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"If you tend a Rose, a Fistel cannot grow."
-Frances Hodgson BurnettBasically follows the plot and time line of the show with some changes. And oh, yeah... Rossi is Emily's, Derek's and Reid's adoptive father.
Warnings because, well, it's Criminal Minds.
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Spencer should love lectures given it was the only time he could ramble without being interrupted but their lacklustre reception always puts him on a downer. He can usually push past it but after feeling like he finally found his person and losing her, he isn't so sure he can handle the disappointment. Alex is Alex though and she did go to his favourite coffee shop to sweeten the deal.
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- Part 25 of Spencer Reid Whump/Angst
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"You're on You're Own, Lost in the Wild" by enjolrassstaire
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
19 Oct 2025
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Whumptober day 19, Dehumanization, Living Weapon, On Patrol
Reid sometimes feels like he's just a brain with legs.
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- Part 17 of Whumptober 2025
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Whumptober Day 18, alternate prompt, Suicide
Spencer has been suicidal as long as he could remember.
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- Part 16 of Whumptober 2025
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- English
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If his mum won't recognise him now, why stick around? Prison changed Spencer more than he could handle and after every other time of working hard to get back to normal, he's not so sure it's worth it anymore.
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- Part 24 of Spencer Reid Whump/Angst
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After things didn't go quite as slow as he had planned with Max, Reid showed up on Morgan's doorstep in Chicago at 1 am with a question only his big brother could answer: Is it still a flashback if you're not sure it ever actually happened?
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Spencer gets drenched and Derek takes some pity on him
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- Part 23 of Spencer Reid Whump/Angst
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It’s almost incredible how easily things can go wrong especially when you're in a three mile radius of Spencer Reid.
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- Part 22 of Spencer Reid Whump/Angst
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"If My Days Are Numbered, Why Do I Keep Counting?" by enjolrassstaire
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
15 Oct 2025
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Whumptober day 15, alternate prompt.
Reid is wondering why he's still trying after being addicted to Dilaudid for months.
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Whumptober Day 14 Ignoring Illness, Body Bag, Wounded Caretaker
Reid gets a migraine at work. He tries (and fails) to hide it.
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- Part 13 of Whumptober 2025
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Out of all the horrible things that Reid has seen, nothing has come close to the sensory nightmare that is pumpkin innards.
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- Part 13 of Tickletober 2025
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In some ways, Spencer's decision to leave the BAU built over years. More than half of who he considers family is gone. His fridge is covered with drawings and photos from children who aren't his, watching them grow, and he's been doing the same thing for 17 years. But in the end, it's one case that does him in: a case he could have prevented when he was 25 if only he'd been able to let Nathan Harris die like he wanted. And suddenly everything Gideon said in the letter makes sense to him.
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"Can You Get Through All The Pain Inside You?" by enjolrassstaire
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
11 Oct 2025
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Whumptober Day 11, Hidden Injury, Laceration, Forced Reveal
Reid is forced to reveal a stab wound he received in the field. The only problem is, is that they're boarding the jet home.
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- Part 10 of Whumptober 2025
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I can't remember the first time I gave into the urges, maybe after I was finally home from the kidnapping. All I remember was shaking and my heart racing, more than it ever had before. I just wanted to stop the constant screaming in my head, a plague on me since I was young. All I know is I have to keep it together, for the sake of my team, and the sake of my dignity.
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I wrote this because I wanted to dig into what happened to Reid and flesh out more of the drug abuse plotline. Heavy angst warnings, this may be intense for some readers. Detailed drug use, flashbacks, anxiety attacks, trauma, and abuse is in this fic. -
"We'll Make It Alright To Come Undone" by enjolrassstaire
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
09 Oct 2025
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Whumptober Day 9: Touch, Flashbacks, Scalding
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- Part 8 of Whumptober 2025
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"My Panic's At The Ceiling, but I'm Face Down on the Carpet" by enjolrassstaire
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
06 Oct 2025
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Day five of Whumptober: Quivering, Dream Journal, Phobia
Reid gets sick, and has to face his fear of germs.
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- Part 4 of Whumptober 2025
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It crossed his mind that he didn’t care if Hardwick crushed him, as long has he left Hotch alone. He himself was a lost cause, had been from age six or so, but Hotch wasn’t beyond saving.
When interviewing a convict, Hotch starts escalating a tense situation and both him and Reid bear the consequences of being locked in with a serial killer for 13 minutes. Only this time, Reid isn't quick enough to start talking in time and Hardwick becomes violent.
Rewrite of the Chester Hardwick prison interview episode (S3, Ep 14 "Damaged").
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Chatfic starting off about spencer having an ear infection because i have one ♡
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Spencer would never admit it, but he was jealous of the other team members. The way they all seemed to speak a language he didn't understand. Eventually, he vents to Morgan about it. It doesn't go well.
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The Infamous BAU group chat <3....continued by Reggie4257
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
25 Sep 2025
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One dark and stormy night (Okay it was actually a sunny clear day, where the BAU was either at home or working on paperwork, one of the two), Aaron Hotchner made the mistake of making a group chat for his agents. One of them takes control of the group chat, and it purely dissolves into chaos.
Or at least that was the beginning. This is the now.
Original Creator here, I can literally give you any detail you want about this. I wrote this from the get go, I'm continuing after I orphaned it. You'll know why if you read the notes