More Ficlets! :D I have series 1 to 4 of Criminal Minds (got them for Christmas but have tried to pace myself with them) and am now on series four! Why do you need to know this? Because JJ and Will revealing their relationship gave me the idea for the first ficlet in this chapter, and from that first one I get the urge to either write 2 more (to make it up to 3 ficlets) or 4 more (to make it up to five). I just cant have it any other way! Lol. (apart from the last one, because both were linked) Well… as always. Read. Enjoy. Review and tell me what you enjoyed :D I'm really interested in hearing what your top 3 ficlets from my collection are ^_^ Oh, and I'm thinking about bwriting a one shot based on my ficlet "Valentines Day". Who's interested? Think I can get it done by Valentines Day?
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Crush
"Well, finally."
"I thought she was never gonna admit it." Reid looked across the foyer to see what Prentiss and Morgan were commenting on. To his surprise, JJ and Will were kissing passionately. It wasn't that they were kissing that surprised him, the team had known about them for quite some time. It was that it had taken Emily this long to get her to finally admit. Looks like Morgan had won the bet.
"Yeah, what's it been, like, a year?"
"Something like that." Reid could practically sense Morgan follow him.
"Hey, Pretty Boy?"
"Mmhmm?"
"Are you ok?" Spencer stopped to turn and look at Morgan
"Yeah, Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well… JJ is with Will… and no one really asked how you felt about it…" That was what Morgan was concerned about? He sighed and gave his friend a reassuring smile.
"I'm fine, Morgan."
"If you say so…" the darker male stepped forward, briefly hugging his friend before re-shouldering his go bag. "I'm here if you wanna talk though, ok?" Reid just nodded as Morgan patted his shoulder and walked away. Letting yet another sigh slip through his lips, Spencer picked up his own go bag and headed for the elevator, not really paying attention to anything but his thoughts until the doors slid closed and he felt a pair of strong arms wrap around his waist.
"What was that all about?" Spencer smiled as his lovers lips brushed against his neck.
"They think I still have a crush on JJ. Morgan wanted to make sure I wasn't feeling 'rejected'."
"You know he only did it cause he cares, right?"
"Yeah" Spencer turned to face his lover and boss, gazing up into his dark eyes. "But I have you. I'm just happy JJs found someone to be just as happy with." Aaron smirked almost proudly before leaning down to capture his partners soft lips.
"So…"
"Hmmm?" Spencer hummed as Aaron prepared himself for the playful whack to come.
"You don't have a crush on JJ?"
"Aaron!"
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What it feels like to Love.
Reid's eyes widened. This kind of thing didn't happen to him – it didn't! But the male pushed closer to him, his lips on Spencers, in a bruising kiss before pulling away with a tipsy grin. Reid tried to pull away, he needed to get out… but the man just pulled him closer, grinning and slurring something about taking Reid to have some 'fun'.
"I… I really need to-"
"Ya don't need ta go anywhere, sweet thang" The man growled, his grip on the young male tightening with each word, making him shudder in fear as the drunk told him exactly what he was going to do to him…
"Is there a problem here?" A wave of relief washed over the petrified brunette as a familiar voice reached his ears. Aaron Hotchner stepped closer to his subordinate, using the moment of surprise to wrap his arm around Reids waist and pull him to his side, away from the perverts hold. Said pervert glared and went forward, fist clenched, before a bouncer laid a hand on his shoulder.
"What's goin' on 'ere then?" Before Reid could stutter out a reply, Hotch had fixed both men with a challenging stare
"This drunken assholes trying to make moves on my guy." Speechless, the younger could only glance in astonishment at the smooth tone his boss had adopted for his… rather unorthodox statement. The bouncer, however, seemed to accept this answer and whispered some sort of comment to Hotch about admiring his taste before dragging the inebriate pervert off.
"Sorry, I didn't want to use my badge in case things got messy… are you ok?" Snapping out of his thoughts, Spencer answered with a small nod, his mind focused on the feel of Aaron - Hotch's – arm around his skinny frame as they exited the bar. The young genius looked confused as he was led to his superior's car, allowing himself to be lightly pushed into the passenger seat.
"I'm driving you home. There's no way I'm letting you take the subway alone at this hour, especially not after… that…" A small smile of appreciation was all Spencer could muster before the words he had not wanted to say slipped from his lips.
"Perhaps… when we get to my place… do you want to come in for a while? You know… for a drink?" Then nerves got the better of him "I mean, it's ok if you don't want to-"
"I'd love to." All insecurities melted away for a moment at the brunette drunk in the sight of one of Aarons rare, cheerful, endearing smiles… and he knew then and there: this is what it felt like to love.
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Couldn't Wait
"Aaron, you need to remain calm-"
"Don't tell me what I need and don't need to do, Dave." Rossi sighed. Between Hotch, Morgan and the UnSub he had been driven to question his need to come out of retirement at least 20 times in the past hour, his age around 10 times, and his likelihood to survive the climax of this case without injury or suffering a mental breakdown around 60. Minimum. Both men were furious that the youngest member of the team had gone into the warehouse without backup, and now, with communication between said member and the rest of the team being down, Morgan and Hotch were pacing like caged lions.
"That's it, we're moving in."
"Aaron-"
"We have 2 missing children and a federal agent in that warehouse, Dave! I'm not waiting so I can wonder who was on the receiving end of a-" Gunshot. An ear splitting bang that made every team members blood freeze, and the world spin in slow motion as they ran into the building, guns cocked and ready for a hail of bullets… a hail that didn't come.
Aaron felt his anger begin to disperse as he caught sight of the lanky figure sitting slouched against a wall, having shot the UnSub twice in the knee cap. Blood was splattered across his chest and face, but only the blood from cuts and scratches across his arms and face was his. Curled up to him were the two siblings, whom he held onto for dear life, whispering comforting words into their ears. As Aaron approached him, he raised his head with a weary, apologetic smile.
"'M sorry… Couldn't wait…" He merely nodded in understanding, coaxing the children away so the EMTs could check on his lover.
"It was stupid… but I understand why you did it… and… I'm proud of you." When given the all clear, he pulled Spencer into his arms, under the guise of wrapping a blanket around him, the blanket serving no real purpose but to cover the faint brush of lips across scratched cheek as Aaron reassured himself that his lover really was alright.
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Thank you! Please don't hesitate to review and let me know what you think ^_^ I love hearing from people :) More to come, but they are linked (could be stand alone, but one evolved through the others birth) so must be together in a separate chapter XD I swear, I'm never this organised when it comes to work and assignments!