Prompt: Morgan/Reid - "why can't we?"
For: heinsbergen
Rating: FRC/PG
Word Count: 230
Reid tries to kiss him, but Morgan turns his head away from Reid's and grasps his shoulders like he might not take no for an answer.
"Don't you want to?"
"What? Kiss?" Reid nods. "We can't. You know that," Morgan responds.
Reid steps back and sits on the edge of the hotel bed. "No actually, I don't. Why can't we?"
"Because there's rules. Because the team already has boundary issues. Because we're on a fucking case. Because I..." he chokes on the sentence.
Reid waits, not sure if Morgan will actually finish that sentence.
Finally it comes out as a whisper, "I'm not ready Reid."
"Okay," he says, trying to keep the disappointment out of his voice.
"We could...could cuddle?" Morgan asks in a voice so unsure, Reid worries that Morgan's pushing himself too far.
He nods and climbs into bed, holding the sheets up next to him in seems frozen for a second before he gets in next to Reid, turning him on his side so that Morgan can pull him close and wrap his arm around him.
Morgan's breath is warm on his shoulder and ear and he almost misses the "thank you" just before Morgan drifts off, leaving Reid to wonder if he's got unrealistic expectations about where this thing might be going.
