Prompt: The Night Before Christmas
Characters: Rossi & the team (Season 8)
Words: 156
Rossi cleared his throat dramatically. True, The Night Before Christmas wasn't exactly the serious passages he'd be reading on his book tours, but he liked to get his instrument prepared, like a prize-fighter.
"'Twas the night before Christmas…"
"Not this again," Reid groaned. "Rossi, you've practiced sufficiently, I promise. The repetitious recitation of a Christmas verse isn't going to do anything useful, other than implant itself firmly into my brain, and cause me constant mental harassment and agony."
"A little dramatic, isn't it?" Rossi remarked, raising an eyebrow. He cleared his throat, "'Twas the night before Christmas…"
"Is he still doing that?" Garcia whispered, none-too-quietly.
"If I knew story time was going on indefinitely, I'd have brought Henry to the office," JJ smirked.
"…not a creature was stirring!" Rossi boomed.
"Not even us…" Morgan cracked, looking annoyed.
"How unfortunate," Alex murmured.
"Dave, perhaps we can leave the dramatic recitation for another time? We've got a case…"