Crazy Day! I've had this written since midnight last night, because I couldn't sleep and wrote it then, but before I had a chance to post it I completely fell asleep at the computer, so I'm only able to update it now. Hope everyone can forgive me! I thank "Wheel of Fortune" for this chapter, considering it gave me the chapter name.
And oh, this has absolutely nothing to do with the chapter, but I've finally gotten a newer version of Photoshop and I made a new icon avatar thing for me and a few friends on other sites, and I'm kinda proud of myself! Ok. That's it. :)
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Criminal Minds… or County Fairs … or Wheel of Fortune… Yeah. I do own a cookie, a laptop, and Photoshop, which are all I need to keep me content at the moment. Ok. I'm rambling.
Enjoy, guys! You all make my day! Thanks! There will almost definitely be another chapter today, I just had to get this up right away because I felt guilty for not uploading yesterday.
C is for County Fair
It had been a spur of the moment decision. There'd been an Unsub in New Jersey, and it had been a difficult case for Spencer Reid. The Unsub was an undiagnosed schizophrenic, and he hadn't been able to figure it out until it was too late, and the man had killed his last victim before being caught by the team. Spencer had been quiet on drive back to the hotel, and Derek Morgan needed something to cheer the boy up.,
Driving past the freeway, Derek spotted a sign that sparked an idea in his eyes. As Derek left the freeway and made the next right, Reid shifted in his seat and straightened up, looking around. He looked for a few moments, between the Agent driving the care and then to the unfamiliar road ahead of him
"Morgan, where are we-" But he was cut off by Morgan killing the engine and unbuckling his seatbelt.
"Come on, Pretty Boy!" He called, shutting his door and walking around to open Spencer's. The Genius looked at him inquisitively before unbuckling and getting out.
"Where are we?" He asked, before he looked up and his mouth fell open. Before him was one of the most colorful sights he'd ever seen. Lights of all different colors and kids and parents and families running around, smiling, laughing, playing the vast multitude of games the county fair had to offer. Different scents wafted towards him, overwhelming him slightly as he stood and marveled at the skyline of the fair itself, with its all of it's loops and dips and of course the Ferris Wheel. Morgan smiled at him and wrapped an arm around Reid's slender shoulder.
"You told me you'd never been to a County Fair before, and I figured you need a break from being Genius 187 IQ Dr. Reid and just be Spencer for a little while." and they walked in, ready to forget about Unsubs and Crimes and Profiling, and for once in a long while just being Derek Morgan and Spencer Reid.
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"I still don't believe you won me a bear. Honestly, Derek," Spencer beamed up at him, holding a chocolate colored bear he had promptly named Morgan. "How cliché." Morgan just smirked at him and gently nudged him towards their final destination. Reid's smile faded a small bit while he looked at Morgan.
"I don't really like heights all that much." He said, voice growing small. With the bear clutched tightly in his hands, Reid looked almost like a little kid scared to look for the monsters in his closet. Gently tightening the grip Morgan had around Spencer's waist, he leaned in to whisper in the boy's ear.
"Spencer Reid, you have nothing to worry about while I'm around. Nothing at all." And Reid smiled at him as they made their way to the line for the Ferris Wheel.
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Reid fidgeted while sitting in the small compartment next to Morgan as they slowly rose. From 1987 to 2000 there were two deaths that occurred from a malfunctioning cable supporting the compartment. A small voice in the back of his head reminded him slyly. But, another voice added a little more strongly, those deaths were in fixed-amusement-parks, stationary ones. Not traveling, like this one. Reid relaxed a little bit more as Derek brought an arm around him shoulders and rested his head against his own.
"What're you thinking, Pretty Boy?" He asked, and Spencer just shook his head; Morgan didn't need to know death rates on Carnival Rides, or the statistics on exactly what was in the things they called hot dogs. Right now, Morgan only needed to know one thing.
"I love you." Morgan smiled and kissed the top of Reid's head. "I love you too, Spence."
And the two sat in comfortable silence , Reid's head leaning on Morgan's shoulder, both smiling more than they had in a long time, as they watched the whole carnival from their point of view, from the very top of the world.