I'm neglecting Child's Play, and thus this was created. GIDEON is in this! I'm so proud. BTW, this is a rough draft. ;( I didn't have time to beta, as I wanted to get something posted this week.

A Good Man- Here's to Winning

The words were worse than venom, and when they were bit into his skin with its long, sharp teeth, he nearly screamed. How could she have been so cruel, so…so….

"Reid." The voice was soft, and at first Spencer wasn't sure that he had even heard it. When he turned around, though, he saw Gideon's eyes flicker to his hands, where his fist was currently just about ready to snap his pen in half. Reid practically threw the pen down and turned his gaze out toward the space surrounding the airplane. "Sorry," he mumbled, exasperation creeping out of the words.

"Don't apologize, Reid. You didn't do anything," Gideon smiled.

"Yeah, right," Reid nodded. By his tone of voice, he was sure that even Gideon could tell that he wasn't in the mood to talk, but the older man kept pushing. Eventually, Gideon's words became lost on Reid. The younger man kept his gaze fixated out the window, ignoring Gideon easily. It had been a bad day, and he was in no mood to deal with his mentor at the moment.

And he meant just that.

Gideon wasn't the same as he was after he had came back to the BAU, and he was never fully himself after that. Gideon seemed to be more hurtful than helpful, and whenever he turned to him for guidance, he left more confused that ever.

"Reid, you can't just ignore me," Gideon sighed, whipping off his glasses.

"Oh yeah?" Reid found himself mumbling. Then, in one swift movement, Reid gathered his messenger bag and files before standing up. "Watch me," he spat back, the urge to be defiant too demanding to pass up. Before Gideon could say anything else, Reid was gone and sitting across from Hotch. The section chief knew better than to press his youngest agent when he was in a bad mood, and in all honesty, he could understand his urge to get away from Gideon. He too had been sensing the changes in Gideon's behavior, but he'd also been sensing the same changes in…

Oh.

Hotch sighed, torn between asking Reid what had happened with Elle and respecting his privacy. He didn't have to make a decision, though, as Reid decided to make it for him.

"She's not going to be here much longer, is she?" Reid mumbled, playing with the pencil in his hand.

"What happened, Reid?"

Reid just scoffed in response, taking his water bottle from his bag. "Neither of them will be, will they?"

"Reid-"

"It's okay, Hotch, really," he laughed bitterly. "Didn't you hear? We won." Spencer suddenly regret telling Elle the same thing, as now he was spitting them back in his own face. "So here's to winning."

~* AGM *~

I don't like Gideon or Elle, in case you couldn't tell. Apologies to those who do! Cheers to all.