A.N.: Hi everyone! Here's my first story written for FanFiction. Well, it's partly finished, and because I was afraid that in the beginning it seems a bit slow, I decided to take out a part from one of the later chapters and post it as a prologue to gather some interest:D Hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds... of course.
P.S.: Since I'm not a native English-speaker, I'm currently looking for anyone who has time and enthusiasm to beta-read for me... I'd be grateful for that:) I apologize for the possible (and probable) mistakes in this part.
The Scent of Awakening
Prologue
Awakening...
Suddenly he found himself roughly shaken awake. It was like crashing into ice cold water after long minutes of blissful floating. It all came back instantly: the cold, the wind, the pain.
Prentiss was shaking his shoulder, and kept calling his name.
"What?" he mumbled in a raspy voice.
"Try not to fall asleep" she told him and ceased the shaking as she saw that he was finally awake.
"And why not?" Reid demanded almost angrily. He found it very cruel of her not letting him slip into that blissful state where he can ignore the pain and the cold.
"Because" she replied and lifted Reid's chin with her hand as his head fell down sleepily to his chest "you probably have a concussion judging by that nasty head gash of yours, and..."
"My head feels fine" Reid lied.
"...and if you're asleep, your body can fight less effectively against the cold" she finished the sentence, ignoring the interruption.
Reid silently admitted that she was right. He was still violently shaking from the icy weather that kept on assaulting them, and the fact that they were sitting between the roots of a giant tree, huddled up against each other to keep themselves as much warm as possible, barely helped him.
"Only three hours until dawn" Prentiss announced "if I am not mistaken"
Reid merely nodded and blinked heavily. He wanted to sleep and it was hard to fight against it. He had to tear himself apart from returning to that comfortable, warm place, back here, in the freezing hell.
He knew he had a fever...
That's it! Well sorry if it's too short, it seemed a lot longer to me when I edited it in Word:) Please review and tell me if I should post the rest of the story! Thanks,
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