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********Derek was going to kill someone.He didn’t know who but he was.No one, and he means no one gets to shoot Reid and get away with it.********Morgan was at the BAU late. Again.He needed to finish up a report on one of the team's latest cases. It didn’t take super long, he was out of his office around 12:40am.Walking towards the elevator, he spotted someone.“Hey baby girl, what is your beautiful self doing here so late?”“I could ask you the same thing, my love.”“Just finishing a report on that case. What about you?”But before Garcia could respond, Morgan's phone rang, with a sigh he took out his phone to answer.“Hey Hotch.”
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“Yeah I’m with Penelope, why?”
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“What? Hospital? Why?” Garcia's eyes widened when she heard him say hospital, thinking something bad had happened. (She was right)
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“....ok. On our way now then.”Sighing, Morgan put his phone away, and headed for the elevator, while Garcia asked him a bunch of questions to which his only response was that he would give her lift to the hospital. When they got the car, and were on their way to the hospital, Morgan told Penelope that Reid had been shot.Twice.-40 minutes later-Rushing to the waiting area where the rest of the team was, except for Hotch, who was at the reception desk.“Where is he?” Morgan asked, feeling about ready to punch someone, or something.Rossi seemed to be the only one who right away realized he was there, Emily was comforting JJ, who seemed very close to having a breakdown. Upon further inspection Derek noted she had blood on her hands, forearms and shirt.“He’s in surgery, no idea how much longer though.” The older agent told him.“How long has he been in there?”Morgan would deny this vehemently to anyone who asked, but he jumped hearing Garcia’s voice. Then he was cursing himself internally for forgetting she was there.“Just over two hours.”Hearing this, Morgan stopped swearing inside his head at himself. More questions rushed through his mind, most of which only Reid could answer so he asked the one Rossi perhaps knew the answer to.“Two hours?! When was he shot?!”“We don’t know, he lost a lot of blood. He was barely conscious when JJ found him….. They said if it had been any later he would’ve probably died on the way here.”That explained the blood on JJ, and why she was freaking out.“Where was he shot?” Penelope asked.“Once in the shoulder and once in his gut.” The older agent replied.“God, I’m going to sit down, sugar you should do the same you look like you’re about to pass out.” She said, putting her hand on Morgan's arm. He flinched. Derek Morgan flinched.Garcia quickly removed her hand, giving him a worried look, she walked over to JJ and Prentiss, sitting down next to them.“Morgan, good you’re here.” Hotch said, walking over to him and Rossi. “Dave, can I have a minute?”“Sure thing, I was never here.”Morgan watched as the senior agent walked over to the rest of the team before turning back to face Hotch.“Morgan, are you ok?”“What? Yeah I’m…. fine. Why?”“Because right now you look like you’re about to punch something.”Morgan sighed, “Yeah I kind of want to right now.”“Go sit down. We’ll get notified when he’s out of surgery.”Derek noticed Hotch just said when he was out of surgery not if he was going to be ok. He knew Hotch didn’t want to get their hopes up, but Morgan could see the clear concern and hope for the young genius.He should sit down, he felt like passing out, but running across the world at the same time. Just as Morgan was about to go sit down, a doctor wearing surgical scrubs walks into the waiting area, once he was spotted, everyone who was sitting stood up, bracing themselves for bad news.The doctor looked at them, “ He made it.”Everyone breathed out the breath they had been holding.“He’s going to need plenty of time off for a full recovery, but he’ll pull through.”Everyone on the team hugged and high fived, feeling lighter than ever knowing the young doctor was going to be ok.The doctor looked at them and asked, “Which one of you is Derek Morgan?”Morgan raised his eyebrows, “Uh that would be me.”“Agent Reid asked that you be the first one to see him, I will warn you he’s still recovering from the anaesthesia, so he might not make much sense, or seem a bit out of it.”Morgan looked over at Hotch, who nodded for him to go, a knowing look in his eye that Derek couldn’t place. Then he turned to the doctor and asked which room Reid was in.
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*********-In Reids hospital room-Making his way to the side of the hospital bed, he took note of how Reid looked. Hooked up to a million different beeping machines, wires sticking to his body. Morgan noticed how his chest rose and fell, in shallow breaths. What slightly confused him was the way his heart broke a little, at the sight of the young genius barely conscious, and his face as pale as ever.He knew he cared for the young agent, more than anything, but he thought it was platonic, for both of them, taking a seat next to Spencer he realized with a shock that he cared for the man in much more than a friend way.A quiet voice saying his name brought him out of his thoughts, looking at Spencer's face he noticed he was awake.A smile found its way onto Morgan's face, “Hey pretty boy, how are you feeling?”“Like I just got shot.”“You seem to have that happen to you quite a lot kid. You need to wear a vest all the time it seems.”Spencer smiled, “Or get a bodyguard perhaps.”Pausing for a second, Derek asked, “Who shot you pretty boy?”The smile disappeared and Derek instantly regretted making that smile go away.“I don’t know, I was on my way home, and when I got to the door I noticed it was unlocked, and I knew I locked the door, I mean, it’s not like I would forget. So I grabbed my gun and opened the door. When I got inside there was a man standing in the dark pointing a gun at me.”Derek noticed the other man’s eyes getting teary, knowing that Spencer doesn’t like the dark too much, this being one of the main reasons. So he reached over and grabbed the younger man's hand.“Then he said, “karma’s a bitch Doctor Reid.” I didn’t even recognise his voice, next thing he was shooting at me, I tried to duck and get away, but the bullet went into my shoulder, so I could barely lift my arm to shoot back. After that I was laying on the floor with blood covering half my arm, then the guy was hovering over my body and he said, “I should just put you out of your misery, but then how would you learn?” then he shot me in my gut.”Now there were tears running down his face. Morgan squeezed his hand, in a way he hoped would be reassuring.“We’re going to get this son of bitch kid, and he is going to regret doing this. I promise you that.”Spencer squeezed Derek's hand.“We thought we were gonna lose you kid. I was worried I wasn’t going to see your pretty face again.”Spencer smiled again and Derek smiled back.“Sorry for making everyone worry.”“No need to apologize, but seriously we’re going to get that guy and make him regret hurting you at all.”“Hey Mor- Derek, Can I tell you something?”Slightly surprised by the younger agent using his first name, he nodded.“I just realized y’know, I thought for sure I was going to die, I mean I probably would have if JJ hadn't found me. But I realized that I regretted not saying so much to people.” Taking a deep breath, he continued, “Especially you.”Derek's eyebrows once again raised, “What did you regret not telling me, pretty boy?” he said in a soft voice.Eyes tearing up once again, looking everywhere except the older agent, taking a shaking breath he opened his mouth, then closed it.“Spencer. Look at me.” He did.“Whatever it is you want to tell me, just say it.”Spencer nodded, looking away from Derek again.“I just realized that I would never get to tell you how much I care about you. Not just as a friend, but more than that, I regretted not doing so much in those moments, but not ever telling you th-that I loved you was the one that I was regretting the most. And I know you don’t feel the same about me but you should know, and I understand if you feel weird about i-”Spencer wasn’t able to finish his sentence because Derek had leant over and was now kissing him. It took a couple of seconds for the shock of the fact that he was being kissed, by Derek Morgan no less, to go away, and when it did, he closed his eyes and kissed him back.The older agent's hand slid behind Spencer's neck, pressing him even closer. The younger agent shifted slightly, and winced hissing in pain. Derek pulled away a concerned expression on his face.“Shit kid. I’m sorry, what hurts?”“Shoulder.” Spencer replied through gritted teeth, “Give me a second.”Leaning back a bit to give the younger man space, Derek watched as Spencer took a few deep breaths.“You ok pretty boy?”Spencer nodded, “Yeah I just probably shouldn’t move my shoulder or torso.”Derek leaned forward once again to place a gentle kiss on the other man's forehead, “Just so we’re clear, I love you too kid.”“Yeah I uh I guessed that from you, y’know kissing me.”A knock came from the other side of the door, followed by the voice of one Penelope Garcia. “Derek sugar you know I love you, but we want to check on our boy wonder!”Sighing Derek moved to get up, “Alright baby girl, hold on.”Opening the door to the rest of the team, Spencer was soon surrounded by concerned team members. Except Hotch who was looking at Derek.“Morgan, I’m giving Reid some time off to recover, and if you would like, I can assign some time off for you too, so you can take care of him.”“Thanks Hotch, that would really be appreciated.”“Oh and be sure that nothing about you two gets out to anyone who isn’t on the team because you guys could get yourselves and me into serious trouble.” Hotch said with the same knowing look as before on his face.Morgan gaped at Hotch for a couple of seconds, “Ho-how did you know?”The look Hotch gave him made him almost regret asking. “First of all Reid’s hair when you opened the door, was a dead give away, also he was blushing when everyone came in. Also I knew exactly what was going to happen when the doctor said Reid wanted to see you first.”“Damn you’re good.”“I wouldn’t be in charge if I wasn’t.” Hotch said with one of his barely there smiles. “I’m happy for the both of you.”“Thanks Hotch.”Hotch put his hand on Derek’s shoulder before going into Spencer’s hospital room to check on the young agent, Morgan following close behind him.