Nameless, Faceless. I'm Sorry

Summary: Takes place during the episode Nameless, Faceless when Foyet put Hotch in the Hospital and Reid got shot in the knee protecting Dr. Barton. Reid is left alone in the hospital while the rest of the team surrounds Hotch's bed, Reid knew he asked them to go to Hotch but that doesn't mean he feels any less abandoned.

Character(s):Hotch, Haley, Jack, Morgan, UnSub, Foyet, Emily, JJ, Garcia, Rossi, Reid, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Bobby Singer, Castiel, Dr. Barton, Jeffrey Barton, others to be mentioned or added.

Warning(s): SPOILERS. This will follow the plot line to a certain point but is considered to be AU. blood, cursing, angst, character death, almost dying, crying, etc.

I DO NOT OWN SUPERNATURAL OR CRIMINAL MINDS.

Criminal Minds Episode, "Nameless, Faceless".

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Chapter Four

Reid tried desperately to hold back his groan of pain and he swung his legs over the edge of his hospital bed. The X-Rays they made him go take earlier that morning involved a lot of movement and he was lying if he said he was exhausted. Regardless that doesn't change the fact that he still had to use the bathroom, he just really didn't want to have to bother one of the nurses to come in and help him.

Because he had his back to the door he didn't see his boss quietly open the door and make his way into the room. Just as Reid used the IV stand next to him to help pull himself up Hotch decided then to speak up.

"What are you doing?"

Startled Reid tried to turn and see who else was in the room with him only his leg couldn't take the amount of pressure and he ended up with his leg giving out on him. Whoever was in the room with him caught him before he could hit the floor but that didn't stop the pain in his leg from making him feel lightheaded.

"Fuck." Reid gritted his teeth as the pain washed over him.

"Reid? Reid are you okay?" The familiar sounding man held onto him tightly but Reid didn't respond. He was in to much pain to really try to calm the guy down when he was in too much pain to move.

"Reid I'm calling the nurse."

"N-No!" Reid cried out, "M'fine, just...just give me a minute?"

The man said nothing but when Reid didn't hear anyone else come into the room he assumed that he was giving him the time. When the pain finally faded enough for Reid to actually be able to think more clearly, his main concern became figuring out who's arm's he was laying in.

Feeling his face heat up in embarrassment Reid pushed the man's arms away and slowly shifted until he was sitting on the floor with his bad leg stretched out. Finally Reid looked up at the man and was surprised to see,

"Hotch?" Seeing the hospital scrubs Hotch was wearing and remembering why Hotch was in the hospital in the first place, Reid quickly asked, "Are you okay? Why're you here? Should I call a nurse, you're hurt aren't you?"

Hotch seemed a bit surprised by Reid's sudden onslaught of questions but quickly brushed them off and asked questions of his own, "I'm fine. Why are you in the hospital and why did the team decide not to tell me that you were hurt?"

"I-Is everything alright in here?"

Both Reid and Hotch looked over towards the door to see Reid's nurse staring at them oddly. Reid couldn't really blame her, it's not everyday she must see two grown men who are both injured sitting on the floor of a hospital room.

"Dr. Reid if this man is bothering you I can call security." The nurse took a defensive position and was glaring at Hotch.

"Ah, um it's okay he's my boss actually...uh Aaron Hotchner." Reid quickly explained.

Nurse Tanner still looked skeptical but seemed to calm down at Reid's insurance, "But why're you both on the floor? Dr. Reid that's especially not good for your knee!"

"Sorry..." Reid felt his cheeks heating up once again, "I-uh, I needed to use the rest room so I was trying to get up, I tripped and Hotch caught me." That may not have been the entire truth but Reid didn't want to say Hotch scared him and get nurse Tanner mad at him.

"And why didn't you press the help button? It would've alerted me at the nurse's station."

"I didn't want to bother you?"

Nurse Tanner shook her head fondly and walked over to help Reid get up, Hotch tried to help but nurse Tanner's sharp order to sit down in a chair stopped him.

Once the both of them were seated comfortably, with Hotch on the plastic chair and Reid back in his bed, nurse Tanner eyed Hotch warily.

"Does your Doctor even know you are here? Mr. Hotchner?" Nurse Tanner stepped closer, "And why were you here without a nurse?"

Hotch sat up straighter and looked nurse Tanner right in the eye, "I did not ask Dr. Roland if I would come up here, but I did inform a nurse that I planned on visiting Reid. I didn't know until a few hours ago that he was even injured."

"Mr. Hotchner I'll need to tell your Doctor you are here but...it may take a few minutes until I find him, so you can stay here until then." Nurse Tanner smiled before turning towards Reid, "But first, you said you need to use the bathroom sweetie? Come on then, let's go."

Purposely ignoring Hotch's stare Reid focused on walking, practically leaning all of his weight onto nurse Tanner who was at least a foot shorter than he was. Reid stumbled a few times and out of the corner of his eye saw how every time he stumbled Hotch would make movement as though about to catch him. It made a warmth spread through Reid's chest, but at the same time he couldn't help but feel ashamed by how weak he felt.

It took 15 minutes to make it to the bathroom and back, but at least Reid was finally able to use the bathroom.

"Thank you." Reid smiled at nurse Tanner who patted him on the shoulder.

"Oh anytime you need me hon, make sure you press that button okay? We don't need you straining that knee of yours." Waving goodbye and giving Hotch a stern look nurse Tanner left the room.

Sitting on his bed, Reid waited for Hotch to say something but when he didn't Reid decided to break the silence instead,

"I'm glad you're moving around. Are you leaving the hospital?"

Hotch looked at Reid and stayed quiet, when he finally did speak it was to ask a question, "How did you get shot?"

"Oh," Reid blinked, "Well, I'm going to write about it in my report-"

"I don't want to hear about it from a report! I want you to tell me." Hotch finished calmly.

Confused Reid gave Hotch a odd look before hesitantly explaining the case with Dr. Barton, to when he realized it was Dr. Barton not Jeffrey that the UnSub was after and how he shot the UnSub but not before he fired off a shot of his own and how he got hit.

"So you were shot...while on the case...and no one else was there with you?" Hotch stated.

"Uh...no?"

Reid watched as Hotch suddenly leapt to his feet and began pacing around the room, it was then Reid realized Hotch was angry.

"H-Hotch?" Reid tried to get up off the bed but the moment he moved Hotch was there pushing him back down.

"Do you need something?" Hotch asked.

Reid could clearly see Hotch was still angry but he also saw how worried he looked, "Er-no. I'm sorry."

"What? Why're you saying sorry?" Hotch stepped back.

"Uh, Hotch you look pissed..." Reid said bluntly, "So...I'm sorry."

Hotch sighed and sat back down, "Reid I'm not angry with you. I'm mad at everyone else. They kept you getting injured a secret from me, I know Emily abandoned the case. I'm glad she found me but that doesn't change the fact that she left you."

"Hotch I told them I was fine and to focus on you!" Reid said, "Don't be mad at them."

"It's one thing to focus on someone it's another thing to lie and forget about you!" Hotch yelled startling Reid.

Reid jerked back when he heard Hotch said they had forgotten about him. Slowly Reid said, "I...I'm not mad...so why should you be?"

"My team lied to me about one of my subordinates receiving an injury. I have every right to be mad, and to be honest I'm shocked that you aren't."

Reid groaned and leaned back into his pillows, "Hotch just...don't be too mad at least? We were all worried about you. We're family, of course we're going to worry about you!"

"If we're family then why wasn't I informed that you were hurt? You said you were all worried about me, well I've been worried about you."

Reid didn't know how to respond to that.

tannerrose5: Well, at least it sounds like MGG had fun that night! Trust me, Hotch is going to be pissed. Not being told when someone you care for is hurt is a huge break of trust, at least to me it is. I don't know how I plan on writing Garcia or the team yet, but I am working on it :) The Winchester's home is their '67 Chevy Impala, they don't actually live anywhere but more often than not they stay at a close friend, Bobby Singer's, house in Sioux Falls. In Supernatural, The Winchester's are actually wanted by the FBI. The FBI has them on FBI's Most Wanted list as Serial Killers so Reid has to keep knowing them a secret.