A/N: Done for the Criminal Minds Weekly Prompts

Monday, October 22 – Week 4

Drabble Prompt: Coffee

Summary: Reid sees a cup of coffee he wants.

Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds or it's characters.

Word count: 494

The Cup Of Coffee

Reid made his way through the double doors, entering the bullpen. There was no one else around and he wondered where everyone was. Emily always beat him getting here. He looked up and noticed Hotch was sitting behind his desk… of course he was.

As he walked by Emily's desk he noticed the steaming cup of coffee on her desk. She couldn't be far off; everyone knew that Emily would rather die than give up her morning cup of coffee.

The coffee called to him, calling him to drink it. 'Hurry, she will be back in a minute. If you want me then hurry and drink me.' it called. 'You know you want too. Come on, she'll never know it was you.' it egged him on. The freshly brewed smell luring him in, he was the moth and the coffee the flame, it beckoned him.

Reid looked around to see if anyone was watching, there was no one there. Could he pull it off? He highly doubted he could get away with it. He weighed his options, drink the coffee and die a happy man or leave it and live to see another day. Hmm… he weighed them heavily. He grabbed the cup and high tailed it back out of the bullpen before anyone would know he was there. He hid in the stairwell and drank Emily's coffee. He chose there because no one ever used the stairs so he could go unseen. He finished the coffee and made his way back to his desk. As he entered the bullpen he noticed Emily was standing beside Morgan who had shown up while he was in the stairwell.

"I know you took it Derek, now where is it?" Emily hissed at Morgan.

"Princess, I swear I didn't take your coffee. I just got here right before you came back to your desk."

"Morning guys." Reid said as he set his bag down beside his desk. "What's going on?" he asked.

"Morgan took my coffee while I was in the bathroom." she said angrily.

"No I didn't. I just got here, I swear." Morgan defended himself.

"Why don't you just get another cup Emily?" Reid asked the irate woman.

"Because that was a special cup of coffee Reid. It had the extra dose of estrogen and vitamins the doctor has me on since Aaron and I are trying to get pregnant. I don't have any more with me so now I don't get the dose I need today."

Reid's face paled at that, what the hell did he do? He turned and ran to the bathroom, throwing up the coffee and the breakfast he ate that morning.

Back in the bullpen Emily and Morgan were laughing, "Did you see his face? Priceless… I should have had Garcia hide to capture that look for future torture." Emily laughed.

"I am surprised he actually bought it… not as smart as he appears sometimes." Morgan quipped, laughing until he cried.