http://katecholamine.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] katecholamine.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] rarepairs_cm2012-04-03 07:47 pm

Friday Night Fix-It Night: Chapter 9 (x-posted)

Title: Friday Night Fix-It Night
Author: [info]katecholamine
Rating: FRAO / Explicit / Mature
Pairing: Emily Prentiss/Spencer Reid
Chapters:  9/? (updated 4.01.2012)
Summary: After six months in Paris, Emily returns to find that the one person she didn't want to leave no longer trusts her. Will Friday Night Fix-It Night repair Emily's relationship with Spencer? And is there any way to fix the love and longing she feels for him? Will the wounds created in the process destroy both of them or will they finally be able to heal the damage they've done to each other?
Note: It is both a case-based fic and a hurt/comfort/angst/romance fic, with the overall focus on the relationship between Emily and Spencer.
Warning: Contains graphic, realistic scenes involving sexual behavior as well as drug use.

You can read Friday Night Fix-It Night here at fanfiction.net or here at AO3.

Links and descriptions for each chapter at AO3 under the cut [warning: some chapter descriptions contain spoilers for earlier chapters]:



Chapter 1 (Broken): After six months in Paris, Emily returns to find that the one person she didn't want to leave no longer trusts her. Will Friday Night Fix-It Night repair Emily's relationship with Spencer? And ... is there any way to fix the love and longing she feels for him?

Chapter 2 (Cracked): What will it take to fix their broken relationship? And what happens when Emily tries to fix something that Spencer never expected or even wanted her to fix?

Chapter 3 (Fractured): In the aftermath of Reid's rejection, Emily resorts to some familiar coping mechanisms.

Chapter 4 (Splintered): A case takes Emily back to the life she thought she'd left behind as she struggles to understand the sudden change in Reid's behavior toward her.

Chapter 5 (Stitched): If Emily had to choose between Spencer Reid and drugs, which would she choose? Or can she have both?

Chapter 6 (Coming Undone): Emily isn't just coming. She's coming undone.

Chapter 7 (Torn): Discussing the present case leads Reid to share some of his own painful memories with Emily. But when she opens up to him, it doesn't take a profiler to realize the extent to which he still won't trust her. With old wounds opened again and new ones formed, is there any hope of fixing their friendship?

Chapter 8 (Destroyed): How many times can two people attempt to fix something before deciding it's simply beyond repair?

Chapter 9 (Wounded or Healed?): When Emily arrives at their hotel room in the midst of a drug overdose, Spencer has to try and save her. After witnessing the extent of the damage he's caused, he knows it's up to him to fix it this time. Will he be able to tell her ... or will she make him show her?