Yey! New story! ...Thought I'm not done with OTO yet... Sorry guys! I'll finish one day... This is a little hard for me to write since I am fortunate to have not lost a family member. There will be a little something something later, but after everything that needs to be done is done. So, T for now, but M for later :) Please enjoy my new baby! For disclaimer go to my page :D

Day One

The office went silent as the scrawny brunette dropped his cell phone with a look of devastation. Morgan looked up and stood. Garcia paused on her way to her lair. Prentiss stopped mid bite into her apple.

Tears invaded Reid's ducts and he gasped in air for the first time in forty-five seconds. He dropped to the floor and all eyes were now trained on him. His hand blindly reached for the bane of his life and the tears fell as he brought it to his ear once more.

"I-I'm sorry. Could you please…please…please repeat t-that," his voice cracked and his body shook with sobs. He knew what the doctor said, but his mind wasn't receiving it and interpreting it.

"Dr. Reid, I'm sorry. This morning, your mother suffered a fatal heart attack. We… we tried everything, but we could not-"

The doctor on the other side was interrupted by a gut-wrenching sob. "No!" Reid yelled. "Stop lying! It's not true. Don't lie…" his voice dropped to a whisper.

Morgan moved from the spot he had been stuck to and ran over to Reid. He took the brunettes shaking hands, both of which were gripping the cell phone for dear life.

He pried the pressure-induced-white fingers open and took the phone. "What's happening?"

The doctor seemed confused but he relayed the news anyway. Morgan thanked the man, closed the phone, and slipped his hands under Reid's arms. He gently pulled the almost weightless man up, making sure to do it slowly.

Reid scraped into Morgan's back, his fingers turning white again, his tears falling uncontrollably. He hugged the darker man closer and rested his head on Morgan's chest, tears soaking the black shirt under him. Whines and moans, sniffles and gasps were the only thing you could hear in the bullpen. Every single eye was on Morgan and Reid, watching the older man wipe tears from the younger's face and grasp pale cheeks between his hands. The whispers of "Please don't cry," "I'm right here," and "Shh, Pretty boy. Sshh.", were the only things that could be heard.

Hotchner had only just noticed what was taking place in the work space and jogged out of his office to break up the crowd and return them to their work. "Get back to what you were doing!" His voice rang and all at once noise returned. The supervisor made his way to the spectacle.

"Morgan, take Reid home and stay with him," he addressed the darker man. His eyes fell on Reid and pity and sadness rushed through his them. "Reid, take as many personal days as you need. Call us if you need anything." Hotch placed a hand on the skinny, shaking shoulder and gave it a light squeeze before returning to his desk. The two blondes of the team made their way to Prentiss' desk and tears appeared in all of their eyes. They watched as Morgan grabbed both his and Reid's bag and guided the still sobbing man to the elevator.

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Morgan turned the unfamiliar key and opened the door to the unfamiliar apartment. Reid had moved, they all knew that, but they had never been over before. He examined the cleaner, nicer, tad-bit-more-expensive apartment quickly, having almost no time to look it over carefully. He squeezed the hand in his tighter, taking in the tall man behind him who was currently wiping his tears with his sleeve and sniffling.

Even though the situation was inappropriate for humor, he couldn't help but think that the twenty-eight year old in front of him was adorable. He pulled the boy into the hall and searched for the room with the open door. Just because he moved didn't mean that his habit of leaving his bedroom door open at all times changed.

The bed was still covered with a dreary, grey blanket. The dressers and drawer had changed from white to oak wood.

The brunette was gently set up on the bed so he was sitting on the corner. He wiped his eyes again and tugged on Morgan's shirt just before the man turned to face the bathroom. The darker man softly smiled, and rubbed the hand in assurance. "I'm going to run you a bath. It'll do you good."

Reid nodded, his eyes watering once more. Morgan walked into the adjoining bathroom and spotted the coconut and lavender shampoo and soap respectively. He started the water and poured a little of the lavender soap into the tub.

Reid was suddenly behind him, his hands up and playing with his hair. His eyes were puffy, his face swollen and tear streaked.

Morgan jumped a little then calmed when he realized who was behind him. "What's up?" he asked.

Reid bit his bottom lip and let his hands fall.

Morgan opened his mouth, hoping he wasn't reading the lanky man in front of him wrong. "Do…you want me to stay in here…with you?"

Reid stared into Morgan's eyes. He nodded and pointed to the tub. The water was close to over half way and Morgan scrambled to turn it off. A smile was across Reid's face when he turned around and he returned it. "I'll go make you some syrup and come back to sit with you."

A little laugh escaped Reid's mouth when he realized that by syrup, Morgan meant coffee. "Yes please," his voice was nothing more than a whisper.

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