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While everyone is dancing at Derek and Savannah's wedding, Spencer is sat at one of the tables observing until one of Savannah's friends asks him to dance.

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The upbeat music with the addition of some bodies moving wildly on the dance floor was enough to put a smile on Y/N’s face. Taking a sip from her champagne, Y/N wandered around the edge of the dance floor. It wasn’t too long ago when she had been on the dance floor herself, dancing without a care in the world. She stepped off to have a bit of a breather and to get away from all the cramped bodies.

“Hey!” Savannah said, approaching her and wrapping her in a hug.

“There’s the bride!” Y/N responded, hugging her friend back, “I can’t believe you’re married.”

Savannah chuckled, “I can’t either,” She stared at Derek, who was standing on the other side of the dance floor, with a loving smile on her face. She turned back to Y/N, “What about you? Do you have anyone in your life right now?”

“Definitely not,” Y/N responded, “I haven’t really been out on dates since my last break up - it was messy. And besides, I’m not really looking for anyone right now.”

Savannah gave her a look that said she didn’t believe her, “Y/N it’s been four years, you can surely get out there and have a bit of fun.”

“I know but-”

“But nothing Y/N, there are plenty of single people here, go and mingle, ask someone to dance.” Savannah said.

Y/N sighed, “I’ll think about it.”

Savannah shook her head at her friend's hestitance. She looked over her shoulder slightly before smiling. Derek approached the two women. He greeted Savannah with a kiss on the cheek.

“What are you two ladies talking about?” He questioned.

“I’m trying to get Y/N to dance with someone,” Savannah answered, “She doesn’t want to.”

Derek scanned the crowd before his eyes landed on somebody. A small smirk fell onto his face before he turned to face Y/N, “Ask him to dance.”

Y/N turned and looked in the direction Derek was pointing. There was a man sitting on his own just watching the crowd. He looked like he had been sitting there a while.

“Why? I don’t even know him.” Y/N stated, turning back to the happily married couple.

“Then get to know him.” Savannah said before a slow song came on. The two bid goodbye to Y/N and headed to the dance floor.

Y/N gave them a parting smile and swirled her glass of champagne. She wanted to get back out and start dating again but after the whole thing with her last boyfriend, she was hesitant. Y/N was afraid that any new relationship she gets into, it will only end up like her previous one.

Looking back at the man that Derek had pointed to, Y/N noticed that he had no indication of moving. Nearly everyone who was in a relationship was dancing to the slow song that blasted out of the speakers. There were a few people who weren't dancing standing on the outskirts but they were engrossed in conversation. The only person on their own was the man.

Y/N finished off her champagne and headed over to the man. She sat down in a chair next to him. He didn’t question anything at first until he noticed that he had no idea who she was.

“Hi, I’m Y/N.” She introduced herself.

The man gave her a tight lipped smile, “I’m Spencer.”

“Nice to meet you.” Y/N said and internally cursed herself for how awkward she was making the situation.

“Nice to meet you too.” Spencer replied.

“I’m sorry if this is weird. I mean I don’t know you and I just randomly came over here.” Y/N spoke.

“No it’s fine,” Spencer dismissed, “I enjoy the company.”

Y/N smiled before the two fell into a surprisingly comfortable silence. After the slow song drew to a close, another was played. There were some couples who left the dance floor to get a drink or sit down but most stayed. Y/N caught sight of Savannah. Noticing that Y/N and Spencer were sitting together, she mouthed, ‘Ask him to dance.’

Y/N cast her gaze away from Savannah and turned to Spencer. He was watching all of the couples on the dance floor. At first she hadn’t noticed but he was extremely attractive. His hair was slightly messy, his eyes shone bright and felt warm and inviting. This nearly caused Y/N to back out of asking him altogether, she felt as if the man sitting next to her was way out of her league. It wasn’t until Spencer turned to face her when she spoke up and asked him.

“Do you want to dance?” Y/N blurted, “You don’t have to if you don’t want to. I just thought that since we’re basically the only people not dancing, it’ll be fun.”

Spencer looked taken back by the question at first. It didn’t register on his face but he was surprised that Y/N had asked him. He had noticed her earlier in the night and thought that she was gorgeous. Normally Spencer would say no to dancing with someone, especially when it was someone he had just met, but his mouth was quicker than his brain.

“Sure.” Spencer said.

A wide smile stretched across Y/N’s face, she hopped up from the chair and offered her hand to Spencer. He placed his hand in hers and the two walked to the middle of the dance floor. They faced each other before Y/N slowly wrapped her arms around Spencer’s neck, locking her fingers at the back. Spencer’s arms snaked around her waist, pulling her close. Both Y/N and Spencer could feel their faces heating up due to the close contact. The two swayed gently to the music.

“So, you’re friends with Savannah?” Spencer asked quietly, pulling her slightly closer so she could hear him over the music.

Y/N nodded, “Yeah, we’ve been friends for a few years now. I take it you’re friends with Derek?”

“Yeah I am,” Spencer answered, “Do you work with Savannah?”

“No, I’m an interior designer, I met Savannah through another mutual friend. I’ve been close to her ever since,” Y/N answered, “How long have you known Derek?”

“Since I started working for the FBI.” Spencer stated.

Everything suddenly clicked into place for Y/N, “Wait. You’re Spencer Reid. Savannah mentioned you a couple times.” What Y/N failed to mention was that Savannah had said on numerous occasions how perfect Y/N and Spencer would be for each other. Now Y/N can see why Derek had sent her his way.

“Don’t worry, it was good stuff she mentioned.” Y/N added once she noticed Spencer’s confused expression.

Spencer smiled slightly, “Well, since you know a bit about me, can I know a little about you?”

The two fell into an easy conversation. Y/N’s arms were still wrapped around Spencer’s neck but she did find herself playing with the ends of his hair on multiple occasions and she quickly stopped herself. Spencer’s arms were still wrapped tightly around Y/N’s waist - their bodies close. The two were so wrapped up in conversation that they failed to notice that the music had changed to a more upbeat song. They still swayed slightly from side to side like no one was watching them - they were wrapped up in their own little world.

For the rest of the night, Y/N and Spencer didn’t leave each other's side. The two had spoken all night yet they never ran out of anything to talk about. There were multiple occasions where Spencer would go off on a tangent and Y/N would watch him with admiration. Once he noticed he was doing it however, he stopped and apologised.

“Don’t stop and don’t apologise, I’m learning things.” Y/N would reply before Spencer would give her a big smile before continuing on his tangent.

They both sat at a table on their own. Thir chairs were so close to each other that Y/N’s leg would brush against Spencer’s continuously, not that either of them minded. Somehow the topic of Y/N’s ex-boyfriend was brought up in conversation. She didn’t mean to bring it up but she was telling Spencer about the time when she decorated her and her ex’s apartment and he made her do it all again because he hated it.

“At the time I was too in love with him to argue,” Y/N explained, “We were talking about re-decorating the apartment before so while he was on a business trip, I did it. I thought I did a good job - wait scratch that - I did an amazing job, but he made me do it all again, this time he demanded what went where. He always did things like that, demand things of me.”

“Why didn’t you leave?” Spencer questioned.

“Believe me there were several occasions where I nearly did but I just felt obligated to stay, after all it was my apartment and he wasn’t leaving any time soon,” Y/N said, “It wasn’t until I found out that he hadn’t been going on business trips at all, he had been cheating on me the whole time,” Y/N sighed, “I kicked him out after that.”

Spencer couldn’t believe that someone would cheat on Y/N, to him she was perfect, “Then he was stupid.”

“You can say that again.” Y/N said, taking a sip from her drink.

“I’m serious, Y/N. It’s stupid that he cheated on you. You are intelligent, funny, kind, beautiful - he’s an idiot for not seeing something perfect in front of him.”

Y/N’s face flushed at Spencer’s words, “You don’t mean that-”

“I mean every word of it.” Spencer said seriously.

Y/N smiled at Spencer. No one had said something that kind to her before - especially not someone she had met only a few hours ago. Y/N didn’t know why, but it felt like she had known Spencer for ages. How easy they could have a conversation and joke around with each other - that was something that Y/N could only really do with her closest friends. There was something special about Spencer - something beautiful.

As the night drew to a close, everyone began leaving. While saying goodbye to Savannah and Derek, they gave her a knowing smirk. Y/N quickly dismissed it, not wanting to prove them right before heading to her car. She only had a couple of drinks that night before switching to water when she started her conversations with Spencer, so she was safe to drive since she sobered up through the night.

Before Y/N was about to climb in her car, someone called her name. Spencer rushed towards her and Y/N turned around and smiled. They had said goodbye to each other just before everyone else began leaving, Y/N gave her number to Spencer as well so they could keep in contact.

Spencer stopped in front of Y/N, “Hey.”

Y/N smiled, throwing her bag in her car, “Hey, what’s up?”

“If you aren’t busy tomorrow, do you want to get coffee with me?” Spencer asked.

“Of course, I’d love to!” Y/N said.

“Great.” Spencer smiled at her, giving her an awkward thumbs up.

Y/N shook her head slightly, a smile still evident on her face before wrapping her arms around Spencer, pulling him into a hug. Spencer wrapped his arms around her waist. He wasn’t a big hugger but with Y/N it was different, it felt nice.

Y/N pulled away after a moment, “Thank you for tonight, Spencer. It was fun,” Y/N leaned forward and pressed a kiss to Spencer’s cheek, “I’ll see you tomorrow. Text me where and when.”

Y/N climbed into her car and drove off, not before giving Spencer one parting smile. He was left standing on his own as he watched her car drive off, a dopey grin on his face.