Pain- Chapter 4

Realizations

"...So this one will focus on Morgan and Reid talking about being together and more on his leg in the very end. Pleaz R&R!"

The BAU team had done all they could for the day. Hotch told his team to go back to the hotel for the night to get some sleep. No one protested and left without a word.

When Morgan and Reid reached their hotel room, Reid took a shower and got ready for bed, Morgan doing the same, but in reverse order. Once they were both ready for bed, Morgan beckoned for Reid to sit next to him on his bed. Reid was reluctant at first but joined Morgan nonetheless.

"What is it, Morgan?" Reid asked, shaking his wet hair on Morgan's bed.

"Hey, hey, hey! Watch it Pretty Boy!" Morgan whined as he got wet from his hair. Reid laughed at that.

"Sorry, I couldn't resist." Reid answered with an innocent smile.

"Faking innocent." Morgan muttered under his breath. "You're damn lucky I think you're cute."

"You think I'm cute?" Reid questioned, almost sounding hopeful.

"Well, yeah." Morgan admitted. "And, and maybe a more than a little, too."

"What are you trying to say?"

Morgan sighed, realizing it was time to confess. "Reid, Spencer, I like you. A lot." Morgan started, turning to face Reid. "And I think that you like me, too." Morgan smiled, noticing the slight blush creeping up on Reid's face.

"You called me Spencer." Reid beamed. "You've never called me Spencer before."

"Wow; I tell you that I like you and the only thing you can focus on is the fact that I called you by your first name." Morgan laughed, pulling Reid closer to him by his shoulder. "What am I going to do with you?"

"I guess you'll just have to teach me, then." Reid sighed. Suddenly, Reid sat in an upright position, catching Morgan off guard. Reid looked Morgan in his eyes and smiled. "I like you too."

"Well, I'm glad to hear that." Morgan smiled back. "I've liked you for a while now, actually."

"So have I." Reid agreed.

"I wonder what took us so long to admit it to ourselves." Morgan mused out loud, making Reid raised is eyebrows. "What?"

"That was a pretty dumb question." Reid replied bluntly.

"What?" Morgan asked, getting annoyed. "Why is it a dumb question?"

"Well, I've never been in a relationship before, and you've always been a, society uses the term, a lady's man." Reid started. "Neither of us knew we were...gay until just recently, and we're profilers. We-we tend to block out our emotions unlike most people." Reid babbled, obviously nervous. He was going to continue, but seeing the look on Morgan's face, he decided it would be best if he just shut up.

"Slow down, Pretty Boy. It doesn't have to be like that anymore. We can start over this time; just you and me finally together." Morgan promised, absent-mindedly rubbing Reid's leg. Reid smiled at the words, thinking about how much he'd love for that to happen. Just Morgan and himself lying around in bed as they held each other close. He'd like that to happen, but he frowned as a sudden thought came to his mind.

"What is it, Reid?" Morgan asked, seeing the frown on Reid's face.

"Our job. We're not allowed to be together in our job." Reid said sadly. "What do you do?"

"I don't think Hotch or anyone else on the team would mind. If we can just keep it from Strauss, we will be fine. And trust me, with our baby girl waitin' for us in Quantico, Strauss won't find out." Morgan reassured.

"Oh, okay." Reid said, letting out a sigh of relief. He really wanted it to work between them, but he was still a little nervous about the whole thing.

"Anything else you wanna clear the air about?" Morgan asked. Reid thought for a moment, then nodded. "Alright, what is it?"

"Mor-Derek," Reid corrected himself, "I'm-I'm a virgin."

"Really?" Morgan asked, raising a curious look at Reid, who nodded in conformation. "My boyfriend's a virgin." Morgan said out loud with a smile. "Well, that's something special, isn't it?" Morgan asked rhetorically as he kissed Reid's forehead.

"Is-is that okay?" Reid asked in a small voice..

"Of course it's okay. Why wouldn't it be?"

"It's just...You've had a lot of experience. I haven't had any. I just don't want to, you know, hold you down. I know you'll want to, uh, have sex, but I don't know when I'll be ready for that." Reid answered, almost sounding afraid. "I mean, we could try, but I don't know.."

"Spencer, stop right there. That's not fair to you, you know. I won't ever make you feel like that. I refuse to make you feel like crap. And if I ever do, I give you, Hotch, Garcia, hell, everyone's permission to kick my ass. If you ever don't feel comfortable doing something, just tell me. I'll stop, and that's a promise." Morgan said sternly. Reid smiled up at him, nuzzling closer to Morgan's chest.

"Promise?"

"Promise."

They held each other close for a minute before breaking away. "I suppose you should go to bed." Morgan mumbled. "We have a long day ahead of us."

"Yeah, I know." Reid sighed as he reluctantly got up. He hurried to his own bed and laid down, exhausted, It didn't last very long, though. After a few minutes, Reid already felt cold and lonely without Morgan. He sighed before getting up again.

Morgan smiled as he saw a slightly out-of-it Reid struggle over to him and plop down on his bed. Morgan pulled up the covers and offered for Reid to joined him underneath them. Reid, without another thought, threw his body underneath the covers and closer to Morgan, who embraced him lovingly. He ran his hand over Reid's skinny chest, almost trance-like. He let his mind shut down as he felt Reid closer to him.

Reid's eyes popped open as he felt Morgan's hand over his bare chest. He had spilled his coffee over his night shirt and had decided to hand wash it. Knowing that it was just Morgan in the room with him, he had decided to sleep without his shirt.

Now he was regretting it. He knew that Morgan didn't mean to do it, but he was. Morgan was thumbing over his nipple, making him uncomfortable. He wished that Morgan would stop; it was distracting him. He sighed, knowing that he'd never be able to sleep with Morgan's thumb constantly hitting his sensitive nipple. Thinking back to the conversation that he had had with Morgan, he started forming words.

"Derek, can you stop doing that, please?" he asked. One of Morgan's eyes popped open, wondering what he was talking about.

"Stop what?" he asked.

"Uh, thumbing over my nipple? It's, uh, distracting me from sleeping." Reid explained in an embarrassed voice.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't even realize I was doing it." Quickly, Morgan removed his hand from Reid's chest, revealing a now red nipple. "Er, sorry." he mumbled again as he saw the redness from the harsh glow of the lamp he had left on for Reid (knowing he was afraid of the dark).

"Oh, its' okay. I just have sensitive skin, in case you couldn't tell." Reid replied. "Along with other sensitive things." he added to himself.

"That's okay; I'm glad you told me so I know for future reference." Morgan replied. "And, if it's still sore in the morning, tell me and I can out some lotion on it."

"Er, I'd rather apply it myself." Reid answered, thoughts of Morgan's rough, large hands trying to apply the soft crème to his chest coming to him mind. To say the least, he didn't think it'd end pleasantly.

A few minutes later, Reid and Morgan fell to sleep...

Derek Morgan woke up to a cold, wet feeling on his bed. When he moved his arm from Reid's waist to see what it was, he gasped, accidentally waking Reid up.

"What is it?" Reid asked, barely awake.

"Reid ,what the hell happened to your leg?"

Reid frowned, looking down at his leg. Suddenly, he knew what had worried Morgan so much...

Hi leg was stained with blood and scratch marks...

"...And the truth comes out! My-oh-my! Hehehe...Pleaz R&R?"