Fandom: Supernatural/Criminal Minds

Pairing: Sam/Spencer

Warnings: None

Rating: T

{Spencer}

"Spencer what is taking you so long? Come on I thought you'd be all for this, you know with Halloween being your favorite holiday and all" Ethan said poking his head in his roommate's room.

"Do I have to go? You know I hate parties."

"Come on Spencer, it'll be fun. Who knows, maybe you'll meet some cute honeys."

Spencer adjusted his glasses on his face and glared at his friend. Ethan laughed, "Or guys, if that's what you prefer."

"Ethan!" Spencer groaned. "Fine, let's go."

Ethan looked Spencer up and down, "Where's your costume?"

"I'm going to your stupid party that's enough. Let's go before I change my mind."

{Sam}

"Sam! Hurry the fuck up we're gonna be late!"

Sam walked out of his room into the living area of their combined dorm suite and stared at Brady, "I'm not going. I told you. I have a lot of studying to do."

Brady scoffed, "There's always tomorrow for studying. Tonight we party. Seriously dude, what's your issue?"

"I don't do Halloween. And I know what your parties tend to entail."

Brady nodded, "Yeah but it's not my party. It's some Halloween party that Caltech put together. Come on it'll be fun. You won't even have to dress up. I promise."

Sam closed his eyes and counted to ten which is how he found himself at a club twenty minutes later.

**^**SPN/CM**^**

The minute they walked into the club Brady disappeared. Sam couldn't help but chuckle as he walked around scoping out the party.

"Spencer! This is a party, put the damn book away! Geez!" Sam heard someone yell.

He laughed when he spotted the person in question. "Spencer" didn't look like he fit in at all. Big rim glasses on his face, sweater vest and corduroys. He looked more like he belonged at a poetry reading than at a party especially with his book in his hand.

"Ethan, you wanted me to come and I did seeing as I'd prefer to be back in my room. Let me be."

Ethan huffed and left his friend alone and went in search of the girl he spotted earlier. Sam watched as several people went up to Spencer in hopes of getting his attention. Spencer never once looked up. Sam chuckled as he made his way over to the boy and spotted the book he was reading.

"That's some pretty heavy reading. You into the occult?" Sam asked sitting across from him.

Spencer looked up and blushed slightly, "Huh, oh no. I'm trying to learn Latin and this was one of the very few books the library had with authentic Latin."

"May I?"

Spencer handed the book over and Sam blinked. It was authentic alright, he realized as he flipped through the pages. So authentic he had some of these chants and things memorized. There were spells and rituals for exorcising demons, not to mention calling them. After a minute, he gave the book back.

"Pretty cool right?" Spencer asked excitedly.

"Yeah. Cool. Look, just…be careful with that alright?"

Spencer raised his eyebrow, "You know demons and things aren't real right? I can't…I don't cast a spell with this book."

Sam shrugged, "You can never be too sure."

Spencer stared at him for a minute and shook his head before bookmarking his page and setting it down, "So how come you're not partying?"

Sam shrugged, "Not much into partying especially on Halloween."

Spencer gasped, "Seriously?! Halloween is my favorite holiday. Did you know that Halloween originated over two thousand years ago or more? The Celts believed that the barrier between the spirit world and our world became blurred. It was during this festival of Samhain, which took place on October 31st, that most believed the dead would return and cause havoc. That's the reason for the costumes. Back then, they alleged that these masks and costumes would ward against the evil spirits that roamed the earth."

Sam blinked, "Dude."

Spencer blushed, "Sorry."

Sam smiled and was about to speak when Brady threw his arm around his shoulder, "Heey…buddy. You…you…ha'in' fun?"

"Christ Brady, you're wasted. Gimme the keys. Well Spencer, it was nice to meet you. But we gotta be heading back. It's a five hour drive from here to Stanford."

Spencer nodded, "Same here…you know I never caught your name."

"Sam."

Spencer watch as Sam and his friend left before he turned back to his book shaking his head.

{Sam}

Sam lay in his bed wondering about Spencer from Caltech. He wondered if he was legit, but as Sam thought about it he seemed it. From what he knew of Caltech, it was more of a technical school so it would be that the library wouldn't have much on Latin especially since it was considered a dead language. Sam shook his head. There was something about that boy…

"So I saw you chatting it up with the resident nerd," Brady spoke as he stood in the doorway.

Sam blinked, sitting up, "resident nerd?"

Brady laughed, "Yeah my friend Adam told me that Spencer's a nerd. A big one. Also said he's some kind of genius."

Sam pursed his lips, "There's nothing wrong with being a nerd."