Morreid

"Pretty Boy. Hope they didn’t mess up that face too bad. You know that’s your best asset"

- Morgan to Reid during the Aftermath of “Rabid”

Morreid is the slash ship between Derek Morgan and Spencer Reid from the Criminal Minds fandom.

Canon
There’s no denying Derek and Spencer have a very close bond (More commonly referred to by their last names Morgan and Reid). The two have been working closely together since when Reid first joined the BAU at 22 until when Reid was 34 when Morgan left the BAU. Over time the two have developed from a teasing bantering relationship where Megan along with the team was a bit exasperated with Reid’s constant statistics. Their relationship evolved to a much closer bond over time in which both have a better understanding for each other. Examples of this are when Morgan teaches Reid to play baseball or when both hug at the end of “Entropy” and Reid tells Morgan “he knows”, talking about how Reid knows Morgan loves him (It’s in a platonic way but cute either way.)

Season 1

In “Extreme Aggressor” (1x1) Morgan rants to Reid about how he’s feeling with Agent Gideon coming back to the team, especially since he seems a moment from a nervous breakdown. Gideon enters and points out that it isn’t called a nervous breakdown anymore, to which Reid agrees saying it’s called “a major depressive episode.” Morgan makes an exasperated sigh while saying “I know Reid.” Later during that episode Reid and Morgan are in charge of cracking a password for a suspects computer, Morgan suggests that the password could involve his CD collection. Due to this insight Reid finds the right CD in the suspect's computer which leads to them figuring out the password which helps both to figure out that the victim is on a boat, this information being crucial to saving the victim’s life.

In “Plain Sight” (1x4) Reid has his 24th birthday, Morgan has a fun time teasing Reid about the trick candles on his cake telling him to “Blow Baby, Blow!”, when JJ points out that they are trick candles Morgan shakes around Reid’s hat jokingly. Later during the episode Reid and Morgan get stuck doing a stakeout together and in the conversation Morgan mentions that it’s like looking for a needle in the haystack. Reid adds “Actually, it’s more like we’re looking for a needle in a pile of needles.” After Morgan questions him he chuckles and shakes his head. In

Fanon
Several fans think of their relationship as a close brotherhood which has been mentioned a few times in the show, while some prefer to ship them romantically due to their frequent screen time together and how well they work together. Many fans like how Morgan calls Reid ‘Pretty Boy.’ It’s very popular in the fandom and widely shipped along with Jemily. While it is popular lots of fans also prefer to ship contrasting ships like Morcia, Jeid and the canon ships.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Reid was planned to be Bisexual although the idea was dropped by episode 4, many fans still ran with the idea of a Bisexual Reid and combined it with ships like Morreid