❝ 𝐓𝐀𝐆, 𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐓 ❞
Maya Regan joins the BAU after former agent Emily Prentiss's death, hired to take her place. Headstrong and private, Maya keeps her story hidden to avoid it being used against her again. As she slowly forms friendships i...
"When you find someone you can be yourself around. that's rare. That's peace. That's love. That's worth holding onto" -Melissa Tripp-
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Hotch has called the whole team to come in on a Saturday. Turns out, Reid's girlfriend has been kidnapped which was a shock to most the team because they didn't even know he had a girlfriend.
Reid then explains the backstory about his relationship, stating they started corresponding in letters, and only used codenames because she was afraid of her stalker. A stalker she's had for quite some time now.
"I have a wealth of knowledge I should be applying to this case. Behavioral patterns of violent stalkers. Tactical recovery strategies. But right now I can't focus on anything for more than 4 seconds at a time, which makes me the dumbest person in the room" Reid states and Maya sighs softly as she looks to Reid who genuinely upset about the situation and she can't find herself to make jokes and cheer him up because, frankly, it might not even work.
"Please help me" Reid begs, tears wanting to make their way down his cheek. Maya grabs onto Reid's hand, gripping it reassuringly and Reid just slammed his body into Maya's, hugging her.
Maya didn't know what to do but she knew she couldn't pull him away at a time like this. Maya shifted uncomfortably but she wrapped her arms around Reid.
Reid pulls away from the hug, sniffling in his tears. "We don't know if we have a case. So we'll be working on personal time. Does anybody want to leave?" Hotch asks and no one raises their hands because they want to help Reid.
"Good. Let's get to work" Hotch states.
The team gathers in the conference, gathering any information on Maeve by reading the description she wrote of her stalker. "Based on Maeve's description of the unsub in her letters, he seems like a classically possessive stalker" Derek mentions while Maya leans over, reading the same description.
"Yeah, definitely one who craves validation and recognition" Maya declares as she points to the sentences in the letter that show that.
"Why won't you see me? Do you think you're better than me?" JJ recites, reading letter after letter. "His suicidal ideation comes up a lot too" Alex notices, "When I find you, I'm to kill you, then myself" Alex reads and Maya scoffs disturbingly as she hears the words the stalker has said to this women.
"Murder-suicide is the ultimate I love you to these guys" Rossi declares. "Do you know when the unsub started to target Maeve?" Hotch asks, looking to Reid before everyone turns their head towards Reid.
"Maeve said it started out of the blue. My guess is it was some sort of incidental interaction, something she probably wasn't even aware of" Reid declares and Maya quietly clears her throat, "That's going to make the unsub hard to find" Maya states softly, scratching the back of her neck tiredly.
