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Your past few months of probation had gone swimmingly. Since your early days in the academy, a profiler with the BAU had been your dream job, you just never figured it would come so soon. You were confident that you would be a perfect fit for the team since day one, but you couldn’t help but be a little nervous considering the circumstances. While you had managed to get your bachelor’s and Ph.D. in psychology and criminal justice all in the matter of 3 years and you graduated from the academy at the top of your class, you were still only 24. But nonetheless, you had worked your ass off the last 3 months and it showed. Hotch was thoroughly impressed with your work and after this last case, he had approached you about finalizing your promotion. It seemed like your life was finally falling into place. The best part of all was how well you got along with your new coworkers. Well almost all.
Ever since you had joined the BAU everyone had welcomed you with open arms. But Dr. Reid had struggled with your presence ever since Hotch introduced you to the team.
“Hello everyone. Please welcome our newest addition to the team, Dr. Y/L/N.”
“Please, you don’t have to call me doctor, agent is fine”, you insisted, while you shook hands.
“Hello! I’m Garcia, I’m the woman behind the curtain, your own, personal Wizard of Oz if you will. If you need anything don’t hesitate to let me know!”
“I have one question…” you mumbled as the stranger across from your new desk caught your eye. “Who’s the tall drink of water sitting over there… scowling?”
Penelope’s face lit up. “Oh poor baby, that’s Reid. He’s our resident boy wonder, the kid’s a total genius. You actually probably have a lot in common. I’m sure you’ll get along wonderfully!” she chirped as she hustled back to her desk.
“Hey, I’m Y/N”, you said softly to the doctor trying not to disturb him from his thoughts.
“I heard,” Spencer responded curtly, “I’m sort of in the middle of something right now”
You stammered a short apology getting up and getting yourself a cup of coffee to distract from your desire to scream. If someone had said anything remotely as rude to you at your old job you wouldn’t have hesitated to give them a piece of your mind. But you’ve wanted this job as long as you could remember and you desperately wanted this to work, so you held your tongue as you found your way back to your desk.
You had been so inundated in the paperwork you didn’t even realize that lunch came and went and it was now 2:30. But you suddenly and severely had felt the effects of skipping breakfast. As you made your way to the kitchen to grab something quick to eat, you bumped into JJ.
“Hey! How have you been finding it here so far?”
“I’m easing into it. Everyone has been so helpful though, I can’t complain. Well, almost everyone” you let slip out.
“What do you mean?” JJ asked
“Well, I tried to spark up a conversation with Dr. Reid but he didn’t seem too interested in making friends,” you said shyly. You couldn’t help but feel a little guilty for bothering her with this.
“Oh sweetie, Spence is used to being the only young one around here. He’s probably just a little intimidated that’s all. I’m sure he’ll open up in no time,” JJ replied warmly.
In her defense, she was partially right. After your first few cases, his disdain for you had lessened to a mere apathy towards your existence. You hadn’t let it get it to you too much, you were here to do a job, not make friends. But you would be lying if you said it didn’t bother you. You weren’t genius like the Doctor but you knew what it was like spending your college years locked up in a dorm working your ass off. And you knew what it was like not being taken seriously by local law enforcement for being so young. You just wish he would have given you a little more of a chance, you could have made good colleagues, maybe even friends.