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1. The Keeping of Words by BryWrites

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   28 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Spencer Reid/Original Female Character(s)
   • Spencer Reid/Original Character(s)
   • Spencer Reid
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Romance
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Mutual Pining
   • Found Family
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Second Chances
   • Tenderness
   • Long-Term Relationship(s)
   • Basically two broken people building a home together
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • The BAU Team as Family (Criminal Minds)
   • eventual soft smut
   • Starts in season 5 - Freeform
   • Spencer Reid Needs a Hug
   • and he gets many
   • Eating Disorders
   • Law School

   Summary

   "Pretty boy here has a perfect memory."
   "Well, not a perfect memory. Eidetic. I can remember almost everything I read and see."
   "Everything?" she asked. "Wow. Then I'm sorry I'm giving you such awful things to read about. I wish I could give you happier memories than this."
   --
   When the BAU is called in to consult on the case of a war criminal, aspiring human rights lawyer Bianca Brown stumbles into the life of Dr. Spencer Reid. In his line of work, he expects people to come and go. But he wasn't expecting her to find her way into his heart as well.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

   40/?

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