Good after the Bad

A/N:

WOW, it really has been a while. Quarantine has me reverting back to writing fanfiction, lol. I can't believe it. I am not yet fully caught up with Criminal Minds, however, I just really wanted to write a one shot about my new favourite, Spencer Reid!

In case you missed it, this one shot contains SPOILERS for S2 EP12 as well as mentions of rape, PTSD, swearing and some depicted violence. This one shot is told MOSTLY from a third person POV.

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Y/n: Your name

L/n: Last name

N/n: Nickname

F/c: Favourite Colour

H/c: Hair colour

E/c: Eye colour

- 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝  - 

What started out as a rescue mission of Y/n's close friend, Derek Morgan, quickly became a mission that reminded her of who she once was. Before the BAU, before the city life of Quantico, Virginia.

But, as expected of the job, there were good and bad that followed.

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The brown liquid swirled in Y/n's f/c mug. In a bit of a daze, she found herself immersed in stirring her coffee that she failed to realize her best friend at the BAU coming up beside her.

"Good morning, Y/n." Spencer greeted, causing the h/c girl to jolt and face him. He offered an apologetic smile that caused pink to tint her cheeks.

"Oh, um, sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." He added, resting a hand on her shoulder as he reached over to grab the sugar. She looked at the jar and playfully rolled her eyes.

"It's not a good morning until you've had your sugar with a side of coffee." She teased, bumping him with her hip. He chuckled as she plopped her stir stick in the garbage and took a swig of her coffee. As she drank, Spencer couldn't help but find himself captivated by her lips. Oh, what he would give to be able to kiss you.

Y/n giggled and patted Reid on the back as she headed to her desk. Once she sat down, she placed her mug down and pulled out her book. She opened it and began to read, occasionally taking sips from her coffee. Meanwhile, Spencer plopped down opposite of her and began to cultivate a physics oriented "magic trick". Soon enough, Y/n's attention was drawn away to Spencer as JJ and Garcia talked with him about his experiment.

Without him realising it, Y/n had set her book down and watched endearingly as her long time crush was busying himself with the rocket. Soon enough, Prentiss had joined after having been hit by one of Spencer's rockets. It took the rocket hitting Hotchner for Spencer to finally realise Y/n was watching him. The realisation caused a light shade of pink to tint his fair skin.

"Come on now, Spence, you heard Hotch. Back to work, genius." Y/n called out in a flirtatious tone as she winked. He offered a sheepish grin and buried his face in his work to hide the growing blush.

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Y/n lay sound asleep when the buzzing of her phone awakened her. A frustrated, drawn out grown left her as she reached over to her phone and flipped it open.

"L/n speaking." She answered sleepily.

"Wait, what?! Yeah, I'll be there in a bit!" Her body shot upwards, as she changed into some work clothes, brushed her teeth and bolted out the door.

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"What do you mean Morgan was arrested? What is he being charged for?" Y/n shouted, slamming her hands onto the table. Prentiss, Garcia, Gideon, Spencer and JJ sat around the round table. Everyone was alarmed at how angered she was. It wasn't often that she had gotten this worked up, but then again, Morgan and Y/n were extremely close. So much so, that with her sudden outburst, Spencer found his stomach turn slightly as jealousy filled him. He wondered if she would get that worked up if he had gotten arrested as well.