I need to do something predictable. Yes, Reid gets hurt but he is never helpless in my stories. I hope you like it.

One day, Reid meets the love of his life in a coffee shop. Seven years later, he is found nearly frozen to death in Siberia. Now he is must depend on two Russian intelligence officers to help him discover who his wife really is and find his daughter.

From Russia with Terror

Chapter One

Reid sipped his coffee as he read a new medical text by his favorite author. The coffee shop was crowded, but he didn't mind. The background noise distracted him from his stray thoughts about his upcoming meeting with AD Linda Barnes.

"Excuse me," a female voice said.

He looked up into the eyes of a pretty brunette.

"Is this seat taken?" she asked, indicating the empty seat opposite him.

"No," he said.

"Thanks," she said and put her stuff on the table.

After returning to his book for a few minutes, he looked up and saw what she was reading.

"I love that book," he said.

"I do too!" she gushed. "I am only in two chapters in and I can't put it down."

"You'll love chapter four then where Hugo," he stopped himself. "I nearly spoiled it for you. Sorry."

"Don't worry about it," she said. "I do that to my friends when I'm excited about a book I read too."

"I'll let you back to it then," he said.

"No, I don't mind," she said. "I didn't think many people liked to read this stuff."

"It's an underappreciated genre," he said.

"I know!" she said. "What else have you read?"

They continued to talk as the coffee shop began to empty out. Eventually they exchanged names. Her name was Julia and she was a guidance counselor at a private high school. She didn't raise an eyebrow when he said he was FBI.

Reid checked his watch.

"I need to go," he said. "I made plans to see a movie with a friend."

"That's fine," she said. "Can I get your number, so we can talk books and other things?"

He blushed slightly. "Sure," he said and wrote it down on the back of his business card.

She pulled out an old receipt and wrote her down.

"See you around Spencer," she said.

Reid left the coffee shop happier than he had been in a long time.

…

The meeting with Barnes was intense. It made him question his future in every way imaginable. He couldn't make eye contact with his team the whole day. The sense of doubt plagued him.

Since books didn't appeal to him, he decided to call up Julia.

"Hey!" she said delightedly. "I was hoping you'd call sooner rather than later."

"I need to get my mind off work," he said. "What do you want to talk about?"

"I don't know," she said. "Did you know that there is still a large population that believes the earth is flat? A teacher was complaining to me about it."

"I did know that," he said. "It is based off a ridiculous theory."

"Tell me more," she said.

They talked late into the night about anything and everything. They discovered that they were both the only child of their families. Her parents divorced when she was three and her father died in a car accident. Her mother died of liver cancer last year. He reluctantly told her about his parents and her voice was filled with nothing but compassion.

"I want to see you again," she declared when they decided to finally call it a night.

"Me too," he said.

"Take me to the Black Panther movie," she said.

"I'm not sure I can get tickets," he said.

"I have a friend who can," she said.

After setting a date, Reid hung up and realized all the tension built up in his body had dissolved. Julia was special, he was certain.

…

"Hey pretty-boy, I got tickets to see Black Panther. You in?" Morgan said when he called.

"I already have plans to see it with a friend," Reid said.

"Is it someone I know?" he asked.

"I think she's someone I want you guys to get to know at some point," he said.

"So more than a friend?" Morgan asked as his voice filled with joy.

"I hope so," he said feeling nervous and excited at the same time.

…

Reid and Julia were couple a few days later. He forgot how good it felt to fall in love. To share stories with someone. Finding have a shoulder to cry on when things got tense. There was also the intimacy that felt so foreign to him at first, that now felt like he couldn't live without. It felt good to love.

Julia never spelled it out, but he knew where her thoughts were about him quitting the team. She was already thinking about future with him the thought of raising a child while he was constantly traveling didn't appeal to her. Though she continued to praise his work, and called him her hero, he could see doubt her eyes. He thought about how happy Morgan was every time he saw him with his wife and son. It didn't take long for him to make up his mind.

Three months later, he put in his notice. Prentiss wasn't exactly happy but respected his decision. His priorities were different after meeting Julia.

…

Ten months later, the wedding a was full of tears. Julia couldn't hold in how happy he made her feel, which made him choke up. The rest of the wedding party, especially his former team, began to tear up also. Even the minister in the end looked like he was about to break down.

Rossi and Prentiss watched as Reid and Julia had their first dance to "At Last."

"Why do I feel like something is ending?" he said.

"It is ending, Dave," Prentiss said sadly. "The team is being dissolved in two months."

"But its more than that," Rossi said with a shake of his head. "I just don't know what it is."

"Do you trust Julia?"

"I do but, I can't help but think that with all this change, something might go wrong."

"I knew it's been a rough several months, but I wouldn't worry too much about it. Reid is the happiest I've ever seen him, and you'll soon be in California watching that cute grand kid grow up."

"I'll try Emily," he said with a sigh.

"That is all we can do."