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Winter (Sixteen Cities)

His only excuse was that he was in a bad mood. And that wasn't much of an excuse now, was it? His father had had a heart attack and, despite being abandoned, he was never an abandoner. So he went to see his father, stay a while and, perhaps, talk things over? William Reid owned a small cottage just outside of Baltimore, Maryland, where he often went on business trips, so Spencer decided that would be the best place to take him to recuperate.
He hadn't told Aaron.
He had been too confused with his internal demons, and then he and his lover had argued. Straight after, Spencer left for Baltimore, where his father had been hospitalised. But nothing had gone to Spencer's non-existent plan. After just 36 hours after leaving the Hospital, William began to do things for himself again… and then it had really kicked off. William had yelled at him about everything; his own health, which Spencer failed to see, had anything to do with William, Diana's health and, mostly, Aaron. In the end, Spencer did something his father didn't like. He argued back. Pointed out Williams faults. And that's how he had ended up here… William had literally thrown him out the house. Without his bag. In the middle of god knows where. And the weatherman had been right for once in his life in the snowstorm he had predicted. How had he fallen so far? The cold searing his skin was nothing compared to the cold searing his battered heart… It seemed like an eternity, but in reality was only half an hour later, when a pair of headlights rested on Spencers shaking, coatless form, followed by a stern gaze.
"Spencer?" despite the cold which now possessed him, Spencer would recognise that voice anywhere.
"… Aa… Aaron…" 'He's mad… he's angry with me… he has every right to be… I'm a failure… a failure of a son… and a failure of a boyfriend…'
"I… I'm sor-" If the world hadn't gone black and numb, Spencer would have felt the shocked, scared, protective and warm embrace pull him from the snow, and the worried voice calling his name which echoed through the howling blizzard.

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Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)

Aaron stormed into the apartment belonging to his lover, raiding every room with a determined sense of purpose before finally coming across a briskly scribbled note lying discarded on the bed. The final part of the note had been scribbled out so only a brief part of it was visible:
Gone to Baltimore. See you soon. Sorry couldn't wait. I lov-
Scrunching the note in his hand, Aaron wondered why Spencer would want to go to Baltimore, of all places, and begun desperately searching for some clues, answers, whilst packing another of his lover's suitcases with his own belongings. To say what he found was unexpected would be a massive understatement. A letter addressed to Spencer to inform him that William Reid had suffered a heart attack…
"Oh, Spencer" he immediately felt himself soften and melt at the thought of his partners reaction to this news. Spencer could be too good for his own good, as strange as that sounded. No wonder he had been acting so strangely – torn between the pain his father had caused him as a child, and his loyalty and want for acceptance…
"And I yelled at him…" His mind was made up and, after getting the address from Garcia, he was driving through Maryland in no time.
The blizzard hit hard and fast, and Aaron found he had little choice but to take a few short cuts through some unused fields, when a figure caught his eye. Screeching to a halt, Aaron jumped out the car to aid the struggling figure. 'Is that… no…
!Spencer?" the brunette looked up at him with wide doe eyes
"… Aa… Aaron…" said doe eyes, once bright and lively, now began to glaze over "I… I'm sor-" Aaron rushed forward to catch his lover, shouting his name to the frozen landscape and bundling him into the car to try and take the edge of the chills wracking his body.
"…William…" it wasn't rocket science who had done this. As Aaron began driving to the given address, only one thought played on his mind after ensuring Spencer was safe.
'Garcia… Morgan… JJ… Prentiss… Hell, even Rossi… six of us… that's plenty to be able to hide a body.'

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In case you didn't guess, I really don't like William Reid… XD

Thanks for reading, I sincerely hope you enjoyed! Please don't hesitate to review, I would love to hear from you ^_^ Oh, and look out for 'Iris' – a new HotchXReid chapter fic I am currently working on :D I shall try and get it out ASAP ^_^