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Spencer Reid's harrowing journey through a devastating illness and the profound impact it has on his found family at the BAU.
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Calling Agent Hotchner by Obscure Fanfiction Series (RichardGraysonPercyJackson)
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
03 Sep 2025
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When Spencer wakes up coughing blood, Maeve does two things.
First, she calls 911.
Then she calls Agent Hotchner.
She never would've imagined that this would be what it took for her to meet a member of her boyfriend's team.
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When a nasty virus knocks both Spencer and Ashley off their feet, what starts as a head cold turns into ER visits, fever charts, and more than a few sleepless nights. With Paula and Arthur back in full parent mode and Ashley’s voice barely hanging on, the girls learn that sometimes the softest kind of love is letting yourself be taken care of.
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Reid wakes up one morning with a scratchy throat. To any other person, that'd be no big deal. Though, with his recent exposure to anthrax, it turns out much worse for him.
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A disturbed tale of an investigation gone wrong.
It was just going to be a quick look around. Little did they know, they were walking into a nightmare... or maybe the gates of hell. Morgan and Reid walk straight into a trap and things just get worse and worse. Will they ever be the same? Will they even make it out alive?
BIG TRIGGER WARNING (like all the triggers): please do not read this if you get triggered by traumatic stories. This one has a lot of detail and is pretty graphic. PLEASE keep yourself safe and don't chance it if you're unsure- it's not worth it.
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Spencer would've loved to spend his precious time off nursing himself back to health, but he couldn't call in sick when people were dying. Who cares if his coughing is getting worse? It's probably fine right?
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- Part 2 of Spencer Reid Whump/Angst
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It has been six months since Spencer had contracted Anthrax on a case. Having been off work for a month, and prescribed medication to help if needed, Spencer has no sense of when that is. Cue flying out to a case with the common cold that winds up landing him in the hospital while taking down some awful killers.
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- Part 2 of Smiles Don't Lie
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No one was ever there for Spencer when he kid. So why should it be any different now?
Or: Spencer got cocky about not getting sick after the rest of the team did on their last case. Now that everyone's better, it was his turn. The team decided to have dinner at Rossi's. It was even weirder when everyone had been told off by Reid for two days straight with no explanation, so they did the one thing they thought they could. They went over to his apartment, only to find out that their young genius had a really high fever and probably shouldn't be left unattended. So now they're here; a group of adult children, a tried father of said children, and a sick Spencer Reid. What will be revealed about Reid's life along the way?
(I also don't think we got much on how the team reacted to certain things and why. The show lacked an explanation for their actions a lot, so now here I am making up for it, with a lot of answers for why they're making their choices.)
Btw, I don't like how the team didn't acknowledge Reid's obvious drug problem, so in this fic it's different. Hotch and Morgan helped him get clean after Georgia, the rest of the team too, but they weren't there enough to know how bad it got.
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We all know Reid is suicidal but the writers didn't have the balls to show it so basically Reid tries to kill himself (multiple times) and Hotch takes him in. Cue screaming matches, breakdowns, angsty times, and grandpa Rossi. If you like reading about reid having so many issues that a therapist would be scared, READ THIS!!
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There's a man killing other men in Quantico, they all seem to fit the same demographic to Spencer, after they're called on to help with the case Spencer finds an email in his inbox asking if he likes the presents that he's leaving Spencer.
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- Part 1 of Smiles Don't Lie
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Spencer hides a raging case of appendicitis from the team, not wanting to worry them. But when he collapses in the conference room, the team assume something very different is at play.
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“Turn the lights back on.” Spencer gasps.
“They’re on, Spence.” Derek whispers, close to his ear.
“Turn the lights back on. Rossi! It’s not funny guys, it’s really not funny.”
“Bambino, I promise you, they’re on.”
No, no, no, no.
Corazon, but Spencer’s migraines turn into a medical emergency the team never saw coming.
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- Part 3 of moreid-ifying cm episodes
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Spencer calls out sick from work, which very quickly escalates into something very serious indeed.
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He doesn't want this, not really.
He never wanted it.
But he's in too deep now, and getting out seems less and less possible as the days trickle on, like sand through an hourglass.
Or: An in depth look at Reid's addiction, and what it might have been like for him.
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He shouldn’t need to go again, not when he’s literally just come back from going so soon after arriving back at the field office.
But then again, Spencer knows only too well that there is no such thing as what ‘should’ or ‘shouldn’t’ happen when one lives with a chronic condition.
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The Monsters Turned Out To Be Just Trees by Ezzie_334567
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
28 Jan 2025
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Spencer Reid's moments of fear—and the times someone was there to remind him he wasn't alone.
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Spencer Reid has always been good at compartmentalizing. Diagnosed with a chronic illness years ago, he’s hidden it from almost everyone, even his partners, Derek Morgan and Luke Alvez. When they ask him to move in, Spencer claims he’s “not ready,” but the truth is far more complicated. As the physical toll of his illness worsens, his tightly controlled world starts to crack, and his partners begin to piece together the truth. Will Spencer let them in before it’s too late, or will his fear of vulnerability push them away?
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Given that he's a germaphobe, Spencer gets sick the least.
When he does, it's a slight cough and he still goes to work wearing a face mask and keeping about a meter distance from the others. Which is why it comes as a shock when he calls in sick.
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Spencer Reid has a cold and Aaron Hotchner is the culprit.
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- Part 3 of 🎀 Anon's HotchReid Fics
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On most days, he could hide them. Or at least work his way around them well enough that the rest of the team would pretend not to notice his odd behaviour. Of course, they all knew by now, even though he’d only told Emily at first.
It was only a matter of time anyway. It’s hard to keep secrets when you’re surrounded by profilers everyday.
A migraine that strong would’ve been hard to manage on a quiet day at Quantico. Being stuck on the air only made things worse.
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What happens when Reid gets kidnapped by a woman who thinks she’s raising a littler version of him? Will the team find him in time? Or is Reid doomed to relive his childhood all over again?
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Aka age regression Spencer Reid fic bc I thought it’d be silly. Ft father figure Rossi bc fuck you im right