Bits and Pieces
Prompt courtesy of Staring Out on Livejournal
Title: The Lost Photo
Characters/Pairing: Random OC; JJ/Reid het AU
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: FRC
Summary: In which JJ and Reid sell their house and the buyer finds a photograph.
Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds or anything else copyrighted, for that matter.
Prompt: A new house owner discovers a photograph in the attic.
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Laura hauled another box through the door in floor and up into the attic. Brushing her bangs out of her face, she realized she probably should have asked her friend to help her move this extra stuff up here- either that, or opted for a place closer to a gym. But this house had been absolutely perfect. Laura hoped to start a family; her fiancée was moving down to Virginia within a month and they would be married a few months from now. The couple from whom she had bought the house said that the house was perfect for starting a family. And they would know... Laura thought to herself as she pushed the box back into a corner.
The people who'd sold her this house had to be the most gorgeous couple Laura had ever seen. They probably could have stepped right off the page of some catalog, save for the man's absolutely stereotypical geeky attire. They had beautiful little girl- maybe three or four years old, Laura guessed. The reason they were selling was because they needed a bigger space which to welcome a new member of the family into.
When she'd asked what they did for a living, she almost didn't believe them when they said they worked for the FBI. She expected the man, who was obviously some kind of genius, judging by the way he talked, to do something to do with teaching or science. The woman was also intelligent, she would have excelled at quite a lot of things, Laura was sure.
At any rate, they had been nice people and she'd gotten a good price for the house and she'd bid them good luck with the pregnancy not too long ago. The only thing left was to move all her stuff in to the house and wait for Brandon to come down so he could do the same. She brushed her hair out of her face again as she finished arranging the boxes and was about to go back downstairs when something caught her eye. On the floor, not far from where she was standing, was a piece of paper.
It looked like the back of a photo. All that was written on the back was BAU, 2005. The BAU was the part of the FBI the couple worked for, Laura remembered. When she flipped it over, she had to smile. It was a photo of seven smiling people.
On the far left, there was a well-built, dark skinned man who definitely looked like he belonged in the FBI. He was smiling and laughing though, as a woman with blonde hair and pink highlights who most certainly did not look like an FBI agent kissed him on the cheek. They could have been dating, but in this picture, they looked more like good friends goofing off. Next to them was a beautiful young woman who could have been Latina, and another, dark-haired man who also looked like a stereotypical FBI agent. He smiled at the camera, but it almost looked as though he didn't do so enough. Next in line was an older man, the oldest out of all of them, with a kind smile and eyes that had seen too much. However, in this instance he wasn't looking at the camera, but at the couple next to him. Laura almost didn't recognize the two people.
There at the right of the group was Spencer and Jennifer Reid, much younger. Jennifer's hair was longer and Spencer's was shorter and he looked a lot younger than Jennifer, even, but it was them. Laura doubted they were even dating yet, though. Spencer was blushing and grinning awkwardly, most likely due to the fact that Jennifer had tossed her arms around his shoulders for the picture. She was blushing a little too. It made Laura smile to see that, even years ago, they'd liked each other. Seeing the picture, she was happy they had ended up together.
Standing up and brushing the dust off her jeans, Laura laughed a little to herself. She was sitting in an attic pretending to be- what had the Reids said they did?- a profiler, that was it. She shook her head and decided she should probably just call the Reids and tell them she had a picture of theirs. She had probably been way off base, anyway.
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Author's Note: Wow, it's been forever since I posted to this, and I'm very sorry! I had another big project to work on and I was sort of burned out when I finished it. Then of course, there's school and all sorts of other valid excuses… and some invalid ones, too. Anyway, I'm hoping to post a little more frequently now, but probably not as frequently as I did before. If there are any of you still out there, I hope you enjoyed!