Criminal Minds Fic: As Long as I'm Living (1/1)

[dreamersscape]

Title: As Long as I'm Living
Author: dreamersscape
Rating: FRC
Words: ~3000
Genre: Family/Friendship/Fluff
Characters/Pairings: Reid, Henry, JJ
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers through 7x16, during which this takes place. No warnings except for extreme mushiness. :)
Summary: He couldn't very well back out now, could he? Morgan, Prentiss, Garcia - heck, none of his team -

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[dreamersscape]

Thanks, Sylvi! I was hoping that you might have gotten far enough along to read this. I was really disappointed that we didn't get to see Reid and Henry together and thus this idea has been stewing in my brain since the episode aired. In all honesty, I know what you mean about LYF. Knowing it as a kid the stranger aspects of the story never occurred to me, and so it will always be a very special book to me. But when I was writing this and had the idea to include it, my brother happened to be in the room and I was curious about whether he remembered it from when he was younger. It turns out he didn't, and while I was reading it to him (and re-reading it for myself for the first time as an adult), my brother interrupts me in the middle with, "What the heck is this? It's so creepy!" For whatever reason, this struck me as hilarious (and just a little bit true), and I read through the rest of the story while busting up laughing practically every other sentence. Thankfully, Reid is only sharing it with Henry, so his own view of the book won't be shattered in a likewise matter. :) Haha, I was so delighted when it hit me that a Robin Hood reference could be thrown in rather seamlessly with it being a form of '15th century literature' of a sort. ;) I'm really glad that you enjoyed this!