Raphael x OC x Spencer Reid

Chapter 4

Forever.

That was the promise Raph made to Angel when they had started to show more than just a crush on one another. The promise he made on Christmas as he gave her a necklace with their names engraved in the small heart. Honestly, they both thought they'd last forever.

It was, of course, just a delusion—a silly delusion for people who were in love too young. It was foolish to think that they would last forever; at least, that's what Angel thought the day he left her. She still remembered that day as if it was just yesterday. It was the worst day in her life, and Angel still hasn't fully recovered from the events that took place. It wasn't a matter that it was severely traumatic, but it was the first significant heartbreak she had. As such, like with most first loves, it held a considerable part of significance in her life.

Of course, Angel knew all about Raph's ex-girlfriend. She was called P, though Angel never found out her real name, especially not before she and Raph broke up. At first, the signs were subtle, starting with slight mentions about her before they grew more and more extravagant. Soon, the short remarks turned into phrases, then conversations. Before Angel knew it, they argued about Raphs feelings around P. How he seemingly compared Angel to his ex. Angel never thought it would break their relationship despite all the arguments.

The day they broke up, Angel had been getting dinner cooked for the both of them. She had big news to tell Raph that she thought would save their relationship and maybe finally give them something to talk about without it turning into an argument. But, of course, Angel immediately knew something was wrong in her gut when Raph grudgingly climbed through the window. Of course, she was used to his attitude, but something about it was different this time.

Angel went to serve dinner at the table when she tried to start the conversation. "Raph, hey. How was patrol?" She asked softly, looking up at her boyfriend. As she looked at the love of her life, she felt herself trying to push that gut feeling out. The feeling of knowing something was going to happen, that something was going to go wrong. But of course, Angel didn't want to trust her gut. She tried to make this work, this relationship between them. Angel longed to make this tension between the two better, hoping that maybe there was something she could do to make this better, to fix this even if others found it was unfixable.

Raph looked up at Angel for only a moment before he rolled his eyes and looked away. Then, of course, he noticed the glee in her voice, her over joyful facial expression. He didn't know when exactly, but eventually, it got to a point where he grew annoyed at seeing that expression on her face. Though, if he was honest, Raph didn't know when this happened. He didn't know when he started getting annoyed with her when he used to find this so endearing about her. "oh, hey," Raph muttered as he climbed through the window. Raph wasn't sure if he should shut the window, knowing that what he was going to say would completely destroy his relationship with her, and, well, he's gonna need a quick way out.

Of course, silence quickly fell between the two as neither really knew how to continue the conversation. Angel looked down at the ground as she bit her lip. Her eyes glanced at dinner that was set up before she motioned to it. "Um, I-I made dinner for us...Thought you might be hungry." She managed to stutter out, hoping that for once, he'd agree.

Raph glanced over at the table with food on it as he contemplated in his head. Should he prolong this longer than he needed to? Well, if he was serious about this, the least he owed her was one last dinner with her. With his arms crossed, he nodded before going to sit down, not even waiting for her. Needless to say, he wasn't going to worry about manners now.

Angel watched as Raph took a seat at the table, and she let out a soft breath, thankful he finally agreed. Perhaps this was ultimately a sign that he was ready to work on their relationship. She didn't even mind that he started to eat without her as she took a seat next to them. Dinner was passing by quietly, and neither had said a word to the other yet. Minutes started to pass by quickly, with the two just eating quietly, neither sure how to start the conversation, though there was clearly a difference in the topic.

Angel looked over at Raph again, taking a sip of water before she spoke again. "Raph...I've meant to talk to you, but I wanted to tell you in person and not over the phone," Angel spoke, taking a deep breath as she was about to continue before she was interrupted by Raph. "Uh, Angel, I've actually been meaning to talk to you too." He said before he cut her off before she said anything else. Raph knew he needed to tell her now and quickly led her on. He wasted no time as the following words that came out of his mouth broke Angel. "Angel, we need to break up."

At that moment, Angel felt her whole world come crashing down. She wasn't even sure if she heard that correctly, hoping that she misheard. "W-What? You're kidding, right? I mean, this has to be some sort of sick joke." Angel said, already feeling the tears welling up in her eyes. She didn't want to believe this was actually happening, that she was actually about to lose Raph. Her mind started to race to wonder what she did wrong and how to get Raph to stay.Raph shook his head as he crossed his arms and looked at Angel. "No, I'm not kidding, Angel. I'm serious. I want to break up. We clearly aren't happy together, and honestly, I'm tired of everything. I mean, you can barely leave me alone for more than one night. You just too clingy, and I'm done." He muttered as he looked away. Even though he knew that wasn't all true, he wanted to find any reason to break up with her.

Angel could feel her heartbreaking. There was a sinking pit feeling in her stomach as she processed what was being said. Was she really being clingy? Sure she may be texting him every day, but....it's nothing new. She'd always text him daily, especially on the days where he had patrol. Angel didn't think he minded; in fact, Raph always told her he enjoyed seeing her texts. Raph nodded before he stood up and turned to walk away. "Sorry, Angel." He muttered before he climbed out of the window and went to the rooftops, walking out of Angel's life for good. It took several minutes before Angel realized what had happened.

Looking down at the table, Angel saw her vision go blurry and her tears streaming down her face before she inevitably broke down crying. Her hands covered her face as she wept at her dining room table. This wasn't a dream; this was reality....and she hated it. She felt her world go black as she wept for hours on hours.

"Angel......Angel?"

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Angel woke up and rubbed her eyes as she looked around, taking a few minutes before remembering where she was. Angel looked over at Spencer as he drove, though he took a few minutes to look over at her. Then, looking down, she saw his hand on her forearm as she rubbed her eyes. "Spence...sorry, did you say something?" She asked softly.

Was she just....dreaming about that day? Well, more like reliving the memory, she supposed. "Yea. You fell asleep, and I got worried cause....you started muttering in your sleep the same name. Raph." Spencer explained as he constantly switched his gaze from the road to Angel. While he didn't usually bother Angel when she slept, he started to worry when she kept repeating that name over and over. It was the first he heard of it but based on the way she said it, it was clear there was something behind that name.

Angel looked over at Spencer before she rubbed her eyes again and nodded. "I'm fine, Spence...I was just dreaming, I guess." She said softly before she looked around. Spencer looked over again before he sighed. "Angel, are you sure yo-" He said before he was interrupted by Angel. Of course, it was expected since Angel didn't want to talk about this. Especially not now.

"Spencer, I promise. I'm ok. It was just a dream, ok? Let's leave it at that." Angel said quickly, not wanting to spend another minute on the topic. Looking around, Angel noticed they were getting close to the next dumpsite, so it was an excuse not to delve into the whole thing. Although, Angel felt like this wasn't the last that she would hear about it.