2003
Spencer Reid meets, and consequently loses, the love of his life the year before he joins the BAU. In one magical year, he experiences the most happiness and heartbreak of his life. The experience brands a part of him that never fully goes away and in the back of his mind, there is always one name on repeat.
2013
Eleanor Bridgers is one of the biggest popstars in the world. Starting her career as a sweetheart country singer, she has grown to be one of the most influential superstars, with a life that is picture perfect. Though she has her regrets, she is happy with the life she's made and she wouldn't trade it for anything.
But things change when a series of mysterious disappearances are traced back to her and the police fear she may be the final target. A stranger from her past returns, looking and behaving different from what she remembers, she has to get used to hearing 'Nellie' again.
"Tea represents everyday average life, and the honey represents the sweetness we add to it. You are the sweet honey of my life Spencer."
"You y/n, have always BEEN and will always BE, my very own personal, Annabel Lee."
Spencer Reid and Y/n Y/l/n were childhood best friends since they were ten. They only ever had each other and were inseparable.
After years of no contact with each other they find one another when Y/n starts her new job at the BAU.
Can Y/n put aside the love she always had for Spencer, or will she find out it was never just one sided?