TITLE: Foxtrot Whiskey Bravo
AUTHOR: Kuria Dalmatia
PAIRING: Reid/Elle
RATING: FRM/R
See Chapter 1 disclaimers, author's notes, etc.
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It's late when they get back to Quantico from a case in Tampa Bay, and Spencer is surprised that Elle wordlessly offers him a ride home even though he doesn't need one. Morgan's watching them both and Spencer suddenly realizes that Morgan and Elle have been, well, competing for his attention as of late. It's weird. It's uncomfortable. It's an impossible decision to make because someone is going to get their feelings hurt, so Spencer offers up the compromise of drinks at the Auld Dubliner. JJ and Garcia join them.
He's not expecting JJ, Garcia, Elle and Morgan to get completely wasted, but by the end of the night, Elle and Morgan are friends again. Morgan goes so far as to apologize to Spencer for telling Hotch and Gideon about his nightmares and Spencer accepts it quickly, mostly get Morgan to shut up. Morgan and Elle then declare how much they love Spencer (loudly, to the amusement of every patron in the bar), Garcia calls him her very own "Mister Data" and asks if he's fully functional, and JJ can't stop laughing.
Spencer herds them to his Volvo and they all make fun of his car. Garcia, Morgan and JJ pile in the backseat because Elle calls, "Shotgun" first. It's a crazy drive—his four passengers decide to sing songs from the Blues Brothers off-key and a cappella—and Spencer manages to get them to their separate homes in one piece.
Elle is the last, because she's in the front seat. Spencer walks her to her front door, unlocks it, and ushers her inside. She flops down on the window seat, giggling how cute he is when he takes charge. Spencer ignores her as he quickly checks her house to make sure that she's alone and all the windows are locked and the backdoor is secure. He remembers her confession about her recurring nightmare, how an UnSub breaks into her home and shoots her in her sleep.
When he comes back to her living room, Elle launches herself at him. Spencer catches her and she kisses him full on the lips, wrapping her arms around his neck and snaking her leg between his. "I want you," she tells him huskily and grinds her hips against his. She latches on to his belt and bites his ear. "Naked."
Spencer automatically groans. His body responds, and she rubs harder against his erection and continues to kiss him. It's not the first time a female friend has propositioned him when she was drunk; he was the "safe date" back in grad school after he turned eighteen. He knows better than to take Elle up on her offer. Instead, he maneuvers her towards her bedroom and she hums happily as she gropes him. It's distracting as hell.
Once in her bedroom, Spencer pulls the covers back on her bed and gets her to sit down. Elle giggles about making him a man, which is annoying because he's not a virgin, no matter what people think, and there's a part of him (mainly his dick) that wants to show her just what an IQ of 187 means when it comes to sexual gratification. He refrains. Spencer gets her shoes off followed by her cell phone from her belt, and finally her shoulder holster. He places the gun and her mobile on the night stand, her shoes on the floor, and then grabs her ankles and swings her legs up so she's flat on her back in bed.
Elle laughs wildly, calls him a tiger and clutches his sweater vest as he moves away. She slurs, "C'mon, Reid," the stench of gin on her breath almost nauseating.
He knows if he tells her he's leaving, she'll protest. She'll become belligerent. He doesn't put it past her to grab her gun and threaten him with it. Instead, Spencer leans down and gently kisses her. He strokes her temple, her hair, her shoulders and her arms. He slows the pace down deliberately, because he knows how much she's had to drink and it's only a matter of time before she falls asleep. Spencer feels bad about it, like he's tricking her almost, but he knows it's better to do this than to wake up in the morning and Elle to think that he took advantage of her drunkenness.
When Elle turns pliant, he knows he can leave. He pulls up the covers. She looks at him quizzically and he murmurs, "I'll be back."
He's not lying. He will be back. Just not tonight.
Spencer wonders if she'll forgive him.
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