Hey y'all. Whoa. It's been awhile. I've had a really hard last couple of years but I am back and ready to start writing. I am working on all my CM stories along with one for The Outsiders – so if you like that please check it out. I'm probably going to try and limit these to 500 words but we'll see how that goes. Also, this chapter is slash per someone's request (...two years ago) so yay! Please send me more requests or leave them as a comment.
Ch. 7 – Cough
"That doesn't sound good." Morgan said looking up from the dwindling pile of papers on his desk. It was hard to believe that with so many people getting murdered every day that they wouldn't have a case but it was just one of those times. JJ had looked through the piles on her desk; they would be more harm than help in all of them. As a result the team had been given a stack of paperwork to complete. Surprisingly almost everyone was done except for Spencer Reid.
"Yeah, how long have you had that cough?" asked Emily glancing up at Reid. His short hair clung to his face in chunks, his pale skin shone with a thin layer of sweat, and there was a hint of fever reflected in the redness of his cheeks.
"Too long." He mumbled through a congested nose. At this point he could only really breathe through his mouth; an action that after several days had caused his lips to become chapped and swollen.
"You should be at home resting." Emily said as she felt herself growing with concern. He might have been drenched in sweat but she could swear the boy was shivering. Morgan glanced over at Reid. It was clear that the younger agent was quickly growing uncomfortable with the attention so Morgan tried to change the subject.
"Emily, do you have a copy of the Jefferson case from Louisville?" The girl nodded and began sorting through her desk looking for the filed away case. When her head was down looking for the folder Reid and Morgan locked eyes.
"Thanks." Reid half smiled while silently mouthing the words.
Go home was the response.
"Found it." Emily popped back up and Reid's head snapped back down to the paper he was examining. Several minutes passed before Reid cleared his throat to speak.
"Uhm," Reid stood up from his desk and sniffed hard trying to breathe, "I think I'm going to head out for the day."
No one objected or said anything but Emily watched as Derek's eyes stayed locked on the boy. She could feel the concern radiating off of him.
"Morgan?" she asked snapping him out of his daze.
"Hmm?" he mumbled still not averting his eyes.
"Go take care of your boyfriend." The two agents exchanged a sincere smile before he jumped out of his chair and chased down the boy he was head-over-heels in love with.
Please let me know what you think – I might write a part two of this chapter. Once again, thank you for your patience and sorry that all my stories have been on such a long hiatus. I wish I could explain was has happened in the last two years but that in itself would be an entire novel. Seriously, your constant and continuous reviews really have helped me so much over the past couple years. : )