Cruel - Criminal minds enemies to lovers

Team building

The carpet in Athena's hotel bedroom floor brushed back and forth as she paced back and forth five hours before she was meant to go to work and she hadn't slept all night; not since she got a phone call before bed.

She didn't know what to do, the carpet was getting tired of her marching back and forth and she was running out of options that didn't involve a bullet to the brain.

"Fuck it" she exclaimed, pulling on a pair sweatpants and grabbing her coat over her thin oversized pyjama t-shirt and leaving before she could talk herself out of it.

She dodged the yawning officers stationed outside the hotel with ease, walking the 7 blocks to an apartment she felt like a failure for knocking at so frantically. 

"Athena? What are you-" A sleep looking Reid eventually opened the door, going to quiz but she had already pushed past him, continuing her pacing on a different carpet.

"Okay you have to listen up because I'm way to prideful to repeat myself; now I'm not asking for help and I'm certainly not going to tell you about my father but I do need to borrow your phone, a deck of cards, a pair of underwear and your gun... and a bottle of vodka but that's just for me."

"Hold on, what are you talking about?" He rubbed his eyes and shut the door with confusion.

"Open your ears man!" She yelled before shaking her head at herself,  "sorry- I shouldn't have yelled at you just... can you get me those things or not?"

"Why do you need them? Are you okay?"

"I'm at your apartment at 4am in my pyjamas asking for a gun and your underwear- do I look like a person who is thriving at life right now Reid?!"

"Athena, tell me what's going on- is it to do with your dad?" 

"I told you not to ask about him! Just- God, are you going to give me your gun or not?"

"N-no I can't do that-" he tried to speak, shaken slightly by her panic and rage, but she had already walked past him and opened to door to leave.

"Woah! Wait-" He rushed over, pushing it shut with his arm above her, speaking softly down at her with concern fuelled only by curiosity that he didn't try to hide, "Athena, you knew I couldn't do that; you knew I wouldn't give you those things so why are you really here? Do you want to talk?"

"Forget it! I'll just go be murdered in my hotel room, but I'm leaving you outta the will!" She rolled her eyes and mocked, opening the door that he pushed shut again. 

"Athena-" 

"Stop saying my name like you're my friend!" She snapped, "I made a mistake coming here, I made a mistake thinking that you would help me; I can deal with it on my own like I always do!"

Reid paused when he saw how scared she looked despite her trying to hide it, taking a breath before walking over to his work bag and grabbing his gun.

"You... you can borrow it for the night but you need to give it back in the morning or Hotch will fire me into oblivion" he handed it out to her, Athena pausing with scepticism but quickly taking it before he could change his mind.

"You're going to have to tell someone what's going on eventually, it's not healthy to keep it all locked up" he spoke softly as she turned to the door, pausing and looking over her shoulder at him.

"You'll find out soon enough, he's getting close."

"Did he call you in your hotel room?" Reid pieced together what happened quicker than she had expected, letting out a sigh and shrugging.