AN: You can completely blame /u/DeejayMil for my new found love of this pairing by the way.

Wow, that was intense. It had been a while since she worked in a team. Probably too long, this was going to be difficult to get used to. Emily put her game face on, she could do this. She was capable. Everyone walked past with well-practiced ease. Emily was fascinated, they were like a well-oiled machine. Well, they would just have to get used to another cog.

She wished that she could have introduced herself properly to the team, good first impressions and all that. Especially since it looked like no one knew she was arriving today. The slim blonde agent (JJ, was it?) had eyed her curiously the entire time.

Dr Reid was fumbling with his bag. A stuck zip had stopped him moving like the rest. Emily saw a chance to make this all a little bit less awkward.

"Hi," she greeted, standing in front of him hand outstretched. "I'm Emily."

He blinked rapidly at her. She resisted the urge to wave her hand in front of his face.

"Um, yeah. Hotch…Hotch said." He responded looking flustered. "Hi."

A bit jumpy, this one. Her hand was still there. He followed her quick glance and flushed violently.

He swallowed hard and waved his free hand awkwardly. "I…I don't shake hands."

Emily pulled her hand back, blushing. Ouch. "Sorry."

Dr Reid quickly shook his head and stood up. He smiled awkwardly down at her, he was tall, "Not your fault. Germaphobe."

"Ah." At least it wasn't a slight on her.

He still hadn't properly introduced himself.

"So, you're the one with all the PhDs?" she said, as he shuffled his papers, recalling some of the information she had been given.

Big brown bambi eyes eyed her but added nothing.

"Was it five?" she queried, knowing full well she was wrong but wanting to antagonise a conversation out of him.

"Three actually," Dr Reid replied quietly, striding out of the conference room.

She jogged slightly to keep up. "Cool."

That made him stop. Ha. He turned to give her a curiously hopeful look.

"Hey, kid?"

Agent Morgan was casually leaning against the wall outside. He looked at her slightly suspiciously. Emily tried not to frown at the very stereotypical alpha-male behaviour.

"All good, kid?" he asked Dr Reid, who was clutching his loose papers to his chest,

He nodded jerkily at the older agent. Just how young was he?

Apparently satisfied that the youngest agent was in one piece, Morgan turned to face her with a smile.

"Derek Morgan," he introduced himself.

"Emily Prentiss, but you already knew that."

They shook hands firmly.

"You're the explosives expert, right?" she asked him, hoping that Dr Reid will feel more comfortable if she didn't come across as interrogating him.

"You've done your homework," he responded, eyebrows raised and looking slightly impressed.

He was still smiling, at least.

"And our expert on obsessional crimes," Dr Reid piped up.

Emily looked questioningly at Morgan. The man nodded at her but rolls his eyes fondly. These two were obviously close. Unusual.

"And what about you, Dr Reid?" Emily asked, hoping he would be a bit more at ease.

"M-me?" he asked, wide eyed and blushing again.

"Yeah, what's your speciality?" she asked slightly impatiently.

"Oh, just everything," Morgan interrupted with a broad grin but a note of pride in his voice.

"We've been over this, Morgan. That's impossible," Reid sighed in exasperation.

"Reid's our resident genius," Morgan said to her in a mock whisper.

Emily tried to hide her grin. Mustn't isolate anyone too early.

"Intelligence can't be quantified!" Reid protested.

Morgan just rolled his eyes and tugged Reid along.

"Yeah, yeah," he said dismissively, like he'd heard it before. "Let's go before Hotch has an aneurysm."

Emily snorted quietly, she could totally see that from the stern-faced team lead.

Reid smiled shyly at her, allowing himself to be dragged along. Emily noticed that the other agents in the office were looking more curiously at her rather than the two male agents' antics.

"I can walk…" she heard him say as she made a brief detour to grab her bag.

She smiled to herself. Maybe it will good here.