2005
Thirteen years had passed since then and Spencer Reid was now a twenty-five year old FBI agent. He was able to protect others and achieve his goal, right? Wrong. It was through no choice of his own but he was currently posing as some kind of socially awkward genius who wore clothing that his mother would have picked for him. He hadn't even been this awkward when he was a child, he had never been this awkward or stereotypically genius. And even worse than the fact that he was forced to pretend like that was the fact that a team of experienced FBI profilers fell for it.
He was honestly beginning to doubt their intelligence levels, much less their ability to accurately perceive human behavior. He knew that he was a decent actor, he had to be growing up, making excuses for his absent parents. But honestly these were supposed to be the best of the best and they fell for his false persona. All he had to do was ramble on about different statistics that only vaguely had anything to do with the current situation and they would tune him out, not wanting to hear what he had to say. He had really hoped they would see through the act within the first few weeks of him working there, but luck was not on his side and he had officially been working at the BAU for two years.
One might ask why he was playing a part he seemed to despise, the answer was quite simple really, and its name was Jason Gideon.
He had met Jason at one of the recruiting lectures the older man had given. Spencer had been eighteen and infatuated with the idea of using his intellect to help others in such an exciting and hands-on capacity. He had gone up to talk to Jason after the lecture and the two had gotten into a lengthy debate on some unimportant detail. The end result had been an exchange of phone numbers, leading to years of long-distance calls. Spencer had in a way become an unofficial consultant and they often discussed cases with Spencer, lending his own expertise and insight. Jason had always claimed to be the mentor but it often seemed to Spencer that he was more of a mentor than Jason. He had already read all of Jason's articles while Jason had yet to read any of Spencer's.
When Spencer had been twenty-two, nearly twenty-three, Jason had suggested that he should apply for the BAU, reassuring him that he could get a pass on the physical requirements. Spencer had laughed and told him that was unnecessary. Jason hadn't actually seen Spencer face-to-face since he was eighteen and therefore did not know that the lanky teen had spent the last few years splitting his time between classes and the gym trying to develop both his body and his brain. The years of exercise and working out had done him well, he had kept up with his running, boxing and tae kwon do. Overall Spencer was well on his way to achieving his goals, little did he know that Jason would end up being far more of a hindrance than a help in the long-run.
Keeping my promise, exactly one week since the last chapter! I hope you like it, anyways enjoy I'm off to start Insanity day 1. Wish me luck!
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