A/N: Hey! Because I got such lovely comments on the story I posted yesterday, you're getting another today ;) This was from a prompt I received based on Greg making a family discovery after Donna visited this season. The comment she made at the end got me thinking and well, I haven't done a Morganders in a while, so here you are! :)
Summary – After Donna made the comment about Greg and Morgan being possible relatives, Greg makes an interesting discovery with interesting consequences… Morganders :)
Family Discoveries
Nick was sat in the break room one evening, drinking his coffee and reading a newspaper, when Greg stormed into the room and slammed a file down on the table. Nick raised an eyebrow at him and was surprised to see the disheartened look on the younger man's face.
"Did we finally get a new case?" Nick asked. It had been a slow night and he assumed there were some case details in the file.
"No, this is my case" Greg emphasised as he sat down heavily in a bit of a huff.
Nick looked surprised at his friend again "Didn't your mother ever tell you to share?" he teased, and Greg gave him an unimpressed look.
"Well, it's not really a case, more just…research" Greg explained more calmly as he sat up and turned to face Nick.
"Research on what?" Nick asked curiously as he put down his paper.
"I can't tell you" Greg said like a little child with a secret. Nick rolled his eyes. "Seriously! If I told you, you'd just call me crazy and laugh at me"
"Oh Greg, I already know you're crazy, and I laugh at you all the time" Nick said with a slightly patronising smile, and Greg just pouted at him in a sulk. "Come on man, you know you can tell me anything" Nick told the younger man in all seriousness.
Greg sighed in defeat and Nick smiled. He knew it would work, Greg had always had a trouble with keeping secrets and he was obviously itching to share what he had found.
"Okay, you know two days ago my genealogy friend, Donna, came by and helped with that case?" Greg asked. Nick nodded. "Well she told Morgan and me that we both come from a Norwegian heritage and that we could…kissing cousins" he said in quotation marks.
"So?" Nick asked, not sure where Greg was going with this.
"So!?" Greg repeated in mock outrage "So, I couldn't marry my cousin, Nick!"
The older man chuckled "What? Come on Greggo, you wouldn't be literal cousins…. Wait, you're not even dating yet, and you're saying you couldn't marry Morgan?"
Greg blushed and started looking through the files in front of him. "Shut up, that's not the point" he mumbled in deep embarrassment and Nick started laughing. "Anyway…it got me a little worried" he continued after Nick had calmed himself. "So, I researched into it. I found out that our families aren't related, but, they did know each other"
Nick seemed more intrigued now, as the younger man placed a sheet down in front of him. "This is a diary entry from my great great-grandmother." Greg explained "She says that her husband – my great-great grandfather- was murdered by this man" he placed a picture of a painting down. "This, is Morgan's great-great Uncle"
Nick's eyes grew wide "What are the chances?" he said quietly as he studied the material.
"Oh, it gets better" Greg said, placing another diary entry down. "This is from Morgan's other great-great Uncle, saying that in revenge, my family organised a heist on the mining company the Ecklie's owned and stole over half a million dollars' worth of goods. Our families back then were like different gangs in a Norwegian version of the Mafia"
"So what you're saying is, your family, and Morgan's family, have supposedly been enemies for over a hundred years?" Nick asked, making sure he'd understood.
"Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying" Greg said sounding disappointed. "It's like… Morgan is a Capulet and I'm a Montague. It would be wrong for us to be together given the seriousness of our families' histories"
Nick smirked "Seriously, you're comparing yourself to Romeo and Juliet?" Greg just raised his eyebrows at him "Come on Greg, like you say, this is ancient history, you're families don't still hate each other…do they?"
"Well, I don't know. My Papa Olaf was a big business man, and so naturally he had some enemies. It's part of the reason my family moved to America. Maybe one of those enemies was the Ecklie family."
"So you're worried that if you date Morgan, you'll be betraying your families?" Nick asked.
"Yes" Greg said sadly "You know how much my Norwegian heritage means to me"
"Really?" Nick said not being convinced "Can you speak Norwegian?"
"Yes, of course I can!" Greg persisted.
"Just knowing the swear words doesn't count, dude" Nick jibed.
Greg looked offended "I can to speak Norwegian! I mean… I know enough…some parts… a little… I have to know, some of my family don't speak English!" he defended. "Besides, I can know and love where I come from without speaking the language fluently, thank you very much"
"Alright, alright I'm sorry" Nick said raising a hand in defence. "I do know your Papa Olaf and that whole part of your families means a lot." Greg seemed satisfied with this, offering himself a silent win.
"It is fascinating I'll give you that…maybe you should share it with Morgan?" Nick suggested.
Greg shook his head "No, she'll just think I'm crazy"
"Greg, I once caught you checking out a girls epitheliums under a microscope" Nick said with a smile and Greg blushed again "So, this isn't the weirdest thing you've ever done for a girl"
Greg bit his bottom lip in thought "Okay, maybe I will tell her, it is pretty strange after all, how over a hundred years later, our families meet again like this…"
After their shift, Greg offered to get him and Morgan some breakfast and explained he had some things to show her. Morgan as always, was very curious, and she also liked the idea of some alone time with Greg. The pair had been sat in break room for just over half an hour, as Greg explained what he had found. Morgan's eyes grew wide and to Greg, they sparkled in amazement.
"Wow…this is so interesting… and strange" Morgan said after Greg finished explaining "I guess by right, we should hate each other" she joked, but Greg looked a little disappointed. "I can't believe you went to all this effort...even if it's kind of bad news, it was sweet of you" she said with a softs mile and Greg's heart fluttered.
"Oh, it was nothing…" Greg said trying to play it down, but really he was getting a little excited. "You know if we were to date, they would have seriously frowned upon it" Greg added casually and Morgan looked at him with her head slightly tilted.
"Yeah…you could say it would just be completely… wrong" she said seductively.
Greg was being drawn to her flirtatious tone and look as he found himself leaning a little closer "Or I guess, you could even say it was…forbidden" he said in almost a whisper, before Morgan pulled him forward the rest of the way and they kissed passionately.
Nick, who had been stood close by, heard the whole thing "Smooth Greg" he said with a smile and a shake of his head before walking away.
"Erm, what's going on in there?" Sara asked in astonishment as she caught up to him.
"Well, for never was a story of more woe, than this of Morgan and her Greggo." Nick said with an all-knowing smile, but Sara just looked confused.
Haha so this was just a bit of fun really :P It was quite a hard prompt for me, and I tried to think of something serious, but I couldn't and so this just kind of happened XD I feel like the majority of people have had Romeo and Juliet forced upon them at some point, so why not ;)
Reviews are welcome, and I'm working my way through these prompts now so more would be brill :) xx
