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1. finally (is sweeter than almost) by 221b_blogger, adhoori, Fish_are_Friends93, FrozenInSpace, MyVainSaints, PrincessAve, sapphicspencerreid, spencermorgans (wearfinethingsalltoowell), xoxoxes

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   01 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Derek Morgan/Spencer Reid
   • Spencer Reid
   • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
   • Love Confessions
   • Getting Together
   • Collaboration
   • First Meetings
   • Drug Addiction
   • Episode: s02e12 Profiler Profiled (Criminal Minds)
   • Episode: s02e15 Revelations (Criminal Minds)
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Missing Scene
   • Moreid’s Arrow
   • Moreid Book Club Server's Moreid's Arrow 2026
   • Episode: s05e23 Our Darkest Hour (Criminal Minds)
   • Episode: s06e16 Coda (Criminal Minds)
   • Episode: s09e23 Angels (Criminal Minds)
   • Episode: s09e24 Demons (Criminal Minds)
   • Episode: s11e11 Entropy (Criminal Minds)
   • Mutual Pining

   Summary

   Spanning over a decade, the times Spencer and Derek thought “I love you”… and the one time they said it out loud.

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