The Strange Spencer Reid
It was a desk day. Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork, Derek sighed, and looks over to his teammates. JJ was smiling on the phone, presumably talking to Will and her kids. Emily was throwing a yellow bouncy ball, bouncing it from the floor, to cabinet in front of her, back to her hand. Spencer was smiling down at his files, scribbling, and reading the pages. Dam kid... who even finds paperwork exiting??? Derek thought to himself. All of a sudden, Spencer’s smile faded from his face, and he stared down at the papers in lfront of him, his expression somewhat terrified. Derek sat upright, concerned for his friend, when Spencer rushed it of his chair and into the bathroom. He slowly got up from his chair, trying to bring any unwanted attention to himself, and went after Spencer.
“Reid?” He asked as he walked in the quiet bathroom.“I know you’re in here, I can see you feet.” He leaned against the sinks, right in front of the stall occupied by Spencer.
“Just... Just please leave me alone!” Came a shaky voice from behind the door in front of Morgan, and walked towards it.
“Spencer...” He said, voice barely above a whisper. “Please talk to me...” he continued, sitting down on the floor leaning against the stall door. Silence. “I don’t know what’s going on with you, pretty boy, but please don’t shut me out!” He continued and tried to hold back tears of his own when he herd Spencer sniff behind him.
“I- I can’t...” Spencer’s voice filled the quiet room after a moment of silence. “Not yet.” He explained.
“Ok,” Derek sighed, getting up and facing the closed door “but I’m not leaving here before you give me hug!” They chuckled, and the door he was previously leaned against opened, revealing a red-faced-Dr. Reid. He stepped out shyly, and Morgan pulled him into a bone-crushing hug. The hug felt like it went on for hours, when in reality it was no longer than 5 minutes. They separated, and Morgan presses a kiss to Reid’s forehead, leaving him the bathroom to collect his thoughts.
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The next few weeks were slow. Painfully slow. Spencer was quieter than normal, and Derek was worried. When the rest of the team started getting worried, Spencer decided it was time to tell someone. Coming home from a case one night, Spencer sat next to Derek in the jet ride home.
“Y’alright pretty boy?” Derek asked, furrowing his eyebrows, and turning to Spencer. Spencer nodded ‘no’ and stayed silent for a little, as if trying to collect his thoughts, and finding the right way to phrase them.
“C- Can I come over?” He said shyly, unable to look Morgan in the eyes. “We could watch a movie or something...” he added quickly, fiddling with his hands.
“Of course, pretty boy! You’re just gonna have to give me a second when we land, I got an errand to run, but I’d love a movie night!” He said, grinning, and slightly bumped Reid’s arm with his elbow playfully. Spencer gave a small smile that worried Derek.
“Is this a movie, movie night, or a movie and talk, movie night?” He asked and Spencer just shrugged, that being enough to answer Derek’s question. He put his hand on Reid’s wrist as if asking for permission to hold his hand, and Spencer responded by automatically taking Morgan’s hand on his own and giving him a comforting smile.