"Spencer! I literally spend thirty five minutes in the bathroom, why do I have to wait until I have to leave to finish getting ready?!" Doctor Reid shouted as he banged on the door to the bathroom.
His hair was wet from his shower, but his cousin was in the bathroom getting ready for school… still. It had been almost fifty minutes, and all the elder needed was to dry his hair.
"You should have dried your hair as soon as you got out of the shower." The teen shouted back.
"You were banging on the door before I was even out of the shower, I was being nice by letting you take over before I was finished, so you should be nice and let me finish getting ready."
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to be a teenager? I have to put cleanser on my face so I don't get acne, then I have to brush my teeth, and my hair, then I have to put makeup over the few imperfections I have, and then I have to put got2b in my hair because dry styling alone won't spike it enough. I'm almost done, so calm down!"
"This is not going to be an everyday occurrence Spencer."
"Perish the thought!"
The doctor sighed, rolled his eyes and leaned against the wall. He knew he was not going to be able to do it every day, and he didn't want to have to wake up at four in the morning if he didn't have to.
Not even a full five minutes later the door opened.
"There, go for it." "Puck" sighed walking immediately back into the bedroom.
He wasn't finished getting dressed, so he had to put the finishing touches on before his cousin was done so he wouldn't get yelled at again. He took a quick look at himself in the mirror, the shirt was a bit tight and the pants that were really just leggings that were kind of stretched out were still pretty tight on him, so he put the baseball hat on his head, cocked to the side slightly to look more masculine. He also strapped a watch over his wrist warmer. Then he looked at himself in the mirror and smiled.
He was Batman.
A feminine Batman shirt that had lace on the top of the front and back was wrapped on his body, in an appealing way. The leggings that were just a bit loose had the Batman logo all over them and were tucked into the high tops that had Batman on them. A batman belt was slung across his hips carelessly. Black arm warmers with buckles on them covered his scars and had a Batman watch and Batman bracelet that looked to be made of shoelaces overtop. A batman ring was on his finger while a square necklace that said "Keep Calm and Call Batman" on it was around his neck. A Batman baseball hat was on his head and his leather messenger bag that had Batman on it was sitting by the closet door waiting for him to put it on.
He sighed, slightly sad that such an amazing look was going to waste on school.
"Why must perfection be wasted on idiots?" He sighed, turning around to look at his backside in the mirror.
"'Perfection'? Really?" The FBI agent chuckled, leaning against the door frame with a small smile on his face.
"Don't be jealous, you're a stud." The teen smiled, walking over to pick up his bag.
"Thanks, now let's go."
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"Ok, we need to talk." The adult sighed while they were in the car.
"Oh dear lord, please tell me this isn't the sex talk." "Puck" groaned, not looking away from the road as he put on his blinker.
"I gave up on that happening since you started more than I do, no, it's about the apartment."
"Mkay, what about it?"
"We're going to kill each other if we have to keep getting ready using the same two rooms at the same everyday… so… What do you say about going this weekend or next and looking at houses? We need to make sure that it's convenient for both of us, me getting to work and you getting to Anderson, who is absolutely adorable by the way, so we'll have to do some looking online first."
"You want us to get a house?"
"Want… yes." Doctor Reid smiled, thinking about it for the first time that he absolutely did want to share a house with his cousin. "And also need, yes. If I have to bang on the bathroom door every morning just to dry my hair, I will end up scarring them."
"Sounds good." The teenager smiled back, loving the idea of a very permanent home that felt like a home finally.
"The only thing is, we have to agree on it. No matter what, both of us have to say we want to live there, deal?" The elder Spencer asked, pointing a finger to show he was serious.
"Deal." The youngest Reid smiled, nodding as he pulled up to the curb in front of the BAU.
"Good, we'll look online tonight if you aren't studying with Anderson again."
"It's the day before a break and we have a test, I'm pretty sure we're not going to have anything that requires studying… though I look forward to the next time. Have fun at work."
"Have fun at school."
"Impossible."
They both laughed as the elder got out.
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"Batman, perfect." Angela chuckled as she looked at his outfit.
"Thank you muchly, I try." "Puck" smiled back, looking down at his own body.
"So, how was your first day?"
"Relatively good, um, people gawked but that was only to be expected."
"Maybe it was because of how awesomely you dress."
"I like to think so."
"Hey Kingsley." Anderson smiled as he walked up to the elder teen.
"Hey." "Puck" smiled back as they hugged.
"Have fun at school you two." Angela smiled, waving slightly.
"If it was possible we would." Spencer smiled.
The mom just laughed as she went back into the house.
"How are you today?" "Puck" asked, putting his arm around the blonde.
"Pretty good, I feel very confident about being able to pass the Psych test, you?"
"I know I'll pass, I'm fine. Starbucks and I were talking this morning about getting an actual house as opposed to both trying to live in the apartment."
"Oh, that's good. Are you excited?"
"It's better than having World War Spencer." The youngest Reid shrugged, opening the passenger door for the male he was dating.
"Nice name and thank you."
"Thank you as well, and you are welcome." "Puck" smiled as he closed the door.
He then walked over to his own side and got into the driver's seat.
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"Why don't you bring your own lunch?" Anderson chuckled, watching the elder teen eat one of his carrot sticks.
The first half of the day had gone by fine, "Puck" was sure that he had passed the test, and was very sure the male he was dating was going to pass as well.
"Because eating food that isn't yours is always funner."
"Funner isn't a word."
"I care not."
The goth rolled his eyes but stood up and went over to the trash can to throw away the plastic bag his bell peppers had been in.
"Hey gay boy." A dumb jock with a gang behind him said, stepping in front of the blonde so he couldn't get to the trash can.
"I just want to throw something away." Anderson sighed, looking away from the jock.
"Too bad, it's a no queer area."
"I just want to get to the trash can."
"Oh big shock, the trash wants to get to the trash can." The idiot said, smile on his lips but a glare in his eyes.
That was the breaking point for the elder teen. He got up and quickly put himself between the guy he was dating and the bully, facing the idiot.
"Hey, cave man, want someone to bully? Bully me." He glared at the jock; he didn't wait for a reply before he continued. "Raise your hand if you're gay." "Puck" raised his hand and continued before anyone said anything. "Raise your hand if your parents kicked you out because of it." Again he raised his hand. "And, raise your hand if you're a prostitute." He raised his hand high and kept it there. "Now… you have someone worth bullying… ball in your court."
The jocks looked at his like a parasite, but the one in front was the only one to speak.
"Listen faggot-" He started.
The youngest Reid cut him off by thrusting the heel of his palm up into the idiot's nose.
"Don't use that word." The prostitute growled as the jocks rallied around their bleeding friend.
Then the bell signaling lunch was over rang.
"Sorry, I'd love to finish this rousing debate, but I have to get to class. Oh, and, I dare you to tell people I was the one that did that to your nose. I would love to see what your friends do when they find out that a parentless gay prostitute managed to make you bleed and cry. It would make my eternity." "Puck" said, knowing homophobic males enough to know their pride.
He looked back at Anderson then, not knowing what the blonde was going to do after finding out something as giant as an illegal job as well as that show of violence and not remorse for it. He was surprised. Anderson smiled, threaded their fingers together and nudged Spencer, signaling that he wanted him to lead the way to class.
The elder teen smiled, so happy he had someone so amazing.
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The drive to Anderson's was completely silent. Neither one of them were saying anything because neither knew what to say. "Puck" knew that at least the blonde could stand to be seen with him, but he didn't know how much harm there actually was.
Spencer parked the car in front of the house and just sat there, not knowing what to do.
There was only a moment's pause before the goth leaned over and kissed the male he was dating. It was brief but full of passion and showed that there was no damage done whatsoever.
"Thank you." He whispered when he pulled away. "See you Thursday."
"I look forward to it." The elder smiled, an unbelievable amount of happy in him.
They kissed once more and then Anderson got out of the car. "Puck" waved at him before the goth went into his house. Then the flamboyant male's phone rang and he immediately checked it. It was only a text from the elder Reid.
I got a ride from the BAU with someone else because we finished up the majority of the paperwork; you can just come straight home.
The teen shrugged; glad he didn't have to pay for anymore gas.
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"Puck" smiled as he walked into the apartment, but that stopped when he saw how his cousin was positioned. His back was to the door, his arms crossed and his left foot was tapping on the ground.
"What happened?" The younger Spencer asked, setting his bag down as he closed the door. "Oh, by the way, Beautiful is coming over tonight; we need to iron out the rest of the details for Thanksgiving and we're going to Walmart at about midnight to get everything we need."
"Your principal called and told me about a disturbance today." Doctor Reid said, turning to face his cousin. "He said that you told everyone about your past… is that true?"
"Yes, they were being mean to Anderson so I stepped in."
"Why would you do that?"
"They wanted someone to bully, so I gave them someone."
"What exactly happened?" The elder asked, trying to keep his cool.
"This idiot started picking on Anderson; I got in the way, told them what I was and put the heel of my palm in his nose when he said the word I won't tolerate."
"You basically punched him? The principal didn't tell me that."
"Not surprised, most straight guys won't admit a queer hit them even under oath."
"Why Spencer?" Elder Reid asked, anger starting to be heard.
"They were being meant to Anderson." The teen shrugged, starting to get defensive.
"Spencer, you just made yourself public enemy number one!" Doctor Reid basically yelled.
"I don't care! I gave them someone to bully that they're scared of now. And I will keep giving them someone to bully!" "Puck" shouted back. "Just wait until you see the outfit I'm gunna wear on my first day back." He said it in normal volume, with anger in his eyes.
"Why do you keep turning yourself into the victim?!" The adult shouted, throwing his arms down to his side.
"Because I am done being victimized! I'm tired of it! I'm sick of people telling me what to do and what I am! I got made fun of because I was lanky, so I learned how to fucking fight, I got made fun of for being gay, so I fucking fought, and Anderson was getting bullied so I fucking gave them someone to take it out on, because if anyone else hurts him I'll be the next person you profile!" The younger Spencer shouted, arms moving around as he shouted.
"Sorry," Penelope said, her head peering in the door.
She looked very scared, but went into the room jus the same.
"We'll finish this later." The doctor said before he went to his room.
"I look forward to it." The teen said sarcastically.
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Yes, I did mean to have both of the Spencer's use "World War Spencer", it was on purpose.
Link to outfit on my profile.