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Reid opened his eyes to see the morning sun pouring through a small slit in his curtains. He smiled as he turned his head to see Emily sleeping peacefully next to him. After kissing for a little longer during the night, they had fallen asleep against each other and he had slept perfectly. No nightmares had plagued him during the night and by what he had seen, Emily had also slept without any further nightmares.

"It's rude to stare," Emily smirked before opening her eyes. "Morning."

"How can I not stare at someone so beautiful?" Reid grinned. Emily rose up and kissed him again. He leaned into the kiss and felt the wonderful surge of happiness run through him. She came away and stretched a little.

"You know how to make a woman feel special in the morning. I like that there isn't a boundary between us. I don't if you've felt the same for as long as I have but I'm happy you wanted to do this to."

"I've had feelings for you for a very long time," Reid assured her. "Even before Maeve. I thought there was no chance of anything ever happening though because we were so far apart after you went to work for Interpol. When you came back, all those feelings came back and I was afraid to tell you because I didn't know if you felt the same way."

"You've really had feelings for that long," Emily said as she reached out and held his hand. "Why didn't you ever tell me?"

"I thought I wasn't worthy of you," Reid admitted before biting his lip nervously. "I know we're not going to rush into things now. I'm still not sure if I'm worthy of you. I know you could do a lot better than me."

"Why do you always doubt yourself?" Emily shook her head. Reid felt soothed as she ran her hand over his cheek. "Reid, you're a wonderful man and there is no man better than you in my eyes. We'll take things slow but we finally have everything out in the open and I love it. Now, I'm going to take advantage of you again for the next few minutes."

Reid couldn't stop the grin as Emily began kissing him. Her lips pressed against his in a fierce but gentle way and he couldn't stop himself from wrapping his arms around her and pulling her closer. His breathing picked up as she ran her hand through his hair. After a minute of making out, the door opened causing them both to come apart. Rossi walked into the room with a cup of coffee in his hand. "Emily, when did you come in?"

"Last night," Emily answered quickly. Reid struggled to keep the grin of his face and to gain back his normal breathing. "I had to come and check on Reid and decided to stay the night. I hope you don't mind."

"No, not at all," Rossi said before taking a sip of his coffee. "Is everything alright? You two seem to be acting a little strange."

"Just the groggy morning feeling," Reid spoke up before Emily had a chance.

"Okay," Rossi said. "You two want some breakfast?"

"I'd love some," Emily answered. "How about you, Reid?"

"Yeah."

Rossi was about to leave before he turned back to them. "Oh, one more thing, Reid. I like the new shade of lipstick you're wearing."

Rossi left the room chuckling while Reid brought his hand to his lips and found he had some of Emily's lipstick smeared over them. Emily started giggling and leaned against Reid. "Don't worry, Reid. I like my lipstick on you."

Emily walked into work and struggled to hide the small skip in her step. She had travelled home to change and had come into work with a bright outlook on the day. As she placed down her bag, she heard the familiar sound of Garcia's heels approaching her. "Morning, Emily. You're in a little later than usual."

"Yeah, I was with Reid last night so I had to go home and change," Emily said as she turned around to face Garcia. "I had a nightmare and I just needed to make sure he was okay. I have my own key and Rossi doesn't mind."

"What else happened?" Garcia inquired. "There's something different about you."

"Nothing happened."

"Oh, something so did happen," Garcia gasped. "Your voice just went a little higher and that always happens when you try to lie to one of us. Was it something to do with our resident genius?"

"I don't know what you're on about," Emily tried to deflect as she made her way to the kitchen. Garcia followed her and leaned against the kitchen counter as Emily prepared a cup of coffee.

"I am your best friend," Garcia smirked. "You think I haven't seen the sweet and adoring looks between Reid and you. He smiles every time you touch him and whenever you're around him, you glow in a way and you can't stop smiling and being happy. We've all noticed it between you two. Please, pretty please, tell me what happened. You know we're all going to find out."

"Something did happen," Emily relented.

"Details!"

"I kissed Reid last night and then he kissed me. We broke down the boundary that's been between us both. We kissed for a little while longer and then we fell asleep. We also kissed for a little while this morning."

Garcia let out a squeal of happiness gaining her some looks from the other agents. Emily had barely grabbed her coffee when Garcia grabbed her hand and dragged her to her office. Garcia closed the door. "Now, we can talk in private. You guys kissed! That's wonderful."

"Calm down," Emily giggled. "You look like you've just won the lottery."

"You can't blame me for being this excited, Emily. You two have always had this connection and I've seen it since you both met each other. After years of watching you both dance around this, you two finally kissed and it's about damn time. Are you two officially an item now?"

"We're going to take it slow. Garcia, the things he said though this morning. He thought he wasn't worthy of me and that's why he never said anything before. He said he had feelings before he even knew Maeve. I don't want to rush into anything and he's still recovering but I really want this to work. He's also a really good kisser."

"Emily and Reid, sitting in a tree..." Garcia began to sing before Emily gave her a playful nudge.

Reid picked up the mail and began sifting through it. Ever since he had moved into Rossi's house, all his mail was directed to the house and not his apartment. He frowned as he came across a handwritten letter. He turned it over but didn't recognise the address on the back. He opened the envelope to find a long handwritten letter and another smaller envelope inside. As he quickly absorbed the words, his hand began to shake.

Dear Spencer Reid,

My name is Amanda Wilson. My son was Declan Wilson.

I know what my son did to you and I just want to say that I'm sorry for what he did to you. My son wasn't a killer or abuser before he was taken. He was a good boy who was all set to go to Yale and he was a good man. I don't know what the man whom took him did but I want to tell you that my son wasn't like that before he was hurt and brainwashed. I know you must hate him but I hate the thought of him only being remembered that way. I included a picture because I just want to show you that my son was made into something he never was.

Please forgive my son.

The real monster was the man who brainwashed him.

He was a good boy and I don't want people to remember him as monster.

Amanda Wilson

Reid opened the other envelope and pulled out a picture that he immediately recognised as Dell. The different hair colour and eye colour didn't fool him. His breathing picked up and he let out a sob as memories came rushing to the front of his mind. The picture slid to the floor as they did.

He remembered screaming on the forest floor as he was electrocuted over and over. 'NO! Stop please!'

The hand around his throat as he was slowly strangled into unconsciousness. The menace and enjoyment that gleamed in his attacker's eyes giving him the most fear.

The sound of his legs breaking and his piercing screams after.

He was crying as he came out of his memories. Wheeling himself over to the phone, he scrambled to dial it. He clicked on Morgan's name and waited for his friend to pick it up.

"This is Morgan."

Reid let out a strangled sob as the memories burned in his mind. "Morgan, I need someone to come and help me."

"Kid, what's wrong? Is someone hurting you?"

"No-one's here but th-there was a letter. Please, I don't want to be alone. Please!"

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