Great Minds {for sunshine11}

[CleverFox]

Morgan was scarcely happier than Reid as he pulled down the younger man's boxers, the man shaking his head sadly when he heard the whine that escaped his boyfriend in response to his actions. "Yes Reid, you need to learn," he told him firmly, raising his hand and once again resuming swatting Reid's backside, the sound of flesh striking flesh seeming to almost echo in the otherwise quiet room but Morgan knew that was just his imagination at play. He was making it out to be worse than it was but he also realized that it was pretty bad right now.

Still Morgan knew that he had to continue and so he did, getting to the point where Reid was finally crying openly, that being the point that he was working toward Morgan stopped immediately. It wasn't meant to be a harsh lesson and the skin of Reid's backside was a faint shade of red so Morgan figured that the younger profiler had likely learned his lesson. Gently guiding Reid's boxers back over his bottom the man gave him a moment to get himself under control and then he gently guided Reid up from his lap and into his arms. "Shh, it's all over now Spence and you're forgiven," Morgan told him, guiding Reid to lay against his chest, one of his hands trailing through the younger man's hair and the other gently rubbing at his sore bottom. "I only do this because I care about you, never forget that," he added quietly, just wanting to offer the comfort now that the punishment was over.

((no worries, it happens to the best of us))

[sunshine11]

Reid really wanted to say that he had already learned his lesson, but talking while Morgan was swatting his now bare backside was simply too much of a challenge, and he was 99 percent sure Morgan wouldn't agree with him anyway. Instead he yelped and whimpered at the swats, squirming around in an helpless attempt to get Morgan's hand to land somewhere other than on him. It hurt and it stung and he hated it so, so much. He hated the feeling and the sound and he hated everything about it. It didn't take long at all before Reid was crying openly, partly because of the hurt and partly because fo the emotions running through him.

Then it stopped, and Reid knew it was over. The swats stopped, anyway. It would take a bit longer for his crying to stop. When he felt his boxers go back over his bottom he let out a whimper and a fresh set of tears made their way down his cheeks, causing the young profiler to burry his face further into the couch cushion.

A couple of moments later Reid's crying had died down slightly and he let Morgan led him up from over his lap and into his arms. He didn't waste any time, he instantly wrapped his arms around the bigger male's waist and burried his face in his chest, not able to bring himself to care that his tears probably was getting his boyfriend's shirt wet, or at least slightly damp. He clung to the man as he cried softly into his chest, listening to Morgan telling him that it was over and that he was forgiven while he stroked his hair and rubbed his bottom. The rubbing part was kind of embarrassing, but it felt good and it took some of the sting away and he didn't want it to stop. This part wasn't so bad. He kind of liked this part, actually. Sure, it hurt and it was embarrassing and on one hand it was kind of awful, but it was also kind of nice, being held and having Morgan talk softly to him. It made him feel like he was safe and cared about and like everything somehow was going to be alright. He had gone pretty limp now and was just laying against Morgan's chest. His tears had stopped and his breathing had more or less returned to normal, but he was stil sniffling slightly, letting out a quiet whine every now and then when Morgan touched a particularly sore part of his bottom. "I'm sorry" He mumbled, not lifting his head from it's place on Morgan's chest.

[CleverFox]

Comforting was the only part of the punishment that held any sort of appeal for either of them Morgan was sure but of course he wouldn't have wanted to punish Reid just so that he could cuddle with him afterward. No the man would much rather find a more pleasant excuse to cuddle but that wasn't the case on this particular night. So he simply spanked Reid until the younger man was crying steadily and then decided that hopefully the lesson was learned. After giving Reid a few minutes to compose himself Morgan righted his boxers and then helped his boyfriend up so that Reid was cuddling on his lap rather than laying across it as he had been before. Once he was holding Reid securely in his arms Morgan started to whisper soft reassurances to him that everything was okay and that he was forgiven, the man knowing that hearing that was important, or at least it always had been to him when he was punished as a kid.

Morgan looked down at Reid when he quietly said that he was sorry, the older man gently stroking his hair as he said quietly, "I know that you are and it's all okay now Spence. You're forgiven and things are good between us. I love you." He said that softly, leaning to kiss the younger man's forehead and wondering how Reid would react to his words since he didn't often say those particular words, unless he was just joking around since it was in his nature to do things like that. In their little group he was the class clown so to speak and always trying to get a laugh out of the others so that they could forget, if only briefly, the horrors that they saw on a daily basis. "Just let me know when you're up to eating because you really do need to get something into your stomach," he added quietly, not wanting Reid to skip a meal but in light of the punishment he wouldn't push him to eat much and he would allow him to eat in the living room so that he could at least have something soft to sit on.

[sunshine11]

Reid tensed slightly when he heard those three small words. 'I love you'. Morgan didn't saythat very often. Not seriously, anyway. He had only said to him a couple of times before, not counting the times the man had joked about it. "I..." Reid started, then his words seemed to get stuck in his throat and he swallowed hard to be able to talk properly again. "I love you too" He eventually managed to get out. His body relaxed again and he cuddled closer to his boyfriend, tucking his head in under his chin and letting his thin arms wrap around the man's strong waist. He could feel the muscels there through the fabric of the t-shirt he was wearing, and while that normaly would have made him feel very small and inadeqate now it just made him feel incredibly safe, like he would be okay no matter what happened, because Morgan would be there to make sure it was all okay. Reid was more than smart enough to be able to figure out that his feeling was completely irational, that Morgan couldn't protect him from everything and if ten armed men decided to come bursting through the door Morgan wouldn't be able to put up much of a figth, but it was a nice feeling so he let himself enjoy it a little bit longer. He could be logical and smart and rational later.

When Morgan mentioned eating Reid gave a small nod, but he didn't say aything. He probably wouldn't unless Morgan brought it up again. He didn't have an eating disorder or anything like that, not at all, he just tended to forget to eat. Sometimes he even thought of it as a waste of time. If he had enough coffee he could survive just fine on just one meal a day. He wasn't in the mood to eat now anyway, he just wanted to stay where he was, curled up in Morgan's lap while the older male held him and stroked his hair and talked softly to him. He knew it was childish, it even felt childish, but he couldn't help enjoying it.

[CleverFox]

The words were something that didn't exactly come easily for Morgan, at least not in a capacity where he was being serious and not just teasing one of his co-workers as he was so often want to do, so the fact that he said it really was something. Of course when he was joking he could spit the words out to just about anyone, he'd told Garcia that he loved her on more than one occasion, along with man other instances of dirty talk that was all in good fun since he loved the technical analyst but more in the capacity of a sibling or something like that. Still with Reid actually saying those three simple words was hard and it was obvious that Reid shared that sentiment since the younger man seemed to have trouble saying it to him as well but when Reid returned the sentiment it caused Morgan to smile a bit. "That makes me feel good Spence," he told him softly, resting his chin on the top of Reid's head and just continuing to cuddle with him, knowing that it would help to comfort his boyfriend after the punishment that he'd been given. It hadn't been a particularly harsh punishment as far as that went however at the same time Morgan could tell that it had been upsetting so he was wiling to give Reid time to process and to recover.

He did eventually mention food and noticed the way that Reid nodded but the young man didn't go on to say anything else, which Morgan was only mildly surprised about. He had been expecting either agreement or protests but he didn't really get either but Morgan let that one go for the moment and simply continued with the cuddling. Morgan remained quiet for the next fifteen minutes but after that he decided that he really did need to get something into Reid's stomach so he nudged his boyfriend gently as he said, "C'mon, let's get something to eat and then we can cuddle up on the couch and watch a movie or something." He hoped that Reid didn't argue with him on the matter since he wasn't going to put up with that. Reid was too skinny as it was so he definitely needed to eat something and Morgan had every intention of making sure that he did.

[sunshine11]

Despite the situation a small smile formed on the young doctor's lips when Morgan told him it made him feel good when he said he loved him. It made him feel good to. It was something new, something he hadn't experienced before. At least not like this. Then again, most relationshipy stuff were. He had never actually been in a relationship before, at least not anyone serious, or anyone after he started high school. He had just never met anyone he liked that really got him, and nobody he really got either. He didn't really get Morgan some of the time either, but with Morgan it was okay, because when he didn't get it the man would explain it to him. He was even fine with most of his quirks and he gave him what he needed... Even though Spencer wouldn't always like it or even agree that he needed it. Punishments were one of those things. Eating regular meals was another.

"I'm not hungry" Reid stated when Morgan told him it was time to eat. He didn't want to get up and eat, he wanted to stay right where he was, in Morgan's lap, cuddled up close to him. Cuddling and watching a movie sounded nice, he would be okay with doing that, it was just the eating part he wanted to skip. There was no need for it. He wasn't hungry, the suger and coffee from earler was still keeping him going. Besides, he was comfortable. Cuddling wasn't something he was used to, but he liked it and he didn't want to stop doing it just to do something as unnecessary and boring as eating, even though Morgan promised to go back to cuddling later. It just seemed like a waste of time. So, Reid stayed where he was, not moving, perfectly aware that Morgan couldn't move either because Reid was in his lap. Unless the older male lifted him, of course, but that didn't even strike the young agent as a possibility.

[CleverFox]

Even though he was expecting it to be the case Morgan still had to sigh in frustration when Reid responded to what he said about eating by saying that he wasn't hungry. That may be the case but Morgan was still of the opinion that he didn't eat nearly enough and was far too damn skinny so he was adamant that the younger man not skip meals, a fact that Reid was already well aware of. Or at least he should have been considering just how many times that the two of them had had that conversation already in the time that they had known each other and even more so once they developed a relationship that was outside of the office.

"I get that you aren't hungry and that you're no doubt on a perpetual sugar high but you still need to eat," Morgan told him, looking at Reid pointedly since the younger man was on his lap and that prevented him from getting up. At least it prevented him from getting up the normal way but of course since he was larger and he worked out, not to mention having played football in high school and college, Morgan was the stronger of the two by far. So when Reid decided that he was going to make things difficult for him the senior agent simply sighed and then lifted Reid while at the same time getting to his feet. "If we have to do this the hard way then we will but I'd rather not kid," Morgan said as he carried Reid to the kitchen where he then placed his boyfriend on his own two feet. "C'mon kid, you don't have to eat a lot but you do have to eat something," Morgan told him once they were in the kitchen, sort of prompting the kid to tell him what he would prefer but if Reid didn't take the hint then Morgan would pick for him.

[sunshine11]

Reid opened his mouth to say that he was not on a sugar high, but the he thought better of it and closed his mouth again. Even though he didn't want to admit it he knew that Morgan probably was right, and he was completely sure that the man wouldn't listen to him if he protested. When Morgan looked at him pointedly, clearly wanting him to move Reid just leaned back against the man, pretening not to notice the look he was given or at least not understand what it meant, neither of which was the case. He was comfy and he didn't want to move and he certianly didn't want to eat. He had not expected Morgan to litteraly take matters into his own hands and simply lift him.

"Morgan!" Reid exclaimed, his voice slightly higher in pitch than it usually was. He even squirmed a bit in an attempt to get the man to set him down until the man mentioned doing this 'the hard way', which instantly caused the younger man to stop his movements and whining. He wasn't completely sure what Morgan meant with that, but he'd rather not find out in case it had something to do with Morgan's hand and his butt. That deffinitely was not a chance he was willing to take.

When he was placed on his own two feet in the kitchen the young doctor folded his hands over his chest, a small pout on his face making it extreamly clear that while he wasn't arguing any more he wasn't happy about being forced to eat. He was an adult for God's sake, he should be allowed to decided when and what he ate and didn't ate by himself. At least Morgan said he didn't have to eat a lot. He didn't get that Morgan was trying to get him to say what he wanted to eat, or he was simply ignoring it, which one it was was impossible to say. Either way he didn't answer, leaving Morgan to pick his meal.

[CleverFox]

Morgan really just couldn't help but feel slightly frustrated with his boyfriend when Reid not only made him carry the young man from the living room and into the kitchen but then once he had done that actually ignored him when he tried to get the younger male to tell him what he wanted to eat. It just didn't make sense to him that Reid would cause this much fuss over something as simple as eating, which was something that everyone had to do and that Reid clearly didn't do enough. A frown appeared on Morgan's face as he crossed his own arms over his chest, giving into a bit of his frustrations and sighing as he said, "Look, Spencer, I get that you're unhappy with me right now but eating is something that everyone has to do and I gotta say, the way that you avoid it makes it seem as though you have some kind of eating disorder. I'm worried about you man." He was being honest with his boyfriend at this point and showing that he was equal parts frustrated and worried about the younger profiler.

It was pretty clear that Reid wasn't going to tell him what he wanted to eat so Morgan just took it upon himself to move to fix something. He didn't want to take a lot of time preparing an elaborate meal that was just going to end up going to waste so he made spaghetti for the two of them because it was fast and could be kept as leftovers for a few days so it wasn't likely to go to waste. Busying himself with that Morgan left Reid to his own devices, the man making garlic cheese bread to go along with it and dishing up two plates once he had finished, his gaze going to Reid at that point. "Okay, take a seat," he told him, moving to the fridge. "What do you want to drink? I got soda, milk, water..." he questioned, looking back over his shoulder and waiting for Reid to answer that question for him.