Title: Home for a Rest
Word Count: 129
Challenge: Missing Scene
Rating: PG
Spoilers: 'Profiler, Profiled'
Pairing/Characters: Reid, the Morgan family
I got a lot of mileage out of this prompt.
Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds or any of its characters.
Home For a Rest
Reid had half-expected a shrine of some sort - trophies on the shelves, posters on the wall, everything preserved as a reminder of the mother's pride in her son. Instead, it's little more than a spare bedroom - plain sheets, blank, neutral walls, and a set of hand-sewn curtains. Everything of importance is in the cardboard boxes in the closet - the ones marked 'Derek's room'.
Sara is still glaring at him, which he's sort of grown used to by now, but what confuses him is the way Desiré watches him. It's almost curious, the way she listens to every word he stutters, like she's trying to solve some great puzzle. And, not for the first time that day, he wonders just what Morgan's been telling them about him.
Fin.