the great war, spencer reid [ 2 ]

050. surprises

"What if they hate me?" Spencer asks.

"They won't hate you." Bedelia promises.

"But what if they do?" Spencer asks again. "What if they don't understand anything I say?"

"That's why you're teaching them." Bedelia says. "So they do understand whatever you say. Just... don't tell your lightbulb joke."

"Wha--" Spencer frowns.

"It's for the best, hon." She pats his cheek. "But you will do amazing, okay? I believe in, the team believes in you. Theo believes in you."

"Theo's three." Spencer says.

"Which makes her the best believer of all time." Bedelia says. "In you, in me, in Santa and the Easter Bunny, the Tooth-- well, not the Tooth Fairy yet. She hasn't lost teeth yet so she doesn't know about that right now."

"Why aren't we telling her yet again?" Spencer frowns.

"My mom said that I learned about the Tooth Fairy when I was four and after learning, I tried to yank my non-loose teeth out. It never worked, but I'd like to just avoid that for right now." Bedelia says.

"What if Theo panics when a tooth becomes loose for the first time, though?" He asks.

"She will either way." Bedelia shrugs.

"True." Spencer nods.

"You'll do spectacular." Bedelia promises, pecking him on the lips. "And if you bomb, we'll just have some very good cheer up sex." She smiles.

"If I'm good, can we have congratulations, happy sex?" He asks.

"Oh, yeah." She nods, grinning and Spencer softly laughs, leaning towards her for another kiss.

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Bedelia got Theodora to sleep about an hour ago, the woman waiting up for her husband.

She's on the couch, slowly falling asleep to the random movie she put on. Bedelia shoots up when she hears the lock turn and Spencer walks inside.

"Hey." Bedelia smiles, getting up. "So... how was it?"

"It went great." Spencer smiles, immediately going into an excited rant about his time teaching. Bedelia listens to him, a loving smile on her face as he rambles on and on.

They had moved to the kitchen while he continued to talk, eventually finishing the story of his night.

"Sorry." Spencer winces making Bedelia frown. "I-I'm rambling. I realize that. It's been, like, 15 minutes of me--"

"No, no, no, no." Bedelia shakes her head, grabbing his arms. "I love when you ramble." She says, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"You do?" Spencer asks.

"More than anything." Bedelia smiles. "I missed it." Spencer's features soften, a small smile gracing his face.

"I'll make sure to not stop." Spencer quietly says.

"Good." She whispers, leaning up to kiss him. Spencer pulls her closer, one hand moving up, his fingers tangling in her hair as their kiss deepens.

"Mm. Theo's asleep. Do you still want that celebra--"

"Yes." Spencer immediately nods. Bedelia giggles as they stumble towards the bedroom.

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Eliza had picked Theodora up, the couple wanting some time alone, Spencer insisting on it.

"Okay, there's a main reason I wanted the time alone. Aside from the fact that we need it." Spencer says.

"What?" Bedelia asks.