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1. A Better Person by Fish_are_Friends93

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

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

   13 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Derek Morgan & Spencer Reid
   • The BAU Team & Spencer Reid
   • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
   • Spencer Reid
   • Spencer Reid Whump
   • Hurt Spencer Reid
   • Spencer Reid Angst
   • Spencer Reid Needs a Hug
   • Drug Addict Spencer Reid
   • Drug Use
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Vomiting
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Whump
   • Post-Episode: s02e15 Revelations (Criminal Minds)
   • Nightmares
   • Protective Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)

   Summary

   While out on a case, in a tiny, middle-of-nowhere motel, Morgan is dragged from sleep by a familiar scream from the adjacent room. A phone call with Spencer from a bathroom floor highlights how damaging Morgan's words in S2E16: Fear and Loathing have been for Reid's psyche in the months since.

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   The conversation Reid never got to have with Morgan in the months following S02E15: Revelations.

   Series

   • Part 3 of Calling For Help: The Healing of Spencer Reid

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   English

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