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When Spencer saw Lynch walking towards him and Blake, he was quick to advert his eyes. He stared down at the papers in front of him and pretended that he was deep in thought. He and Lynch still weren't on speaking terms, not since the convention, which was fine with him but it made things a little awkward when they had to work together.
Lynch stopped a few feet away from them and placed a map down on the table. "We picked up a ping on the ELF, it's omitting from somewhere in this twenty-five mile radius."
Spencer turned his attention to the map and looked it over as Lynch explained what each of the buildings was on it.
"What is this?" Blake asked pointing to one of the bigger buildings.
"The old Paper Mill," was Lynch's reply.
"You know," Spencer said taking a better look at it "given the size and location, this could be the spot." As he spoke he happened to look up at Lynch and when the other man turned to meet his gaze, Spencer's eyes narrowed and his stomach dropped.
Lynch had lipstick smeared on his lips, the same shade that Penelope had worn to work that day. He was sure about that since he had watched her intently as she had put on her makeup that morning, precisely and perfectly rolling on her lipstick.
Spencer's fist clenched against the table; as far as he knew the two techs had spent the last few hours working together. He wanted to stand up and demand what Penelope's lipstick was doing smeared on his lips, but he managed to control that desire. Not only would that really embarrass Penelope, it also wasn't the right way for the team to find out about their relationship.
However Spencer needed to find Penelope and ask her for an explanation. He couldn't believe that after the last four, blissful months they had spent together, that she would cheat on him, especially with Lynch but that still didn't explain the lipstick.
Lynch tore his eyes away from Spencer who was glaring at him; his own expression wasn't giving anything away. Then he turned and said "I'll go figure out the schematics."
Spencer watched him leave before standing up abruptly.
Blake eyed him "You okay?" she asked.
Spencer looked over at her and forced a smile "I'm fine," he said "I just have to go ask Garcia something."
Blake nodded, but the look on her face said she didn't believe him.
There wasn't anything he could do about that now. Instead he stepped away from the table and went to go find Penelope; he'd have to deal with Blake later.
He found her in the FBI's library, she was frantically typing away at her laptop, a pained expression on her face.
"Penelope?" he said, stepping inside.
Her head snapped up "They shut down the system," she growled in way of greeting, her head went right back down to her keyboard. Her shoulders were shaking in frustration and she looked like she was on the verge of crying.
He quickly made his way to her and placed his hands on her shoulders once he was behind her "Calm down," he said quietly "getting upset isn't going to help."
Penelope's fingers stopped and her shoulders slumped "I can't get back in," she said "not unless they restart the system, but they aren't likely to do that, they probably know that I hacked in…"
She sounded so desperate as she explained it to him that he just wanted to take her in his arms and hold her. He understood her anger, this case was very stressful, more so than usual just because it involved teens and so many of them too.
"You've done what you could," Spencer said "now it's up to us to find these guys. Lynch and the rest of the team are working on that right now."
Penelope tensed at the mention of Lynch's name and Spencer felt a tightening in his chest, it was obvious something had happened. He was quick to pull up the chair beside her and take a seat. Then he gently turned her chair so she was facing him.
She looked at him nervously, biting her lip.
"What happened between you and him?" he asked, trying to keep his voice neutral.
Penelope's cheeks began to redden and her eyes shifted to the ground, causing Spencer to feel even worse.
"Penelope…" he said, his voice catching a little "please, tell me what happened."
Penelope looked up at him "He kissed me," she said with discomfort "I'm so sorry Spencer. We were working and then we had a breakthrough finding the frequency the unsubs are using. I was so excited and when I turned towards him, he leaned in and kissed me. I pulled back as soon as I realized what was happening…please don't be angry with me!"
Spencer let out a sigh and leaned forward to pull Penelope into a hug "It's fine," he said "it obviously wasn't your fault."
Penelope relaxed against him.
Spencer pulled away when his phone began to buzz; he picked it up and was told by Hotch that they were heading out to the old Paper Mill.
"I've got to go," Spencer said standing up "wait for me tonight?"
Penelope nodded.
He grinned before leaning down to kiss her.
"Be safe," she ordered when he pulled away.
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Penelope stepped off the elevator when it reached the BAU's floor. She intended to go to her office while she waited for Spencer to get back, but stopped when Kevin who had been in the elevator with her cleared his throat and stepped out of the elevator after her.
As Kevin got closer, Penelope feeling the guilt and anger from when he had kissed her earlier, took a few steps back.
He stopped then, at a loss.
"Good work today," he ended up saying.
"Yeah…" Penelope answered trying to think of a way to get him to leave "you too."
He nodded; looking down at his feet he cleared his throat for a second time. "I've missed you Penny," he finally said "I know I treated you poorly over the last few months and I hate myself for that but…"
"Kevin don't," Penelope said glaring at him; she didn't want to hear it.
Kevin frowned "Penny please…" he said not noticing as the elevator dinged behind him, announcing its arrival, "Can't we just go and get a drink, maybe have some dinner? We can talk things out…" Kevin trailed off when he noticed Penelope's attention had shifted from him to something behind him.
He turned and was annoyed to see Spencer standing there.
Spencer stepped forward, passing Kevin without a word. He stopped in front of Penelope and smiled at her "Thanks to your brilliance, we found them and all the teens are headed home safely with their loved ones."
Penelope smiled back at him "That's great."
Spencer ran a hand down her arm and she shot him a look as Kevin was still standing right behind him, watching them. They hadn't yet decided to tell the team about their relationship, but if Kevin figured it out now the cat would be out of the bag. By tomorrow, everyone in the FBI would know."
However Spencer acted like he hadn't understood her look, instead he took another step forward and muttered "God you look gorgeous tonight, you wouldn't believe the self-control it took me from ravaging you today."
Kevin sputtered as Spencer leaned down and stole a kiss from his shocked girlfriend.
"What?" Kevin said, his voice a growl "you and him? I thought you guys were through?!"
Spencer pulled away from Penelope and turned to Kevin "Oh," he said feigning surprise "are you still here?"
Kevin's face was coloring quickly, he tried to speak but couldn't get out a sentence he was so mad.
Spencer shook his head "Just so you know, we're a couple now and I don't plan on letting her go, so you should probably leave."
Kevin stared gaping at him, before throwing his hands up and muttering under his breath as he headed to the elevator.
They watched him go and when the doors opened, before he could step on Spencer called out to him "Oh and another thing Lynch, if you ever kiss my girl again, there's going to be trouble."
Kevin's eyes widened and he hurried to get on the elevator.
Spencer felt confidence swell within him, he wasn't used to telling people off and it wasn't in his nature to do so but it felt good to see Lynch go. He turned back to Penelope and winced, his ego deflating with one single look from her.
"What the heck was that?" she hissed at him "Do you know what you just did? Everyone's going to know now."
"So what if they do?" Spencer said.
Penelope stared at him like he was crazy "Spencer, I'm not ready for everyone to know yet."
"Well I am," he said but then sighed "I'm sorry, I know we agreed not to tell the team yet but I just couldn't stand the thought of him kissing you. He needed a reality check and the boot too."
Penelope shook her head but then laughed.
"What?" he asked her.
"Well you were right about one thing, he needed the boot and the look on his face after you kissed me…it was priceless." Penelope explained.
Spencer gave her a hopeful look, "So you're not mad at me?"
Penelope sighed "I'm not mad; I just wished you had talked it out with me first. By morning everyone on the team is going to know about us and while that isn't so bad, I wasn't ready for everyone to know and become a part of our relationship. You know how the team will react, and I liked having you all for myself without their interference."
Spencer pulled Penelope into his embrace "You still have me all to yourself. Yes there will be some teasing and some awkward questions but at the end of the day, you're the one I get to go home with."
Penelope sighed as Spencer pressed a kiss to her forehead.
"Besides, if we don't have to hide our relationship than I can kiss you whenever I want and not have to worry about the consequences." Spencer said with a smirk.
Penelope laughed "I don't know how Hotch is going to feel about that, this relationship isn't likely to end our jobs but we shouldn't flaunt that."
Spencer nodded "Of course," he said before leaning down to capture Penelope's lips, he nipped at her bottom lip with his teeth before whispering "but for now, let's give the security cameras a little show."
Before she could protest his mouth was on hers, stealing her breath away. She opened her mouth to him with a moan and Spencer took full advantage, his tongue snaking into her mouth and running across her tongue.
Penelope squirmed against him. Her mind kept telling her just how inappropriate this was and warning her about what would happen if anyone saw them but she pushed those thoughts away, telling herself that she would destroy the evidence when she got a chance.
When Spencer finally did pull away they were both breathless. Their panting was all that could be heard in the empty BAU.
Spencer placed one last, sweet kiss against Penelope's lips "I love you," he whispered.
Penelope hummed her approval against him as she too stole a kiss "I love you too."
He grinned before taking her hand "Let's go to your office grab your stuff, and head home. We still have one more night together before the chaos."
"Just remember, when Morgan is hounding you tomorrow, that it was self-inflicted. Maybe next time you'll use your head instead of your…"
Spencer stopped her with a kiss "It's so worth the pain," he said when he pulled away."
Penelope laughed and allowed Spencer to place an arm around her as they walked to her office.
The End.
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