"I am so ready to curl up in my bed and fall asleep" Prentiss groaned as she stacked her files on her desk. Morgan slung his sports backpack over his should, "Me too" he agreed, "Reid, you leaving with us?" Reid sat at his desk quietly observing Seaver as she sat in J.J's old desk. She was writing something down on paper. "You guys go on without me. I'll see you tomorrow" He called to Morgan and Prentiss as he made his way over to J.J's desk.
"Uh, you're sitting in J.J's desk"
Seaver looked up at him surprised, "Oh I'm sorry, uh Hotch said I could use her old desk to fill out some papers dealing with BAU stuff". Reid was quick to reply, "Oh, no I'm not mad, just an observation" he paused to think about J.J. He sure did miss her. Despite his short crush on her he felt like she was the sister he never had. She listened when he spoke and she was always there to console him. Even in the early days when he was only in his early twenties, she would come to his rescue when Morgan would tease him about his age. With her gone, he felt as if a part of him were gone too.
Seaver smiled inwardly, "I've heard good things about her… I feel somewhat bad that Hotch has accepted my stay for longer than expected. It's going to look like I am trying to take her place. That never crossed Reid's mind but it could be true. He was sure Morgan and Garcia would especially feel that.
"Are you, um, alright?" he asked feeling a little awkward. Was it right for him to pry? No, he was just being friendly. Her face changed, it became more serious and she began to speak with a solemn tone, "After my father was put in prison I constantly considered hating him. Every time I thought about him, I tried to remind myself what he did to innocent women but I could never dig deep inside myself to hate him. I know that the BAU catches the 'bad guys' but after speaking with that father who killed his wife and the other women, I realized that my father wasn't bad he was just misguided. He needed help and he got that help when Rossi and Hotch caught him. Reid spoke, "It's true… the unsubs can sometimes be the victim too". Their eyes locked and blushing smiles appeared on both of them.
"Uh you mentioned you have an eidetic memory?" Seaver asked causing both of their smiles to fade
"Yeah"
"Do you ever try to forget those case files you read about?"
"All the time"
"And do you ever succeed in forgetting them?"
"No… they always stay with me"
Seaver signed her name off on the paper she was attending to, "Hey do you maybe want to get some coffee?" Reid nodded his head and smiled confidently, "That sounds very alluring, I think I would". He grabbed his shoulder bag off his chair and as they left the office, a sharp pain suddenly stung his head. He gripped his forehead with his palms when Seaver noticed she placed a hand on his shoulder, "Reid, are you O.K?" He ignored the pain and looked up at her with a smile, "I'm fine, let's go". Unbeknownst to them, as they left Hotch watched them leave together from the window of his office.