fic: comprehension (criminal minds, morgan/reid)

[ever_obsessed]

Rating: PG-13 (slight sexuality)
Pairing: Morgan/Reid
Disclaimer: Not mine, making no profit
Spoilers: Allusions to canon through 4x24, "Amplification"
Teaser: Five things it takes Spencer Reid too long to notice about Derek Morgan- and one he notices immediately. Or, five and one snapshots of a slowly developing relationship. (for angeldylan628)

Comments

[angeldylan628]

Guh.

I don't even know where to begin.

I've been staring at this for five minutes trying to figure out where to start but I keep wanting to quote the whole damn fic and just put a big ass smiley face after it because that's about as coherent as I'm getting.

Okay, for starters, remember me telling you that you don't ever need to worry about characterization? Well, you just proved it yet again because this was so perfect. I'm really amazed by it. Especially Morgan. I've found that people usually get Reid pretty easily but it's so hard to find in character Morgan and you nailed him. And my mind just went to the gutter....

Moving on...

The dialogue! God the dialogue was so fantastic through all of this. It felt so real. The way they banter and flirt without even realizing they're flirting. For instance...

Reid says the first few (nine) times, “I’m an FBI agent, I can take care of myself” because his stunted pride demands it, and Morgan says, “You’re our precious commodity, get in the car.”Such a perfect sentence to sum them up

[ever_obsessed]

ADHJKLR!11! THIS FEEDBACK MAKES ME SO HAPPY, I AM SO HAPPY YOU LIKED AND IT WAS OKAY AND IT DIDN'T SUCK!1

[angeldylan628]

Morgan is the reason I'm hooked on this show. I mean I caved when my best friend asked me to watch, but I didn't get really hooked until I saw "Profiler, Profiled". Because it was one of those "whoa...I did not see that coming" moments. And at first, I was blinded by my disappointment with how they portrayed the Chicago Police Department (my grandfather was a cop there for thirty-five years). But once I got past that, I realized how much I loved what it added to Morgan's character - how much it explained, you know? Whether it was intentional or not. Hotch is my favorite, but Morgan is a very close second. (I think I like Hotch most because of Dharma and Greg...but that's a whole other story)

And contrary to what I read in some fics, I don't see him always being happy about it or wanting to do itEXACTLY. I've always seen the resentment from Reid. Like you said, I think it's been ingrained into him so that sometimes he'll just do it out of habit. But I just can't see him being overbearing and really into it. He'd be cautious and

[ever_obsessed]

ASDFGHJKL, SOMEBODY ELSE PICKS UP THE RESENTMENT UNDERTONES, I WAS STARTING TO THINK I WAS THE ONLY ONE, :D

[angeldylan628]

OH PETER GALLAGHER, ILU. *cough*

GAH. IT'S LIKE YOUR IN MY HEAD. You see Reid as I do...only you're able to flesh it out a lot better than I ever could.

Also, the sleep thing now even makes more sense to me when you explain it like that. And yes, Reid is perfect for Morgan because Morgan would never actually ask Reid to take care of him. And thus, Reid would want to do it, but not in the way he felt compelled to take care of his mother. It would more be like something Reid could feel secure in. He would know how to take care of Morgan without letting Morgan know he was being taken care of...and since Morgan has that whole issue with pride going on, it would be necessary that he was kept in the dark.

he hates that he can't stop bringing Reid up randomly when he visits his family BUT HE CAN'T HELP IT and his Mom doesn't tease him over it even if Des doesDUDE YOU NEED TO KEEP WRITING BECAUSE YES. BOTH OF THESE THINGS. I still get all goofy every time I rewatch that scene where Morgan's sister mentions that Derek talks about Reid and