*slowburn(ish) *occasional smut Y/n l/n likes the expected. She expected to get help solving what happened the night her and her two best friends were taken by a strange man. She didn't expect to fall in love with the person helping her find them, but hey, we've all seen Spencer Reid so you can't blame her. Another unexpected thing? Her involvement with helping her secret agent best friend transition into her new identity for her own safety after a mission went wrong kept her alive. But now it's why she might die. Y/n isn't focused on that, what matters to her is that she has to burry her best friend under a tombstone with a fake name. The aspiring journalist side of her wants to tell her friend's story to the world but Spencer Reid thinks that's stupid and a good way for her to get herself killed. This conflict, as well as other issues surrounding them-addiction, serial killers, hostage situations, families-brings them together but it could also tear them apart. Will they be able to figure out a balance, or will this be the Start and End?