A/N: I do not own any recognizable characters. This idea is from something I came across months ago that said Garcia was on some type of drugs.
Garcia sat at her computers and stared blankly. She didn't feel right. The doctors said that she would feel off for a couple of days, but this was more than she expected.
"Garcia?" Morgan asked from the doorway. He noticed the change in her behavior that morning.
"Yeah?" She didn't look up.
"Are you alright?" He sat down beside her in one of her office chairs.
"Oh, I'll be fine. My doctor changed the dosage on my meds, but I'll be fine." It wasn't until after she said it that she realized what she said. She rolled her eyes and smiled. There was bound to be a time when someone found out.
"Baby girl, is there something you need to tell me?" He remembered Reid's bout with addiction, and how it got real bad before it got better.
"Morgan… Derek… If it was something I wanted you to know, then I would have told you," she replied as she turned around to face him. "I've been getting help and no one noticed a thing, which means I was doing something right."
Morgan's face was blank. "What do you mean by right?"
"I was in therapy off and on for two years. Then after I was shot, I was started on anti-depressants... Derek… The fact that I was able to keep this all a secret is what I mean by right. No one on the team knew all the bad I was feeling, all the bad I still feel. Don't forget that I am supposed to be in jail. I faced many years for what I did. I can't leave this job on my own. So I do what I can to get through this."
"I could have helped you, if you needed someone to talk to."
"You deal with enough already. Everyone deals with enough. I am not going to be another worry on your shoulders. I am getting help and that is all that matters."
Morgan smiled.
"Is there anything I can do for you?" He still wanted to feel like he was doing something.
"You can walk your sexy self back to your desk and let me get through these next few days on my own. You can also refrain from informing anyone else about our little discussion… And most importantly, you can try to not see me any differently than before." Her smile was bright and her eyes were serious.
"I can do that." And with those words, Morgan left the room knowing that there was so much more to Penelope Garcia.