Start again (a spencer reid fanfic)

Two: Scars

KATRIN'S P.O.V

"It has been said 'Time heals all wounds'. I do not agree. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is still there" ~ Rose Kennedy

I watch him over the cover of my book, watch contently as his gold flecked chocolate eyes skim every word in the case folder and let my gaze trace the slight waves of his brown hair.
Spencer Reid makes me feel tingly and fuzzy and warm inside, something no human has been able to do for the past three and a half years. In fact, I'm so intent in watching him I don't notice when he walks over to me and sits across from me.
"Hello" he mumbles and I scramble to slam my book shut and stuff it in my bag before fixing my hair.
"Hi Reid"
There is silence filled with the sound of pages rapidly turning before he sighs and sets his folder down on the floor.
"Do you want coffee?" He asks, running a hand through his hair
"Yeah, coffee would be nice thanks" I smile and he stands up an walks off to the front of the plane.
Across the isle Prentiss's phone proceeds to ring and she fumbles awkwardly to answer it quickly.
"Er, Prentiss" she says, her frown slowly subsiding "Uh-huh.... Woah wait a second why are you calling me and bit my boss?-" her eyes flash with something unreadable and she looks over at me "Okay. Yes, yes I'll tell them. Bye".
She disconnects the line and looks up at us all, considering the fact we've been staring at her through the conversation.
"It was nothing, just some kid pulling a stupid prank" she waves us off and sets down her phone.
Everyone other than Reid and I returns to what we'd previously been doing before the phone call.
Emily turns away and I do too, because she obviously isn't going to talk to me- I doubt any of them willingly are- and a moment later a scrunched up piece of paper hits me in the head.
When I glance back at her she's subtly looking out her window "taking in the scenery" and I unscrunch the paper and hide it in between the open pages of my book.
A glance in Reid's direction tells me he's gone back to making us coffee and I quickly glance down, pretending to read my book but actually reading Emily's note.

I'm going to make sure I'm assigned with you and Reid; need to talk to you guys
~ Prentiss

I look back at her but she's still looking out the window so I stand up and walk to Reid, stumbling on my aching legs.
"Hi" my voice startles him and his head shoots up, making our foreheads collide with a thud!
"Ow" I rub my head and look over at Reid who is frowning and doing the same. I can hear Prentiss and JJ exchanging words and then chuckling quietly.
"I'm sorry" Reid says "your voice scared me- well, I mean, it wasn't your voice, your voice is actually quite nice but I wasn't expecting you to just appear next to me so..... Yeah, I rambling" he rubs the back of his neck and chuckles nervously before handing me a steaming cup of coffee.
"Sorry for, er, for startling you" I murmur before walking back to our seats, Reid following close behind.
On the way I hear Morgan pat him on the back and say
"Smooth kid, real smooth" before laughing.
When we sit down I notice JJ and Prentiss smiling at us and I stick my tongue out at them before we all laugh, even Hotch manages a small chuckle.
Perhaps he is slightly human after all. . . maybe.
"So" I turn to Reid "what do I need to know about the case"
"Well local PD found ten bodies all buried in a mass grave in the national park after a landslide uncovered them. They were all in different stages of decomposition, the oldest from 20 years ago the newest has only been dead about a week and a half. They haven't been able to identify the, um, the bodies yet but Garcia's gonna give us order when they do and run them through ViCap. And even though considering on average only one per-cent
of-"
"Murders committed in a year are serial-" I finish the statistic and he grins
"I think its safe to say this guy's a serial" Reid says and Prentiss and JJ start clapping and laughing.
"Well done Reid, Coleman I think you just briefed the entire jet, even Garcia who is on video conference call with Morgan" Hotch tells us
"Say hello Baby Girl" Morgan says into his phone and holds it up for us to hear
"Hello my Crime Fighters, the Faerie Queen is at your service 24/7" Garcia chirped happily "oh and, Coleman, Reid?"
"Yes" we say in unison
"Well done on your totally in sync briefing- K how do you understand him?"
"Meh, I just do.... Did you just call me K?" I say, frowning
"Yeah... Is that an okay nickname?" Garcia sounds worried she's said the wrong thing and I chuckle
"Yeah Penelope, its fine".
I hear her sigh with relief before speaking again. I don't dare tell her that K was what Benson had called me over in Syria, that just hearing the word makes me think of the school...
"Hey Chocolate Thunder when you get back we should grab some dinner at that fancy place down town" Garcia purrs
"Yeah momma? What should we get?" Morgan asks, grinning to himself
"An authentic Mexican dish..." I can hear the smile in her voice before she slips into a stupidly seductive tone "you know what's for dessert sugar"