*Three Months Later*
It had been almost three months since Spencer Reid had finally asked Asia, the girl of his dreams, to be his girlfriend. He stood in front of the mirror in his hallway practicing what he had been trying to say to her for a couple of days now.
"Asia, I. . .," he tried to say as his face flushed bright red and his voice cracked. He sighed and rubbed his eyes in frustration.
"How am I ever going to tell her?"
he thought to himself and groaned in frustration when he realized he was going to be late getting to the office.
Asia walked across the bullpen when she saw Reid come in through the door.
"Hey, Spence. Are you ok? You're never late," Asia said as Reid took a seat at his desk.
"Yeah, Asia. I'm fine," he snapped back at her.
The hurt in her voice was obvious when she replied, "Oh…ok. Sorry."
As she turned to walk back to her office, Reid grabbed her by the wrist to stop her.
"Asia, I'm sorry. My morning just didn't go the way it usually does. I got off schedule and made myself late. Can we talk outside, please?" he asked her hoping to make up for his rude moment.
"Of course," she said with a smile that didn't quite reach all the way up to her eyes.
They rode the elevator in silence, and Reid was mentally cursing him the entire time. He opened the front door allowing her to step out into the warmth of the sunshine. He led her to a bench where they sat down together. He took her hand in his as he stroked her cheek with his other hand.
"Asia, I am so sorry. I really didn't mean to snap at you. I reacted without thinking," Reid apologized refusing to let the tears that had formed in his eyes fall down to his cheeks. He hated that he had hurt her the slightest bit.
"It's fine, Spence," she replied seeing the tears in his eyes, "What's going on?"
"It's just that…I don't know," Reid stuttered, "I haven't been sleeping well. I've been having nightmares. You know how this job can get. I can't forget anything and everything we've seen because of my eidetic memory."
Asia started running her fingers through his hair while holding one of his hands as she said, "I'm sorry, baby. I know we've set boundaries and limits in our relationship, but maybe you could stay the night at my place. We could cuddle all night long, and I'd be right there to talk you through your nightmares."
Reid replied, "That sounds perfect."
Just then, Asia's phone vibrated interrupting the kiss Reid about to place on her lips.
"Well, that night of cuddling is going to have to wait," Asia said clearly disappointed, "We have a case.
After briefing, Reid and Asia were discussing the case in her office before it was time to board the jet.
"What do you say we get out of here a few minutes early?" said Asia as she closed the case file.
Clearly confused, Reid responded, "Um…ok. Why?"
"Because I want a moment alone with my man before we fly out," Asia said with a mischievous grin.
As they walked to the elevator together, they ran into the rest of the team. Obviously, they all had the same idea about heading out a few minutes early.
"We just can't catch a break, can we?" Reid muttered under his breath just loud enough for Asia to hear.
"You guys headed out early, too?" Prentiss asked.
