Note- This takes place after the episode titled "Mayhem"

Happy Endings

Morgan and Garcia

Part One

May 2008

Smut Club Prompt: massage oil

When the knock came to his door Derek Morgan groaned. He didn't feel like moving off his couch.

His body was sore from head to toe. He had a banged up shoulder and most of the rest of him had bruises.

It was the price he had to pay for his heroic but dangerous efforts to remove a bomb laden ambulance from the parking garage in a hospital in New York City. Luckily he had fate on his side and Penelope Garcia in his corner so he had been able to drive the ambulance to a safe area before jumping out of it seconds before it exploded. He managed to escape with just the most minor of injuries considering how bad it could have been but his body was feeling every bit of those injuries today.

When he looked through the peep hole he saw that Penelope was standing on his porch. Considering she had never been to his home before it surprised him to see her there. But not in a bad way. After the shared dramatic moment during their last case she was on his mind almost constantly. They had been through so much together. He couldn't imagine his life without her in it.

Taking the job he was offered in New York would mean leaving her behind in Virginia. No promotion was worth missing out on seeing her smiling face almost every morning of his life.

He pulled open the door. "Hey there, baby girl," he said, warmly.

She looked him over. She hadn't got to see him since he had rolled out of that ambulance a few seconds before it exploded.

He told her "Still all in one piece. You know you can't get rid of me that easily."

She gave him a soft smile. "Better not be able to, handsome."

Moving back from the door he motioned for her to come in. "So what do I owe the honor of Ms. Penelope Garcia coming over to my place?"

"Thought it was about time I invaded your lair." She looked around at his decor and scrunched her nose. "Could use a woman's touch."

He laughed a laugh that was reserved all for her. "Do you have a woman in mind?"

She cooed at him "Wouldn't you like to know."

Giving her a very tender look he said "Its nice of you to stop by and check on me but take a long, slow look," he turned around in a circle "I am just as perfect as the last time you saw me."

"So I'm your God given solace and you're my God given perfection?"

Wagging his head at her, Derek answered "You best believe it, baby girl."

Her eyes were lit up with a flirty look and suddenly Derek didn't feel all banged and bruised up. She had walked in his door and infused warmth into his aching, tired bones.

Giving him a very adorable look she asked "So it is okay I didn't call first and just dropped in? Would you buy that I was in the neighborhood?"

"Woman, don't you know you're always welcome here?"

Of course that begged the question of why he never had her over before and why he hadn't went to her home till six months earlier when she was shot. The answer was easy: temptation. Derek had always had a little thing for Penelope- not very well disguised even when he laughed off their bold, wild flirting as all in fun- and he didn't want to tempt himself to cross a line in their friendship before they were ready for it.

"Thank you," she cooed at him. "I'll use that open invitation to my full advantage from now on. Count on that."

Heat flared through him at her sexy words. For a moment he just stared at her, as he often did, before snapping out of it.

"Can I get you a drink or something to eat?"

She made a sound that meant no as she nibbled her bottom lip nervously.

Derek grinned. "Its okay, baby. I'm not the big bad wolf. You can relax."

Reaching in her big, oversized, multi colored purse she pulled out a bottle. "I brought you something." She gave him really wide eyes as she passed it over to him.

Derek was so caught up in looking into those dark, filled with worry, eyes that he didn't notice right away what she gave him. Looking down he was surprised to find out he was holding a brand new bottle of massage oil. His eyebrows furrowed as he raised his eyes and met her gaze again.

Penelope started to ramble. "I know you must be sore from taking that tumble out of that ambulance and even though I am still mad at you for worrying me so much I couldn't even sleep last night for wondering if your gorgeous body was marred in any way by that crazy, heroic thing you did to save the lives of so many people but risk your own and so I thought that I would come over and give you a massage even though I know you will say you are just fine because you are stubborn and can't admit when you're in physical pain but I know you, Morgan, and I know that you are human, even if you look like a Chocolate God-"

Two fingers pressed against her lips as Derek chuckled. "Hush," he dragged out the word. "That was quite a speech, motor mouth."

She swallowed hard and then wet her lips, which made her tongue brush his fingers. He felt a jolt shoot through his body. Derek took his fingers away from Penelope's mouth.

She said "I'm giving you a massage because you need it and that's that. And don't you 'baby girl' me or say Forget it because I didn't trek across town for anything less than completing my mission."

Derek was torn between feeling amused at her words and turned on as hell. He'd never felt her fingers caressing his bare back before and the idea that she wanted to right here and now had his body heating up at a rapid pace.

Leaning in closer to her, he gave her a stern look. "I will always 'baby girl' you because you will always be my baby girl. You got it?"

"I got it," she said in a sweet voice.

He looked at the massage oil. "So, you wanna get your hands all over me, do ya?" he teased, playfully.

"Mmm–hmmm, for medicinal medical purposes."

Derek smirked. "Garcia, you have bar none been my greatest lesson in self control." He took her hand and led her to the bedroom.

When they got there he tossed the massage oil on the bed and turned to look at her. Now her eyes were even wider. She was looking all around his bedroom.

Penelope squeaked when she spoke "So this is where you rock the world of woman after woman?"

"Did you come here to ask about other women?" he teased her.

She shook her head no.

Derek said "Then lets stay in the here and now. Cause here and now is pretty fantastic. Don't you think, mama?"

She shook her head yes.

He found her even cuter because she was so nervous. Derek said "Lets get comfortable."