Elijah was laid in bed, looking up at the ceiling as he clutched Strauss' coin in his hand. Ten minutes.. Twenty minutes.. Twenty-three minutes late to his AA meeting. He had meant to keep going after Strauss passed away but.. He couldn't.
"Eli?" Reid walked into the room.
"Hm?" Elijah glanced over at him.
"I thought you left." Reid tilted his head.
"I did." Elijah nodded.
"To the AA meeting?"
"I started driving there."
"And.."
"..Reid, I haven't been going since Strauss died." Elijah told him,"I tried, honest."
Reid sighed and walked over, sitting on the bed next to him,"I.. I know it's difficult."
Elijah squeezed the coin in his hand,"I didn't start again- But I can't go back there anymore."
"That's fine." Reid assured him,"You don't need to go to an AA meeting to be sober. You've been doing great."
"We did it together, y'know? I got her help and she helped me.."
"She would want you to be happy."
Elijah looked away,"..I was happy."
Reid kissed his hand,"We can help each other now."
"In the last few months of getting to know her, she treated me more like a son than my own mother ever did." Elijah leaned against Reid.
"I know she did." He nodded.
"I miss her.."
"I know." Reid sighed,"But we did her justice."
"I wish I got to shoot him." Elijah muttered.
"Don't we all?" He chuckled, the phone ringing in the background,"And.. We never get a break."
"Can't you just stay here a bit longer?" Elijah asked him.
"Y'know what? Fine."
Elijah gasped,"Really?"
"Only if you're good."
"I will be. Scout's honor." Elijah winked.
"Okay then." Reid chuckled and leaned back.
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"I don't see why you put yourself through two jobs." Fleur sighed to Morgan as he sat on the couch.
"I enjoy it, keeps things fresh." Morgan hummed.
"You're just away from home."
"Do you want me around more often?" Morgan asked.
"It would be nice." Fleur hummed.
"Then I can have that arranged." He wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah."
"How?"
"I'll figure out it." Morgan shrugged,"I'd do anything for you."
Fleur smiled and kissed his cheek.
"I'm gonna spend some quality time with you tonight, I'll make us a nice meal and everything." Morgan told her.
"Really?"
"Really."
"Then..I would like that a lot." Fleur hummed.
"That's great-" Morgan was cut off by the phone ringing,"Of course."
"Just ignore it." Fleur shook her head.
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FanficFleur Howards was taken on her walk from from school at age 7. Originally from France, she was trafficked across Europe. She was forced into intercourse with older men but also trained to kill. Before she was saved by the FBI at age 17, she had been...
