One Year Later

Spence, it's been one day and I know I made a huge mistake. I feel like I can't breathe here. What the hell was I thinking leaving you behind? I need you with me. I don't know when it happened but somewhere along the way you, Spencer Reid became just as important to me as breathing. Okay, I know that was a bit over the top but I need to get my point across. I love you, Spencer. I don't know how or why it's you I love I just know that I do. Whenever I am with you I feel safe, complete and... Normal. With you beside me I can endure my horrible memories of my father. With you I can endure the horror of what I did to him. Here, with these people, I can't. I just can't open up and tell them how I feel or who I think I want to be. However, with you Spence, all that comes easy. Well, not easy but it is easier to tell you what I feel and what I fear. Everything is easier with you. God, why did I leave you again?

Reid folded the letter up after reading it and placed it in his pocket. It was his favourite from all the letters that Tucker had written in the mental hospital. She had begged him not to read them but on the long flights home from a case he found himself reading Tucker's words and falling even more in love with her. He looked up in the mirror and at himself dressed in his suit and wondered if this day was really going to happen.

It had been a year since he had asked Tucker to be his wife and finally after much planning it was going to happen. He was going to marry her and he suddenly felt extremely nervous. It had been why he had reread Tucker's letter to him. He needed to remind himself that she loved him as much as he loved her. He jumped when there was a knock on the door. He turned and watched as Morgan walked into the room smiling. He shut the door and walked over to where Reid stood.

"So, are you ready for this?" Morgan asked not being able to wipe the smile from his face.

"No, I'm not. Not anywhere close to being ready for this. Morgan, what if," Reid paused and shoved his hands in his pockets.

"What if what, Reid?"

"What if I get sick like my mom? What if I become schizophrenic? What if Tucker has to look after me like I had to look after my mom?"

Morgan sighed and wrapped an arm around Reid's shoulders. He met Reid's eyes when the young doctor looked up, "Reid, man, Tucker told you that she would look after you and still love even that happened. You know that."

"It's one thing to say it and another to actually do it. My dad didn't stay."

"Tucker isn't your dad. Reid, my man, you need to push these feelings aside and focus on what is happening right here and now. You are marrying the woman you love. And the best part about that is that she loves you back. I personally never thought I'd see the day that you would get the girl."

Reid smirked and saw Morgan smile at him, "Thanks, Morgan."

"Hey, that's what best men are for. Now come on, let's get this shindig started."

Tucker toyed with Reid's pocket watch. It now hung from a long chain around her neck and it fell against her chest and the soft fabric of her wedding dress. Reid had gotten the watch placed on the chain for her and given it to her at Christmas after she had told him she didn't want an engagement ring; a plain gold band was good enough for her. She smiled as she looked at it and remembered how Reid had smiled as he had told her that the watch was her engagement ring. She held it in one hand and took a slow breath and closed her eyes.

She could feel her nerves starting to act up and she needed to take a moment to calm them. She couldn't really believe that she was finally going to get a happy ending. She opened her eyes and looked at the pocket watch again. She opened it and looked at the clock face and saw that it was almost time. She closed it and ran her finger along the gold front. She didn't really want to believe that she was going to get her happy ending but now that it was only minutes away it became real to her. She was going to have a partner to share her feelings, thoughts and life with. She was going to have someone who loved her and would fight for her. Tears came to her eyes and knew that she had chosen right; Reid was the perfect man for all of those jobs.

"Oh, sweetie, you aren't supposed to cry now," Garcia said walking into the room and grabbing at tissues for Tucker.

"I can't help myself, Penelope. It just hit me that this is really going to happen. I am going to get a happy ending for once," Tucker said smiling through her tears.

Garcia felt tears coming to her eyes, "Yes, you are. Now come on. Reid is waiting for you."

Tucker nodded. She dropped the pocket watch and grabbed the bouquet of irises. She smiled as Garcia fixed her makeup. It was time to marry her man.

Reid paced the back of the chapel. Tucker and him had decided to walk down the aisle together; it had been suggested by him since he didn't want Tucker to have to walk down the aisle alone. He turned and he suddenly stopped breathing. Tucker was walking towards him her yellow strapless dress hitting her right above her knee. She wore yellow daisies in her hair and held the bouquet of irises cradled in her arms. She smiled and Reid felt himself smiling back. He walked over to her and placed a soft kiss on her cheek. He felt her take his hand and hold it tight.

"You look beautiful," he told her pulling away and seeing the doubt on her face.

"Are you sure? I mean, it's a yellow dress when it should be-," Tucker cut herself off and shook her head, "I've been around you too long."

"Well, prepare yourself, you're about to agree to be around me for forever."

Tucker pulled Reid close again and kissed him softly on the lips, "I think I might actually like the sound of forever with you."

"You might like it?" Reid asked his lips still against hers.

"Walk me down that aisle and let me think about it some more."

"I guess I could do that. Just to let you know, I have already thought about this idea of forever with you."

"Really and your conclusion was?"

Reid pulled away and took Tucker's hand. He walked her to the base of the aisle and looked ahead at the minister waiting for them. The music started and then Reid turned to look at Tucker, "My conclusion was I like the idea immensely. And I should have brought up this spending forever with you the moment I met you."

Tucker's smile brightened, "I was just about to conclude the same thing."

Tucker and Reid shared another smile and then they both turned and faced the front and their friends. They both walked down the aisle together towards their future. They were happy in the knowledge that their futures now included each other and there was solace in their love and in knowing that they would never be alone again.

A/N: So, that's it. That is the end of Breakeven. I hope you all enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. It was fun branching out from Supernatural and writing something with everyone's fave adorkable Dr. Reid. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the story and I'll see you all in the next one. Peace.