BAU's Cutest Couple

Present Day

Well, that was 7 months ago, I am still here at the BAU and I have gotten so close to everyone on the team, especially Spencer. He is my best friend, except he doesn't show affection towards me. No hugs, no handshakes, not even a head pat. Yet, he lets Morgan and everyone else hug him and stuff. I have to admit, I do get a little jealous but I don't let it affect my relationship with Reid.

We recently had gotten done with a case and we didn't leave till 7 pm on a Friday and the plane ride was 5 hours long. So naturally, Morgan listened to his iPod, JJ was finding another case to do, Emily leaned against Morgan, snoring her head off. Rossi was sleeping like a child, in the fetal position, on a separate couch with most of the blankets on top of him.

Hotch was doing paperwork and I sat on the couch next to Reid. I decided to catch up on my book and Reid laid his head on the arm of the couch being a contortionist making himself uncomfortable. I finally decided to set my book down and look at Reid.

"Spence, I have a perfectly comfortable lap for you to lay your head on. Stop being a child and lay down. Please." He sat up and looked at me, reluctantly laying his head in my lap, curling up in the fetal position. I did my best to fight the urge to mess with his hair. Then I saw that it had fallen into his face so I brushed his perfect curls from his soft sleepy face to behind his ear. He scooted closer, pushing his head into my hand making me rub his cheek. Which happened to be softer than I expected. So I played with his hair, he was so exhausted that he didn't even back away as he fell into a deep sleep.

I continue to read my book, losing all need to sleep. I stayed awake the entire flight and noticed JJ and Hotch passed out from doing their work. So I grab the few extra blankets the jet had and put them on JJ and Hotch so they could sleep peacefully. Our plane landed around 12:30 in the morning and everyone slowly woke up except Reid. I had to lightly shake him awake, his eyes fluttering open. " Good Morning Spence, let's get you home. Morgan high tailed it out so you're stuck with me being your ride."

He nodded and said in a sleepy voice, "I need a shower, I smell like the human equivalent to a garbage dump. My water isn't on at my place. Can I shower at yours?" His eyes barely opened as he rubbed them. How could I say no? I mean look at him, he's my precious little bean. I nodded, standing, grabbing his go bag, my own, and his hand walking to my car and starting it. Bags under my eyes and my french-braided hair messy. At least Spencer looked better than me. His hair was messy but like a cute bedhead and he looked well-rested. He buckled into the seat and relaxed.

As I drove to my apartment, I could feel his eyes on me. Watching me like he did when we first met, but more protective than curious. I turned on the radio playing some soft rock, his sleepy face relaxing as he nodded to the music. The entire ride there was silence since we were both exhausted. When we got to my apartment we both slowly trudged up the 3 stories to my apartment complex. When I unlocked the door Spencer hugged me, catching me by surprise.

"Spence are you okay? What happened?" His arms wrap around my waist as his head is buried into the crook of my neck. I could feel all of his stress and worry disappear. My arms wrap around his shoulders holding him closely to show how much I care about him.

"Cory, I want to thank you. You have taken care of me more than I have ever towards myself in the past couple of months. I'm very lucky to have you as my friend, I don't want to lose you." His tired eyes met mine as he backed away. "I'm gonna go shower now. I think I still have a pair of sweatpants from the last time I slept over here." He walked to my bathroom leaving me confused by the idea of him hugging me.

I shook it off and walked to my bedroom undressing from my work uniform and into leggings and an oversized t-shirt Reid got me as a joke, that I love. I sat on my couch and relaxed as Reid walked out with just sweatpants, no shirt, and his hair wet and dripping onto the towel around the back of his neck.

"There you are, sleepyhead. How was your shower? Was it hot enough for you?" I smiled knowing Reid liked his showers scalding hot. He sighed and sat on the couch next to me and rubbed his wet hair against my face, making me laugh. "Reid no!"

"Braid it. Please?" He said kind of awake as he fluffed his hair and handed me the rattail comb and hair ties. He sat on the floor between my legs and crossed his own, waiting patiently. I smiled and french-braided his hair. He sat quietly and once in a while tapped my feet to let me know when I pulled too hard. "Did you know that the average head will hold about 100,000 hairs, though it varies by hair color. Blondes average 150,000, brown-haired people have 110,000, and redheads have about 90,000 scalp hairs. It's also normal to shed between 50 and 100 hairs a day. When the body sheds significantly more hairs every day, a person has excessive hair shedding. The medical term for this condition is telogen effluvium."

I looked at him and smiled as I finished his braid and set the comb down on the table, "Even after several months, I am still amazed by your eidetic memory and brain, Spence. Now let's get you and your enormous brain to bed. We're off tomorrow but you get grouchy when you lack sleep." I stood and grabbed his hand walking to my room and pulling out the air mattress from the closet. "Remember you get the bed and I sleep on here. Now goodnight Reid." I grabbed a pillow when Reid grabbed my hand.

"Can you, can you rub my cheek as you did on the jet? It-It helps with the nightmares." His eyes suddenly filled with tiredness and fear. I nodded as I lay down onto my back and his head rested on my stomach, putting my hand on his cheek as he got comfy and almost immediately fell asleep. I tried to fight back the exhaustion I suddenly felt but I lost and fell into a deep slumber filled with comfort and happiness.