Reid & Angel

9: Teasing

***A COUPLE WEEKS LATER: BAU***

Angel was quietly sipping her coffee at her desk as she was looking over one of the files full of case paperwork she had on her desk. It was only ten in the morning and she had already gotten through a big chunk of her case files. 

Things were quiet today, even Morgan who had been teasing Reid had gone quiet as they all worked on their files. However, the moment she saw JJ and Emily leave their desks and make a beeline towards her, she knew that the quiet was probably over.

"So," JJ started taking a seat on the edge of the desk as Emily stood there with a smile. 

"That was some kiss we saw happen at the club, you want to talk about that?" JJ finished, watching Angel blush and glance over at the way where Reid would probably be coming with his own cup of coffee any minute. 

"What's to talk about, we danced, kissed, got the attention of the Unsub and got the job done." The way her voice hitched up though clearly gave away something and Emily's eyes widened even as Angel blushed a darker red. 

"You think he's a good kisser don't you?" Emily asked smirking at Angel who if possible turned an even darker red. 

"Pretty-Boy's a good kisser?!" Morgan asked from across the small gap in the desks near Angel. 

Angel moaned softly, running a hand through her hair and managed to squeak out an answer before anyone else could comment. 

"As far as I know yes, he's a very good kisser." 

JJ's mouth fell open and she asked in surprise. "Wait a minute, was Spense your first kiss?!" 

Angel muttered something under her breath that sounded like a curse word and leaned back in her seat avoiding their gazes even though her face was completely red now. 

"He was wasn't he?" Morgan asked chuckling, Angel glanced at him and grimaced. 

"Goodness people, don't y'all have better things to do like paperwork?!" She finally asked, trying to change the topic. 

All three glanced at each other and laughed. "Nope! This is better than paperwork any time!" Morgan commented getting an embarrassed look from Angel who was still red in the face. 

As if somehow knowing of her embarrassment Garcia in that moment wandered by and called out. 

"Round Table my Knights! We've got a doozy!!" 

Angel darted up, leaving her coffee on her desk as she hightailed it away from the teasing trio and into the safety of the Conference Room. Rossie noticed her red face but said nothing, a smirk lit his lips when he saw the teasing trio enter, all three making kissing noises at Angel who obviously was resisting the temptation to crawl under the table.

As everyone got seated, Reid ducked inside and took the seat next to Angel with a smile her direction which of course made the trio wiggle their eyebrows at Angel who blushed red again. 

"Alright my Knights we're headed to warm and breezy Miami, Florida this time! The locals have requested our assistance with what I have now shoved onto the screen behind me." 

Up popped pictures of three male victims all about early twenties, all had obviously been strangled and tortured for some time before they were found. 

"The autopsy reports were sent to me a while ago and it was found all three did in fact die of the strangulation, however all three were kept bound and tortured for at least a week each before they were killed and dumped along the edge of the highways." 

"A public dumping ground, guy either doesn't care if they're found or he's making a statement with the bodies." Rossie interjected receiving a nod from Reid who continued. 

"Obviously a preferential offender, all of the guys are all the same age and body type. Where exactly do you think he's keeping them?" He glanced at Angel who shrugged still staring at the pictures in the file she now held in her hands of the case.

Reid noticed her eyes widen and she looked up at the screen. "Garcia, were there signs of sexual assault on any of the victims?" 

Her question obviously threw Garcia for a momentary loop but she quickly recovered and nodded. 

"All three had been sexually assaulted and were strangled after, unfortunately our baddie played it safe and there's no DNA to trace." Garcia quietly responded. 

Emily glanced over at Angel whose eyes had gone back to the file a strange look on her face. 

Hotch stood up. "He's killing at a rate of one every two weeks so far, wheels up in thirty." 

***

They had thrown around other ideas or suspicions about the case for a while, nothing could be honestly determined until they could actually see the crime scenes and bodies themselves though. 

So, everyone pretty much just relaxed until they would be landing in a few hours. Emily and JJ were both reading books over on the couch, Morgan had his music on in his ears and had possible dozed off on the seats behind Angel and Reid.

Rossie was obviously dozing along with Hotch who still looked super official despite being asleep.

Reid had taken the seat next to Angel on the plane before take off, both had been pretty quiet so far. 

It had been almost a week or so since the first case Angel had worked, neither she or Reid had spoken about the kiss. Neither seemed to want to broach the subject right off the bat. 

"How did you know they might have been sexually assaulted?" Reid finally asked breaking the silence the best way he knew how, with a question about anything besides what he wanted to actually talk about. 

"They had cuts on their wrists as if they had been attempting to twist away from the assault to escape whatever they were going through. It's not an obvious clue but it's simple enough to miss sometimes." She quickly explained quietly. 

Her eyes went up to Reid though and he smiled back at her. She blushed and her gaze darted down. Reid cleared his throat clearly trying not to make her uncomfortable and spoke back up softly. 

"So, I was uh, wondering if you're alright?" He asked trailing off at the end with his question. 

Angel tilted her head slightly and nodded, slight confusion on her face at his question. "I'm doing alright." 

Reid rubbed the back of his neck, turning to her better even as his face tinted red. 

"I, I uh over heard the others teasing you earlier..." 

Her stomach dropped and her eyes flicked back up to his as a blush spread over her face. 

Oh god...

He smiled at her though and timidly caught her hand in his, carefully giving her a reassuring squeeze. 

"I'm sorry they were teasing you about it, they mean well though; if it helps they already think of you as family." Reid offered trying to alleviate her embarrassment even if by only a little. 

She smiled, a soft laugh escaping her lips as she looked back up at him. 

"Thank you, that means a lot." 

He nodded smiling shyly at her again as if she was the most intimidating person in the world and then to her surprise he leaned in slightly and gave her a quick kiss on her cheek. 

She blushed but didn't recoil like he had feared she might, instead she turned and eased her back into his side, snuggling closer and opening the case file again.