Hey guys AppleandLettuce here! Yes, Apple AND Lettuce! We worked together on this story! We hope that this makes up for the loss of stories published! We've been watching The Flash for a while, so yeah... WE DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! We will later write the prequel to this story! Anyways, I hope you enjoy and sorry for grammar errors!


"22 year old Brad Tebus was shot yesterday outside of his home in Central City. He was shot in the hand before getting shot in the head. This is not the first victim, two others had been victims of this unsub, 37 year old John Gray and 26 year old Kathy Morales were also shot in the same areas. John was shot near the building he worked at, as a CEO and Kathy was shot also in her home. There were no witnesses to any of this murders." Garcia listed out as she showed the bodies on the board.

"So Central City?" Morgan asked.

"Mmhmm." Garcia stated. Reid frowned. Last time he was in Central City, he was with Barry, which was about 10 months ago.

"You okay Reid?" Morgan asked, seeing Reid frown.

"Yeah. I'm fine." Reid vaguely stated.

"Okay, wheels up in thirty." Hotch stated as he got up and left.


"Hey, is Reid okay? He's been...quiet." Emily asked JJ as she glanced back at Reid. He was sitting in the corner of the jet, with his face in a book.

"He's fine...just give him some time." JJ answered, looking at Reid with a worried look on her face.

"He hasn't been this quiet...well, since Tobias." Morgan stated as he sat across from JJ and Emily.

"I'll talk to Spence once we land, for right now, let him be. He doesn't want to talk right now." JJ said.

"Alright."


"JJ was it?" Joe asked as the SSAs' entered the CCPD.

"Yes, hello detective." JJ greeted as she smiled and shook his hand.

"Hello, my name is Detective West, but please, call me Joe." Joy stated to the team.

"This is SSA Aaron Hotcher, SSA Derek Morgan, SSA Emily Prentiss, and Dr. Spencer Reid." JJ listed out as Joe shook everyone's hand (excluding Reid) and Reid gave him an awkward wave.

"This way, agents." Joe stated as he gestured to the conference area.

There sat a few officers, Barry, Eddie, and Iris was talking to Eddie. As the team walked in, they noticed that they all turned their attention to them.

As Reid walked in, the first thing he noticed was Barry. His Barry. Alive, and healthy. There was a jolt of happiness flowing threw him as he smiled at him. Barry froze seeing Reid. It was like in a cheesy movie where everything slowed down when Reid walked in. No words were needed at that moment. Barry practically ran to Reid, and hugged him. Reid hugged him back immediately, wrapping his arms around Barry's neck. Barry hugged him so tightly, that he practically picked up Reid. Once they stopped, Reid looked into Barry's eyes, and kissed him. It was innocent, yet passionate.

"Don't do that ever again." Reid stated in a wryly tone of voice, before he slapped Barry.

"Ow! And I'm sorry!" Barry replied as he put his hand to his cheek. Reid just looked at him, with such loving eyes. The moment was broken when Hotch cleared his throat.

"Sorry." Reid stated as he looked at Hotch, then sat down. Barry just gave Hotch a smile, and murmured a "sorry" and sat down next to Reid. They smiled at each other, before Barry reached for Reid's hand under the table. Hotch raised his eyebrow at them before he started.

"Okay, so do you guys have anything in the victims?" Hotch asked

"We know that they all worked for Mercury Labs at some point." Barry began.

"John Green was still working for them when he was murdered, Kathy Morales worked for them about two years before getting murdered, and Brad Tebus worked there about 9 months before getting murdered." He rambled.

"Garcia didn't find that in the record." Morgan stated.

"Because Kathy wasn't technically working for Mercury, well on the surface." He explained. Everyone in the CCPD gave him a puzzled look.

"She was an assistant for an employee for about 7 months before she quit." Barry stated.

"Who'd she-" Hotch got interrupted by Morgan.

"Ok, hold on, before we go any further, can we address the situation we just witnessed here?" Morgan stated.

"What situation?" Joe inquired.

"The situation in which Reid kissed and then proceeded to slap a total stranger!" Exclaimed Morgan.

Reid and Barry looked at each other.

"Ok then. Barry, would you and Dr. Reid like to explain to us what exactly happened. " Joe said, turning to the couple.

Reid and Barry let go of each other's hand.

Barry exhaled loudly. "Reid and I are together."

"Wait what?" Morgan asked, with a shocked look on his face.

"Wait, Barry, you're in a relationship? Since when?" Iris asked, as a confused look was on her face.

Barry gave Reid a smile. "For about four years."

"Actually four years, three months, two weeks, and five days." Reid corrected unconsciously. Everyone looked at Reid.

"How come we never knew about this? You could've saved yourself from going to the club with me." Morgan asked.

"It was amusing to see your determination in trying to get me to hook up with some girl." Reid answered.

"I'm sorry what?" Barry asked.

"Don't worry, it never worked." JJ replied.

"Hold up, Barry, you have been in a relationship with someone for four years, and you didn't bother to tell me?" Iris asked, still confused.

"It never came up. And, I didn't know how to tell you. I mean, it's not like it's normal to walk up to your best friend who is practically your sister and say 'Hey, just to let you know, I'm gay and I'm in a long distance relationship with my best friend from college'" Barry reasoned.

"Well, finding out this way isn't normal ether."

"True." Barry replied. For a minute, everything was quiet.

"...so you guys met in college?" JJ asked, breaking the silence.

"Yeah. While getting my undergraduate in criminology." Reid stated.

"...how'd that happen?" Iris asked.

"We were in the same class, we had things in common, and yeah," Barry replied. "It just sorta happened. When Spencer left to work for the FBI, we still kept in touch and talked to each other every day, well mostly."

Everyone nodded, now understanding the basic things needed.

"...Are you guys done asking questions about their relationship so we can continue?" Hotch asked as everyone quiet down.

"Mmhmm." Morgan answered.


The meeting was normal after that, other than the few glances Morgan gave Barry.

"Alright, Emily and JJ will go interview people in Mercury Labs, Morgan, Eddie and Rossi go to the morgue, and the rest of us will stay to do the profile." Hotch stated as he got up. As Reid left, Morgan approached Barry.

"I don't know you, but Reid obviously knows you pretty well so I'm just going to tell you right now: if you dare to hurt Reid, you will meet the non-friendly part of me." Morgan warned, before leaving.

"Tell me more about this later!" Iris stated as she followed Eddie. Barry nodded. Barry eventually left the conference room searching for the boy wonder. He eventually found him; he was rambling to Iris about something.

"-shows an estimated 4.4 million college students are in long distance relationships. One study of dating relationships estimated 1 in 7 were long-distance. Extrapolating from census data it is likely that 3.5 million dating couples are long-distance.

Overall, there are just over 7 million couples in the US who consider themselves in a long distance relationship." He heard Reid state as he played with his hands. He smiled at that action. He missed Reid. "Smart and handsome, I approve." Iris stated as she noticed Barry's presence. Barry smiled. "So what were you guys talking about?" Barry asked as he put an arm around Reid. Reid blushed at the action.

"You are adorable!" Iris stated as she saw Reid blush at something so innocent.

"I know he is, which is why he's mine." Barry stated with a smirk. Reid hid his face in Barry's shoulder as he became even more red.

"Barry quit picking on your boyfriend, be a gentleman," Joe stated as he saw Reid trying to disappear.

"Sorry babe." Barry stated. Reid simply nodded into his shoulder. "You are too cute. Come on, let's go to my lab."


"So, how are you?" Barry asked, trying to break the ice. He knew that Reid was mad at him.

"I'm fine. What about you?" Reid stated as he looked at Barry.

"I'm sorry." Barry apologized as he approached Reid. "I truly am."

"I thought you were dead Barry!" Reid stated. "When I heard that the particle accelerator exploded," Reid continued as he felt his eyes water, "It scared me. I called you multiple times! I thought you died!"

"Spence," Barry said, putting his head down.

"No. I didn't hear from you for a whole year! A year!"

"I was in a comma for nine months after the explosion." Barry stated, feeling horrible.

Reid changed his expression from anger, to worried. "Oh my god! Are you okay? Wait, obviously you're okay since you're working, but are you okay emotionally? Wait, you would be since your-" Reid rambled.

"I'm fine, Spence." Barry replied, holding Reid's waist, trying to reassure Reid that he was fine. Reid quiet down. He looked into Barry's eyes. He kissed him. Then looked at the floor.

"Soo, you were in a comma for nine months?" Reid asked.

"Yeah. I was fine." Barry stated, trying not to worry his lover even more.

"How'd you get into a coma?" Reid asked. Barry exhaled.

"I got struck by lightning," he answered. He saw Reid look straight at him. He saw the worry in his eyes, like he was going to cry. "It's no big deal. I'm fine. I didn't get any damage."

"How'd you survive that?" Reid asked as a small tear fell.

"I don't know, S.T.A.R Labs helped me."

"S.T.A.R Labs? As in the S.T.A.R Labs?" Reid asked, shocked by what was just said to him.

"Yes. I know S.T.A.R Labs quite well." He bragged, trying to distract boy genius from what he just told him.

"Do you know Harrison Wells?" Reid inquired.

"Yes. I'd consider him a friend."

"Can I- wait, we are not done with our conversation." Reid stated.

"Please Spencer? We just heard from each other again. Please, can we not talk about it?" Barry asked, as he looked at Reid, trying to make him agree. Reid sighed.

"Okay. But we will eventually finish this conversation." Barry smiled.

"Great."

"Sooo, Dr. Wells huh?" Reid asked.

"Yup."

"Friends?"

"Yeah. If you want, I could introduce you to him once we have lunch," Barry suggested.

"Can we?" Reid asked.

"Yeah. Why not?"

"Okay."


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