Forensic Psychology (Spencer Reid/Criminal Minds AU)

Eight

At about eleven pm I leave the bar. When I am at home I find all my roommates sitting in the living room. They are chatting with the TV playing Grey's Anatomy reruns. It is odd that more than three of us will be home at the same time, let alone all of us.

"Hey" I say as I walk in to the living room and sit on the floor next to the chair that Katy is sitting in. Josie, Tanner, and Daniel are sitting on the couch.

"Hey, how was work? Did you get some alone time with the genius?" She asks me with implications of me having a crush on him. I texted her about my coworkers and every time I tell her about someone she demands to see pictures. She told me that Spencer was cute and I agreed and continued to talk about how smart he is.

"We're friends" I insist "and I can't date my coworkers anyways"

"Are they super strict about that stuff?" Tanner asks.

"I don't know, probably. It's a personal rule of mine anyways"

Daniel adds, "You know, in the five years that I have known you, I have seen you have one boyfriend"

"Well then you will be glad to know that I got a guy's number today" I smirk.

"Really? Is he cute?" Josie asks.

"He's hot!" I reply.

"He is probably not as perfect for you as Spencer" Katy grumbles.

"Alright it's been fun, but I am heading to bed" Tanner says as he stands up and heads upstairs.

"Yeah I am tired too. Goodnight guys, try to keep it down" I say as I walk down the hallway. My room is the only one downstairs because it is closest to the front door. It was agreed upon since I am the only one that owns a gun, I can protect me and my roomates.

I fall asleep fairly quickly and I am awaken by a vase crashing at around three am. None of my roommates ever come downstairs in the middle of the night so I go into a survival mode. I open the safe next to my bed and pull out my pistol. I walk into the living room and see a man dressed in black reaching for our TV so I point my pistol at him. My heart is racing and I am wondering if he is just a burglar. He turns around and as soon as he sees me he starts to run and I tackle him immediately. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Daniel running down the stairs.

"Call 911!" I tell him and he dials immediately "Also let them know my name and I am a federal agent"

I am holding his hands behind his back, keeping him from standing up. This guy is obviously an idiot and he doesn't know the kind of criminal I have seen, at the ripe age of ten.

"You don't understand me! You don't feel my pain!" The burly man says to me. One arm is holding my little body against him while the other is pointing a gun at my parent who are tied to our dining room chairs

"I do" I sob.

Bang! Just like that my father is killed. In one instant the man that would give me piggy back rides, grunginly take me to McDonalds, and teach me how to play baseball is gone.

"Do you understand me?" He yells at me.

I struggle to escape his grip "Yes! Please don't kill my mom and me"

"I won't kill you" he says.

Bang! Just like that my mother is killed. In one instant the woman who would bake cookies with me, drag me along to the grocery store, and teach me how to do long division is gone.

Looking at this burgalar, I see in him that burley man. I breathe heavily to try and hold back my anger. In about two minutes the police arrive and Daniel let's them in. Behind the two men in uniforms I see the members of the BAU treading behind them. I get off the man and allow the police to make the arrest. I approach my team.

"What are you guys doing here?" I ask them.

"We received a call from the police saying one of our agent's house was broken into" Rossi explains.

"Oh that idiot just tried to steal my TV and stuff while I was in the house" I explain.

"I am just glad you are okay" Reid says.

"Yeah of course, no one is getting past these guns" I flex as a joke "But you guys can go home, I am sure you have better things to do than being here, like sleeping"

All of them leave except Spencer. Right behind them are the police officers escorting the burgalar away. Daniel heads back upstairs.

"Hey can I talk to you about something?" Spencer asks as the front door closes.

"Of course" I say

"I don't mean to overstep boundaries but it's about your parents" He treads carefully

"What did Garcia tell you?"

"No I have known about is since before you started working here. I have access to police records"

I sigh, "I guess you would have found out eventually"

"I am so sorry" his eyes look deep into mine and I feel safe in confiding to him. I lunge on to him and hug him. He wraps his arms around my waist and my arms are wrapped around his kneck.

"I don't really talk about it too often" I whisper to him.

"We don't have to talk about it" he says and we don't. The flashback from tonight causes me to start to sob lightly. Spencer then rubs my back. After a while I finally pull away.

I say, "You have no idea how glad I am that we met"