BEFORE YOU WAKE. [SPENCER REID]

6.

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Her walk into the BAU was the worst thing that Elliana had felt she'd ever done. Her head was aching and she'd even thrown in a pair of sunglasses to her ensemble, which consisted of more casual clothing despite it only being her third kind of day at the BAU; she just hoped the rest of the team wouldn't be completely dressed up in their usual way. Well, all of them except Spencer. She knew he'd probably be in smart clothes considering he'd worn them to the club last night anyway.

All she had on was a soft jumper around a collared shirt and a pair of loose fitted trousers that she'd be comfortable in. Not to mention the fact that she'd ended up putting a pair of all black trainers on in hopes that they'd pass off as some smart shoes.

Walking into the BAU, she could see that they'd all pretty much made relatively the same choice. Emily, despite the fact that she was the only sober one last night somehow, was wearing a top that seemed to be comfortable and lose with it tucked into a nice pair of trousers and JJ did the same with a loosely buttoned fitted shirt. She felt relieved to know that she wasn't the only one that got the memo.

However, as she walked in and was motioned over to her desk by JJ as she rubbed her head and didn't even speak from her splitting hangover, she was met with a desk right next to Spencer. More specifically, the Spencer who had lent her his cardigan that she'd very much forgotten to bring back for him.

"Shit." She muttered under her breath as she took her sunglasses off and rubbed her eyes, not noticing how Spencer turned to look at her.

"I knew you'd be hungover." He said. "A total of 12.6% of women surveyed a recent study say they 'almost always' or 'always' have a hangover after having more than five drinks at a party."

"Alright, alright," Elliana huffed, sitting down in her chair as she flopped her head back and looked up at the ceiling. "I don't need a fact file on hangovers when I'm experiencing one, Reid." She said, a playful tone dancing about as she did so which made Spencer's mouth twitch into a slight smile.

He nodded slightly and watched as she sat up and looked over at him. "It's a paperwork day though?" He offered, looking at her as she smiled, relieved at the fact that it was; she had completely forgotten about that. "Oh, come on, did you really forget about The Paperwork Pals?" He asked.

Elliana's eyes widened before she snorted with laughter. "So that caught on then? Because we're most definitely keeping that name if it's caught on."

Spencer shrugged a little and did his little twitchy smile before turning to his stack of paperwork, starting to read through it. Elliana simply smiled to herself and turned to look at her desk just as JJ approached her with a stack of paper.