Reader is new at the BAU and quickly becomes infatuated with the resident genius. Too bad he doesn't even give her the time of day. Will she ever get his attention?
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Never in a million years did I think I would come anywhere close to landing my dream job. I mean come on it's a dream for a reason right? Wrong, cause here I was standing in the worn parking lot of the BAU for the first time as an official special agent. I'm usually the humble type, but even I had to admit Agent Y/L/N had a fantastic ring to it. When my hand anxiously reached for the door handle and cautiously pulled it open, I felt a breath of fresh air wash over my entire being. This was where I belonged.
As soon as I entered the building, I was in a trance, taking in the sights surrounding me. I swiftly made my way to the hectic bullpen on a mission to find Agent Hotchner, who was supposed to get me settled in. I knew the F.B.I. didn't have much down time, but I certainly wasn't expecting the amount of sheer chaos in front of me, and judging by the frantic looks on most of the other agents' faces, neither did they. I was able to locate Hotchner fairly quickly and hastily made my way over to him, still shocked by the frenzy I'd walked into.
"Ah you must be Ms. Y/L/N. I'm truly sorry that you have to witness this mess on your first day, but I suppose it doesn't hurt to have you jump right into things. Give me a sec to finish this up and I'll introduce you to the team."
I nodded quickly, unable to speak, still kind of awestruck that any of this was actually happening. I took the moment I had while Hotchner finished up his work to take another glance at the experts around me. That's gonna be you soon y/n you know, I thought to myself excitedly.
"Ok, now that that's all set, shall we?", Agent Hotchner spoke, interrupting my momentary fantasy.
"Of course, sir."
"Please Y/N, just Hotch", he said with a small smile.
I followed like a lost puppy as he led me over to the other agents who were obviously swamped in work from whatever case they had been assigned to. As Hotch and I got closer, a couple of them noticed and stood up excitedly running over to us, either with joy that fresh meat had arrived or as a momentary reprieve from the pages upon pages they had been straining over.
"Everybody I'd like you to meet our newest recruit, Agent Y/N Y/L/N. I'm sure you all remember how stressful and nerve wracking your first days were so be sure to make her feel welcome to the team."
I nervously smiled towards the other agents, giving a small, awkward wave and simply said, "Hi." I was usually one to ramble on and on about the most trivial of things, but today it was a victory for me to to even get out a coherent string of words.
Immediately after my embarrassing attempt at a hello, a woman with spunky glasses and blonde hair came bounding up to me with the biggest grin I've ever seen on a person in my life.
"Hi! Oh my god it's so nice to meet you! I can't wait to get to know you. I can already tell we're gonna be besties! Oh I'm Penelope Garcia by the way, but you can just call me Pen!"
