"Oscar Wilde once said: "Be yourself, everyone else is already taken". That quote had played on a loop inside Atlas's head, everyday, for the past 26 years. And today was no different; she was going to start her job in the BAU. It was all she had ever wanted, and the only thing she had to do was be herself." Every character, besides Atlas, are from the show Criminal Minds and thus all rights go to CBS.

SLOW UPDATES -- "𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑠." "𝑖 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑒." RUTH HOLLAND has been to hell and back. More than once. But this is whole new territory. As a suspect and/or witness to cases in her area, Ruth finds that the FBI wants more out of her than just answers. They want help. And they need her to find the man who is committing these murders. The thing is; boy genius can't exactly pin-point what part of her makes his skin crawl. And he can't pin-point exactly why either. (spencer reid x femaleoc) (criminal minds slight au) (season 4- season 5)

Metanoia: (noun) The journey of changing one's mind, heart, self, or way of life. Deciding to take a year off from the BAU was something Riley thought would have been a lot more difficult to convince her husband about. But, then again, so much has changed since he came back from those three months in prison, even three years later. He's so different, and yet, in some ways, it's like nothing has changed at all. [A Spencer Reid x Original Character Fanfiction.]

In which a girl genius meets a boy genius. "𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓁𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝑜𝒻, 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓂𝑒" -𝐸𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝐵𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒, "𝒲𝓊𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐻𝑒𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈" ~Book 1~ ~Seasons 1-5~ 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. Enjoy and leave comments! *SLOW BURN* *TW: sexual assault, abuse, murder, gore, violence, mental health, mention of suicide, and addiction* !SPOILERS FOR SEASONS 1-5!

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* | 𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐃'𝐒 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 [ 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐝 ] ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ❝ Out of suffering, have emerged the strongest souls. The massive characters are seared with scars ❞ - Khalil Gibram 〘 CURRENTLY EDITING! 〙 〘 fem!oc x spencer reid 〙 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚂: 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙿𝙻𝙴𝚃𝙴𝙳 © 𝙷𝙾𝙽𝙴𝚈𝚂𝙻𝚈𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙽 , 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟾

"I've never felt so vulnerable before and I'm just afraid that I'll lose the people I care about." "You've never told me that before," he whispered. "That's because I didn't have you before." Andy Delvaux has always tried to forget her past, but her past has never forgotten her... [Spencer Reid//Criminal Minds] "What we don't need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human." -Brene Brown

❝ YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RUDE. ❞ ❝ WOW, YOU'RE LIKE A DETECTIVE OR SOMETHING. ❞ Scout Wiley has two sides. The loudmouth mailroom girl who hates coffee, and the trained assassin who never misses her target. Thanks to years of training, these lives have been kept separated. But after an unusual incident, Scout can't help her intense curiosity towards the mysterious, and a little bit charming, Dr. Spencer Reid. As she learns more, her separate lives begin to merge in a dangerously lethal way. Scout knows her mission. She cannot fail. But what if succeeding sudden cost more than she bargained for? And is it worth anything if it destroys the only love she's ever known? - previously titled NUMB - ( BOOK ONE of FIGHT OR FLIGHT ) rankings: #1 in criminal minds #1 in reid x oc #1 in spencer reid #1 in matthew gray gubler

While on reassignment from the BAU, Spencer Reid teaches a Criminology class at a college in DC. Rushing to not be late for his first day teaching, he spills his coffee on Allie Taylor, a girl who just happens to be on her way to his class. heads up- this book contains spoilers for every season. if you have yet to finish the entire show and still choose to read this book, know that many major plot points will be spoiled for you. -content warning-: this book contains mention of restrictive eating behaviors, mentions of and the aftermath of rape / sexual assault, and mention of abortion. if any of these subjects are triggering for you, please do not read this book. author note: perhaps this should go without saying-- but please remember that these books are written by a real person who sees every comment. everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but for the most part please try to be kind!

𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖 𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑠𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦. 𝑖 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦, 𝑖 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑒. 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡, 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡, '𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔? 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒? 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑖'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦. ...in which you find out spencer reid's secret, and it could either ruin you or change your life forever. COMPLETED.

❝ an invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. the thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break ❞ [criminal minds] [spencer reid]