𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 || 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨

(spencer reid x fem! oc starting in season 7)

"𝐦𝐲, 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧 / 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧" - T.S

Elizabeth "Elsie" Mitchell is a multi-hyphenate-she's only 27, but she's got two doctorates under her belt, has had her paintings displayed in multiple respectable galleries in New York City, and is climbing her way up the FBI food chain.

She's also a complete train-wreck.

Elsie has a neurological condition called hyperthymesia-the extensive, long-term ability to remember, specifically what she sees. It sounds like such a blessing, but it haunts her, especially in her line of work. But she can't stop. Being a forensics analyst for the FBI is what keeps her alive, gets her out of bed.

Spencer "Boy-genius" Reid has been in the FBI for ten years. His team is like his family-or so he thought. In the past 14 weeks, he'd grieved one of his best friends, cried on the shoulder of another, only to find out that none of it was real, that Emily Prentiss had never died in the first place. He doesn't know where he stands with the team, but he knows one thing-this team is the closest he'll ever have to a big family, but no one on it truly understands him, not on the level he'd like.

Not until Elsie Mitchell is recruited.