A/N: Hello, welcome to my first ever story :) If you see something you don't like, don't hesitate to review and let me know so I can work on it! This is a Criminal Minds story and will be a Spencer/OC. I will try and make this as realistic as I can, but as we've never seen Spencer in a real, serious relationship before he may be a little OOC at times.
I will try and update as often as I can. Not sure if this will be one story or the first in a series, we'll have to wait and see!
Just a quick explanation that my OC will be English, same as me, so I don't have to spend ages researching American things for her backstory! Hope you don't think that's too lazy.. :)
Thank you for reading
Up in the BAU offices of the FBI headquarters, Quantico, a sense of calm radiated from the bullpen. Being the department with the highest success rate in the FBI, the offices were usually teaming with a level of tension- however three days off for the renowned team of Agents had come as a blessing.
Unit Chief SSA Aaron Hotchner sat in his raised office, looking down on the desks bellow as his team members began to arrive. First, as always, was youngest member Dr. Spencer Reid who again, as always, headed straight for the coffee pot for his caffeine fix. Hotch cracked a small smile at the predictability.
Seeing the arrival of both Morgan and Prentiss, he turned back to his paperwork to review what the team would be up to in the next few days.
Derek Morgan exited the lift with Emily Prentiss following sharply at his heel; he'd been trying to escape her teasing over a rejection from an attractive bartender during a team night out ever since he ran into her in the lobby. Upon spying boy-wonder making coffee he saw his way out.
"Reid, my man!" he called as he strode over, "How was the long weekend? Meet any honeys, learn a new language, scare any kids?"
Reid gave a disapproving frown at Morgan's humour, adding a warning look over to Prentiss as she chuckled at the last question. "No, no and no" He replied, "And the 'Reid effect' isn't my fault!"
Laughter followed him as he stalked, coffee in hand, back to his desk. After working at the BAU for a number of years he had learned that they didn't mean the teasing in a negative way, it was their way of showing that they cared- often by treating him as one would their younger sibling. He had even come to enjoy these multiple daily occurrences, made him feel like part of a family.
Ducking his head to hide the small smile at his thoughts, he settled into his chair ready to get started on some paperwork.
"But seriously," Began Prentiss as she too settled in at her desk, "How was your time off? 'Cause let me tell you, those three days were an absolute god-send for me"
Reid looked up and over to where she was sat, seeing she did indeed look well rested.
"It was fine, I wrote to my Mom, checked out a new bookshop that's just opened up a few miles from here, I also read a new research paper by a Harvard Professor about current Stem Cell research and the possibilities of Cellular Reprogramming"
"Sounds like fun" Snorted Morgan, only half serious as he knew Reid genuinely did find this stuff fun.
"Actually it was very informative" Reid nodded, "Most people with a basic knowledge of how the human body works know that Stem Cells are where all specialized cells, body parts and organs derive from, but this paper proposes that soon scientists will have the capability and the criteria to assess whether a Stem Cell is essentially 'bad' or 'good' so they can be used for research for drug-making or for administering to patients in drug testing, eliminating the likelihood of using a 'bad' cell in these processes and increasing the efficiency of the testing of cellular diseases by using…"
Trailing off, Reid looked up to see his two teammates staring at him with their eyes slightly glazed-over. "Sorry" He muttered with a sheepish grin.
"No worries, Kid" Morgan laughed "Actually kinda miss your rambling when I'm not here" Morgan smiled as he leaned back into his chair.
Reid just smirked, knowing he never wanted to leave these people.
Meanwhile, Aaron Hotchner spoke in a serious tone into his office phone.
"Yes, I understand. We'll have everything ready on this end; I just need to inform the team. Thank you, yes, Goodbye." Putting down the phone he heard the recognizable knock on his door.
"Come in" He called.
Agent Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau opened the door "You wanted to see me?"
"Yes JJ, sit down" He offered. "I wanted to talk to you about the team, and the future"
Seeing JJ look slightly confused, with concern growing, he elaborated: "I was contacted a few weeks ago by my superiors with an interesting proposition, they stated that our team is one of the best in the world and we could improve further by having connections with other, similar teams and agencies around the world. They proposed that our team bring in someone from such a team, a transfer, so that we can create these links that they want."
"Wait, so like an intern...?" JJ questioned, seeing the merits of such an idea but also naturally cautious of an addition to the team.
"Not as such, in the way that they will be an experienced member of another team and will have equal duties and responsibilities as any other team member. I am told that by working alongside each other in this way we can all help each other improve and become better profilers" Hotch explained, in much the same way it was explained to him.
JJ nodded her head, understanding now. "Do you have any idea who it's going to be?" She questioned.
"There was a selection process for all the potential candidates a few weeks ago and I was sent the committee's final selection this morning" He said, handing over a file to JJ. "I was assured she was the best suited for the team and the best candidate for this initiative all-round."
"Well I certainly hope so" Remarked JJ as she opened the file, wanting to see exactly who her new teammate was.
