Office Tantrum
this one shot is inspired by marialovesdean on tumblr (:
"Have you seen Penelope?" Luke Alvez asked as he stepped out of the elevator and asked the first person he saw. "Is she in her office?"
Agent Grant Anderson shrugged his shoulders. "She shouldn't be there, we're all leaving."
Luke gave a brief smile before turning to walk down the hallway and over to Penelope's office. He knocked on the door four times and waited for a response. After a few minutes of silence, he cleared his throat and turned the doorknob to walk in the office himself. "She must be in the bathroom," he muttered under his breath. Placing the takeout bag onto the table, making sure he carefully cleared everything off. Penelope would throw a fit if she saw that he got some of her things in the office dirty. Taking out the food out one by one, he couldn't help but smile to himself. It's been a while since the both of them could sit down and actually enjoy a meal together. The cases coming in has been tough and the team has been endlessly tired. "She better love me for doing this."
"Luke," he turned around and smiled at Jennifer Jareau. "Dinner for two in the office tonight?" Jennifer smirked as she crossed her arms across her chest. "Don't you two want a date outside of this building? It's already bad enough that she's stuck here for twelve hours."
"Penelope said she rather have dinner here so she can finish up the other cases faster." Luke said. "I should be able to take her home tonight."
Jennifer laughed. "Have a nice date, lovebirds."
Luke chuckled as he waved goodbye and returned to setting up the dinner on the table. As soon as he placed the utensils down, the phone in the office started ringing. He stood and contemplated on if he should answer or not, considering that it's not his office. What if it's important? Sighing, he made his way over to the other desk and picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Baby Girl, it's me. I was wondering if you could come over and help me out a bit tonight. Savannah is out with the baby and I'm struggling to relax with all this tension on my body. And you know I love your massages." There was a brief silence went by and he spoke up again. "Baby?"
"Who is this?" Luke questioned as his eyebrows furrowed together and his hand clenching onto the phone, ready to throw it against the wall if he has to. "Who is this?!"
"Isn't this Penelope Garcia's direct phone in her office?"
Luke scoffed. "Yes," he exhaled deeply. "I repeat, who is this?"
"This is former SSA Derek Morgan. May I know who is picking up Penelope Garcia's personal office phone in the middle of the night like this?" Derek questioned back.
Luke's eyes widened at the familiar name. "Luke Alvez, I'm Agent Luke Alvez with the BAU."
Derek cleared his throat. "I'm sorry. Who?" He doesn't recall knowing about anyone who recently joined the team. "Why are you in Garcia's office at 11PM? Why didn't she pick up the phone call?"
"She is," Luke paused. He doesn't know where exactly is she and she shouldn't be taking this long in the bathroom. "I do not know where she is right now."
"Why are you answering her phone call?" Derek immediately asked.
Luke narrowed his eyes at the tone that Derek was using toward him. "I am currently in her office and the phone rang. Considering that it could've been an important call, I picked the phone to see if I could take a message." He drew a deep breath to relax the tension he is feeling on his shoulders at the moment. "Didn't realize that I would be picking up a phone call that's asking for a personal body massage."
Derek briefly chuckled. "Tell Penelope to call me back as soon as possible. It's urgent."
"Don't you think a body massage at 11PM is a little ridiculous to be considered as urgent?" Luke questioned. He couldn't help but feel jealousy all around his body. He has heard stories before between Penelope and Derek Morgan. People informing him that they are extremely close bestfriends. He just never thought it would be this extreme.
"And who are you to judge on something that holds urgency between me and Garcia?" Derek asked back, a little taken a back. "You didn't answer me. Why are you in Garcia's office at 11PM?"
Luke cleared his throat. "I am waiting on her."
"Obviously," Derek said. "Why?"
"Is there a reason why I can't be in her office at this time of night?" Luke asked.
Derek arched an eyebrow. Why does it seem like this man over the phone has the tone of voice that's filled with frustration but mainly jealousy? "If you know Penelope like I do, you would know that she hates people touching her stuff. Considering that I am not in the office right now and over the phone, you are holding onto her phone - which means you are touching her things. Did you get her permission?"
"Permission?" Luke asked. "I don't need her permission to do anything." Lie. Since he started dating Penelope, he has nothing but ask Penelope permission for half of the things he has done. Like tonight's dinner, he had to ask if it was okay to be in her office while she worked and ate dinner with him.
"Luke Alvez, what are you doing touching my phone?" Penelope walked in with two cups of tea in her hand. She glared at her boyfriend before she placed the cups onto the table next to the food. "Who is that?"
"Your boyfriend." Luke bitterly said as he handed the phone to her and sat over at the other desk. He momentarily rolled his eyes at her before he focused his attention on the food.
"My boyfriend?" Penelope repeated with confusion. "This is Penelope Garcia."
"Baby Girl," Derek said while laughing. "It's me."
Penelope's face lit up at the sound of her favorite human being. "Well, if it isn't my Chocolate Thunder. Why are you calling at this time of night?"
Luke tapped his fingers on the desk, his eyes widened at the word Chocolate Thunder coming out of her mouth. "Chocolate Thunder?"
"Nothing," Derek widely smiled as he sighed. "I just missed your voice."
"Aw, you know you can call me at anytime." Penelope smiled. "I was planning on visiting you next week." She briefly glanced at Luke, who was obviously sulking as he sat alone and played around with the food in front of him. She couldn't help but smile at his childish jealousy. "Planning to bring my boyfriend to come and meet you."
Luke glanced up and cleared his throat as he sat straight on his chair.
Derek laughed. "So that's who that was? Luke Alvez? Baby Girl, when did you get a boyfriend without telling me?"
"When did you get a wife without telling me?" Penelope joked back while laughing. "He and I have been dating only for three months. I wanted to make sure that I really liked the guy first." Penelope smirked at Luke's sly grin to himself. "Eh, he's alright so far."
Luke narrowed his eyes at Penelope. "Alright? If I was alright, I would like to take back these food." He stood up and started cleaning up the table.
"He's handsome, smart, strong." Penelope smiled. "Cute when he's jealous."
"Cute?" Luke repeated to himself with a wide smile. He looked at himself from his phone's camera. "Hm, cute."
Derek chuckled. "Alright, I'll leave you two be." Just as he was about to hang up, he smiled as he spoke again. "This Alvez guy, he seems like a good catch." For the first time, Derek experienced somebody trying to protect Penelope from him. It wasn't something he had expected when he tried to call her tonight but it's nice to know that Penelope is in the right arms. "Don't let him go."
Penelope smiled. "I won't." After hanging up the phone, she made her way over to Luke and shook her head as she looked at him. "Why are you jealous?"
Luke looked at her. "Baby Girl? Chocolate Thunder? Late night massage?" He shrugged his shoulders as he took a sip of his tea. "I felt...intimidated."
She laughed before she drank her tea as she arched an eyebrow. "Intimidated? Why?"
"Well," he cleared his throat as he leaned toward her with his eyes looking straight into hers. "Is he stronger than me?"
"Most definitely." Penelope quickly replied.
Luke scoffed. "Is he better looking?"
"Without a doubt." Penelope answered.
"Nice? Is he nicer than me?" Luke pushed with another question.
Penelope laughed. "The nicest man I know."
Luke leaned back toward his seat and frowned. "Basically I lost," he ran a hand through his hair. "He's a better looking man than me. He's much more nicer than I am. And he's most definitely stronger than me." Luke repeated what she said with an obvious jealous tone in his voice. "Why are you dating me then?"
"Well, he's married with a lovely wife and kid." Penelope answered. Just as she was about to start eating her food, she burst out of laughter when Luke frowned with his bottom lip sticking out. "Oh my God, you're too cute."
"Cute," Luke said. "Why are you dating me again?"
Penelope took his hands and intertwined her fingers with his. "You may not be as handsome as my Derek Morgan. You may not be able to kick down a door like he did when he was in the team. And you may not touch my heart with your kindness like he always does."
"Is there a point to this, Penelope?" Luke felt as if she was stabbing his heart over and over again.
"But you are definitely the one that I like and will only like." Penelope caressed her thumb over his hand as she continued talking. "I like the way you make me feel after I cry. I like the way you make me feel safe even though you drive crazy on the road. I like the way you try and make jokes with me even if you're tired from work. I like that everyday in our relationship, you always manage to surprise me and keep me happy." She laughed once Luke's smile returned to his face. "And I definitely like that you keep throwing cute tantrums every single time you're jealous."
Luke couldn't help but grin widely as he leaned toward her. "How much do you like me?"
"Hmm," Penelope smiled. "Depends."
"Depends on what?" Luke asked as he inched closer to her face.
Penelope giggled. "How much of a good kiss you're about to give me will determine my answer."
"Oh really?" Luke laughed as he placed his hands on her cheeks as he leaned in and gave her a soft kiss. As he pulled away, he smirked when he saw Penelope's eyes closed. "I'm not done," Luke said before she could open her eyes. Softly placing his hand on the back of her neck, he pulled her in - giving her a long, tender and delicate kiss.
As soon as they pulled apart, Penelope cleared her throat and shyly smiled as she pulled her hair back behind her ears. "I guess I like you a lot."
"Just a lot?" Luke asked. "Not even massively a lot?" He shook his head as he leaned forward again. "We have to kiss again. I'm not satisfied with the answer."
Penelope laughed as she shoved him away. "Stop. Come on, let's eat."
Luke reached over and held onto her hand. "Thank you."
"For what?"
He shrugged his shoulders. "For just being with me."
Penelope smiled. "I'm never letting go so get used to it." She laughed when he tried to kiss her again, she stuffed a piece of bread in his mouth. "Later."
"Promise?" Luke joked before bringing her hand to his mouth, placing a light kiss on top of it as they returned back to dinner.
