Not Brave Enough
"...........short oneshot that extaends the conversation between reid and ethan in new orleans. please r&r!!!!"
"Reid, you don't have to lie to me- I know you're not fine." Ethan prompted. Trying to get Reid to open up and talk was harder than pulling teeth. He had always been stubborn, which didn't help with the task.
"I....I don't know what you're talking about, Ethan." Reid stuttered severely. He nervously fingered his drink, and never made eye-contact.
Ethan sighed. "Reid, come on. Don't do this to yourself. Come on man, I know you're smarter than this. Just tell me what's wrong. I won't tell anyone." he pleaded.
Reid was staring at the floor, his hair covering his face. His hand was shaking again- along with the rest of his body. Ethan frowned, and put his hand on his young friend's shoulder. In the past, they were rivals, but now, Reid just needed a friend.
"Hey, Reid, It's alright man, just talk to me. I wanna help you out." he soothed. Reid sniffled, and a tear drop fell from his eye, hitting the carpeted floor. Ethan withdrew his hand when he remembered that Reid hated being touched.
"Reid, what happened?" he asked, very concerned. He had never seen Reid cried openly before.
"Tobias Hankel.........he wa-was an unsub in Geor-gia an-and well........." Reid managed to choke out before he broke down crying. Ethan sat down closer to Reid, and rubbed his back. "He-he kidnapped me and tortured me for two days.........but that's not all........." he stuttered. Reid's crying increased a bit.
"It's okay Reid, just take your time." he whispered. Ethan remembered hearing about an FBI agent being tortured on the news, but a name was never released to the public. He never knew it was Reid.
"He-he drugged me.........and no-now..........'' He started crying fresh tears again. He didn't have to say anymore, Ethan understood.
"Oh." was all he said at first. He never thought that so many bad things could happen to one person, but now he knew the possibilities of different ways of being tortured were endless. Reid had always been fragile, or so he thought. But in fact, he was wrong. Reid was a very strong porosn, but hid it well. Ethan scooted closer to Reid, and wrapped his arms around him. He was purely shocked when Reid embraced it, knowing how Reid hated being touched. 'Something must really be wrong,' he thought, 'if shy Spencer Reid was actually showing weakness.'
"Wh-what do we do?" Reid asked weakly. Ethan brought Reid in a tighter hug.
"We get through this. Together." he responded.
Ethan and Reid stayed that way for many hours- just listening to each others breathing as Reid tried to convince himself his was brave enough to get through this. But he knew there wasn't any point in trying, he knew the truth.......
He wasn't brave.
"............ok, i hope that didnt suck! just thought it would be nice 2 mention ethan again........he should guest star again!!!! please r&r, even if its just 2 say i suck!!!"
