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Title: Bigger on the Inside
Author: coffeebuddha
Rating: PG-13/FRT
Characters/Pairing: Spencer Reid/Ethan from 2x18, Jones
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me.
Word Count:
496
Prompt: "Ethan/Spencer." Requested by [livejournal.com profile] luredin.
 
***
 
Spencer calls it a sleep over, even though they both know they're really too old for that sort of thing now. But Ethan's leaving town for his first semester of college in less than a week-not too shabby for someone who's only just turned seventeen, although it's still a long second from Spencer's achievements-and ​while they've made all sorts of plans to visit and stay in touch, Ethan knows that Spencer won't travel and Spencer knows that Ethan won't write. So he shows up at Spencer's house a little before five with a couple of pizzas and a stack of Doctor Who tapes, and while Spencer watches the Fourth Doctor trip someone up with his scarf, Ethan watches him.

​He's not much to look at. Not yet, at least, stretched as he is between boy and man, but there's something sweet in the shape of his mouth and the curve of his spine as he bends over, his bony elbows braced on skinny legs. The tail of his shirt has ridden up, pulled out of his pants, and Ethan strokes the pale, smooth skin at the base of his back. Spencer glances away from the television screen to flash him a grin, and for a moment he's just a teenage boy. Not a super genius, not his mother's caretaker-and Ethan knows, is smart enough to see how bad things are getting even if Spencer will never admit to it-not any of those labels that the world would heap on him. He's just Spencer. Spencer, who's like a TARDIS, right out there where anyone can see, but so easy to miss because you can't open him up and look at how much bigger, how much more he is on the inside. 

​Ethan kisses him then before the light in his eyes can fade again. Spencer falls into his arms, all pointy knees and sharp elbows, like he hasn't been touched in days, weeks, longer.​ While the Doctor talks to his companion on the television, Spencer twists his hands in Ethan's collar and pulls him down until Ethan's spread out on top of him, chest to chest and hip to hip. Ethan grips Spencer's hair, sinking his fingers in knuckle deep, and kisses him harder. Spencer's legs are up around his waist, holding him fast, and Ethan presses his face into his neck and murmurs near incoherent words that make Spencer laugh even as he rocks his hips up and gasps.

But Ethan doesn't stop, just keeps ​whispering over and over, because it's true, because​ Spencer is beautiful. He's the most beautiful, blinding thing that Ethan's ever seen, and the brilliant fool doesn't even know it. ​So he tells him and he shows him, and when Spencer shudders in his arms, his eyelashes fluttering against Ethan's cheek, he holds him tight, because it's only a matter of time before Spencer is beyond his reach and he won't be able to hold him at all.

***

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IMPORTANT: Because of classes, I'm several episodes behind on Criminal Minds and won't be able to catch up until after exams. If you request something for Criminal Minds, PLEASE keep that in mind and keep the spoilers AWAY from my journal. Thanks!

Date: 2010-11-28 02:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] topetine.livejournal.com
Oh honey its lovely and breaks my heart with love :)


and. FIRST.

SHASSIE....thinking.

Date: 2010-11-28 02:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] topetine.livejournal.com
Hm. Let's go for something happier, shall we?


Shassie, obv.

"Carlton doesn't realize it's a date until it's too late" :)

(FEEL FREE TO PUT A CANDLE ON THE TABLE, IT'S MORE ROMANTIC THAT WAY LOLOL)er. ignore capslock.

Date: 2010-11-28 02:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
Awww, that's cute. And it renders my question moot. :D Will do!

Date: 2010-11-28 02:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
&hearts Thank you!

Is thinking the prompt or are you thinking of what you want me to write?

Date: 2010-11-28 02:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] topetine.livejournal.com
hehe i had a brain fart :) It's ok i thought of something <3 hehehehe

Date: 2010-11-28 02:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luredin.livejournal.com
Guh. Just. I have no words. Why are you always breaking my heart with your beautifulness?

This.

*draws a big heart around it*

Date: 2010-11-28 02:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
I'm so happy you like it. Thank you so much! &hearts I love these two together, but in my head they're always at least a little bit tragic because I know that-in my head canon-Spencer is destined to wind up with Derek in the end. *pets boys*

Date: 2010-11-28 02:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luredin.livejournal.com
They are tragically beautiful. Huh. Never thought I'd get there, did you? Look what you are doing to me!

ignoring the rest of your reply because you are just baiting me

;)

Date: 2010-11-28 03:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
I really didn't! I was actually rereading a direct message you sent me on Twitter the other day where you were talking about how you'd make yourself 'tolerate' Ethan for TWYL. XD

Honestly, as long as he's with a guy, I'm probably not going to make a fuss. My OTP is Spencer/not vagina.

Date: 2010-11-28 03:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luredin.livejournal.com
I do tolerate him. And kind of love him a wittle bit, too.

"Spencer/not vagina" = dies laughing <3

Date: 2010-11-28 03:30 am (UTC)

Date: 2010-11-28 02:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kachera.livejournal.com
I don't know who Ethan is, which I'm sure means I'm missing bits, but I did enjoy this a lot. You did a great job with poignant and awkward and how fleeting opportunities can be. Loves.

Date: 2010-11-28 03:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
Ethan shows up for about five minutes total of an episode in season two. He's an old friend of Spencer's-they used to 'compete' against each other growing up-but they fell out of touch after he left the FBI academy after one day of training to move to New Orleans and become a jazz pianist. I'm firmly of the opinion that they had a little somethingsomething going on when they were younger. He's also in my icon if you want to know what he looks like.

Thank you so much! &hearts

Date: 2010-11-28 03:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luredin.livejournal.com
Ethan was actually only in one episode of CM. He was an old friend of Reid's who joined the FBI Academy at the same time as Spencer, but then dropped out and pursued a career as a jazz musician. Shortly after Spencer's ordeal in "Revelations" (you saw that ep), he ditches the team in New Orleans to go and listen to Ethan play.

Obviously, fandom took over from there. ;)

Date: 2010-11-28 02:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kachera.livejournal.com
Oh! Oh! and I hit post before mentioning that this line is genius and will likely stick with me as one of my all time favorite lines ever:
Spencer, who's like a TARDIS, right out there where anyone can see, but so easy to miss because you can't open him up and look at how much bigger, how much more he is on the inside.

Date: 2010-11-28 03:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
Thank you so much! &hearts &hearts &hearts

Date: 2010-11-28 03:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] x-forgetromeo.livejournal.com
Hnnng. Please write more about them. Please. I absolutely love your take on the two of them <3

I love the comparison of Reid to the TARDIS, meep. <3

Date: 2010-11-28 03:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
Thank you! I have a few other shorts about them and I'm working on a Morgan/Reid/Ethan triangle fic-which is on hiatus until my exams are over, but should be updating again soon-if you're interested.

Thank you! :D

Date: 2010-11-28 03:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] x-forgetromeo.livejournal.com
I have been reading it! I love it, ack. I'm just kind of bad at commenting. :X I'll start doing that now, because I really love your stuff.

Date: 2010-11-28 04:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
*blushes* Thank you! I'm worse at leaving comments than I should be, so I completely understand. &hearts

Date: 2010-11-28 04:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] berryblue-girl.livejournal.com
Okay, this was so gorgeous and very heartbreaking. You write angst very well, dahlin'. Great job!

Sarah

Date: 2010-11-28 04:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
Thank you! :)

Date: 2010-11-28 04:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 68luvcarter.livejournal.com
Bittersweet. Nicely done.

Date: 2010-11-28 04:51 am (UTC)

Date: 2010-11-28 11:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maldeluxx.livejournal.com
Unbelievably delicious, I could make a lunch out of it *lol*
*falls on a cushion* XD ;)

Date: 2010-11-29 03:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
Thank you! &hearts

Date: 2010-11-28 12:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nebula99.livejournal.com
Lovely. There's not enough Reid/Ethan fic out there.

Date: 2010-11-29 03:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
Thank you! There really isn't. We should fix that. ;)

Date: 2010-11-28 01:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tafidadarling.livejournal.com
Why can't there be happy Reid/Ethan?!?

This is lovely, of course. Brought a tear to me eye. :3

Date: 2010-11-29 03:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
My theory is because we know how their story ends. I still plan on writing about their relationship when they were younger, but it's a little depressing to know that things will ultimately end with them parting ways. Well, unless...hmm...

Thank you!

Date: 2010-11-29 03:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tafidadarling.livejournal.com
That is true, but we can pretend to be completely oblivious and imagine the happy times before al that happened. Yes, you must!

You're wecome.

Date: 2010-11-28 07:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] devon99.livejournal.com
After my Sherlock drabble, this one is my favourite so far. It's beautifully written, with some quite lovely lines.

Deliciously angsty.

Date: 2010-11-29 03:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
Thank you so much! &hearts

Date: 2013-02-14 02:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chensuu.livejournal.com
Wow. This was really beautiful.

Date: 2013-02-14 04:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeebuddha.livejournal.com
Thank you. :)

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