I walk the cobblestone streets, saying hello to people I know as I pass towards my apartment. I have a brown grocery bag in one hand, a piece of bread in the other. I munch on it as I walk, admiring the world around me.
A woman approaches me, and while her face looks kind of familiar, I can't really place it. She's wearing a large coat, despite the fact that it's summer, and sunglasses, and stops in front of me. I watch her face twist into surprise, maybe sadness, as she pulls the sunglasses down. I realize who it is.
"Emily?" I say. It has been years since I had seen her. She doesn't seem happy or excited to see me, and her lips don't turn up in a smile.
"Andy?" She says, even though she knows it's me. I nod.
"How did you find me here?" I ask, looking around.
"Garcia." She answers, and I nod again. Makes sense.
"Why... Why are you here? What brings you to Italy?" I ask, dropping the bread into my grocery bag.
"It's Spencer." She says, and I feel my heart boom in my chest. Spencer. It has been too long since I've heard that name.
"What about him?" I ask, suddenly nervous.
"He's gone." I blink.
"What... What do you mean he's gone? Like, gone, gone? Like..." I can hardly bring myself to say it. "Dead?" She shakes her head.
"No, I mean he's missing, he's gone. He didn't come into work one day. No one's heard from him in a week." I sigh with relief as she explains this to me.
"So what do you need from me?"
"Well, some of us just assumed he'd come here." I don't know what to say. I look away, trying not to make eye contact.
"Spencer doesn't know I'm here." I answered flatly, the truth. I didn't tell him where I was going. I didn't want to.
"You haven't heard from him at all?" She asks, looking somewhat confused. I shake my head.
"No. I haven't heard from him since I left." She pulls something out of her pocket and hands it to me. I flip it over. "A plane ticket?"
"Come home, Andy." Emily says, looking me right in the eye. I take a deep breath and look around.
"Emily, this is my home."
"Come home, Andy. I know you still pay the rent on your apartment in Quantico. Just... come with me. Come home." I blink, feeling the emotion rising up in my throat.
"Okay."
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The Dangers of Falling (A Criminal Minds Story)
FanficAgent Andy Miller doesn't expect to find anything more than a job she loves at the BAU but that all changes when she meets Dr. Spencer Reid. Everything is going perfectly until someone starts targeting Andy and her fellow agents as well as their fam...
