Title: The Centre Cannot Hold (ch. 4/5)
Characters: Dr. Spencer Reid, Jason Gideon, Emily Prentiss, Derek Morgan, Aaron Hotchner, Jennifer Jareau, Penelope Garcia, Tobias Hankel, Ethan, mentions of several.
Pairings: Reid/Morgan, Reid/Elle, Reid/Tobias; all minor.
Rating: R/FRM.
Warnings: Mature themes, sexuality, slash, subject matter, general spoilers for the series, explicit discussion of drug abuse and addiction.
Summary: A case in Washington brings Spencer back in contact with his old mentor, but nothing can be as easy as it looks.
Word Count: ~9,400
Disclaimer: Criminal Minds, the characters and situations, and other related things belong to Jeff Davis and CBS, which is to say: not me.
Feedback: Very much welcome!
A/N: This chapter is unbeta'd; I've given it a couple looks over and all mistakes are mine. ♥
SPOILERS: A good many, but notably: 1x22 & 2x01 “The Fisher King,” 2x05 “Aftermath,” 2x10 “Lessons Learned,” 2x11 “Sex, Birth, Death,” 2x12 “Profiler Profiled,” 2x13 “No Way Out,” 2x15 “Revelations,” 2x16 “Fear and Loathing,” 2x17 “Distress,” 2x18 “Jones,” 2x23 “No Way Out II,” 3x01 “Doubt,” 3x02 “In Name and Blood,” 3x04 “Children of the Dark,” 3x16 “Elephant’s Memory,” 4x07 “Memoriam,” 4x24 “Amplification”
Links to Previous Parts: one, two, three

( Coming here, Spencer had designs to be nice -- he remembers thinking that he owed Gideon the courtesy.... )

Title: The Centre Cannot Hold (ch. 3/?)
Characters: Dr. Spencer Reid, Jason Gideon, Derek Morgan, Aaron Hotchner, Emily Prentiss, David Rossi, Ethan, mentions of several.
Pairings: Reid/Morgan, Reid/Ethan, Gideon/OFC.
Rating: R, mostly for subject matter, angst, sexuality.
Summary: A case in Washington brings Spencer back in contact with his old mentor, but nothing can be as easy as it looks.
Word Count: ~6,250
Disclaimer: Criminal Minds, the characters and situations, and other related things belong to Jeff Davis and CBS, which is to say: not me.
A/N: This chapter is unbeta'd; I've given it a couple looks over and all mistakes are mine. ♥
SPOILERS: 1x10 "The Popular Kids," 2x15 "Revelations," 2x16 "Fear and Loathing," 2x18 "Jones," 3x01 "Doubt," 3x02 "In Name and Blood," 4x03 "Minimal Loss," 4x07 "Memoriam," 4x24 "Amplification"
Links to Previous Parts: one, two

( Finally, Gideon didn't see something coming from Spencer's corner... )

Title: The Centre Cannot Hold (ch. 2/?)
Characters: Dr. Spencer Reid, Jason Gideon, Diana Reid, Will Reid, Derek Morgan, JJ Jareau, Penelope Garcia, Nathan Harris, mentions of several.
Pairings: Reid/Morgan, JJ/Will.
Rating: R, mostly for subject matter, angst, sexuality.
Summary: A case in Washington brings Spencer back in contact with his old mentor, but nothing can be as easy as it looks.
Word Count: ~5,200
Disclaimer: Criminal Minds, the characters and situations, and other related things belong to Jeff Davis and CBS, which is to say: not me.
A/N: Many thanks to musify & fruityoatybar, my darling betas. ♥
SPOILERS: 4x03 "Minimal Loss," 4x08 "Masterpiece," 4x20 "Conflicted," 4x22 "The Big Wheel," 4x24 "Amplification"
Links to Previous Parts: one

( He looks at Gideon as though he just suggested riding down the main thoroughfare on a flaming unicycle and juggling lobsters. )

Title: The Centre Cannot Hold (ch. 1/?)
Characters: Dr. Spencer Reid, Jason Gideon, Diana Reid, Will Reid, Derek Morgan, JJ Jareau, Penelope Garcia, Emily Prentiss, mentions of several.
Pairings: Reid/Morgan, Reid/JJ, Reid/2 OFCs.
Rating: R, mostly for subject matter, angst, sexuality.
Summary: A case in Washington brings Spencer back in contact with his old mentor, but nothing can be as easy as it looks.
Word Count: ~5,000
Disclaimer: Criminal Minds, the characters and situations, and other related things belong to Jeff Davis and CBS, which is to say: not me.
A/N: Many thanks to musify & fruityoatybar, my darling betas. ♥

( All of the details are somehow different from the way he's imagined them, but they're nevertheless consistent, in their ways. )