spencer reid/goob imagines

Simply Just Friends. ^SR

"Great work today guys, I'm sorry this case got dragged out a bit more than it should have. Im proud of you guys, have a good weekend." 

Hotch said this every week. Though I know he meant it, I have had the phrase tattooed in my brain for about 2 years now, I just end up mouthing his words and give a silent laugh at the end.

"y/n,"

I look up from my desk to see who called my name. I make eye contact with Hotch. 

"a word please."

sighing, I grab my bag and sling it over my head while walking to Aaron's office. He used to have pictures of jack and haley in his office, but now judging by the dull, empty walls, unorganized papers on his desk, the closed blinds, a family thing happened. Most likely a divorce judging by the color of the folder lying on his desk with what looks to be tear stains on it. Hotch has been silent for about 3 minutes with his head in his hands. 

"divorce?" I spoke breaking the ice.

"excuse me?"

"The file on your desk, you looked at it when you came in the room and when you sat down. You looked distraught, but now you feel guilty about it judging by your chin shrug you've been doing since I mentioned it.....I saw the same folder on my parents bed when I was 7. I know the signs of divorce because I lived through both sides of their divorce."

"haley....she-....she knows how much my job means to me, but she should know that if she needed me at any point, all she had to do was call."

"you know its not that easy, hotch. You did what you could, it was enough, trust me. Some people just cant handle being with their spouse, but not WITH their spouse."

"yeah. I know,"

I looked down at my folded hands and sighed

"Is that why you called me in here? to profile your current life?"

Knowing I was joking, Hotch let out a faint laugh with a sad smile. 

"No, no. I wanted to ask you about you and Reid."

I looked at him funny,  like a puppy looked at its owner, head tilted, eyebrows furrowed, lost expression. 

"Is there something going on between you two?"

you couldn't help but laugh a bit when you heard this question fall from your bosses lips,

"No sir, Reid and I are just friends. We have gotten very close over the past couple months because we bought an apartment together as friends and we have hung out every weekend, just us, but I promise you, there is nothing going on between Reid and I sir. "

"You're in love with him."

"excuse me?"

"You're in love with him y/n. Your posture straighten when you talked about sharing a living quarter and a small smile danced on your lips when you said his name. The laugh before you spoke, an act of embarrassment, You shrugged with you left shoulder, but not your right, one sided shrug- you're not confident with your answer when you stated that you two are just friends."

"you don't need to profile me hotch,"

"you sound like haley." he said with a smile you only see when he is with jack. 

you let out a small chuckle and you got up heading for the door. 

"We're just friends. Have a good night Aaron. see you Monday."

With that you opened the office door just enough to slip out, then closing it behind you softly.

"ready to head home, y/n?"

spencer walked up to me asking with his matching bag that hung off his right shoulder, while his left one slightly raised.

"yeah I just need to make a call really fast, ill meet you in the car."

he nodded and headed out the doors and to our shared car. I sit and watch until I know he got to the car safe while dialing my moms number in my phone.

"Friends don't look at friends that way."

I turned my attention away from my phone and looked at the person who spoke, hotch. 

"what?"

"Friends don't look at friends that way, y/n."

"I was just checking to see if he got to the car safe, Hotch," i replied with a small, annoyed grin on my face. 

"No, I would know...thats how I look when I first fell in love with haley. Scared, confused by your own emotions. agent, you keep saying you're just friends, but so were haley and I."

I looked at him with overflowing thoughts. 

"I don't know what to do about it. Its scaring me because...b-"

"Because you love him more than you love yourself, Yeah, I get it."

"so what now?"

"Don't wait. I did. And maybe if i didn't i could have spared haley and I. Goodnight y/n."

and with that he walked out. Phone still in my hands, I watched Aaron walk to his car and hear a faint "goodnight Reid," as he closes his driver door. 

I hit the call button and heard the familiar ring.

"hello?"

"Mom?"

"no, no, I'm fine, promise, i just wanted to call and ask about something.."

"how do you know when you're in love?"

PART 2 COMING SOON IN THEATERS NEAR YOU. 

-lol hiiii goobs, im sorry if i rushed this, im going to create part two a bit later, i love you <33

-love always, 

evangeline.