Spencer Reid and Amelie Scott have spent the past five years navigating the complicated world of co-parenting their daughter, Baya. They were once in love, but their relationship unraveled after Baya's birth, leaving them as partners in raising their daughter, but little else. But when old sparks begin to flare and a shared love for their daughter draws them closer, Spencer and Mel are faced with the question: can love truly be rekindled, or is it forever lost in the ashes of their past? As Spencer and Mel continue to walk the delicate line of being parents and maybe something more, they're forced to confront the pain of their breakup, the cracks in their relationship, and the feelings they've kept buried for years. Can they rebuild the trust they once had? And, most importantly, can they put aside their fears to give love another chance-for Baya's sake, and maybe for their own?

"𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐈'𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 '𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐍' '𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈'𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐓 𝐌𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔" ─── when fbi profiler spencer reid meets the newest member of the bau, he recognizes her instantly. natalie quinn might not have remembered him, but he most certainly remembered her. as the team investigates a string of murders targeting his former classmates, the past collides violently with the present. friends become suspects. and the girl who once watched him suffer may now be the killer's next target. some wounds never heal. some memories never fade. 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐘 [tropes: enemies to lovers, she fell first he fell harder, second chance, mean girl x shy boy ]