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1. Say Something by Raemoo22

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   18 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Spencer Reid & Original Female Character(s)
   • Spencer Reid
   • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Jason Gideon
   • Elle Greenaway
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • Emily Prentiss
   • David Rossi
   • Penelope Garcia
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Slow Burn
   • Original Character(s)
   • Agent
   • FBI
   • The BAU Team as Family (Criminal Minds)
   • Spencer Reid Needs a Hug
   • Good Friend Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
   • cases
   • Character Insert
   • Fluff
   • Eventual Smut
   • Romance
   • Spencer Reid Fluff
   • Season 2
   • Best Friends
   • Behavioral Analysis Unit (Criminal Minds)
   • Criminal Minds Fanfiction
   • Pining
   • Miscommunication
   • Own Character
   • dr spencer reid - Freeform
   • Spence - Freeform
   • Happily Ever After
   • Angst
   • Trauma
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • lovestory
   • Mostly cannon events
   • Season 3
   • Smut
   • Found Family
   • Case Fic
   • Sarcastic Female Protagonist
   • Protective Spencer Reid
   • Spencer Reid Whump
   • Spencer Reid Gets a Hug
   • season 4
   • Trauma Bonding
   • Explicit Sexual Content

   Summary

   "The best and most beautiful things in the world... they have to be felt with the heart."

   I joined the FBI to get to the BAU. CAC was just the step in between.

   Then Spencer Reid walked in-PhDs, cardigans, and so stupidly attractive it completely derailed my ability to speak like a functioning adult.

   We were supposed to work one case together. Now I'm pretending I don't notice how brilliant he is.

   This is fine. Totally fine. I'm being very normal about it.

   Set during Season 2, Episode 2 ("P911"), this is a slow(ish) friends-to-lovers rewrite where Evelyn Gilroy takes Amanda's place and tries very hard not to fall in love with Spencer Reid.

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   English

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