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   The Long Road by oldmannapping

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Other
   • Work in Progress

   03 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Spencer Reid/Original Nonbinary Character
   • Emily Prentiss & Spencer Reid
   • Derek Morgan & Spencer Reid
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau & Spencer Reid
   • Aaron Hotchner & Spencer Reid
   • Spencer Reid & David Rossi
   • Henry LaMontagne & Spencer Reid
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau & Henry LaMontagne
   • The BAU Team & Spencer Reid
   • Spencer Reid
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
   • Henry LaMontagne
   • Emily Prentiss
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • David Rossi
   • Ethan (Criminal Minds: Jones)
   • Stephen Gideon (Mentioned)
   • Autistic Character
   • Spencer Reid is Autistic
   • Pansexual Spencer Reid
   • Coming Out
   • Queer Spencer Reid
   • Sapiosexual Spencer Reid
   • Coming out as autistic
   • Coming Out as Queer
   • Misunderstandings
   • Competent Spencer Reid
   • Hurt Spencer Reid
   • Spencer Reid Needs a Hug
   • Spencer Reid is a badass
   • Godfather Spencer Reid
   • Loyal Derek Morgan
   • Derek Morgan is a good friend
   • JJ is a good friend
   • The BAU Team as Family (Criminal Minds)
   • Internalised ableism
   • Set in s03-s04 but canon is so loose
   • Just picture Spencer with your favourite haircut and roll with it
   • accidental misgendering
   • Misgendering
   • Protective Derek Morgan
   • Protective Spencer Reid
   • Non-Graphic Sexual Content
   • Consensual sex (non-graphic)
   • Sexual assault (non-graphic)
   • AMAB Non-Binary Character
   • Supportive Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
   • Supportive Aaron Hotchner
   • Bisexual Spencer Reid
   • Spencer Reid Gets a Hug

   Summary

   In which Spencer realises he is both autistic and not straight. He's got more support than he realises, but he has to let people in first.

   -_-

   “Can I ask you something?”

   Reid blinked. “Of course.”

   Morgan rolled the Gatorade bottle between his hands. “When did you decide I was an asshole?”

   Spencer opened his mouth, but Morgan wasn’t done.

   “What about our friendship made you think you couldn’t be open with me? ‘Cause I’ve been going over these past few months in my head, and there were so many times when you coulda just told me the truth.”

   Series

   • Part 3 of Spencer Reid is Not Autistic (he just ticks all the boxes)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   35,371

   Chapters:

   10/11

   Comments:

   40

   Kudos:

   101

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