𝑴𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝑰𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔

Familiar Changes | Spencer Reid

Pronouns used: He/him
Warnings: none, mentions of transitioning (if that's a warning?)
!!!TRANS FTM READER!!!

It wasn't that JJ wasn't listening to Spencer's ranting. Because she was, in whatever little way she could while also juggling three e-mails on her phone, ten case files under her arm, and the laundry list of errands running through her head that she needed to run before getting home that afternoon.

She was listening... Sort of. The same way that a mother listens to their child incoherently describing a dream or a cartoon. She knew he wouldn't mind, either. He didn't really need her input, he just wanted to get the words out of his head, and she was happy that she was the one he chose to be her sounding board.

But every so often, when things got like this, Spencer would surprise her. This time it was with just one, simple, unassuming word.

"But then my boyfriend told me that it's actually way easier to—"

JJ's feet came to a stop, her eyebrow cocking and her mouth dropping open even though Spencer had continued to walk like nothing had happened. As if he hadn't just casually mentioned a boyfriend when all JJ had ever heard about was his very serious girlfriend for over a year.

'Boyfriend?' she repeated in her head, trying to convince herself that she'd heard him correctly but feeling that she must not have. Spencer wouldn't have forgotten to mention a breakup, and he certainly wasn't the kind of person to juggle multiple significant others at once. At least, not unless they all knew about one another. And he would definitely have told her if that was the case.

But before she could figure out how to ask him to repeat himself, to explain the reveal he'd just casually skipped over, an unlucky sound chimed through the air. They both sighed, turning around and heading back to the conference room they'd only just gotten the freedom to leave.

JJ still considered asking, but Spencer seemed too happy for her to go and ruin it. The gossip would have to wait.

That didn't make the next three days any less confusing. Spencer didn't mention his boyfriend again, which she thought was odd, considering he almost always gushed about anyone new in his life. She'd even heard him talk about a new guard at the gate he hadn't even talked to before. That conversation went on for ten minutes.

So when the case ended and Spencer still hadn't mentioned him again, JJ let it go. Maybe she had heard him wrong. And if she hadn't? Well, she figured he'd tell her in time. When he was ready.

But the next morning at work, JJ realized that it wasn't a matter of Spencer being ready. It was up to the universe, in all of its funny, inopportune glory. It had a way of working itself out.

It was a pretty normal morning. Nothing all too exciting had happened, and Spencer was engrossed in a crossword puzzle that he'd challenged himself to finish faster than Rossi, who was not aware they were competing and had no interest in winning. Nothing about it was strange or surprising.

Until a special visitor arrived, sporting a guest's badge and a bright, familiar smile.

"Hey! What are you doing here?" Spencer called, immediately jumping from his seat and abandoning the puzzle the second he spotted his boyfriend.

The man was all too familiar with the genius's enthusiasm, waiting patiently at the door for Spencer to collide into him with a complete lack of grace. He hugged him back for just a moment, prying giddy hands away so he could pull the second badge from around his neck.

"In all your infinite wisdom you left your badge at home. Figured it was sort of important."

"Yeah, I realized that when I couldn't get into the building," Spencer chuckled, begrudgingly accepting the lanyard in place of his boyfriend, "Considered breaking in but decided it wasn't worth it and called Luke instead."