Cognitive Dissonance (Dr Spencer Ried × OC)

Beverly Allen is one of the FBI's newest profilers-sharp, fearless, and impossible to read. After years working violent crimes in New York, she joins the BAU determined to prove she belongs beside the best.

Dr. Spencer Reid isn't impressed.

To him, Beverly is cold, guarded, and reckless with her instincts. To Beverly, Reid hides behind intelligence and statistics because he's terrified of feeling anything real.

But when a series of brutal cases forces them to work together, the line between frustration and attraction begins to blur.

Late nights on the jet.
Secret touches after deadly cases.
Kisses they pretend never happened.

And beneath it all, Beverly is hiding a secret capable of destroying everything.

Years ago, her twin brother became one of the country's most notorious serial killers. And Beverly helped him bury a body.

No one in the BAU knows the truth.

Not Hotch.
Not Morgan.
Not Garcia.

And especially not Spencer.

But when someone from the past begins stalking Beverly and threatening to expose her darkest secret, the life she built inside the BAU starts unraveling. As the danger closes in, Spencer realizes Beverly isn't just his partner anymore.

She's the person he can't lose.

In a world built on profiling monsters, Beverly and Spencer must decide if love can survive the truth-or if some secrets are meant to stay buried.

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"The most dangerous lies are the ones we tell ourselves."

A Criminal Minds fanfiction full of slow burn romance, dark secrets, emotional trauma, hurt/comfort, BAU found family, and Spencer Reid being hopelessly in love.