Reid came back about two hours after he punched Morgan. He made no attempt to talk to anyone, or to apologize.
The next week went like that. The young doctor snapped at everyone that tried talking to him, and flipped when anyone touched him. That's how Hotch got a black eye. Reid would have been suspended, if everyone hadn't been so worried about him.
Then when a new week started, Reid was completely fine. He walked in smiling, hugged Emily, Jennifer, Rossi. Have gave a bouquet of flowers to Hotch, Garcia and Morgan, as well as a written and spoken apology for how he acted, along with a hug. Then he took a part of each of his co-workers paperwork and did it without even complaining, like he normally did when they just slipped it into his pile.
The entire week after that was spent with "happy Reid", as they had begun calling him when he wasn't around. No one quite knew how to deal with him, they were all to stunned. Yet they all needed to know what caused him to be so peeved, and what made him change his tune so quickly.
They got at least part of their answer when Spencer got a call on his cellphone (which he NEVER got a call on). Of course everyone (minus their leader and the eldest of their team, of course) slid around him subtly, making sure he didn't see them eavesdropping.
Spencer looked down at who was calling, which none of them could see, sighed slightly, clicked the 'call' button, and pressed it to his ear.
"Hey sexy." A male voice on the older end smiled.
"Please don't call me that." The genius requested.
"Sweetheart?"
"No."
"Hot stuff?"
"Nope."
"Cupcake?"
"Try again."
"The God of my ever pulsating sex world?"
"That is so far past appropriate; I am not even going to comment."
''Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner ladies and sexy men."
"I'm at work. I'll be home in a couple of hours, what do you need?"
"To know what you want for dinner. I want to make you something special."
"Anything you cook will be perfect."
"Just like me?"
"Do I need to remind you that I work with profilers?"
"So, I don't work with them. They'll never know how much you make my-"
"Ok, love you. See you when I get home. Bye." He said quickly.
The person on the other end laughed.
"Bye, Sunshine."
"Re-think that one if you're going to mess with the coffee maker again."
Another laugh from the other end, to which the genius joined in.
"Bye." He smiled.
"Bye." The other person smiled.
Then they both hung up. And every eavesdropping member of the team sprinted to their lovely techies cave. She slammed the door closed behind them and quickly locked it before doing a one eighty to face the rest of them.
"Reid's gay?" Were the very first words out of Morgan's mouth.
"He'd actually probably be bi. But oh my gosh! He has a boyfriend?" Prentiss asked.
"Why hasn't he told us?" J.J. asked, running a hand through her hair.
"He's a very closed in person. None of us knew a thing about his mother until a really long time. And only then because it would have come out because of an investigation anyway." Penelope told them.
"Oh my God. Do you think he'll ever tell us himself?" The smaller blonde asked.
"We don't even know how mature this relationship actually is. It could be just a short thing. Maybe even just a fling." The brunette female rationalized.
"But did he hear what he said about the guy messing with the coffee maker? He would have killed someone if they messed with his own personal coffee maker. Don't you remember how pissed he got at that Starbucks in Austin because they didn't have the coffee grounds he wanted? The guy seemed fine enough to talk." Jennifer reminded them.
"And he said 'the coffee maker'. Not 'my coffee maker'. We all know how territorial he is over his coffee." Emily pointed out.
"Maybe it's more extensive than we thought." Garcia said, biting her lip.
The look in her eyes clearly showed the sexy images of their doctor with a male companion.
"Garcia, don't go there. We need to let him come to us at his own time. Right Morgan?" Prentiss asked, elbowing the only male in the room.
He didn't reply.
"Morgan?" She asked as they all turned to look at him.
He looked ten miles past shocked. The two blondes poked him.
"I can't believe he's gay." He said, still shocked.
There was a loud knock on the door, making the entire quartet jump.
"Garcia, have you seen Morgan, or Prentiss, or even Jay Jay?" The person they had just been talking about called through the locked door.
"Uh, y-yeah. There in here with me. We're planning something. They'll be out in a bit." She called back cleverly.
The women thought good on her feet.
"Uh, ok, can I help you in anyway?"
They all knew he was feeling left out, but they needed to get themselves calmed down enough to be able to look at him and not blush.
"Sweetie, just go back to your desk. They'll be right out."
"…ok."
Then they heard his retreating footsteps.
"I feel kinda bad." J.J. said sadly.
"You guys can all go give him a hug after we figure out who it could be." The techie brushed her off.
"She's right." The brunette said.
"Ok, when did all this start?" Penelope asked.
"Two weeks ago. The morning after we went to that club." Derek supplied, finally free of his statue like state.
"Wait! You mean the morning after Reid dragged that boy out of the club." The techie told them, having only just thought about that.
Everyone drew in a breath.
"Reid's dating…?" The male began to ask.
"That raver from the club?" The taller two female said together.
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Ok, so, I know I WAY over exaggerated Reid's love of coffee. But I'm the author, and it's getting based a lot on Jer's need of coffee. So, yeah, sorry for the super hyperbole in here.
The outfit of the guy that Reid pulled from the club is on my profile. =)
(along with other cool stuff)