This is my second attempt at a CM fic so sorry if it's not that great I'm trying to improve. This isn't slash just a conversation between Rossi and Gideon. They aren't my most favourite characters but this idea just came to me. Warnings for those who don't like shipping, all HET pairings except for Prentiss/OFC. Later pairings include Rossi/OFC, Reid/OFC, Morgan/OFC, Garcia/ Kevin and JJ/Hotch. Hope you enjoy if you've have taken the time to read thanks!
Chapter 1 - Niceties
There was really no point in him coming. To be honest it wasn't as if either of them were ever really friends. But the phone call he got three days ago to 'catch up on things' peaked his curiosity and in fairness although David Rossi was a changed man in many ways, Jason Gideon brought out the worst in him and yeah if he admitted it to himself he hadn't really changed that much. After all he never really lost his arrogance he just learnt how to dial it down so he wouldn't be honoured with the now infamous Aaron Hotchner death glare.
He pushed the door open to the diner that he regularly passed on his way up to Little Creek. He had insisted on choosing the meeting place and the time, he'd be damned if he let his former colleague feel he had the control in this little get together. In truth Jason Gideon had always made him defensive. It wasn't that Gideon was smarter than him, that he knew which buttons to press to make Rossi defensive no it was just he thought, noworse than that he believed he was smarter and knew which buttons to press. They were polar opposites, they always were. Rossi went to community college but Gideon was Ivy League. Gideon joined the army whereas Rossi enrolled in the Marine Corps. Jason hiked while Dave hunted. Rossi franchised his knowledge while Gideon decided to teach his. They were like yin and yang, night and day, Democrats and Republicans; they weren't supposed to get along.
David Rossi would be the first to admit he could be an egoistic jerk but his comeback to the BAU seven years ago had defiantly changed him. The team, his family had changed him. Taking a seat in the booth near the far window he ordered his coffee and a slice of pie not bothering to wait for his company to arrive. He saw the red truck pull into the car park and watched as the fellow profiler cautiously enters the diner. No words were exchanged an unsure smile and he silently sat down. They stared at each other, both standing their ground, neither wanting to be the first to speak.
The waitress interrupted their standoff by placing Rossi's coffee and pie in front of him. "Is that all I can get for you sugar?"
"Yeah thanks, Doreen." He squinted at her name badge, god he was getting old he needed his glasses.
"Anything I can get for you hun?" She turned to Gideon
"Just a coffee thank you" Straight to the point as usual
"So, tell me Jason" He took a bite of his pie wanting to make this almost painful for him "What the hell do you want?"