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A/n he all, this is the last chapter of this little compilation. Thank you all for your support.
This is it
Reid picked up his messenger bag and his go bag. It was such a strange feeling, knowing that his life for the last seven years had ended. He didn't quite know what to do except stand staring around the quiet bullpen.
"So you're going?" A familiar voice asked.
He turned to see Rossi standing there in front of his office door. Everyone else had said their farewells and now the bullpen was empty of all the people he'd called friends and family.
"It's not your fault." Reid said.
"I know that, but I'm still sorry that Strauss is so short sighted." He spat out.
"She did her job." Reid said simply.
Rossi left his spot in front of his office and hurried down the stairs. "I can talk to her… Remind her that I know where the skeletons are hanging."
"No, I don't want you involved." Reid moved past him for the door and the elevator.
"Spencer…" Rossi said, stopping the younger man by this unprecedented use of his first name. "You did the right thing."
"Yes, I know that," Reid agreed as he looked back at a man that had taken Gideon's place in his life as mentor and confidant.
"Emily would be dead if you hadn't gone in there unarmed and talked him down."
"Again, I know that. It makes leaving here better, knowing that she'll be okay." He said turning back for the door.
"So this is it Dr Reid. You just walk away from seven years and the people that care for you."
Reid stopped again and turned to smile at Rossi. "I'm not walking away. I'm simply headed for the next great adventure."
"Will you keep in touch Reid?"
"Of course… You're my family after all."
Reid continued to the elevator, refusing to look back, it wasn't the ending he'd hope for, but he still had his family, and that was all that mattered.