In which the BAU's Boy wonder realizes that what seems to be simple coffee shop visits result in undercover work amongst the hardest cases of his career, in order to save the woman he grows to love. "𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 - 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳." - 𝘚𝘙 "𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘩? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦? "- AA "𝘌𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 "- 𝘚𝘙 ------------------------------ This fanfic takes place 2-3 years after Maeves death which is crucial to the plot line.

Owning a bookstore in downtown D.C. came with its fair share of downsides. You never thought that being the target of a serial killer would be one of them. Luckily, a nice FBI agent by the name of Spencer Reid is assigned to watch over you. What's the worst that could happen?

✧ -"Closing your eyes, you think of the man who's holding you; what he's been through...you and Spencer Reid are two broken people just trying to put yourselves back together again. Somehow, you are his glue, and he is yours."-✧

This is a book full of Doctor Reid imagines!

❝ Some things scratch at the surface while others strike at your soul. ❞ 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 her whole life to catching the monsters in this world in hopes of fixing something that is broken inside of her. That is, until she met him and everything began to change. Criminal Minds || seasons 1 - 3 © nightclxuds book one of the DARKER THINGS series cover by @okaywickersham