After 'the Hankel case,' Reid cannot overcome his nightmares and decides to leave the BAU. Years later, a case forces the team to ask for Reid's help, but Reid happens to already be involved in the case, more so than even he himself realises.

AU- Reid never joined the BAU, instead they come across a seven-year old Spencer Reid in a case in Nevada. The boy is found during the takedown of the unsub, locked in a closet. He immediately bonds with one of the team and doesn't let go easily. Rated T just in case, mentions of past child abuse. Chapter 30 is up!

AU Story. Spencer is a ten-year old boy in the Nevada foster system. When Rossi and the team are called to Las Vegas to catch a child killer who now has Spencer Rossi bonds with the boy and decides to adopt him.

When Gibbs is called in to help with an interagency operation, he's confronted with the death of someone from his past and the tumultuous secrets that she left in her wake. WARNING: SPANKING; Please don't read if that offends.