author's note: i'm currently writing this while at work on my lunch break but i wanted to clarify that i'm skipping around criminal minds seasons & episodes so if i bring back a character who is "dead" or just gone in general- it's because i'm skipping around seasons and episodes since i've watched it all already. i need ideas & i'm currently taking inspiration from seasons eight and nine. that's my clarification!!!
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"i'm never taking you two out anywhere again," garcia said as you and reid walked in behind her to the bau conference room. you smiled to yourself, letting go of reid's hand to go sit down as reid joined you in sitting down.

"what happened?" prentiss asked as you cleared your throat, looking down towards the case file as reid stayed silent. garcia let out a sigh.

"these two sexually crazed animals are sneaking around in a movie theatre just so they can-" she began but you cut her off.

"garcia," you said softly as you briefly looked up at her before looking back down towards the papers. "we were trying to find out where we could go to get more food. there are, like, seven different concessions just in one area."

"yeah, tell that to the employee who saw you messing around with his tie," she responded. "you always mess with it whenever you're about to do something."

you raised your eyebrows.

"do you study our behavior, garcia?" reid asked with a slight laugh as you sat back in your seat.

"uh," she began as you continued to look at her. reid continued to look at her before hotch came in and interrupted to begin the case study. you nodded at garcia before looking down towards the case.

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"first and foremost, i do not study you and reid's behavior. i simply observe what i see," she said to you as you went to go get your go bag.

"garcia, how would you know that we have sex after i mess with his tie? i mean, you aren't following us to his apartment, are you?" you asked, picking it up from under your desk as you made sure everything was in it.

"no, i'm not weird. i'm just saying, i think that's what it means and-" she began as you zipped up your bag and looked over at reid who was messing around with his tie as you nodded before garcia turned around and saw it.

"aha! i knew it, i knew it!"

you raised one of your eyebrows.

"he's asking me if we're talking about the tie thing, garcia," you responded. "i'm not so sure what your whole deal is with this tie thing anyways. i mean, it's not like you should be making sure we aren't doing anything."

she nodded. "i know, but i just want to be right and not creepy."

you smiled at her, patting her on the shoulder before leaving to go talk to reid.

"spence," you said, seeing him look up at you as you brought him down close to you to whisper what you were thinking. "should we continue to mess around with her? i mean, i feel a little bad."

he shook his head, looking away from garcia and towards you.

"if she wants to think we have sex every time you mess with my tie, then so be it. we know what it means," he said, pressing a kiss to your forehead before finishing. "and that's all that matters."

you smiled, reaching up out of instinct to mess with his tie before realizing what you were doing.

"spencer reid, you cant keep doing that to me!" you said, pushing him a little as you let go of it.

"what? you're easy to loosen up," he responded before the two of you began walking towards where morgan was standing as garcia just continued to shake her head.