Confessions, surprises and joyful events
Pairing: Spencer Reid x fem!reader
Summary: What worse thing could happen other than calm and nice coffee dates when the genius resident happens to forget items when suddenly called in, causing their secret to come out?
Warnings: Mentions of losing someone, death (not concerning any of the characters); usual cm stuff, but otherwise, its just fluff
Category: Fluff
Word count: 13.5k
A/N: And here’s the last fic of this ‘kinda’ series!!! yesh I know the summary sucks LMAO, but- I hope you guys will like it, I apologize if some moments are ehhh, especially towards the end, I’ve been working on it for a while and as the total is 25k, I really had no other idea, I really drained them all into that massive one-
And that one is still attached to the prevs fics I had wrote for the fic swap for @sunlight-moonrise :)
Continuation of Dear diary, and Souvenirs, secrets and coffee dates
This night went better than expected. We didn’t go to bed at 2 -for once-, but around 11:30 PM, so even if it’s still late, it’s better than nothing.
Considering all of the stuff we have to do today, and probably in the next few days, we couldn’t allow ourselves to go to bed at the hour people usually get up for work, such as 6AM...or more.
And it would also be a lie to say that we didn’t go to bed at this hour once.
Nonetheless, we both were excited about the activities of the day, and if I’m not wrong, we’re at our fourth coffee mission-date.
Yeah, none of us figured out a proper and official title for it, so we’ve just been altering between dates and mission.
At the same time, it’s a date, it’s been a while since we haven’t got to have a moment to ourselves, and it’s also -as said- a mission. We like to set small challenges, especially when we happen to have time like this week.
Talking about this week, I have to admit that not receiving a call has stayed quite surprising, even now. Before we had the idea of doing our coffee dates, I had just come back from almost two weeks of work.
I had been away for a week, had just three days of ‘vacation time’, and had been called back for another week. So, I think that it's not weird at all to be surprised, all of us probably are.
I just hope they won’t decide to have a party or something, because I can never find myself to refuse and find a proper excuse that doesn’t raise suspicions, now that I have a girlfriend.
I can’t believe that I almost used Ethan as an excuse to not attend once, and the idiot I am forgot he happened to be in New Orleans at this time.
Basically all planes were cancelled because of the weather, and if I had happened to let his name slip, as they probably know that I know him, they would have wanted to know more...especially Penelope.
And the idiot I still am would have tried to find another excuse, that -of course- would have miserably failed as well.
I just hope we’ll get to have a few more days before I eventually get called back, it’d be nice.
It’d also be nice if I would stop to think about a possible call, because if y/n would hear me she’d complain about me bringing bad luck.
Normally as it is only some superstitions, it doesn’t happen, but again -as expected-, last time when I had said that a possible call was coming, I received one just two days later.
So, I think that I’m gonna pass on this subject.
I also wish I didn’t have to be the one responsible for waking her up; she’s...quite difficult when it comes to that, and most of the time, we’ll either end up being 30 minutes late, or just not go where we had to at all.
But since what we were supposed to do was important, she really had to get up, even if I had to drag her out of the bed.
“Y/N, come on, I’ve been trying to get you out of the bed since nine, and even gave you twenty minutes more.”
“Jus’ a bit more…”
“Alright, I’ll go to the library all day then.”
“No, you’re stayin’ with me.” She said, as she sat up and grabbed my sleeve.
“You want me to help you get ready?”
“Mhm.”
“Okay, give me your hand.” I extended mine, as she lazily took it. “There you go sleepy head.”
“I’m not a sleepy head. It’s my morning head, that’s all.”
“Your morning head is a sleepy one.”
“No, it’s a well-rested one.”
“Okay, you won the fight.”
“I always win arguments.” She proudly announced, while she got up, stretching up a bit. “So...are we going to the one we saw on internet yesterday, it really had good reviews, and a nice website, which is...a good sign usually.”
“Yeah, it is. It really sounded nice, plus I think I’ve heard about it from other people, and they’ve had pretty good experiences. I say we go for it, might as well enjoy it before...work calls again.”
“You’re going to bring us bad luck, stop with that.”
“It counts for you as well. You mentioned it yesterday.”
“...I didn’t.”
“You did.”
“No, I’m sure your brain is tricking you.”
“Once again, I am sure it’s not. I know my brain well, and it never lies.”
“Pff, you know your brain? I’ve never heard such a ridiculous thing.”
“Says the-girl-who-forgets-her-stuff.”
“Hey! Don’t use that nickname, the diary story was an accident.”
“You didn’t trust yourself enough that you had to give me your number.”
“No, it wasn’t for that, I just wanted to chat.”
“Even years later, you still lie.”
“No, I don’t.”
“Mhm.”
“Okay, one more remark, and instead of going out, I’m making you clean my whole apartment for a week.”
“...I’m going to get ready.”
“That’s what I thought genius.”
“Why am I being called ‘genius’ when I’m not supposed to call you ‘the-girl-who-forgets-her-stuff?’, hm?” I joked.
“Everyone calls you genius at work, see it as a third name.”
“Then if what I call you is your name, it’s kind of long. Y/N, Y/M/N, the-girl-who-forgets-her-stuff, Y/L/N.”
“Okay, if I stop using genius, will you stop with that?”
“...maybe.” I answered, as she hit me with her shirt. “Okay, okay! I’ll stop!”
“You’re really nice when you want, see?”
“I’m not a puppy either.”
“You have puppy eyes, same stuff.” She briefly said.
“Who says?”
“Me.”
“Only you is not enough to be convincing.”
“Who says?” She repeats.
“Do you want me to get the excuse I took at the library?”
“Which?” Y/N asked, visibly confused.
“That you had to be more polite, else, I won’t listen.”
“I’m going to warm up the car.” She grabs the keys, changing the subject.
“I love to mess with you.”
“Shut up.” She says before leaving, earning a sneaky laugh from me.
++
When I had gotten out of the building after a few minutes, I swore that Y/N could have left without me if I would have tried to mess with her again.
She didn’t though, but she warned me (jokingly, she had said…), that she wouldn’t have hesitated a bit.
In most cases, she really isn’t kidding, and wasn’t at all this time.
The only thing I got when I had gotten in the car was a hit on the arm, that...kinda still hurt for a bit even after a few minutes.
But, we both know it wasn’t serious. We often do that, and we usually make jokes like ‘I’m going to murder you and pretend someone killed you in the night’, ‘I’m gonna have Hotch yell at you by making you late’, or even, her favorite one, ‘I’m gonna steal your phone and announce our relationship.’.
Which….when it was told after a few months we began dating, would stop the teasing from me, and end in a fit of laughter, as we would discuss it; and jump to other subjects.
That joke is less...uncomfortable, or the kind to stop the conversation, as we really talked about it, and kind of planned to say it before we’d end up married with two kids.
I know that they’ll be happy whether I announce it while she’s my girlfriend, or my wife, and mother of my kids, but still, it’s been a while, and I think that they deserve to know, they’re like family to me.
Even my mother, who had just met them a few times, appreciates them a lot.
But once they’ll know, Y/N will have to prepare herself; because she’s gonna receive a lot of questions from Garcia, who’s probably going to get her to come as often as possible; some messages from the team, a lot of invitations, because to be honest, they’ll all be really surprised that I got a girlfriend, and as it’s been a while, they’ll have a lot to ask and tell.
I just hope that they won’t...mention what happened in my early days.
Some stories are kind of embarrassing, and not really nice to recall to me.
Knowing Morgan’s, he’s either going to mention what happened with Lila Archer, or the gun qualification that I failed (but, that I got, after I shot between a guy’s eyes in one shot, so this story will only be half bad).
...he could also tell both.
But, I know for sure that they’ll welcome her with open arms. They’ll really appreciate her.
She’s done a lot for me, and I can really say that she...somehow made my life better, in a way (She says that I’m cheesy, when I say that).
I honestly have no idea what would have happened if she took her diary back before I even got to see it, I would have never paid attention to the shop on my way as usual, I would only go to the library for the usual reason, my life wouldn’t have changed even a bit.
I like to say that fate has reunited us, but in another way, I like that she happened to be so distracted to the point of forgetting it.
I can’t really imagine having to not see her anymore; we’ve been so used to each other that we constantly have to see each other, and at least hear the other’s voice if I’m at work.
Literally, all of the free time that we have, it’s spent with the other.
We also happen to hang out with our friends, but most of the time; we’re always together.
I noticed that we don’t tend to go outside often, we both prefer to stay outside, and once, we even cancelled plans at the restaurant at the last minute as we were both too lazy to even get ready.
That also happened in the morning; none of us had work, and we decided to spend most of the day in bed, and we didn't do even anything till a few hours, we just talked and cuddled.
So, these coffee dates are kind of a miracle; because knowing our shared laziness, we wouldn’t have done that at all.
It’s our fourth one today, and it's going pretty well.
I’ve thrown facts the whole time, and she didn’t mind.
She actually asked for others, at each of them.
Y/N was totally into it.
And that kind of made me laugh, I even said that she looked like a nerd, or even a teacher’s pet.
That’s why we enjoyed it, we laughed a lot during those, and actually planned to go outside more, which is...totally crazy.
I don’t know what is happening to us, but, some miracle fought off our laziness, and now, we’re going outside a lot.
Our coffee dates also made y/n drive more.
She would never touch the wheel, unless if it was at 1am for emergency snacks, and now, she insists every time.
I think I’ve only driven at the first, but not fully, as she took over on the way back.
We’ve also discovered a lot of coffee shops, I’ve walked in front of some, but never actually went inside.
I guess our coffee dates are mainly us, testing out what they have, and when we’ll run out of shops; we’ll basically try to choose the best.
She even purchased a notebook for us to put our ratings in.
I really never saw her taking something so seriously.
She also created another folder on her phones, with a lot of pics. The majority of them have my face, and she took most of them when I was looking away.
Y/N mentioned that she really likes my side profile, which at the moment was...kind of weird, but, I got used to it, and even looked on the side on purpose as I knew she’d taken a picture without fail.
I think that she has one where I’m turning around; she didn’t get to take my side profile before I turned, it was kind of blurry, but I insisted on keeping it.
We might print the pictures and make a scrapbook at this point; it would be fun.
I know she’ll like the idea.
“Okay, so...are we ordering one of the basics, or are we going a bit fancy today?” Y/N asked.
“Go for the fancy option, that’ll change.”
“Alright, you go get settled, and I’ll be right back.” She said, kissing my nose at “right”. I always like that.
She knows every single thing that makes me happy. It’s kind of crazy, she almost knows me better than I do.
I’m also pretty sure she knows that I hate when she goes away, even if she’s two meters away, and is going to come back in just a bit.
I just really like to be with her, and this might be childish or something, but I almost got her late once because I didn’t want her to go yet once.
At least I won’t have to do that this week. None of us have work, and I just have to hope I won’t be called in.
I’m the only one that could completely cancel our plans, and even though I know she won’t be angry as we managed to get five days without a call disturbing us, it’ll still somehow leave a bitter feeling.
She told me to stop worrying, and just, enjoy the moment, but I just can’t help but think about it, and even though she’s not a profiler, she can tell when I’m worrying about something.
So, might as well quit worrying, and just enjoy our dates, because always thinking about the calls might end up bringing us bad luck as she constantly says.
Y/N even has a sticky note on her desk counting how many times I’ve either worried about it, and brought up the subject.
So far...I’ve said it about seven times, and it’ll probably turn to eight if she notices.
“You know, you can say it if there’s something wrong.”
There goes the possible eighth time.
“Oh, sorry, what did you say?”
“I see it that something is bothering you. Did you prefer us to stay home today?”
“No, no, not at all! I really wanted to go out with you. It’s not the problem.”
“So, what’s the actual problem?”
“You know it.”
“Oh, quit that cellphone. Just smash it on the ground and wait for them to come.”
“You know that’s not how it works.”
“That’s the only wait for you to stop worrying. That’s the eighth time.”
“It’s not even the eighth at this point, it’s the fortieth.”
“Or the hundredth.”
“Yeah, I got it. I worry a lot.”
“I’m not even a profiler and I can just tell like that. Quit your job and let me take your spot, I’m gonna impress them all.”
“Are you going to enjoy the ‘waking up at 4am’, ‘being away for a week’, ‘risking getting killed’ parts though?”
“...not the ‘4am’ one, no.”
“Try applying as a secretary, maybe. It’s calm.”
“If I have enough of my job at the craft job, okay. I’ll make sure to be in the same section. I’m gonna be the best secretary they’ll ever see.”
“You’re going to make us late though. When I’ll have to leave you’re gonna try to get a few more seconds to talk with me.”
“I may.”
“Hotch’s not going to like this.”
“Eh, he won’t say anything. We’re two young people in love, so, if he doesn’t have a rock heart as...you always tell me how strict he’s...he’ll be okay with it.”
“Not if it happens a lot. I tell you. Hotch isn’t kidding when it comes to that. He may accept some occasional late reports, but not a late arrival when we have to immediately go on the field.”
“Okay, then I won’t do it.”
“...one or two times won’t hurt. If we do one a week, and the other two weeks and...a half later, maybe it’ll pass. Who knows?” I suggested.
“I don’t want you to get fired. This job is important.”
“...yeah, kind of.”
“Plus, we have to tell them, at least before you get fired.” She joked.
“If I get fired, I won’t have to tell them as I won’t see them as often as I want. I’ll have another job and we’ll all be busy.”
“It’s kind of smart but...don’t you dare do that. That’s not genius.”
“You suggested something, and I went along with it. You started it, not me.”
“A suggestion isn’t an obligation, or a serious thing. I never forced you to do it. It was only “if”, never said anything serious.”
“You know that I always take you seriously.”
“Too seriously that you couldn’t catch jokes.”
“I understood it, I just played along with you.”
“If I hadn’t interrupted you, it looked like you would have almost done it.”
“I wasn’t going to.”
“Mhm.”
“Did you really think I’d do it?”
“Knowing you...there was a chance you would have done it. A slim one.”
“Really?”
“Yep.” She honestly answered, taking a sip of her coffee as she kept her glance on me.
“I wouldn’t do it, it was only a joke, nothing more. Even if it’s...full of pretty big risks, I still enjoy it.”
“It’s scary as hell, yeah. And even though I’m not with you, I still feel the stress.”
“I have to admit that I scared you...a lot.”
“You bet. The ‘out of battery’ days really scared me.”
“Yeah, sorry for that.”
“It’s okay, I’m not mad. You’re still there, and now we’re on...I still didn’t find a name for it.”
“What was the original name already?” I asked.
“Coffee mission slash dates. Not amazing.”
“We can’t really settle on only one at the same time.”
“We can’t. But at the same moment, we kind of have to choose one.”
“Coffee mission slash dates isn’t the best, but it’s the only thing we could think about, it’s better than not having one.”
“You’re kinda right. It’s okay if we keep that one.”
“I guess so.”
“By the way, as...I see we’re basically done. What are we saying for this one? Do you want to try something else before we write our review?” She asked.
“We can have another one. Only roughly 80 to 100 cups of coffee would turn into a lethal dose, so...it should be okay.”
“It’s kind of morbid, and creepy.”
“It’s still useful to know it.”
“I didn’t need to know that my source of energy can kill me. Now I think that I may have to slow down.”
“It can kill me too. I drink way too much when I’m at work then at home.”
“Imagine that the autopsy guy has to say to your family that you died because of a caffeine overdose. That’d be...either dumb, or embarassing. Gosh, it’s not funny.”
“Yeah, sorry. That fact was just stuck in my head.”
“Choose less morbid ones next time.”
“Don’t worry-”
“Yeah. So, uh, didn’t you say you wanted to try that one too? It sounds cool.”
“Why not, okay.”
“Okay, I’m going. You stay there.”
“But- You don’t have to.”
“I’m going, it’s okay.”
“Pff, ok. You can go.”
“I’ll be right back anyway. Don’t be sad.”
“I’m not sad.”
“Is that so? You should have seen your face.”
“I wasn’t sad.”
“If you say so.” She said, before leaving as she headed to the counter again.
We’re really little kids sometimes.
Maybe that’s why we get along.
We’re more childish than serious most of the time.
On that, we’re kind of equal I’d say, but...it depends.
I’m the childish one these days.
I still haven’t found a way to announce her to them, because...even if I really like them, I still don’t really want to.
It’s mostly for security reasons, with all that happened during my years, I’m kind of afraid.
I’ll have to tell them one day, eventually though.
They’re gonna bug me even more if I wait too much.
“Stop overthinking.” Y/N interrupted, as she set the two cups on the table.
“I can’t.”
“You have to, eventually. If this is about the cellphone, or not having enough dates, or even, that we have to tell them, you have to stop. We already had four, it’s a miracle.”
“To be honest, yeah. I wouldn’t hope we’ll have more.”
“What about we tell them if we get another one?”
“I’m gonna receive a call before.”
“No, we won’t. I’m the one between the two of us that bring us luck. So, we’ll have our fifth one.”
“Okay, we’ll see. Even if I’m not really sure. But, I hope we do though.”
“I can guarantee we’ll have it. Now drink your coffee before it gets cold.”
“Cold coffee isn’t bad.”
“Yes it is! That one isn’t meant to be drunk cold. If it had ice, then yeah.”
“Stop criticizing my choices, it’s not nice!”
“Your choices are so bad that I have to be on your back.”
“You’re not my mom.”
“...you sure about that? I’ve acted as your mom a lot of times because of some of your choices. I don’t even remember them all, there’s so many.”
“Not a lot. That’s why you don’t remember.”
“I don’t have your brain, but I remember some.”
“I’m not that immature, and...irresponsible.”
“Okay, you’re not that immature. I exaggerated.”
“It’s nice of you to admit your mistake.” I joked.
“I’m gonna take my words back, be careful. I might not even wake you up if you get a call. That way you’ll have Hotch yell at you.”
“You’ll make coffee for yourself, that’ll wake me up.”
“How?”
“The smell of coffee can help you wake up in the morning.”
“Hm. Guess we don’t need alarms then. You’ll build us a machine that automatically starts the machine and we’ll be up in no time.”
“At this rate, we could also install a webcam in front of it, if we do it every morning, at each nap, and all day.
“A webcam?”
“I saw somewhere that people working at the University of Cambridge knew the feeling of finding an empty coffee pot so well, that they invented the first ever webcam with the sole purpose of checking the status of the coffee pot.”
“That’s actually kinda smart.”
“I know, right? That way we don’t have to check, but the one that’ll have to fill it back up will receive tons of notifications, so it'll kind of be annoying.”
“...yeah. I don’t want it anymore.”
“You’ll probably be the one receiving the notifications more often since you’ll be home.”
“That’s why I changed my mind. I don’t want you to see how often I drink, because...trust me it’s a lot.”
“...I do the same at work.”
“That’s why we get along. We get each other, basically have the same habits. We’re the perfect couple.”
“You kind of sound drunk when you say that, I don’t know. It sounds like something you’d say while being drunk.”
“Kind of, yeah.” She agreed, laughing. “Throw another fact, we’ll continue in the car.”
“Let me think...oh, I got one. From statistics, the average American spends around $20 a week on coffee, which is around...$1.092 per year. Yikes.”
“What keeps us awake when we’re running on two hours of sleep makes us broke. Cool.”
“That’s where our salaries go.”
“...yep. That’s where. Surprise.”
“I don’t think they’ll really be surprised. Look how many hours we sleep. My sleep schedule is already buried.”
“Yeah, it is. Remember all the days where we went to bed at 1am and you got woken up at 4am? The next days were hell to stay awake.”
“...I remember. I hate those days. if I get a phone call, let me have five or six hours at least.”
“I’m starting to wonder if they’re not spying on us to see at which hour we go to bed.”
“Same. It happened way too many times. It’s getting quite...annoying.”
“Not really for me, I’d wake up because of the phone one time out of two. It was more annoying when I’d wake up to see I was alone.”
“You’d have a note, at least.”
“Yep, but....wasn’t amazing.”
“You would have been angry either way if I would have woken you up.”
“I would have gone straight back, yeah. You’re not wrong.”
“I’m always right. I’m not the best in the whole FBI building for nothing.”
“Quit showing off. We know you’re smart.”
“It was just in case you forgot.”
“How could I forget? You tell me that you have an 187 IQ without telling it every time you speak. It’s kind of obvious that you’re not an idiot to me.”
“You’re smart too, you could figure out that I was.”
“Is there a meaning behind that or…?”
“Why would there be one y/n?”
“I don’t know. You sound...narcissistic, and it was kind of like...you told I was dumb, Reid.”
“No, you’re not! I was kidding.”
“Mhm.”
“Okay, I’m sorry if I sounded ‘narcissistic’, it wasn’t my intention, I was just kidding.”
“I just have trouble knowing if you’re joking or not sometimes. But, you are forgiven, doctor.”
“It’s weird hearing you say that. Why don’t you just say ‘Spencer’?”
“Doctor, and Reid are more...fancy.”
“Okay, if you like it.”
“I do like it.”
“Then I don’t have anything to say on it.”
“Indeed.” She proudly replied.
“You know that I really like you?"
"I do." She answered, her shy smile breaking into a bigger one.
"Are you okay with uh...cheesy stuff? Because like, it kind of is."
"I've always had a liking for these, so I don't mind at all."
"Oh- okay, I was afraid you wouldn't uh…."
"...like it? Of course I do. I always like it when you say that you love me."
"I can't say otherwise, or even refrain myself from saying it. When I see you smile, I just...you know. I really like to see you happy."
"You're gonna make me cry Spencer- I spent a while doing my makeup." She joked.
"Okay, I'll wait until we're at home then."
"Okay."
++
"It's kinda good that we came in early. Coffee is better when it's taken between 9:30 to 11:30AM from what I saw."
"...really? There's a 'good timing' for it to be more effective? It's weird."
"Kind of. If you're tired at 11pm and decide to drink it, it's only gonna work at 50%."
"For real...it's annoying. Especially for you, your shifts are long as hell. I'm sorry for all the times I yelled at you over the phone."
"You had your reasons, I'm the best at getting people worried to death." He said, as he got his eyes back on the road after briefly shaking his head at her.
"Can't deny."
"No one can't."
"The number of times when you only had a battery problem, gosh. I wanted to kill you because of these."
"You didn't kill me, I'm still here."
"I can still kill you, if you want. I might have a pocket knife somewhere."
"No- I take it back, it's ok. I'm good." I said, "panicking".
"Hm. Too bad. It was a new one, 'wanted to try it on."
"...that's not really reassuring y/n."
"At least you'll be even more careful." She said, throwing me a sneaky smile.
"...will do."
"Good to know."
"I was going to say that you were going to be the death of me, but I'm already doing that to you with my job. Guess I'll have to find something else."
"You're gonna have to think hard. Because from what you said, your job is superior to everything in terms of scaring the death out of people."
"The #1."
"Premium #1. It's a better term." She corrected.
"...do you still love me though?"
"Of course, that's why I haven't killed you yet."
"I'm gonna have to sleep with one eye tonight."
"It's gonna be creepy man. I won't kill you, so, don't do that...please"
"I love how it's easy to make you change your mind with things you hate."
"I can still change my mind, even if I hate it."
"...sorry." I apologized with a tiny voice, which caused us to break into laughter for a minute, before I stopped before y/n, who still had a bit of trouble to stop laughing. "Do I need to call 911 or is everything okay?"
"It's just- your tiny voice is always fun as hell- gosh, I really had a good laugh."
"We don't need much to laugh apparently.' I pointed out.
"How can anybody not laugh at that? The way you said it was amazing."
"I'm gonna be offended if you keep laughing at me."
"I can't promise you I won't laugh again ah that."
"If you laugh at my voice, I'm allowed to laugh at you when you fall out of bed then."
"Okay, deal. You're allowed."
"At least it's even. But- you can't go back on that, you said you agreed on it."
"I promise, I'm not going back on it." She confirmed.
“Okay, just so it’s clear.”
“It is. I granted you permission to laugh at me.”
“I never granted you permission and you did it a lot of times, that’s not fair.”
“I’m allowed to laugh at you, it’s not the same. I have a special “nice girlfriend” pass.”
“...okay you have a point.”
“I’ve always had it. I’m smart, maybe smarter than you. The FBI should seriously hire me, they’re missing out without me.”
“We’re never going to be able to focus if we work together.”
“Then I guess you’ll have to present me.”
“Prepare yourself in advance. Once they’ll get your number, you’re gonna be overwhelmed with texts. They’re gonna want to know about the secret I kept.”
“Don’t worry about that, I’ve been thinking about it for a while. I may have to go there myself if you chicken out.”
“Hey, that’s not nice. I’m hurt.”
“Okay- I may have to go there myself if you don’t resolve yourself to do it- oh, it’s the same. Even if I word it differently, it’s the same.”
“I’m mad at you.”
“No, you’re not. You love me too much to be mad at me.”
“...how do you know everything about me? I’m scared.”
“I hacked into your brain.”
“Clearly.” I said; nervously laughing. “What do you think would be the password of my brain?”
“Um...either a doctor who or star trek related thing.”
“Hm. Maybe. It’s kinda difficult though; I like a lot of things. I’d probably end up putting your name if I can’t decide.”
“Yeah, same. There’s so much stuff.”
“If I take all of the books, tv shows, writers….yeah. Your name.”
“I’d probably struggle too. Your name.” She repeated.
“Isn’t it risky to let the other know our passwords?”
“I mean...we share the same brain cells sometimes, we’re 24/7 together, we’re interested in the same stuff so...eh. Not really.”
“That’s fair enough to be honest. I still remember last time; when we forgot to take the pasta out of the water because a video on twitter distracted us.”
“...I remember that. We had to order takeout after.”
“And the takeout wasn’t that good. I would have prefered the over-boiled pasta.”
“Same...these $35 weren’t that worth it.”
“$5 dollar over boiled pasta would have been better.”
“Yeah, it would have. But, let’s not try to forget it tonight. Over-boiled pasta isn’t my favorite thing.”
“Then we’ll have to turn off all of our devices.”
“...yeah. Let’s hope the clock won’t fail on us.”
“I’m not even sure if we have batteries left, and the store is closed.”
“Guess it’s gonna be one hell of a night.” She pointed out, as the car came to a stop.
“You said it.” I answered, as we both exited the car.
++
“Spencer, hey, wake up.”
“What’s...going on?”
“ ‘thing’s ringing.”
“What the…?” He mumbled as he took his phone from his nightstand, rubbing his eyes. “Oh, come on.”
“Guess we’re not having our fifth date.”
“...guess not. This sucks, I’m sorry.”
“ ‘s not your fault. At least let me have a quick hug before you go for god knows how long.”
“Just one, I really have to go.” I precised, wrapping my arms around her waist, as she put her head in the crook of my neck.
“I’m gonna miss you Spence.”
“Me too. I promise it won’t be too long.”
“Mhm. Oh, at least it’s not 4AM.”
“Yeah, it kind of surprised me to see that it was 9AM.”
“Same. Are you directly going on the jet or are you gonna uh...what’s the thing, briefing at the office?”
“Uh, yeah, Morgan told me to go to the office first.”
“Okay, call me before you go then.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll call.” I reassured, kissing her on the cheek as I sprinted through the hall. “Have a good day!”
“Same!” She yelled, as I closed the door.
What a great week ahead of us.
I annoyedly sighed as I got out of the building, taking the car as she had mentioned that she wouldn’t need it today.
I kind of felt bad, we had taken a small break on coffee mission-dates as we didn’t feel like it, and in the meantime, she also went to work for a day as a coworker needed someone to replace her, and after that, just when we planned to go out again...my phone rang, which was nothing but good.
I’ll make sure to call her as often as I can, that’s the least I can do till I come back.
++
As he left, I kind of ‘slept’ for at least ten minutes before I even found the motivation to get out of bed, which was kind of hard.
I’m really attached to my bed, and it’s really complicated for me to get up in the morning, Spencer helps me out usually.
It’s a miracle I managed to get out before falling back asleep and waking up at 12, especially on my own.
It’s kind of a great achievement to be honest, I should call him later to…
I paused, as I saw what seemed like his phone on the table.
...guess I’m not gonna call him.
What the hell am I going to do?
I can’t go there, no one even knows me.
Why did he have to forget his damn phone?
He doesn’t even have another one, how the hell am I going to do to get it to him?
I just...know his code, he randomly told it to me, and he knows mine too, so...yeah.
For god’s sake, I’m gonna have to call in, ‘I’m a cousin, friend, whatever’ excuse is gonna have to be the one I’m gonna throw.
Now or never I guess.
I turned on the phone, entering the password as I opened the contacts app, not really knowing who to call.
He had mentioned that Hotch was his superior, but I would be a stressed mess the second he’d begin taking, and it wouldn’t do anything but waste time.
What about Penelope? She seemed quite nice from his sayings, I could possibly reach out to her.
Let’s give it a try, I guess.
I clicked on the contact, pressing the call button as I brought the phone to my ear.
“Spencer, why are you calling? Aren’t you with Luke in the conference room?”
“It’s not Reid, I’m...a friend. He forgot his phone...and his badge thingy at my place, I saw the second thing as I called. I uh...didn't know he was working so I went to his place, and I guess he’s at work now.”
“Huh, he never forgets it. That’s weird. But, I never heard about you, are you like...a school pal or whatever person he met at a library or other?”
“Uh...We knew each other at school, yeah- anyway, is there a way for me to take it to him? I’ve...never been to his place, you know.”
“Oh uh...I can go see him, he’s right there. You could come here, but...I don’t know if you’re cleared to go here. Let me...oh, is your name y/n...y/l/n?”
“Yeah- did he put me in his emergency contacts or…?”
“Well, you’re in the visitor lists, so, I guess so, in a way, yeah. You must be an important friend then.”
“Yeah- we know...each other for a while- yeah.”
“That’s weird, he never mentioned you. I’ll have to ask about you later, I’m kind of interested.”
“Yeah- uh, he’s working at the FBI building, right? What floor is it even?”
“Yes, it’s that. It’s the sixth, you’ll have to hurry though, they should be going soon.”
“I’ll be right there. See you...I guess.”
“See you there!”
Oh god, that was the most stressful situation- how did I not panic? Did she find the fact that I’m able to enter his apartment weird and suspect I’m his partner? Am I supposed to be panicked or chill about it?
Shit.
**
As the briefing who lasted a bit more than planned came to his end, as I briefly checked my bag to see if everything was in it, my phone and badge were missing.
How did I forget them? I swore that I had taken it before leaving.
How can I even do?
I could possibly attempt a quick trip to my apartment, but that'd only be a waste of time.
I sighed as I climbed down the stairs, suddenly getting interrupted by the sound of a nearby elevator when I happened to walk in that direction before.
I...regret not thinking in advance about my words, as...people were behind me.
“Oh, hey babe- what’s...” I said as soon as she appeared, as I was coming to the realization that I had...messed up when the expressions around me changed. “...up.”
“...hey.” Y/N quietly said after noticing the look on everyone’s faces.
“Did he- is she?” Luke asked, confused.
“I- You forgot this- these.” She informed, taking the two items in her hand as she handed them to me.
‘What are we supposed to do?’ I inclined my head to the side, frowning my eyebrows.
‘I don’t know!’ She shrugged.
“Oh- are you his friend I had on the phone?” A blonde chirped, walking in.
“It’s ‘girlfriend’, apparently.” Luke corrected.
“But- So-”
“She’s my girlfriend, yeah. I didn’t tell you for..reasons, and-”
“You guys should go- We’ll talk all about this when we get back.” Y/N interrupted.
“Reid's been hiding you, and you don’t think I want to know about that?” Penelope asked.
“But- you’re working on a case, I’m not supposed to-”
“If it’s FBI shit, you’ll just put your hands over your ears and close your eyes, it’s okay.” She waved it off, pulling her aside as they went in the elevator.
“I’ll see you later Spence.”
“Okay, see you-” I said, as the door closed. “No- No questions. Not know.”
“We didn’t set anything.” JJ answered.
“...yet.” Emily continued.
++
“So, what happened? We didn’t see anything, I mean- I kind of suspected...sometimes but-”
“It’s...kind of long. I mean you have work and-”
“I can do two things at the same time.”
“Well uh...we didn’t know each other at first.”
“So like- it’s a fate thing or-”
“Maybe? I mean- I lost my diary at the library, I forgot it when I went to work, and he told me that he found it, didn’t want it to get lost, and so, he asked around where I could be found and, we met.”
“It sounds like cinderella.”
“...kind of. Never thought about that.”
“It really is, like- if you had never lost it, he’d just be a guy sitting with his book.”
“I wouldn’t have the courage to talk to him, because...I think I would have found him interesting.”
“You can thank your brain for making you forget about it. You got a nice boyfriend because of it- wait, I didn’t ask if you were-”
“We’re not engaged yet-”
“I’m gonna tell him to hurry as soon as I get a call with him- How did he not already propose to you?”
“It’s okay- It’s only been one year and a few months, we have-”
“Please let me plan the wedding.”
“It can wait I’m-”
“I have to plan it.”
“Okay but-”
“You’re gonna have to get used to here, you’re gonna come...quite often. Maybe with my apartment too, and Rossi’s. He organizes amazing game nights, it’s always fun.”
“...that’s why Spencer told me to prepare myself-”
“We’re not gonna let you go for a while. I bet they’re harassing him with questions right now.”
“I don’t have anything else today so- guess I’ll be staying for a bit. I’ll have to go later, though. For like- sleeping and all.”
“Will you come back tomorrow?”
“I have work...the craft shop I told you about.”
“Oh- then keep going with the story then-”
“You sure- you-”
“They’re not calling yet. Keep going.”
“Okay- so, he went to the shop…asked where he could find me, as he had something belonging to me- I was in the storage room and my coworker came saying someone had a thing that was mine, and recognized the thing as she saw me with it before. I went to the front- where he was, she left and uh...he gave it back to me. We briefly talked and, as he left I asked him his name- as he knew mine, and...he left.”
“That idiot didn’t ask for your number?”
“He could have come back, I don’t know. He knew where to find me, and...same for me. Next uh...we both had work, I suppose for him, too. And as I got a day off, I went back to the library to also thank the employee that had told him where to find me...and he came again.”
“What happened next? I need to know-”
“Uh- I think we uh...stayed there, for a while, actually. Until we were told that it’d close, and...hung out together till...almost 2AM.”
“Did you-”
“No- just talking. We barely met, we wouldn’t- We were going to go out on a date...later. I asked him first.”
“You did? Oh my god that’s so cute!”
"That was kind of stressful. You don't get to ask guys out pretty often."
"Was Reid your first boyfriend?"
"As a serious relationship, yeah. All of the others were in high school but...they were all idiots. Spencer's the first that...cares about me."
"He's always been very nice in general, I can guarantee that you'll never regret letting him enter in your life, he's gonna treat you like a princess."
"He's already gone through that, he's always supporting me, I...really feel safe, and loved, all the time."
"I'm glad everything's going well for you two. You could have come sooner, we've been asking him quite often if he'd ever present his partner as we were his parents."
"Yeah we- waited a while. We were actually planning on telling it, soon."
"Well, the 'soon' arrived."
"It was kinda…"
"Unexpected? Yeah, I know."
"It really was but...it's not as stressful as I thought. I...really like it here."
"You're gonna feel home with us, too. You're already there with our genius boy. I can tell you guys really love each other."
"We do, a lot."
"I'm glad for that. You're gonna have a lot to tell every time you come here though."
"Don't worry, I'll tell you everything there is to tell, and let you plan whatever thing there would be to celebrate. Even my wedding."
"Do I really have to wait to plan it?" Penelope asked.
"We could get married in five years, who knows. Are you gonna plan it already?"
"...probably."
"Do I get to help?"
"If you have good taste, yeah."
"It shouldn't be a problem."
"So- Oh, here they are."
"And...back to work." I said.
"Wish I didn't have to now." She sighed, answering. "You've reached the office of knowledge, what can I do for you?"
++
“So? How did it go with the team?”
“Chaotic. I wish I had taken a car or something instead of the jet who lasted way too long for just three hours.”
“Penelope already wants to plan our wedding here.”
“She did?”
“Yeah. If I didn’t stop her, she would have probably purchased dresses and called Rossi.”
“They also asked me about the wedding here.”
“What can I say? They’re really like a real family.”
“Yeah, they are. You’re gonna like them a lot.”
“I feel like it. Penelope already told me to get used to here because of how often she’ll call. I’m probably going to end up working here.”
“You don’t need to work here to see me, they know now. You’re cleared to come whenever you want.”
“If only you hadn’t- no, I would have probably jumped at your arms if I hadn’t seen them.”
“At least we don’t have to think about it for weeks, just to not say it at the end. It’s done.”
“Just a week ago, you said that you wanted for it to be special, it wasn’t very special to me.”
“It’s kind of...special. No one did that here.”
“Not the kind of ‘special’ you described.”
“It was a...surprising ‘kind of special’.”
“Did you just make that up?”
“I only had that in mind.”
“I thought that you were intelligent enough to just say ‘surprising’.”
“You asked which kind of special it was.”
“Unexpected would have been good too.”
“...yeah. I wanted to spice it up.”
“I’m giving a 7/10 to your spice.”
“That’s the average at least.”
“But- it was fine. I’m being a bit mean.”
“Are you mad it went like that though?”
“Not really. I know you wouldn’t have resolved yourself to say it, so...it’s said. They know, and...I really like them. You could have done it sooner, I missed out. They’re really like you described them to me.”
“Yeah, I would have waited...even more. Let’s hope you’ll get to pass by often, they’re gonna want to see you all the time. I’m pretty sure you have pre-invites to all of the parties they’ll ever organize.”
“At least we’ll be with other people and...do other stuff than staying all day at home, you know.”
“You’re right, yeah. I’ll diversify our days-off.”
“Heard Rossi knows how to cook pretty good pasta; that’ll change from our failed ones.”
“...definitely. He also makes us cook with him sometimes, but...I think I’ll pass for the ‘boil the pasta’ part.”
“Same for me. I prefer not to ruin the entire thing.”
“If he teaches us, we could get better.”
“Nah...I prefer not to. I’ll stick to the ‘make the pasta’ part.”
“It’s hard to say no to Rossi in general, good luck with that.”
“Is he like everyone’s grandpa or what?”
“Uh...I guess I’d say so. You could kind of see him as that, but I don’t know if he ever allowed anyone in the team to call him like that, except for Hotch, JJ and Matt’s kids.”
“Thanks for the warning, it’s noted.”
“He’s gonna have a bunch of nicknames for you though. He likes to do that with...pretty much everyone he knows.”
“I’m okay with that, he sounds nice from what I heard from you...and Penelope. I’m gonna stay a bit more, she wants...more information about what she doesn’t know yet about us.”
“Send me a text to confirm you’re alive, you’re gonna be staying for a while.”
“Will do, don’t worry. You might receive pictures too, she proposed and I agreed as I always like to take pictures of yours. I...also sent some of you to her, and...she might have sent them to the others.”
“They’re looking at me so...I think they got them.”
“At this point they’re gonna make a scrapbook out of it.”
“They might.”
“They don’t mean to be annoying, I’m sure. They’re just…”
“...really invested. They’re gonna want to know everything there is to say and know. Especially for you as they don’t know you as well as they know me.”
“I guess I’ll be spending my days-offs at another workplace. I’m okay with it.”
“People are gonna wonder if you’re not working there after seeing you that often, you’ll have to correct a lot of people.”
“I look smart, of course they’re gonna think I’m working there. They should have hired me by now, they’re missing out a lot.”
“You’re right, they should.”
“I can’t guarantee I’ll be with the profilers though, my talent has its limits. I can only read your face.”
“You’re only a profiler with me then.”
“Yeah, I’m a special one. I’m not risking my life doing it.”
“And not scaring people?”
“Mhm. I’m not.”
“I can tell you’re smiling without seeing you. We got a special talent in common.”
“Oh, come on, you’re the one with 187 IQ, you got the bigger talent here.”
“No, mine is smaller. You lose things all the time, that’s the real talent I don’t have.”
“I’m not doing it on purpose- And be glad I have that ‘talent’, because without it you wouldn’t even be speaking to me right now.”
“I never said it was a bad one, it’s a good one. I met you thanks to it.”
“I guess I can believe that.”
“Believe it! It’s the truth.”
"I love teasing you, I get to hear the squeaky voice.”
“Hey- no teasing about it, I always do it, I can’t help but not have another pitch, it’s like that.”
“I also have one, we’re quit. But- yours is more high-pitched to me.”
“It’s not, I always have a deep and masculine voice- please don’t tell me you’re on speaker.”
“...I’m not on speaker but...she may have- she heard it.”
“Let’s hope she won’t say it to someone else.”
“I can’t guarantee that, but...it’s not the end of the world though.”
“Yeah, it’s not. I’m sorry I...I have to go, in a bit.”
“It’s alright, we got to chat for like...five minutes, it’s a good one.”
“It is. I’ll try to call, or shoot a text if I can.”
“Okay. Love you. Go catch bad guys- and hang up first before we stay another ten minutes.”
“Got it. Love you too. Good luck with Penelope.”
“You’re still on the line.”
“I know- can you do it? I feel bad hanging up at you.”
“Fine. Have a good day-”
I wish we’d have all day to ourselves right now, it’s a bit hard to not have her with me all of a sudden.
Let’s hope I get to be home soon.
++
I wish I didn’t have to witness what happened there.
It...did something to me.
I didn’t know anything about her, except the same things as everyone, such as her name, personal information and their job, but...when we went there, and saw that she had already died, I felt...weird.
As if they were someone I knew, it hit way too close to home for me, as if they were the feelings I would have for y/n if anything would ever happen.
It may be weird to think about that...out of the blue, and it also may be a bit soon, or sudden but, I thought a lot about when she told me that Garcia was already planning our wedding as soon as they began talking.
It really got me thinking again, as it definitely wasn’t the first time that occured.
A lot of the people we dealt with in cases lost their lost ones suddenly, didn’t get a proper goodbye, regretted their last words before they last saw them, and...even if that’s not the case with her, I always leave, leaving her to wonder whether I’m gonna come back in one piece or at the hospital.
I’m aware of how bad I’m scaring her every time; she’s always waiting for a text to know if I’m alive to stop her from worrying, and even though I know she won’t have risks of getting hurt in most cases, I can’t stop but get scared for her, especially when I’m so far from her.
I’ve seen what happened with other loved ones in my team, and that’s not what I want to happen to her.
It’s only been...almost two years, it’s not enough at all, but...we never really talked about the future, getting married and all that stuff, we’ve been fine staying as boyfriend and girlfriend, it didn’t really matter, and we had all the time to talk about it.
So...I don’t really know if that’d be sudden.
But, at the same moment...I do want to do that; y/n means a lot to me, and that would be...mainly stressful but, it’s something that means a lot.
I want to do this, really, but...I don’t want it to be like a few days ago, it wasn’t planned, and again, I would have wanted for it to go differently.
But, after that case, and many more that happened, what if something happens before I come back? What if I get other cases, more work?
It could, and could not happen, I can’t know in advance.
That’s why I hate it when I don’t know things I actually need information about, it freaks me out.
I have no way to plan what could happen, and it’s even worse for y/n, from what I can imagine.
If something does happen, she won’t be the first to know, but due to the possible lack of calls, or anything else, she could first think of something bad, but won’t know it it’s quite bad, if nothing happened, or if she’s gonna have a call she never wished for.
I know it’s weird to think about all of that, but my job isn’t made of riskless things, I’m aware of it.
I wouldn’t be thinking about that if it was any less calm.
All that my brain can think of is that the rest of my life has to be spent with her, I can’t do it with anyone else, if she’s not there.
A simple diary made us meet each other, without it, my life wouldn’t have changed much from what I can say.
It really is fun to think that we met because of an object.
It’s quite weird to go back to when she wasn’t here, I’ve been so used to being with her.
It’s probably cliché, but I can’t imagine not having her around now that I’ve met her.
She’s sort of a part of me if I had to describe it.
She’s the reason why I look even more forward to the end of a case, going home, doing simple things as walking around the neighborhood, grocery shopping, or even getting ready for bed.
The last is the best moment of the day along with waking up having her next to me; I’m often awake first in the morning, so I get to look at her a bit more in advance before she wakes up on her own.
She always smiles first thing when she wakes up, even if she’s really tired.
That’s one of the things I prefer.
I always end up staying longer as she had trouble getting out of bed, I’d even get her out of bed by carrying her for a bit as if she was a child.
But, it makes her feel happy and loved, so, I don’t mind doing it.
When we get ready for bed, I’m usually the last to sleep as I watch her until she falls asleep.
I can’t help but do that every time, even if I’m a bit tired.
She yells at me a bit when she hears I do that instead of enjoying all of the hours I have, but, I just tell her the only excuse I had and always have.
I still haven’t found another, really.
Probably because the one I always tell her is the only that has ever existed to me, I don’t think it will change.
It probably won’t, I like that excuse.
I really don’t want anything to change, I really like the way everything is.
How she is, how she looks, when we’re together, I just can’t imagine something better.
That’s why I just...with all I’ve seen around me, what happened, of all the losses I’ve experienced, I can’t stand thinking about that ever changing, I have to tell her how I love her for the millionth time, hold her as much as I can, memorize all of the details of her face once again, and again.
I always do them more than we can recall, but...I want to do that once again, even if she tells me I’ve done these enough.
I want to express how much I love her, even if she knows it as that’s the first thing she gets to know in the morning, when we go to bed, when I leave for work, at the end of a call, or even at random moments when I look at her for a while, and end up randomly saying: “you know that I love you so bad, right?”
She smiles at it, every time.
After that, she often ends up telling me how cheesy I can be sometimes before kissing my lips and laying close to me if she wasn’t already with me.
I don’t want that to stop, I have to feel it again, think about it after it happens for hours, it can’t stop.
I also hope I won’t have to have her go through all of that fear when I leave every time.
I always feel bad about it to this day, and I know it won’t change until I decide to quit it, but...as much as she hates the risks and all of the stuff coming with it, she’ll kill me if I decide to quit, she knows how much that job is important.
So...I have to tell her, again.
I want to be able to be with her, go through whatever problem could happen, agreements we might have, I want to do all of this.
I’m willing to do all of this, no matter how tough it gets.
Y/N’s the only one I ever cared so much about, I don’t think I’ve ever done that with anyone else other than my mother.
I’m not also saying that I don’t care about my team who could pass as my own family, but, y/n’s the one.
The one that makes me feel special, that I always want to see, that pulls me through the day even if I’m having a bad case, the one that is always willing to talk even if it’s 2 in the morning, she never gave up on me, I don’t remember one moment when I wouldn’t hear about her.
I don’t want to hesitate about anything else.
I’m sure about this.
I will tell her exactly what I thought about, what I’ll think, what I thought from the beginning, whether she already knows some details by heart.
And I’ll tell her anyway for the only and one reason that it’s because I’ve always been so cheesy and hopelessly in love with her.
That is the only thing that will never change.
++
I don’t think I’ve even ran so fast after having to pass to the office for just some papers.
I’ve barely said goodbye to the team, and they kind of were surprised to see me rushing so bad.
They’ve probably figured out that it was because I was excited to see y/n now that they know about her, and, that is the case, but I don’t think that any of them even know what I’m about to do.
I really can’t believe it’s actually happening myself.
I’m about to do something that usually takes a while to figure out, think about, plan, and that isn’t that easy to do as it’s not something that’s to be taken lightly.
But I’m really sure, I’m aware of all of the possible reasons why I’m doing it.
I’m aware of why I’m about to marry her.
I’m not doing this as a joke, or anything else that wouldn’t make it serious.
I want to wake up knowing she’s the person I’ll be with my whole life, that I’ll be able to love even more, brag about more, think again when I’m not doing well.
I want her to know all of that.
I just can’t wait.
It’s...really crazy and sudden, and I’ve thought that it was stupid at first because of these reasons, but I don’t think it quite is.
I’m doing this for a reason, and I’ve never been so sure and confident even if that is the most stressful thing I could ever do in my life.
I just hope I won’t collapse...even if that’s a bit exaggerated to me, but, I guess it’s the whole tension, stress that’s talking.
She has no idea that I planned to do that, the only thing she knows is that I’m on my way as I told her before driving home.
If there wasn’t other vehicles, or a speed limit, I think that I would have already been there.
When I pulled out of the parking lot as no places were available nearby, I bounced my feet on the floor of the elevator all the way.
I’m kind of surprised that it didn’t crash because of that.
I’m also glad that I managed to make it to my front door, still alive.
When I took out my keys out of my pocket, missing the lock once before getting it right as I took a large breath, I already heard the sound of the bedroom door opening in a hurry when she heard the front door.
After hearing a short fumbling once I had closed the door; she had jumped in my arms as soon as I turned back to her.
The first thing that really came to mind was that she had immediately felt like home; as she always did.
She hugged me, without a word for whatever time was enough to her, until she pulled back to probably give me air.
“Welcome back. Sorry for the...sudden jump. I hope you-”
“I didn’t.” I replied, planting a short kiss on her lips. “I’ll never mind, never.”
“I know. Do you want me to uh...cook something for you? I don’t think we have much left except some eggs, I forgot to go to the store after work.”
“Don’t worry about that, I’m fine with it. I’ll help you with it so you don’t burn the apartment down. It’ll be a bit...bad to have to deal with a fire now.”
“You’re not wrong, yeah. Let’s avoid that, but- don’t criticize my possible talents! The only thing I’ll burn is the food itself. I’ll be turning the gas off as soon as I’ll see the food burning.”
“Okay- I trust you. Do you want me to let you cook on your own?”
“I like being independent, but…no, stay.”
“Alright, I’ll make sure we don’t eat burned food. We both deserve nice food after the long day we’ve had.”
“Too bad we don’t have a heart pan...you know I would have wanted to do that.”
“We’ll buy one tomorrow, don’t worry. Look, just so we don’t forget…” I took my phone from the couch, walking back next to her. “Okay, it’s on the reminder app.”
“You won’t forget it, each stuff you read stays in your memory. ‘Can’t guarantee for me.” Y/N admitted, lightly chuckling.
“You won’t forget, don’t worry. Don’t overestimate your brain.”
“I forget stuff all the time, I don’t trust him too much.”
“Don’t call yourself dumb, you’re certainly not. You’re very smart, and- you wouldn’t be even awake without your brain.”
“Oh, yeah, forgot the science thingy part. I kind of figured out that you’d be telling me that, you’re really predictable.”
“I can’t argue on that one.”
“You, not arguing? You always have an explanation that’s as long as an essay. You’re lucky that I’m interested in it.”
“I’m quite surprised that you manage to stay interested all long. Not all of the people I work with make it through the whole thing.”
“It’ll never be boring to me.”
“You sure about that? I may deliver a talk worth a four page essay.”
“Not so late, tomorrow, I promise.”
“Okay, tomorrow. Let’s cook before we get too tired.”
“Can you go first? I’m always afraid of getting burned by that.”
“I was going to do it, I was kind of afraid for you.”
“Oh- thanks, I guess.”
“Anything for you.”
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Just as if I didn’t have everything planned in my head for hours, once we did the eggs, talked a bit, and layed on the bed without bothering to get rid of our outside clothes;
I still didn’t know.
I was beyond stressed.
Would it be going well?
Would she react well?
If I suddenly don’t know what to say, what do I even do next?
Of course, I was still very sure of it, more than anything, but turns out that the stress just didn’t want me to do that apparently.
I still don’t get why it had to get in the way just now.
I just have to overcome it, it’ll be...totally okay.
It’s going to be okay.
I just have to somehow get to talk and manage to know what I want to say...I guess?
“Are you okay? You didn’t say anything for a while.”
“Oh, sorry I...I was thinking about something.”
“Is it a bad or good thing?”
“It’s a good one, not bad...at all. I just don’t know if...I can say it. It’s a stressful one.”
“I’m not sleeping for a bit more, you can go ahead. If it’s stressful, I guess it must be an important thing.”
“It’s an important one, yeah.”
“Go ahead then, I’ll be listening to every word, won’t miss a bit. You got all of my attention.” Y/N said, sitting up on the side of the bed.
“Okay, okay. Um...I don’t really know where to start, and how to, but...I think I’ll be saying everything at one moment or another.” I explained, as I sat up next to her. “I’ve been thinking about it for a bit, and slightly hesitated at the beginning as I told myself that it’d be a stupid decision, but I know that it’s something I’m sure of, it’s not something I thought of for a minute before deciding that I’d be doing it. I have to say that I haven’t been thinking about it deeply since months, but the time I thought about it was enough to decide that it was what I wanted.”
“You’re starting to worry me right now...I thought it was a good thing, and- you know I freak out easily…”
“It’s definitely a good thing, I just...there’s a lot to say. It might be an essay long, I just want to say everything that’s important.”
“Okay, I’m listening. You can keep going, sorry.” She apologized, as I put my hand on hers to reassure her.
“I...I’ve had a while to think about all of this. Barely two years, but...I never really thought about it to the point of having a whole essay to say. There’s just so many things to say about how I feel about you that I can’t select which ones to put so it could be shorter. I know we’ve talked about it a lot of times, but thanks for purchasing that diary in the first place, it’s what started our story, basically. I could also thank the one that made it but...I have no idea.” I admitted, pulling a short laugh from her. “And thanks for forgetting it, too. Your forgiveness came in handy, and we’re here now. It may be all cliché and all, but that’s what changed me. A simple book, that lead me to you. I can’t thank you enough for talking to me, and not letting go.
I really thought that I was nothing but a stranger that found something for you, and that you’d end up moving on. I didn’t move on after that, you kept staying in my head. I was persuaded that you had forgotten me and that I should...leave it there. We only knew each other’s names, that didn’t mean that I could talk to you more to me. Now, I kind of want to punch my past self for that.
I turned out to be more than wrong. When I stepped in that day, I was going to find some excuse to talk to you, and pretend I didn’t see you, but I couldn’t do that. You were all I could see in that place. Pretending that I didn’t see you would have been rude.”
“You could have done it, I wouldn’t have been mad. I probably would have done the same.” She admitted.
“I couldn’t have, really. You were all I could think about, so, not looking at you after not being able to see you? That wasn’t possible. I can’t even do that now. When I look at you, I can allow myself to basically let go of whatever stresses me in my work. I know I shouldn’t be talking about it too much, but thank you for supporting me, even after all of the scares I gave you. I won’t be talking about quitting as you said that you’d kill me if I’d do it.”
“The offer is still up. I won’t let you quit until you’re at least 60.”
“I’m not planning on dying yet, I won’t quit. But, I’m sorry for all of the stress that I put you through. I wish I could make it less stressful. You’re so strong for that, I really don’t know how you manage to not have a heart attack, you’re truly amazing.
You can be proud of that though. I want you to be.
You’ve made me feel stronger because of this too. Your strength, your support, your love, all of that allows me to pull through.
I can’t imagine having to go through that without you. You became such an important part of my life, that I just...can’t imagine not having you here by my side. You matter so much to me, I really want you to know that. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, I can’t do that with anyone else now that I’ve met you. You make me feel so loved, so happy, everyday, and...I want to feel like this forever. I don’t want that to change ever.”
Don’t screw this up.
You got this.
“Since I’ve met you, you’ve given me a reason to be better, to do better. Something changed when you came into my life, I’m not the doctor Reid from two years ago anymore. I would constantly overthink, I was never sure of anything, I was a mess. But now, you’ve pushed me to say what I have in mind, you’ve made me more confident, and I’ve never been sure of something my entire life. My old self wouldn’t have done that at all.
I've realized that I can't live without you anymore. I've lost too many things, and I definitely can't lose you. You're the most amazing thing that's ever happened to me. And before you say anything, not even books, TV shows, or whatever else is better. You're the one that I love the most, and that I'll also love for many and many years.
I've...also realized that I've said the entirety of a monologue, and you're probably wondering what that was for so, I'll get to the point." I explained, briefly leaving her side to take something from my pocket, a gasp leaving her lips as I suddenly put a knee on the floor, pulling the box open.
"It would be an immeasurable pleasure to be able to share my life with you, as long as we both shall live. So...I, Spencer Reid, would like to know if the wonderful woman in front of my eyes would accord me the pleasure of marrying me?"
"Of course I will, you idiot!" Y/N exclaimed, pressing her lips against mine.
"Is that a yes though?" I asked, still against her lips.
"It's a yes." She answered, as we both pulled back from the other when I took her left hand, slightly struggling to take the ring out of the box.
After a few seconds, and a few laughs, I nervously slid the ring on her finger, looking at her when I was done.
"...I understand the stress you had now. I...I really don't have the words right now. I kind of feel bad about not having anything to say. I just...want you to know that I also love you, so much. Thank you for being here with me, and...marrying me. This is...the best thing, ever." She said, her eyes watering.
"I would marry you every day if it was possible."
"If only. We have to plan a whole wedding now. I think we're gonna need a lot of help."
"That depends when you want it to happen."
"That also depends how fast it can be organized. Because if it can be done in one week, that would be...amazing. I can't wait another year."
"It's as it was already done babe. I bet Penelope already planned everything from the moment she met you."
"I wouldn't be surprised. Gosh, I can't wait to be able to call you my husband." She admitted.
"And I can't wait to be able to call you my wife."
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"Can you...frickin' believe that? We met her just a bit ago, and like...one month after I get to organize their wedding? This is totally crazy. She even let me help choose her dress, her damn dress!"
"Of course she'd let you help Penelope. She couldn't have even said no to you, and as she didn't say no, she asked for your help as none of them knew how to do all this." Luke answered.
"I could literally drop out of the FBI and become a wedding planner at this point. Don't yell at me in calls, because you know what I'm gonna do next."
"We won't, don't worry about it. Just enjoy the wedding, you literally help plan the best day of their lives, they're not gonna be doing that every day." He reassured.
"That's too bad that it's only gonna last for a day. It's a shame we'll have to take everything down though."
"Just enjoy. Calm down for a bit."
Penelope took a deep breath, tapping Luke’s shoulder as she began leaving, but stopped for a second. "I'm gonna see if she's even ready. Someone go check on the boy wonder."
“Yes, ma’am.”
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“Y/N? Can I enter? It’s Pen.” Garcia asked, knocking a few times.
“As long as you’re not Spencer with a voice changer or something, yeah.” I said, as the lock of the door made itself heard signaling that the door was open, before she closed it on her way in.
“I thought you weren’t ready yet! Spencer’s gonna be downstairs soon.”
“I’m ready physically, not mentally. This is the part when I stress down.”
“What are you stressed about? Here, sit for a bit.” She motioned, putting her hand on mine when we had sat down.
“I don’t know...I, it’s the whole wedding thing. It’s not about Spencer or anything, I do still want to marry him, but...I’m just stressing about it. It didn’t hit me until today.”
“I get it. Lots of people, the big event, and mostly, marrying someone who matters. Don’t tell me one of your worries is that he’s not gonna find you beautiful or regret. There’s no way. Because, I know...we weren’t supposed to send messages to the boys before today, but, he spoke about you practically all night. He couldn’t believe that it was happening, I mean- who wouldn’t be stressed about marrying such a beautiful girl? So, stop that. All of the people here are only friends you know and family. There’s nothing else to stress about, I listed everything, and none of them is something you should overstress about, it’s going to be okay.”
“I know, I...I just stressed all of a sudden. And, I know he doesn’t think that, I just had the stress bringing all of those...stressful thoughts. Am I the only one who stresses at their wedding or is it normal? I don’t want to ruin anything because I’ll end up stressing, not knowing what to say-”
“You will be okay. You’ll know what to say the minute you’ll see him. Come here-” She rushed forward, taking my hand to put me on my feet as she directed me in front of the mirror. “Do you think Spencer isn’t stressed too when he thinks that he’s gonna marry you? You’re beautiful, amazing, strong, extremely kind, dedicated, I mean- he’s so lucky to have you. Anyone else would be stressed, it’s normal, you don’t have to think that you’re ruining anything, at all. Because that’s all I see when I look at that mirror. There’s not enough adjectives to describe your beauty right now, I think we’re gonna have to invent new ones at this point. I mean- look at you!” She exclaims, putting her head on my shoulder as she smiles.
“I’m probably also stressed because of how handsome he is too. I mean…wow. I’m marrying Spencer fucking Reid. It’s not anyone, he’s a literal god and a total genius.”
“And he is going to marry y/n fucking y/l/n. You’re not anyone as well, you’re a smokin’ hot bomb, a goddess and a strong, independent woman.”
“Okay, I am smokin’ hot.”
“Bet you are. So, now that everything is okay, you wait here. Don’t worry, Hotch’s gonna come soon, he’s probably finishing off a talk with our boy wonder. I’ll see you in a bit!” Penelope hurried out, leaving the room.
I’m marrying...fucking Spencer Reid.
Someone pinch me. I feel like this is a dream.
Ow- it’s not one.
It’s...really happening.
++
“I now declare you husband, and wife. You can kiss your wife, kid.” Rossi announces, as I advanced towards y/n, covering both sides of her face with my hands as the embrace deepens afterwards.
Soon enough, whoops and hollers echo through the backyard, as we pull back with smiles on both on our faces, maintaining our gaze on the other.
It’s official.
We’re finally both able to call the other our spouse, from now on, and forever.
Just two years ago, I never would have thought that this would happen.
I was just Spencer Reid, a guy that would always overthink, think he wasn’t good enough for anyone, didn’t think about ever going on dates, I was a total mess...until that diary.
It’s a bit ridiculous to say that I’ve overcome what would have refrained me from ever being with someone thanks to an object, but...that’s really what happened.
Who in the hell would have even thought that a person that I barely knew with only a few words would slowly become a familiar person, then a friend, a partner, and as I totally didn’t expect...my wife.
It all seems unreal, even now.
But it really is, believe it or not. I heard the words well, slid her ring on her hand; after that, she slid my ring on mine, Rossi announced it...and we kissed.
I pinched myself while she wasn’t looking, and it still wasn’t a dream.
I was married to her.
Even when we talked to our friends, we never let go of the other.
We were probably afraid that one of us was going to disappear if we ever let go of their hand.
I have no idea if some found it weird, I didn’t even care.
I was with her, she was with me, and we were both married.
That’s the only thing that mattered.
And...now that I think about what sealed our fates and lives forever as I looked at y/n;
It’s a good thing that I paid attention to my surroundings that day.
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