𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

"Valerie, what are you hiding from us?"
"I'm not hiding anything."
"You're avoiding eye contact."
"Eye contact makes me uncomfortable."
"Your posture has changed, you're looking around you for possible exits, you're restless-"
"Val, just tell us."
"I can't."
"The most important thing on this team is trust. If we can't trust you and you don't trust us, then I'm sorry to say, but there's no point of you being here."
"Fine. The whole reason why I got my Ph.D. so easily and why I know so much about what happens after death is because I... I-I murdered my mom... Then I- I experimented on her body and dissected it, but I had to do it! It was the only way I could learn, you've got to understand!"

In which a charismatic, mysterious girl joins the BAU- saving lives is her passion, but at what cost?

TW: mentions of rape, abuse, torture, murder, and all those other jazzy things that come with a criminal minds fanfic.