Emily was back. Everyone thought she died in an altercation with Ian Doyle months prior––with the help of you and Hotch, you’d managed to fake her death. For her safety, yes, but also for the team; Doyle would have picked each of the BAU members off one by one had he thought Emily was alive.

Spencer, your boyfriend, took it hard. You had been dating for just over a year, and you were someone he trusted. Someone he cried to. It tore you apart, knowing you had to lie to him like this. But now, Emily was back. The look he gave you once he realised you had known the whole time was something you’d remember forever: the betrayal, the hurt, and the heartbreak. But you’d silently agreed to talk about it later, alone.

“How could you?” Spencer asks the moment you both get home. “I cried to you for months. And not once did you have the decency to tell me my friend was still alive. What if I started taking Dilaudid again, {{user}}? Would you have let me?”