So this is very obviously rated M. Pairing is Morgan/Reid/JJ, and the idea is that the chapters will be an extension of certain episodes, before/in the middle/after as the mood strikes me. I ship Morgan/Reid, but there is something about JJ that I like with them. Well you have been warned folks ;)
I don't own Criminal Minds or any of it's characters.
The first time Morgan sees Dr Reid he knows he wants him. The kid is brilliant and yet naïve, and Morgan loves it. He loves watching those brown eyes light up and his hands gesturing in the air around him as he tells them a new fact about something they haven't even considered. He loves even more how Reid blushes and how his eyes flicker between his, every time Morgan steps into his personal space confidently. He does it on purpose, wanting to see the kid blush and bite his lip slowly as he watches him with trepidation. Morgan knows that Reid isn't sure why he continues to do this, he can almost see the genius brain at work every time, cataloging everything and wondering if he's coming to the right conclusion. He's gathering evidence and profiling, Morgan knows. Despite their promise not to profile each other he knows Reid is doing it, because somewhere in his giant brain there is a sign blinking and warning lights roaring every time he gets too close. If his profile is finished he hasn't let Morgan know, and he doesn't know how he feels about that. He's so attracted to the kid that he can barely stop himself from touching him, only allowing himself a ruffle of his hair (when he really wants to fist his hand in it, and drag those lips to his own), and an arm slung over his shoulders (he wants both of them around him). Sometimes Reid looks at him with that gaze, that gaze that just seems to beg for something that he doesn't know what it is. The air will fill with tension and Derek straightens up and Reid will glance at him through his lashes, tilting his head a bit. It could be a sign for listening intently but Morgan knows what it really is, knows that gesture is a sign of submission that Reid probably doesn't even know that he's doing. If Morgan thought for one second that Reid was actually teasing him he would have shoved him against the wall and fucked his genius brains out already. But he doesn't, and Morgan hasn't. He's pretty sure the kid's body wants it, but his mind has yet to catch up.
Hotch gives him this look sometimes, the one that says that he can't fool him. Morgan doesn't care, he's pretty sure everyone knows, except for Reid maybe. Everytime the unit chief catches him staring a little too long, or reacts too much when something happens to Reid he gives him that look. Morgan stares back, silently challenging him to call him on it. One time Reid got caught in a staredown between him and Hotch and Morgan could see his eyes widening, his hands twitching as if he had stop himself from reaching out to him. He doesn't, but Morgan sees the intent in his eyes even if he quickly replaces the look with a calm one. It doesn't matter, because Morgan knows what he saw, knows what he felt. No one knows pretty boy better than he does. That's why he knows he's attracted to JJ, and really, who wouldn't be. She's gorgeous, kind and brave. Loyal to a fault and sexy as all hell. And like all of them, himself and Reid, completely off limits.
Maybe that's part of why it happened, the forbidden fruit. Or maybe it was because no one else could understand the way they lived. Some days they existed on coffee and a little good will. Other days they only continued existing because of each other, because the other had their back. Mostly he thinks it happened because no one else could understand their lives, and therefore could never really know them. It's more than the physical he thinks, because there is comfort there, love and caring, even if none of them had said the words. It's acceptance and understanding, and Morgan's old enough to know how rare that is.