The path of genius evolution

Chapter 24 Part 1

Analyzing and collecting evidence, doing profiling, the bau team has been busy until ten o'clock in the evening and has not completed the work. Scott has already made two pots of coffee. He looked at the tired crowd and clapped his hands: "Guys, Reid's room is next door. You can go to have a rest, or take turns to watch the night. I don't want to see him after a while You lay dead on the floor of my house."

Hotch turned back from the map, he glanced at Scott, and then his eyes fell on the team members: "Scott is right, man, elle, Reid, you can go to rest." After speaking, he looked at gideon: " Are you going with me?"

Gideon took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes: "I'll go too, I'll take the lead."

Reid raised his hand: "If possible, I won't sleep for a while, I want to complete the comparison of the threat letters." Due to too long time, the first threat letter has not been found yet, but the local police station is sure They archived that letter.They promised to fax it as soon as possible.

Hotch glanced at him and nodded: "But don't force it."

People from bau went to Reid's house one after another. After introducing them to the bathroom and bedroom, Reid planned to go to Scott's. Man stopped him when he was about to go out.

"Reid, wait a minute." Man walked up to him in two steps, "Are you serious?"

"What?" Reid didn't realize what man was referring to for a moment.

Man knew that he wasn't avoiding the topic, so he said straight to the point: "You and Scott." Seeing Reid's expression of wanting to refute, Man pressed his shoulder: "Don't tell me it's nothing, you are not Scott, and you are not good at lying."

"Why do you think Scott lied?" Reid didn't answer his question, but asked rhetorically.

Man looked at the door of the next room and sighed: "Intuition, he has something to hide."

"It's true that Scott never talked about his family, but I don't think he has any ill intentions toward us." Reid looked down at his hands.

Man let go of his hand, and looked at Reid with some puzzlement: "What's wrong with you, Reid? I didn't say that he has any malice towards us, I just think he has too many secrets."

"...Sorry." Reid said sullenly.

"Don't take it to heart. I just want to say, if you are serious, at least be cautious and protect yourself." Man patted him on the shoulder: "Go."

Reid looked up into the man's eyes and nodded.

The narrow hallway was dimly lit, and Reid sighed and slid down against the wall.

He hadn't thought about his feelings for Scott before.In fact, it is normal to have a good impression of Scott, he is like a ray of light, walking into his life through the gap of darkness.Unprepared, he could only greet this warmth by surprise, but accidentally bumped into his arms.

If Scott hadn't been so good, if Scott hadn't been so considerate, if Scott hadn't been so reliable, if Scott hadn't been so gentle...if Scott hadn't been so kind to him, maybe he wouldn't have treated a thin ray of light like the whole sun like this.

But if these are not established.

Reid felt his head hurting again, closed his eyes, and buried his forehead in his knees.

After dismissing Bau, he also warned cheeks and brady of the seriousness of the matter, and made their beds on the ground—helay occupied the only bed, but cheeks climbed up indifferently, while Brady only needed the floor— —Scott just returned to the living room.

Hotch is still doing victim analysis. Although these people are all people who have violated the taboos, there should be more than one similarity.After more cheeks and brady are still alive, the research has more materials.

"Seriously, don't you need to go to rest?" Scott asked Hotch while picking up the trash. Some conversations might open up new ideas when you have no clue.

Hotch glanced at him: "I'm used to staying up late, but I think you are more energetic than me."

"Because I'm younger?" Scott's voice was a little more teasing, but he said immediately: "I don't intend to offend. But the environment I grew up in is not suitable for sleep, and staying up late is a common occurrence for me."

Hotch gave a rare smile: "Really? Family reasons?"

Scott rubbed his nose and smiled: "Strictly speaking, it's not a family. Although the two people who live with me are guardians in name, they are not much older than me."

"It's about them anyway?" Hotch shot him another look.

Scott recalled it carefully, although it wasn't entirely their fault, but they were indeed responsible, so Scott nodded calmly.

The two chatted for a while, Hotch suddenly said: "In the past 2 minutes, you have looked at the door seven times, wondering why Reid hasn't come yet?"

Without any embarrassment of being seen through, the arc of Scott's smile narrowed slightly: "Yeah."

"Then why don't you go and have a look? Although you may be ridiculed by Man and Elle." Hotch's irrelevant smile really has the special charm of a mature man playing tricks.

Scott didn't move: "It's obviously your subordinate, but let me watch it, Hotch, are you... abusing your power?"

"First, you are not my subordinate; besides, you went there voluntarily." Hotch said seriously.

This group of people really don't want to suffer at all... Scott sighed secretly, and he walked towards the door.But he stopped at the door: "If I don't go, will you go?"

Hotch gave him a plausible answer: "Maybe."

Scott opened the door, and before he could close the door, out of the corner of his eye, Reid fell asleep in the hallway.

Not surprised is false, but more helpless and complicated.

Walking over, squatting down beside him, Scott raised his hand and stroked his head.The hot and humid atmosphere of summer pervades the narrow space, making people even breathe heavily.

Keeping this posture, I fell asleep here.How many things does he have in his heart that he can't tell others?Worried about being schizophrenic?Can't see what the future looks like? Scott found that the smiling expression he was always good at had lost its effect, and he could no longer calm himself down.

But he has to calm down.

Scott took a deep breath.

"Reid?" Scott lifted his shoulders to make him sit up. "Falling asleep in a place like this?"

Reid opened his eyes vaguely, using Scott's strength to stand up.He staggered a little from the numbness in his leg, half of his body leaning against Scott.

Warm, giving reason for nostalgia.

"Well, I don't know." Reid lied, and it couldn't be more like "it's hard to walk into your room because I don't know how to deal with you".

Scott sighed again: "I lost to you, let's go in and talk. Are you really not going to sleep?"

Reid blinked. "I don't know."

"I don't know what to say, but Reid, I think…" Scott's eyes darkened.

When Reid found out, he was lying on the sofa, he sat up, Hotch was holding a cup of coffee and reading materials at the dining table, Gideon was sitting opposite him.

Elle, ** and man are not here, it's still early, maybe they haven't woken up yet.

The door to Scott's room was still closed, and the trio inside were supposed to be asleep too.

Reid shifted his gaze to the kitchen, and the aroma from inside made people feel refreshed.

"Good morning, guys." The voices of Man, Elle and ** came from the door, and they seemed to be resting well.

Reid rubbed his messy hair: "I'll go back and wash first."

Looking at Reid's back, Elle gave Man a sideways look: "What did you say to him yesterday?"

"Some men's topics." Man smiled and avoided the point.

The cool breath of the ointment's mint flavor slowly woke up Reid's brain, and the events of the night also emerged one by one.Mostly inconsequential, but one...

Reid stopped himself.

The bau team was two doors away, and in the hallway, Scott held him against the wall and kissed him.

How did it develop to this point... Reid's memory began to revive with the hands moving again.

"But Reid, I think... if we can, we need to talk after this is over." Scott bowed his head slightly, his lips almost on the tip of Reid's nose.

Reid tries to move away uncomfortably, but there's a wall behind him.There was no way to move his right foot, and Reid vowed never to sleep in this way again.

"Talking about what?" Eyes wandering, Reid hoping to distract Scott by talking around him.He's sleepy, nervous, and his heart is beating fast, but none of that is a problem.

As long as Scott stays away from him, everything will be fine.

"Don't play dumb, of course it's about us." Of course Scott wouldn't flinch.

"I don't think there's anything we need to talk about, we don't have any problems, do we?" Reid decided to play dumb to the end.

Scott's arms tightened slightly, then he lowered his head and kissed his lips: "So, we have one now."

Reid, whose brain froze, didn't know how to react.

"Let's talk about it after we've dealt with it." Scott whispered, then walked in with his half arms around him.

Hotch glanced up at them. "Reid?"

"...I fell down and it was a little difficult to move." Scott smiled as sincerely as before, "Hotch, you should come out and see."

Hotch also smiled: "Then let's rest for a while, if the fax of the letter arrives, I will wake you up."

Then he slept on the couch with the blanket Scott had brought him from the study.

No, no, the point is that Scott kissed him.

How to deal with this kind of relationship? Reid looked at himself in the mirror, his eyes dimmed.