Fanfic: The Down Side of Up [1/1]

[freakingdork]

Title: The Down Side of Up
Author: freakingdork
Rating: FRT
Pairing: Morgan/Reid
Word Count: 1062
Summary: Sometimes, things are more complex than they seem on the surface.
Notes: written for the angst_bingo square "wealth/poverty." Also, I definitely spent more time researching this fic than writing it - I have a document with all the math and reasoning I chose certain dollar

Comments

[just_jasper]

Urf, I love this. I've never really given any serious consideration to how much it must cost Reid to look after his mom.

[freakingdork]

Yeah, based on how nice they portray the place Diana stays at and the places one of my friends has stayed at, it'd most likely be 91,500-164,500 a year (300-500 a day) and places like that are private pay (aka insurance won't cover even a portion of the cost) and SSI/disability is about 18,000 a year (given what a client of mine told me).

I still can't decide whose backstory is more unbelievable at this point: tardis!Hotch or money-issues!Reid.

(because I'm really iffy as to whether canon!Reid's dad would have actually footed the bill)

[sam_maddy]

I really enjoyed reading this! I really like how you write Morgan/Reid.

I kinda thought that maybe William helped pay for Diana's care. And that Spencer never knew he did it. Even though he was the jerk who abandoned them, you could still tell that he cared about Diana and Spencer.

[freakingdork]

Thank you so much!

I can only assume William helped out because it's basically impossible otherwise (it still seems barely feasible the way I wrote it tbh).

[thrace_adams]

Awww I love Derek wanting to take care of him. <3333

[freakingdork]

Thanks!