The Louvre | Spencer Reid ✓

f i f t e e n - "pains"

⚠️warning⚠️- talk of periods. Emetaphobia warning.

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*2 months later, Rose is moved in with Spencer and she is back to work*

Oww, I woke up with a horrible pain in my lower abdomen and I have a bad feeling of what it is. I look over at the clock and see it is 8:36am, thank god I don't have to work today.

I peel the covers off of me and get up slowly hoping not to wake Spencer. I look down to make sure I didn't get anything on his sheets, I didn't. I make my way over to the bathroom and look under the counter.

"Fuck," I mutter, I don't have anything here. I only have periods every so often because of the implant and I forgot to buy stuff when I moved in with Spencer. I realize I'm gonna have to sit in here and make Spencer go get me stuff, I know he obviously wouldn't judge... but still. I clean myself as best as I can then I start to walk out of the bathroom.

As I'm about to walk out, I sharp cramp decides to hit me. Since I don't get periods that often, when they do come they can be brutal... like crippling pain, getting dizzy, and throwing up kind of brutal. I try to sit on the floor because my head starts to spin, but I must have accidentally hit the wall with my arm and Spencer must have heard.

"Rose?" I hear Spencer question on the other side of the door, "are you ok?"

"Umm, kind of?"

"Can I come in?" Spencer asks.

"Yeah."

Spencer slowly opens the door and sees me sitting in the floor with the knees pulled up to my chest, "What's wrong?" He asks and comes to sit on the floor next to me, rubbing my back.

"Um... I started my period," I whispered slightly and my face turning pink out of embarrassment. As someone who is an OBGYN resident, I shouldn't be embarrassed of this stuff, I should be empowering it, but it's kind of difficult when you are in pain and it's the first time Spencer has seen me like this.

Spencer scoots closer to me and wraps his arms around me, "Do you need anything?"

"Actually yes, I literally forgot to but anything after I moved in with you since I rarely get them."

"Ok, how about I start a bath for you and I'll go to the store and buy what you need?"

I nod my head in agreement. Spencer goes over to the tub and starts the water. While the tub is filling, Spencer goes to the kitchen to get me pain meds and some water. I take the meds and drink some water then slowly start to get up.

The tub finishes filling and I tell Spencer what I need, he leaves then I undress and get in. The warm water helps to sooth my cramps a bit, I still feel sick but it's something.

I must have half fallen asleep because I am soon waken up to Spencer sitting next to me calling my name.

"Hey," he says and places a hand on my shoulder, "how do you feel, do you think you can eat something."

I look up at him, "umm yeah I think I'll be out in a minute."

Spencer nods his head and then gives me a chaste kiss on the lips. He stands up and leave the bathroom to give me some privacy. I get out of the tub and dran the water. I dry off and fix myself up before I go to the kitchen.

I get to the kitchen to see that Spencer got me some French toast- my favorite. I sit down at the table and take a sip of water from the cup he put next to the plate.

"Thank you," I say as I take my first bite of food.

"It's not a big deal," Spencer says and smiles, truly seeming unfazed, while digging into his food.

"You know that a lot of guys wouldn't do this, hell they won't even touch a tampon box without freaking out," I chuckle.

"Well then they are immature. Everyone with a uterus goes through that, it's a normal bodily function."

I smile, Spencer is definitely one hell of a catch, "I love you."

"And I love you too."

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It's been about 2 hours since we ate breakfast. We then moved to the couch, me curled up next to Spencer with a heating pad, his arm around me, and watching some Greys Anatomy like usual. My cramps started to get real bad again and I was wincing in pain.

Spencer looks down at me, "Are you ok?"

I shake me head no, trying to curl farther into a ball because that seems to help somewhat.

"Oh baby," Spencer coos, "I know I don't know what it feels like, but I know it hurts, I'm here."

While I try to breathe through the pain, a wave of nausea hits me. I shoot up from my seat and run to the bathroom. I thankfully get there in time and release the contents of my stomach into the bowl. I sit and lean up against the toilet, my head resting on my arm.

I hear Spencer come in behind me, he sets down a cup of water on the counter and then sits in the floor next to me rubbing my back.

"Do you feel any better?" He asks.

I shrug my shoulders, "A bit, I just want to go lay down."

"Ok sweet girl," Spencer says and holds out his hand to help me up.

When I get up I take a sip of water to try to get the disgusting taste out of my mouth. I wanted to brush my teeth but Spencer said that can lead to enamel decay so I should wait.

We both walk over to the bed and lay down, pulling the covers up. I scoot as close to Spencer as I can and he wraps his arm around my torso, trying to make me feel better.

"Thank you Spence, I really appreciate this," I mutter into his chest.

"This is the least I can do for you," he responds and kisses the top of my head.

I try to do is on breathing to stop the pain. I feel Spencer's heartbeat through his chest, the sensation slightly calming me. I eventually calm down enough to drift off to sleep.

After about fifteen minutes, Spencer notices my slowed breathing and that I'm asleep. He smiles, knowing I'll get a break from the pain, he hates seeing me in pain. Even though it's a natural thing, he wishes that he could take the annoying pain and inconvenience away from you.

As he holds you tight, all he can think about is how lucky he is to have such a strong and beautiful woman to call his girlfriend.

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a/n- filler chapter! I've always lowkey wanted to write a chapter like this just because I feel like Spencer would be so helpful and try to understand. Tbh I'll never date a guy that won't even touch a tampon box bc that is hella annoying and immature. Like suck it up, it's normal, yeah it's kinda gross but we can't help it.

I also want to start my other book (I might have already finished a chapter of two) but I need to finish this ahhh

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