Fic: Three Signs, Chapter 7/7 -Normal (Criminal Minds, Spencer Reid/ Derek Morgan)
Title: Three Signs, Chapter 7/7 - Normal
Pair: Spencer Reid / Derek Morgan
Rating: PG
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Morgan punched his pillow few times and plopped back on the bed. It had been a week since Reid had flown to Las Vegas. He had called few times,but Morgan could feel something wasn`t right.
"Why should things be right?" Another half of his mind reminded. "A guy shot his brains out, because Reid left him. Nothing about this thing is right." But.. He still didn`t regret getting together with Reid. No matter how he thought about it, he didn`t regret it. Morgan didn`t know if Reid did, though. He hadn`t said anything on the phone, but he had to wonder if this was actually worth it. Maybe he didn`t want to come back at all. Maybe he was going to stay in Vegas...
Morgan was about to get up and go watch some TV when the doorbell rang. He got up from the bed and grabbed a t-shirt from the closet on his way downstairs. He opened the door and frozed on the spot.
"Hey, Morgan." Reid said timidly and pushed a strand of hair behind his ear. "Can I... Can I come in?"
"Yeah, of course." Morgan was still to stunned to say anything else. His first response was to pull Reid against him, but he wasn`t sure how Reid would react. "I thought you would be in Vegas for another week. Until the evaluation,I mean."
"That was the plan but I.. I thought about things and I.. I needed to try to fix some things." Reid wandered to the living room and sat down on the couch.
"What things?" Morgan had a nasty feeling he was about to get dumped.
"Everything, really. The whole thing with Mark. I felt so guilty-"
"Reid, it wasn`t your fault. It wasn`t anyone`s fault!"
"I know that. But I needed to come to that conclusion on my own. It took a while,but after that one thing was clear, all the other things started to make more sense."
Morgan sat down next to him on the couch. "Go on."
"It made me question my decisions." Reid`s voice was so small, Morgan could hardly hear it. "Looking back now... I think... I think I would make the same decision even if I knew how it would end. And now I need to think how I want to deal with the future."
"What do you want from the future?"
"I want Normal. I mean I know that `normal` isn`t a very fitting description for our lifes. Our work alone makes that pretty impossible, but I think.. I think we are each others Normal. You know, that thing that keeps us attached to the real world when everything goes crazy."
"I think your right about that." Morgan smiled.
"So, that`s why I came back. I wanted my life back. It`s not perfect, and other people may not understand it, but it`s my life, and I like it the way it is."
"That`s how it should be." Morgan paused. "I`m glad your back. For a while I wasn`t sure if you were going to..."
"Leave permanently? I thought about that, but I have too many reasons to stay." Reid blushed and fixed his eyes on his hands. "You were one of the biggest reasons."
Morgan couldn`t come up with anything to say, so he simply grabbed Reid and pulled him closer for a tight hug.
"Morgan.. Morgan." Reid gently removed Morgan`s hand and got up from the couch.
"Where are you going..? Morgan asked.
"We are going. I told you I wanted my life back as it was. Starting from you." Reid gave him a little smile, took his hand and pulled him to the bedroom.
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Morgan let out a contended sigh. It had been a while since he had felt this good. Reid`s weight pressing on him served as a pleasant reminder, that Reid had stayed. Reid had every reason to leave, but he had stayed. Morgan opened his eyes to take a look at him. In the dark bedroom he could see Reid`s pale skin glowing against Morgan`s.
"Are you awake?" Reid mumbled and nuzzled his cheek against Morgan`s chest.
"I was thinking."
"About what?"
"I was thinking that you shouldn`t go back to your apartment."
"Well, at least not for a while. It`s still an absolute mess-"
"No, I meant you shouldn`t go back to live there at all."
"You mean.."
"I mean you should stay here." Morgan waited for an answer, but silence got longer
and longer. Finally Reid answered.
"I think so too. But right now.."
"Yeah?"
"I don`t want to move from this spot until the weekend`s over." Reid lifted his head a bit and placed a kiss on the side of Morgan`s neck.
Morgan grinned and wrapped his arms tighter around him. "Sounds good, Pretty Boy."