Title: Found
Rating: PG
Pairing: Morgan/Reid or None
Warnings: Could be Implied Slash or Friendship
Summary: Reid finds something in his desk he put there years ago.
Disclaimer: The only thing of Criminal Minds that I own is the first four seasons on DVD.
A/N: This came to me after watching Somebody's Watching one of my favorite episodes. I keep having ideas for something after watching nearly every one. Oh well more fics for you. As always review are welcome and appreciated.
Reid couldn't believe he still had the magazine; after all this time, he never had called her. Hell, he'd called Austin even a couple of times, but then they were just good friends now. He stared at the cover, a confused look on his face. That seemed so long ago, he was so young and naïve then, not that he had changed all that much. And what was up with his hair, that was such a god-awful length, he hoped it never looked like that again.
"Whatcha got there Pretty Boy?" Reid jumped, startled from his revered inspection, and dropped the magazine as Morgan spoke from behind him.
"How many times have I told you not to do that?" Reid said mildly annoyed. He hated being startled.
"Sorry," Morgan apologized, maneuvering to lean against Reid's desk. "It's not my fault you're so jumpy." Morgan grinned.
"You don't help," Reid muttered.
Morgan shrugged. "Anyway, what is that?" He indicated the now overturned magazine on Reid's desk. "Looking at hot babes?" Morgan teased, knowing for a fact it wasn't true.
"No," Reid said placing his hands on top of the magazine somewhat protectively. "I was cleaning out my desk drawers and I found it." He picked up the rag sheet and handed it to Morgan. "I didn't even remember I had it. I thought I'd thrown it away."
Morgan flipped it over and stared at the front cover. On it was Reid with his hand on Lila Archer's shoulder, her cheek pressed against it, the words A Mystery Man In Lila's Life splashed in yellow and white at the bottom of the picture.
"I never called her you know." Reid was looking at Morgan when he lifted his eyes away from the cover.
"I didn't ask."
"I know," Reid said shrugging, his lips pressing together as they always did when he was about to continue speaking. "I knew it never would have worked long distance. Besides it didn't feel right; and that feeling, it did go away."
Morgan smiled at Reid and dropped the magazine back on his desk. "I told you it was a decision I couldn't make for you. But kid," Morgan placed his hand on Reid's shoulder and gave it a squeeze. "I think you made the right one." Morgan winked at him as he walked away.
Reid picked the magazine up off his desk and took one last look at it, before tossing it in the trashcan where, he realized, he should have left it, after his talk with Morgan that night, all along.