Scars Remind Us Where We've Been (Reid/OC, ensemble)

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Title: Scars Remind Us Where We've Been
Author: define_serenity
Rating: pg13
Summary: Old traumas and similar pasts push SSA Leighton Tanner and Dr Spencer Reid closer together after they meet on a case. Will their past prevent a closer relationship? And what happens when their work and private lives become intertwined?
Pairings/Characters: Reid/OC, all other canon characters

prologue I chapter 1 I chapter 2 I chapter 3 I chapter 4 I chapter 5
chapter 6 I chapter 7 I chapter 8 I chapter 9 I chapter 10

new chapter: chapter 11

He takes a breath and looks at her, a deafening ache at his temples, but it's been happening so often lately that he's come to function with or without the headaches. "I've been having really bad migraines?" he says, squinting against the light.

The worry in Leighton's eyes doesn't subside. "Since when?" she asks, afraid her voice betrays just how worried she is.

"This January?" Reid says. "Doctors can't find what's wrong."

"Wh—" Leighton huffs, and shakes her head. That's too long, she thinks, too long before he told her.
 

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