. He rummaged through his tan shoulder bag looking for his keys, and they fumbled around in his tired hands as he found the right one.
“Hey, kid.” A familiar voice said from the hallway. Reid jumped, startled, and dropped his keys. He looked to the right and found Morgan leaning up against the wall, arms crossed against his chest, with an amused smile spread across his face. Reid picked up his keys and unlocked the door.
“Hi.” Reid said, “Uh... What are you doing here?” “We were all just kind of worried about you, since you didn't take Garcia up on the offer to go out. You seemed kind of off today, thought I'd come check up on you.” Morgan answered, smile fading from his face as he lifted himself off the wall.
“I'm fine.” Reid said, looking into his apartment. “I guess... I guess you wanna come in?” Morgan studied Reid's face for a moment and nodded.
“Sure, kid.” Morgan followed Reid into his apartment and stood in the kitchen, watching as Reid took off his coat and threw it over the chair. “I have water and coffee, if you want anything...” Reid said awkwardly. Morgan smiled, “I just thought you might wanna talk.” Morgan knew something was going on, but he also knew that if you pushed the kid, he'd clam up and not talk. “I'm starvin'. Wanna order a pizza?”
Reid looked down at his watch and frowned. “It's almost 10:30.” Morgan looked at him with humor in his eyes, “You have a better idea, Pretty Boy?”
Reid and Morgan sat in silence for awhile, enjoying the pizza. They were both starving and they both enjoyed the company. After a good fifteen minutes, Reid broke the silence.
“I had my first meeting tonight.” He said , chewing slowly, eyes remaining on the slice of pizza.
“Oh, really?” Morgan began, a little too enthusiastically. He locked his eyes on Reid and waited for him to continue, taking a bite of his pizza.
“Yeah...” Reid answered, nodding more to himself than to Morgan. “It was...” Reid's eyes darted, searching for the right words. “Strangely uplifting...” Reid finally looked at him, that goofy and innocent smile of his spread across his face.
“Well, that's good, kid.” Morgan beamed. “Gives us a perfect reason to celebrate, just wait 'til Garcia finds out -”
“No!” Reid interrupted. “I don't... I don't want everyone else to know. Not yet..” Morgan looked at him curiously, but then nodded. “Alright, kid.”
Part of Morgan was happy and relieved that Reid chose to confide in him and not anyone else on the team. “We should do this more often.” Morgan added, fetching another beer he had picked up with the pizza from the kid's fridge, and getting that goofy grin of Reid's in response as well as a tired nod. “Yeah, we should.” A/N: I've been reading nothing but Morgan/Reid fluff lately, and I haven't decided if I want this to turn into a Morgan/Reid relationship or not. Feedback and suggestions?
Feedback, pretty please?
Author: ar_poe
Rating: PG
Pairing: Morgan/Reid
Summary: Spoilers for 'The Big Game' and 'Revelations.' What happened during Dr. Reid's group therapy and throughout his recovery.
Chapter 1 can be found here.
A/N: I got quite a few reviews on here and LJ, so I thought I'd go ahead and post chapter 2. Enjoy! And thanks to Hanna for being a beta reader!
Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds nor do I own Dr. Spencer Reid or Derek Morgan. It'd be nice, though.
Chapter 2
It was late by the time Reid had managed to drag himself up the stairs and to his apartment door. He rummaged through his tan shoulder bag looking for his keys, and they fumbled around in his tired hands as he found the right one.
“Hey, kid.” A familiar voice said from the hallway. Reid jumped, startled, and dropped his keys. He looked to the right and found Morgan leaning up against the wall, arms crossed against his chest, with an amused smile spread across his face. Reid picked up his keys and unlocked the door.
“Hi.” Reid said, “Uh... What are you doing here?” “We were all just kind of worried about you, since you didn't take Garcia up on the offer to go out. You seemed kind of off today, thought I'd come check up on you.” Morgan answered, smile fading from his face as he lifted himself off the wall.
“I'm fine.” Reid said, looking into his apartment. “I guess... I guess you wanna come in?” Morgan studied Reid's face for a moment and nodded.
“Sure, kid.” Morgan followed Reid into his apartment and stood in the kitchen, watching as Reid took off his coat and threw it over the chair. “I have water and coffee, if you want anything...” Reid said awkwardly. Morgan smiled, “I just thought you might wanna talk.” Morgan knew something was going on, but he also knew that if you pushed the kid, he'd clam up and not talk. “I'm starvin'. Wanna order a pizza?”
Reid looked down at his watch and frowned. “It's almost 10:30.” Morgan looked at him with humor in his eyes, “You have a better idea, Pretty Boy?”
Reid and Morgan sat in silence for awhile, enjoying the pizza. They were both starving and they both enjoyed the company. After a good fifteen minutes, Reid broke the silence.
“I had my first meeting tonight.” He said , chewing slowly, eyes remaining on the slice of pizza.
“Oh, really?” Morgan began, a little too enthusiastically. He locked his eyes on Reid and waited for him to continue, taking a bite of his pizza.
“Yeah...” Reid answered, nodding more to himself than to Morgan. “It was...” Reid's eyes darted, searching for the right words. “Strangely uplifting...” Reid finally looked at him, that goofy and innocent smile of his spread across his face.
“Well, that's good, kid.” Morgan beamed. “Gives us a perfect reason to celebrate, just wait 'til Garcia finds out -”
“No!” Reid interrupted. “I don't... I don't want everyone else to know. Not yet..” Morgan looked at him curiously, but then nodded. “Alright, kid.”
Part of Morgan was happy and relieved that Reid chose to confide in him and not anyone else on the team. “We should do this more often.” Morgan added, fetching another beer he had picked up with the pizza from the kid's fridge, and getting that goofy grin of Reid's in response as well as a tired nod. “Yeah, we should.” A/N: I've been reading nothing but Morgan/Reid fluff lately, and I haven't decided if I want this to turn into a Morgan/Reid relationship or not. Feedback and suggestions?
Feedback, pretty please?