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  1. "I can't go back to New York, I can't do that to me." by

    Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

    21 Jul 2025

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    They met in New York by accident — a lonely genius and a man on the edge of a goodbye. And a deal was struck between them.

    One week. No numbers, no last names, just each other.

    They laughed, touched, flirted like it didn’t mean anything.

    Until it did.

    Until Spencer gave Derek everything — and woke up alone.

    Three years later, Spencer Reid joins the BAU and meets SSA Derek Morgan again. Older. Colder. Pretending not to know him.
    Now they fight instead of flirt, make out instead of talk, and try not to drown in everything they never said.

    Spencer was never supposed to fall for him again. Derek was never supposed to feel it back, not after what he did.

    But love is messy, timing is cruel, and some things don’t stay buried — not when fate drags you full circle.

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