Hotch agreed to not fight Strauss when she added an eighth agent to the team. He did not agree to like said agent. For SSA Victoria "Tor" Beauregard, having everyone like her is the key to her survival. If they like her, they won't look closely enough to see the shadow looming over her past. So, whatever it takes to get her grumpy boss to like her, she will do it. Even if it means staying late every night to help him with his paperwork. This story is completed at 65 chapters (plus the author's note) with 1 bonus chapter!

Your job was the definition of keeping your friends close but enemies closer. Being undercover means that you have to force yourself to truly and utterly believe that you are the person you're playing. It makes it easy for you to forget who you truly are. You need people to ground you. You need people to remind you who you are before you lose yourself completely. Will Spencer Reid be the person that will save you from that fate?