I am swinging for the fences with this one. It is supposed to be fun. I was planning on using this for Fifty Love Interests for Spencer Reid but it grew too long.

Lonely Heart

Chapter One:

"I will do whatever it takes to make it work. I trust you, and I have so much faith in you and I."

~JoJo Fletcher

"What are you doing in DC?" her boss, executive producer Macy Hill asked.

"It's for my sister's wedding! I told you about it three weeks ago," Faye said as she walked across the mall.

"We still don't have America's Lonely Heart!" Macy practically screeched. "We're promising the press a new guy in less than a week."

"I like the three we have," she said impatiently. "Just pick one."

"I told you I don't like any of them. The perfect guy is out there and not in this group."

Then she saw him. His curly brown long hair blowing in the light breeze as he sat and read a book.

"I think, I found him," Faye said standing still. "I'll call you in ten minutes."

She hung up and approached the man. "I'm Faye Richards," she said offering her hand.

He waved. "Hi, I'm Spencer Reid" he said as he looked up from his book.

"Would you like to be America's next Lonely Heart?"

He stared at her. "I don't even know what that is."

She knew she wanted him even more now. "It is the highest-rated reality dating show featuring twelve women try to find love with one man with one lonely heart. I'm a producer for the show."

"I guess I'm honored that you'd consider me," he said awkwardly. "But no thanks."

"Why not?" she challenged him.

He sighed. "I just got out of prison."

Faye never wanted a Lonely Heart so badly. "For what crime?"

"Murder, which I didn't commit. I am also an FBI agent."

She wondered if drool was starting to come out of mouth.

"But you aren't now, are you?" she said. "Because there is some sort of process."

"There's going to be a formal hearing a couple months," he said irritably. "I plan on getting reinstated."

"Are you afraid of love?" she asked.

"What?" he asked.

She took a seat next to him. "Are you afraid of finding that perfect match? Someone to cherish for the rest of your life."

"I'm not afraid of love," he stated.

"My show has a thirty-percent success rate. Better than some dating sites. Come on and explore your intimate side."

"I don't do dating sites. I'm an FBI agent!" he said.

"Not right now," she said. "Right now, you're a lonely man with nothing but nightmares and probabilities to calculate day and night about when and where your seemingly fulfilling life went off the rails."

He stared at her and said nothing.

"I don't know what you do for the FBI but I'm guessing it involves reading people from how you're watching my body language. I can do it too. It is what makes me so good at my job. Right now, you're angry but hide it in relief and sadness. You can keep fighting these emotions or you can break a wall down in your life. You can smash it and find a whole new world of possibilities."

He looked slight amused. "You don't take no for an answer often, do you?"

"Not when I can get what I want," she said.

"You don't even know me," he said.

"I know you are different from the eleven other men we've had. I know under that dorky outfit there is a physique that only needs a little work. I know you want this deep down. I know you want to break away from what life has given you. Become my lonely heart because you clearly are one."

Faye pulled out her phone and her card. She handed the card to him and took his picture.

"Call me in twenty-four hours with your answer," she said and walked off before he could react.

Macy called her minute later.

"I love him and I want him," she said.

"I think I've got him," Faye said with a grin.

…

"I'm not seeking reinstatement," Reid stated at a dinner with Morgan and J.J. and Garcia.

J.J. dropped her fork.

"Why Spence?"

"I need a to re-think what I want out of life," he said. "After seeing what I saw in prison, I don't feel so certain I belong in the BAU. You're all my family but I don't think I can work with you anymore. I just need time to think."

"I understand, buddy," Morgan said. "You've seen a lot and it can be a drain your soul."

"What are you hiding?" J.J. said.

"Nothing remotely unlawful. It is a big life change though, and I'll tell you when I'm ready," he said.

"I can't believe you're leaving us!" Garcia said.

"I am doing this for me," Reid said. "I just hope it works out."