The BAU could get so stressful that you wanted to just quit.However, you loved your job. Catching bad guys, getting there in time to save the victims, making sure the baddies get locked away.
There were hard parts and sometimes the hard outweighed the good. For example having to tell families that their loved one had been murdered brutally. Or having to get inside the mind of the serial killer, and find what event triggered their desire to kill, or find their motivation. The worst ones were when the killer didn't have any motivation and just did it for fun.
A lot of the time you would just block it out of your mind and forget, but sometimes it was just impossible to get a case out of your head. Lucky for you, your best friend Spencer understood. Whenever one of you was feeling upset you would have a movie marathon at Spencer's, and eat all the junk food you could find.
Most of the team didn't know about this; Reid figured if Derek was invited then Garcia would be there and then she would invite all of her friends and then it would be a full blown party. Not that you didn't like Garcia, it was just you and Spencer's thing, not anyone else's.
One night when you'd stayed at Reid's place, you'd accidentally over slept. You and Reid both scurried around his apartment, ripping things apart to find all your things. You grabbed the first sweater you saw without thinking and threw it on; Reid did the same.
You both hurried into work, knowing that you were going to get chewed out by Hotchner for being late to the breifing.
You were out of breath when you arrived at your desk, and you tossed your bag down on it.
"Hey, did I miss anything important?" You smiled at JJ, who was your desk buddy.
She smiled back at you and shrugged. "Nope."
You sighed out of relief and sent Reid a quick look that read, hey, we're not getting in trouble today!
Derek came back to his desk with two cups of coffee, one for him and the other for JJ. "Oh sorry, (y/n), if I'd known you were here I would've gotten you one," He said, genuinely sorry.
You rolled your eyes and chuckled. "It's fine."
"You know what else is fine? That sweater you have on," JJ interrupted, looking at you mischieviously. She bit her lip trying not to laugh.
You squinted at her. "What? It's just a sweater.." You glanced over to Reid, who looked down at his own sweater. Well, it wasn't actually his sweater at all. He must have grabbed your sweater by mistake, because his still had your badge attatched to the front of it.
You looked down at your own, and yup, you were wearing his. You felt your face heat up.
Derek was watching you with an amused grin on his face.
"Oh no, we didn't.." You tried to explain, but they just started laughing.
"Guys, we really didn't!" Reid stood up and tried to help you.
Derek rolled his eyes goodnatruedly. "Come on, wonder boy. We know about your little movie marathons. How come you never invited us, huh?"
JJ leaned forward excitedly. "Oh yeah, I love movies! I'll bring Parker and .."
"No!" You covered your face with your hands shyly. "You guys are such assholes."
Derek came over to you and put a hand on your shoulder. He was still trying to restrain himself from busting out laughing. "It's okay (y/n), we know it you guys's special thing."
You kept your face covered with your hands to hide the fact that you too were about to start laughing. You sent a glance to Reid through your fingers. He was silently mouthing the words, "fuck you fuck you fuck you" to Derek behind your back.
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Criminal Minds Imagines
FanfictionIncludes all characters from the BAU: from the sexy Derek, to the genius whiz kid Reid, to the ever brooding Hotch. I take requests for all characters and plots. Enjoy!