Ficlet time!
Title: Brown
Author: Fireness
Beta: None
Characters (Pairings): Morgan and Reid (R/M)
Rating: FRM
Warning(s): Implied slash, clogged drains, hair facts
Spoilers: None, unless you count the fact that Morgan has a dog?
Summary: "From what I can tell, it’s a giant pile of hair.”
Word Count: 331
Author’s Notes: This was a requested piece from one of my ff.net readers, Jodie1.
Disclaimer: I support the writers! (but I don't own the characters... :( )
Prompt 17: Brown (Reid/Morgan)
“Did you find what’s blocking the drain yet?” Reid asked, peering over his lover’s shoulder.
“Yeah, as a matter of fact, I did. Here.” Morgan held out a handful of brown sogginess.
The younger man pulled back in disgust. “Ugh, is that a dead rat?”
“Nope. From what I can tell, it’s a giant pile of hair.”
“Whose?”
Morgan looked at him. “You’re joking, right?”
“I’m sure if I’m clever enough I can find a way to make you share the blame.” He grinned. “After all, I wasn’t the one who nearly ripped out a chunk of my own hair the last time I blew you in the shower.”
“Completely irrelevant, I’m sure.”
“My scalp was sore for days.”
“Okay, so maybe I tugged a little too hard, but I’m positive I’m not the reason you shed like a frickin’ sheep dog. You’re worse than Clooney.”
“Actually, the average male loses about eighty hairs every day.”
Morgan paused long enough to give his lover an incredulous look. “At that rate, shouldn’t you be as bald as me? Shouldn’t everyone, for that matter?”
Reid’s face adopted the enthusiastic expression it usually got when he was about to recite some obscurely random fact. Morgan mentally braced himself. “Statistically speaking, humans have about 100,000 hairs on their heads, though redheads generally have less, while blondes tend to have more. The lifespan of hair is about two to seven years, and annual growth is about twelve centi-”
“Spencer?”
“Yeah?”
“Shut up.”
“Or what?” He smirked. “You’ll spank me?”
“Don’t think I won’t.”
“You have yet to follow up on that particular threat,” Reid noted.
“Knowing you, you’d probably like it too much.”
“No. No. Anything but a spanking. Please. I’ll be good, I promise,” he intoned. “Happy?”
Morgan laughed. “Watch your mouth, boy, or I’ll have you on your knees in that shower so fast, not only will your head spin, but I’ll do more’n just tug on those mutinous locks o’ yours.”
“Promises, promises.”
Fun facts about hair came from Jodie1 and http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip1412.htm