Title: Mellifluous
Relationship(s): Penelope Garcia/Derek Morgan
Content Rating: M
Warnings: canon level violence/events
Summary: Garcia’s happy where she’s at, in her little office surrounded by all her tech and her team always available at the touch of a button. It provides her with the barrier she needs for her gifts, as she refuses to search for her Sentinel. Not because she wants to spend all her days alone, but because she is convinced she has already found him. Except… he is not online and the more time goes by, the less likely it is to ever happen. So she takes what she can get and treasures the banter and easy affection of one Derek Morgan – her would be Sentinel.
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“How come I only get to travel with you guys like once every two years?” Penelope asked as she made her way through the BAU plane, her knitting grasped firmly to her chest. It was always a thrill to be out with the team, especially because Derek would always pay special attention to her. She’d never admit it, but she delighted in being doted upon – or rather, in Derek Morgan’s brand of doting. Whenever anyone else tried, it usually made her a little cranky. It also didn’t hurt that when the team went into the field, they would always stay at very nice hotels, something Penelope herself would never do on her own.
Though he was behind her, Penelope could practically hear Derek’s grin as well as sense his amusement. “Trust me, mama, it can get old sometimes.”
She turned to take the bag Derek was carrying for her and rolled her eyes. “Oh right, like the way that spa treatments at five-star hotels can get old,” she quipped as Derek stepped between the seats opposite her. Continue reading