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1. let it fester by snowskip

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   20 May 2024

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Emily Prentiss & Spencer Reid
   • Elle Greenaway & Spencer Reid
   • The BAU Team & Spencer Reid
   • Spencer Reid
   • Emily Prentiss
   • Elle Greenaway
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Jason Gideon
   • Ethan (Criminal Minds: s02e18 Jones)
   • Tobias Hankel
   • Penelope Garcia
   • Post-Season/Series 02
   • Spencer Reid Needs a Hug
   • Spencer Reid Gets a Hug
   • jj/emily and reid/elle if you squint
   • canon violence and triggers
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • everyone is there bu its mostly spencer and emily talking
   • Time Skips
   • set around a year post hankel
   • Spencer Reid-centric
   • no warnings apply because not explicit- case standard as is in the show
   • spencer reid gets to be a little bit of a dick. as a treat.
   • and emily prentiss gets to be a little bit of one back at him. as a second silly little treat
   • Parental Jason Gideon
   • i suppose distant parental gideon given he's gone at this point lmao

   Summary

   When a case hits close to home, Reid is left dealing with old habits and resentments. With history threatening to repeat itself, Emily steps in to disrupt the cycle

   ***

   Or, the only way I'll accept that the team didn't help with his addiction is if they tried, they were just awful at it

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