"Every true and deep love is a sacrifice." -Carl Jung Can love overcome the trials of dark pasts, vile secrets and crime? Spencer Reid is smart enough to know what's right from wrong or does he? When it comes to the way he feels about Carmen MacAdam, he can't seem to choose.

'𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑚𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟. 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟. ...in which the forces that stand against you are strong, but your love for spencer reid is stronger. [a sequel to "Call Out My Name"]

When Natalia Mancini is requested to help a certain BAU team on an unsolved case, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. A strange Dr. Spencer Reid is assigned as her partner throughout the case, and while he's a cutie and a genius, she's not sure if he's the sanest one around. Enter the world of 'Vero Amore' where two completely different strangers have the chance of falling in love.

Y/n and Dr. Spencer Reid have been friends the moment she joined the team, but their interest in one another begins to change. Will this blossoming romance thrive in the midst of mania?

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.

Acting on impulse, you show up at your boss, Aaron Hotchner's, doorstep in the middle of the night. The resulting night of passion kickstarts a timeline of events you never could've imagined. Crazy how one night could cause so much pain and pleasure.

While on the way to Santa Monica for a case, you make a bet with Spencer. You lose and on the way back you borrow Morgan's deck of cards to try and win your money back.

Gay men are being killed throughout the Brooklyn area, the team are called in on the case, but have no leads. The only thing they can think off is to send someone in as undercover. And who better for the role than Dr Spencer Reid. But what happens when the team place camera's in and around Spencers rented apartment without him knowing, and what will happen when his team see something he didn't want them to see. **WARNING CONTAINS GRAPHIC SEXUAL Content / HOMOPHOBIC LANGUAGE AND DEPICTIONS OF SELF HARM - M/M**

❝ 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

A marriage already broken. Promises that were never clean. A return to Spencer Reid's childhood home, where grief and secrets linger. As Spencer mourns his father, his wife is left alone with the truth of what their relationship really is; uneven, isolating, and quietly unbearable. In a life far removed from anything she once imagined, she struggles to hold onto the pieces of herself that still feel real. Masks start to slip. Silence festers. And in this Criminal Minds AU, love is just another thing that hurts. **please read warnings in bio before reading**