A/N: Good news: this isn't the last chapter. Bad news: the next chapter is :( But don't worry about that, because like I told you there are plenty of stories to come! The next one will be a one shot based on an actual episode but with the Reid/Morgan twist. The title- which I don't expect to change- will be Pain in Amplification. Guess what episode it's based on!
Anyway, this chapter will show us the team's reactions to finding out about Morgan and Reid's relationship. So time to read on!

Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds or any of its characters.

Hotch and Rossi just stared at Morgan and Reid, shock and disbelief evident on their faces. "The two of you- Spencer Reid and Derek Morgan? A couple?" Rossi gasped.

Reid nodded lamely, his eyes focused on the hand that was holding Morgan's. "Yes. Well, yeah. We're, well, together," Reid stammered, still unable to speak correctly.

Prentiss, on the other hand, had reacted completely differently to the news. She had a look of complete and utter glee on her face, and was clapping her hands together excitedly.

"What're you so happy about, Prentiss?" Morgan asked, confused.

"You two," Prentiss replied, her delight evident in her voice. "I could see signs of this, but I didn't actually think that it was true! The idea was just so… outlandish, I dismissed it straight away. Ha!"

"You could see signs?" Reid repeated, looking up at Prentiss. "What signs?"

"Well for one thing, Morgan's not talking about his latest romantic conquests every day at work anymore," Prentiss pointed out. "And, well, the only woman I've seen him flirting with lately is Garcia." She turned to look at Reid. "And you. You've been acting differently lately- in a good way, of course. You've been less nervous, more confident about yourself. And both of you appeared to be incredibly, incredibly happy."

"Well it's true," Morgan agreed. "I don't think I've ever been this happy." He turned to look at Reid, who grinned at him.

Hotch was still staring at Morgan and Reid, his expression unreadable. Rossi looked down at their still joined hands, and back up at them. "Wow," he breathed. "It's just- the two of you, you have to admit it's kind of unbelievable."

"I know how they can prove it," said Prentiss, a smirk on her face. "Kiss. Right now."

Reid stared at Prentiss, slightly horrified. "W-what?" he stammered. "Y-you want us to kiss? Now?"

Prentiss laughed. "Yes, Reid. That is what I just asked you."

"What's the problem, pretty boy?" said Morgan. "You ashamed to kiss me in front of them or something?"

"No, of course not!" Reid cried, aghast. "You know that's not true, Derek!"

"Relax, kid," said Morgan. "I was just joking. But why shouldn't we kiss now? It will fulfil whatever sick need Prentiss has, and it might prove our relationship to Hotch and Rossi."

Reid nodded, trying to calm himself down. "Okay," he said. "Kiss me. Kiss me, Derek."

Morgan smiled. He took Reid's other hand and used both of them to pull Reid closer to him. He leant in towards Reid, who was motionless, his gaze focused on Morgan. The two men's lips met and they closed their eyes, getting lost in the feeling of the kiss; long and soft, sweet and tender, but with the underlying passion and ferocity they always had.

When they broke apart, both Reid and Morgan wore identical smiles. They let go of each other's hands and turned to look back at them team, noticing that even Prentiss's mouth had fallen open. "That good enough for you, Prentiss?" said Morgan.

"I, uh… yes, that's… yeah, good enough," Prentiss finally managed to get out.

"And what about you, Hotch? Rossi?" said Morgan. "Do you believe us now?"

"Definitely," Hotch replied. When Reid looked at him, the question evident on his face, Hotch added, "Reid, you just called him Derek. Twice. You never use his first name."

Reid's expression softened, and he nodded at Hotch in acceptance of his words. "That's true," Reid agreed. "I never used to call him Derek before."

"And I never used to call the kid Spencer, either," said Morgan. "But I do now."

Reid smiled again, as did the rest of the team.

"At least I'm not the only one that calls him that anymore," JJ laughed.

"Hey, JJ," said Rossi. "Is it just me, or are you and Garcia really not surprised by this?"

JJ's smile faltered. "Well, uh, you see… the thing is…"

"They already knew," Reid spoke up. "JJ- JJ knew before I knew, really. If it wasn't for her, I don't think I would've had the courage to tell Derek at all."

"Garcia found out later," Morgan continued. "Pretty boy was here with me, and Garcia showed up at the door."

"Hang on a sec," Prentiss interrupted. "Did this event happen to occur right before the day Reid was ignoring you?"

"I may have made Spencer feel kinda jealous," said Morgan, looking slightly ashamed with himself. "Let's just say it's not a good idea to flirt with Garcia right after you've been making out with your boyfriend on the couch."

Prentiss chuckled and tried to stifle it behind her hand. "Sorry," she said. "Just got that mental image in my head of you two on the couch."

"See, this is what I was worried about," said Reid. "You're acting like Garcia did."

"D'you think we could hear the whole story?" Rossi asked. "I mean I believe this happened, that it's real. I still don't get how it happened."

"Maybe we should move back to the lounge then," Morgan suggested. He turned to look at his boss, who was once again wearing his usual, unreadable expression. "Hotch?"

"Sounds like a plan," Hotch agreed. The team rose from their seats and headed back into Morgan lounge room.

When they arrived in the lounge, they took the same seats as they had been in before. Morgan sat down before Reid, and he took the genius's hand and pulled him down beside him. Reid smiled and snuggled into Morgan's side, the older man wrapping an arm around his lover. Everyone on the team, with the exception of Hotch, smiled at the affectionate, yet casual gesture. As it was, even Hotch's expression had softened slightly.

"Alright, now that you two are so relaxed there," Prentiss laughed. "It's time to spill."

"Can you tell them, Derek?" Reid asked. "I'm too comfortable to even bother talking."

Morgan chuckled. "Okay, pretty boy. But you've gotta tell them what happened between you and JJ, because I don't know."

When Reid nodded, Morgan launched into the story. "Do you remember that day, Prentiss, when we were teasing Spencer about never having a date, and we took it too far?" he began. Prentiss nodded, a look of shame upon her face. "That's when it started. When we started. "I- when I saw Spence go off to the break room, something felt different. But I still didn't know whether I should go after him or not."

"That's when JJ stepped in," Reid continued. "She'd seen me walk off, and she followed me into the break room. She already knew, even though at that stage I hadn't admitted it to myself. She knew that I'd pretty much always had feelings for Morgan. That I was in love with him."

"If I remember correctly, you were pretty stubborn about not wanting to tell Morgan," JJ interjected. "You were so certain that he would hate you forever and you'd have to leave the BAU."

"One of the very few times I've ever been wrong," said Reid. "And I'm glad of that."

"So then JJ came up to me, saying Spence wanted to talk to me. I went in there, he admitted how he felt, and then I just… kissed him," said Morgan.

"I'm pretty sure you said you loved me, too," Reid reminded him.

Morgan smiled. "That, too. And we've been together ever since."

Rossi cleared his throat, and Reid and Morgan turned to look at him. Reid sat up properly, feeling nervous again; what was Rossi going to say?

But he didn't need to worry. "I'm happy for you guys," he said. "I mean, yes, I was shocked, but can you blame me? I mean, Morgan is- was- a serial ladies' man, and Reid is, well, Reid. It's hard to see how it happened, that's all. But it's not like I'm against it or anything. I am happy, like I said. You guys deserve each other."

"Thanks, man," said Morgan. Reid nodded his head in agreement. The two of them turned to face Hotch. "What about you?" Morgan asked. "What do you think?"

"Does that really matter?" said Hotch dismissively.

"It matters to us, Hotch," Morgan replied. "We value your opinion; we want to know what you think."

"Okay," said Hotch. "You do know this relationship is technically forbidden, right? If Chief Strauss or the FBI brass find out, the two of you could be in serious trouble."

"We know," said Morgan quickly. "Especially Reid; he's really worried about that. But we promise we won't let it get in the way of our work. It won't affect our jobs. Is that all?"

"No," said Hotch. "I guess what I was trying to say is this. While I'm not happy about the fact that you two are putting your jobs on the line here, that's not to say that I'm not happy about your relationship. I am. I agree with Rossi; you guys deserve each other."

Both Reid and Morgan let out a deep breath, identical looks of relief crossing their faces. "Thank you, Hotch," said Morgan sincerely.

"If the quality of your work starts to diminish because of your relationship, I won't have any choice but to report you," Hotch warned.

"We understand," said Reid. "But I promise you, Hotch, we will not let our relationship get in the way of the job."

Hotch smiled. "I know you won't, Reid. I believe you."

His fears quashed, Reid leant against Morgan again and rested his head on the older man's shoulder. Morgan unconsciously reached up and began stroking Reid's hair, not realising or caring that the whole team was watching.

"That's cute," said Prentiss. "But if you guys start making out again, I think I might throw up."

"We weren't making out!" Reid cried, embarrassed.

"Reid, honey, you were making out," Garcia spoke up. "But don't be embarrassed about it. It's kinda… sexy."

"Okay, baby girl, time to stop embarrassing my pretty boy," said Morgan, wrapping both arms around Reid and pulling him even closer.

Reid winced and Morgan looked down at him, concerned. "My wrists, Derek," Reid explained, rubbing the red marks on his arms.

"What's that, Reid?" JJ asked.

"It's, uh, fabric burn," Reid replied, trying to cover up the marks again.

Before he could though, Prentiss reached forward and grabbed Reid's arms, pulling them towards her. "Hang on," she said. "These look like somebody bound your wrists with something…" Realisation dawned on her, and she looked up at Reid and Morgan with shock on her face. "Oh dear god. What did you two do?"

"We may have decided to have a little fun," said Morgan, winking at Prentiss.

"Oh, ew," she said, closing her eyes and trying to forget her inappropriate thoughts. "I'm going to go to the bathroom, before I throw up." She rose to her feet and left the room, while Morgan tried to comfort Reid.

While Prentiss was gone, they managed to steer the conversation into less dangerous waters. Reid thought he was finally in the clear- but he should've known to never think something like that too soon.

"Hey, Morgan?" said Prentiss, appearing in the doorway to the room. "You are in a completely monogamous, gay relationship with Reid, correct?"

"Yeah…" Morgan replied slowly, having no idea where Prentiss was going with her train of thought.

"Then why did I find a maid's outfit in the back of your wardrobe? One that has been worn very recently, during certain physical activities?" Prentiss asked.

"How did you find that?" Reid gasped. "I put it in the very back of Derek's wardrobe!"

"I may have been snooping-" Prentiss began, but then she stopped. "Hang on. You put it in the back of Morgan's wardrobe? Don't tell me…" The rest of the team realised what Prentiss was getting at, and looks of shock and amusement crossed their faces. Morgan looked a little sheepish, but he was grinning. Reid, meanwhile, was feeling more embarrassed than he'd ever been in his life- and he was definitely showing it.

"Oh, my god," Garcia shrieked, pointing at Reid. "Oh my god! He's blushing. Reid is actually blushing!" Garcia was right. For the first time in anyone's memory, red colouring was beginning to creep into Reid's cheeks. Realising this, and also the fact that the entire team was staring at him, Reid turned and buried his face in Morgan's shoulder.

"Okay, I think we've had enough of mortifying Spence tonight," said Morgan, wrapping his arms around Reid protectively.

The team laughed. "I guess you're right," said Prentiss. Reid slowly turned his head back around to face the others, the same time barely managing to suppress a yawn.

"Somebody's tired," Rossi commented.

"I didn't exactly let him sleep last night, if you know what I mean," said Morgan, smirking.

"Oh, god," said Prentiss. "You don't mean you we're having…" she trailed off, as Morgan nodded. "Was… was that the first time?" she asked.

"No, actually," Reid replied, a slightly nervous tone in his voice. "That- that wasn't the first time."

"So when did you…" Prentiss's voice trailed off again, and for the fifth time that night she said "Oh my god."

"What is it?" both Hotch and Rossi asked.

"It was you!" Prentiss exclaimed. "In the hotel! In Milwaukee! With the- the moaning and the sex noises! It wasn't the people in the room above us! It was you two!"

"You had sex on a case?" Rossi gasped. "I expect that from Morgan, but not from Reid."

"Well you try working with the person you love every minute of every day, and not being able to do anything with them," said Morgan. "It gets kind of…"

"Unbearable?" Reid supplied helpfully.

Morgan nodded. "Exactly. You get to a stage where you can't resist anymore, you know? So as soon as we were alone, we- well, you know."

"Is he good, Derek?" Garcia asked suddenly.

"What?" Reid cried. "You're asking him what?"

"You heard me, kiddo," said Garcia. "Morgan, is our boy genius here any good in bed?"

Reid looked up at Morgan, panicked. "You have nothing to worry about, pretty boy," Morgan told him soothingly. He looked back up at Garcia and the team. "You guys know that I've slept around. But to be completely honest, Spence is the best I've ever had," he said sincerely.

Reid blushed again, but this time he had a smile on his face. "Seriously?" he said.

"Could somebody please tell the kid to stop selling himself short?" Morgan demanded.

"Morgan's right, Spence," said JJ. "You're a better guy than you seem to think you are."

"Morgan certainly agrees with JJ," Rossi laughed. "Maybe we should go before he actually starts proving that to Reid."

"And I don't know about you guys, but I'm just as tired as Reid appears to be," said Prentiss. "I'm gonna head off, before I fall asleep right here."

"We definitely don't want to be too tired," Hotch agreed. "We have to go back to work tomorrow."

There was a collective groan from the team at Hotch's words. "Please don't remind us, Hotch…" said JJ. "I don't want to think about that until I wake up in the morning."

"We'll see you guys out," said Morgan. "Won't we, kid?"

"Do I have to get up?" Reid murmured sleepily. "I'm too tired. And you're comfortable."

The others all laughed. "Unfortunately you do, Spence," said Morgan. "Come on."

Morgan helped Reid to his feet as the others all stood; Luckily Reid, even half-asleep, managed to balance without needing any aid.

"This was a great night, angel face," Garcia declared. "Thanks."

"Absolutely," Prentiss agreed. "Although I definitely wasn't expecting… you know, this." She gestured towards where Morgan stood, holding Reid to his side. "So what are you two going to do tonight? Sleep?"

"No," said Morgan. "As soon as you guys leave, pretty boy and I are gonna have hot, wild sex."

Reid's hand flew to his face to hide it, but he was unable to hide the blush that was once again creeping into his cheeks. The rest of the team just stared at Morgan. "What? She asked."

"Okay, now I'm definitely leaving," said Prentiss. "Bye guys."

"Make sure you actually get some sleep, okay?" said Hotch warningly. "And try to show up to work on time. But congratulations, you two. Really."

"Thanks, Hotch," Morgan smiled. "'Night, everyone."

After the team left, Morgan turned to face Reid properly. "See, that wasn't so bad, was it?"

"I guess not," Reid admitted. "They were shocked, but we both expected that. You were right about them accepting us, though."

"I told you so," Morgan laughed, pulling Reid even closer and kissing him.

"I guess you did," said Reid, breaking apart from Morgan. He yawned again, even louder than the first time. "God, I really am tired."

"Are you?" said Morgan. "'Cause I've never been more awake." Morgan's arms moved further and further down Reid's body, and the younger man shivered at his touch.

A/N: I know, I know, I'm mean, and a tease, alluding to the smut but not actually putting it in, but I can't help it! It just worked better this way, please don't kill me! But at least the others were accepting of them, right? :P
Like I said, only one more chapter to go- I wonder what's going to happen? :P

Note from Diamond Cobra: "You can blame me for the lack of details at the end there. If people want it I'll write it anyways. I have a few potential ideas =3. Btw, I saw my first episode of Criminal Minds: Reid, anthrax, *sob*." (See, guys, I'm working on converting her! She thinks it won't work, but it will...)

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