moreid oneshots

sleep means hurting

summary: while reids apartment gets redecorated, morgan offers to let the man stay at his place for a few nights to save some money from pointless hotels. unfortunately reids nightmares have been getting worse and he's not sure he can hide not sleeping with company around.

warnings: none

set: season 1

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Reid finished off his last file for the day, hurriedly scribbling down details from their last case before closing the document and placing it in his finished pile. He rubbed tiredly at his eyes, knowing the night would once again be sleepless.

"Hey Reid you almost finished?" Elle asked as she stood up from her desk, bag packed and jacket on.

"Yeah yeah, just need to finish up a few more things."

"Don't be too late going home." Elle ruffled his hair as she passed him on her way and Reid mumbled a quiet goodnight.

How many days had it been now? 3? Maybe 4? That showed how much not sleeping was effecting the man, he could remember days down to the minute and now he could only throw guesses. He packed up a few papers into his satchel before standing up. The sudden rush of blood went to his head and he swayed a little, catching himself on the desk before he fell.

Not sleeping was definitely not healthy, the longest someone had ever stayed awake was way over what he was working with but he could start to see the basic side effects. Dizziness, slow thought process...maybe hallucinations would start next.

"Pretty Boy!"

Morgan's voice shattered the little world Reid had momentarily got lost in and the man looked up to see his friend.

"You finished?"

Why was everyone asking that today? Did no one expect him to be able to finish things on time? He knew he was young but he was far more capable than what people assumed.

"Yes, of course I finished." He replied, more harshly than he intended.

Morgan gave him a confused look. "Alright...everything okay kid?"

"Yes Morgan everything's fine!" Reid answered angrily, he regretted what he said almost immediately. He looked up expecting to have to apologise, but instead the man was smiling.

Reid watched, slightly hurt himself, when his friend started to laugh - laugh at him. Whatever was apparently funny the man couldn't understand.

"Reid? Reid!"

He looked up at Morgan when he spoke...but he was still laughing.

"Reid! C'mon talk to me kid."

What was going on?

"Please kid say something!"

A hand touched Reid's arm and he looked down at it; when he looked back up Morgan was stood much closer and he wasn't laughing. He looked worried, concerned; the same look he had seen when he had forgotten to eat on cases.

"Are you okay?" Reid asked. The look was throwing him off a little.

"What?" Morgan replied, "What, am I okay? Kid you just..I don't even know, you just zoned out for like 3 minutes."

"I what?"

Morgan stared at his friend for a moment longer before gently guiding him away from his desk and towards his elevator. "Let's go back to my place."