1 Series by Redcodah
Listing Series
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Vexation of Spirit by Redcodah, Ywain Penbrydd (penbrydd)
Fandom Criminal Minds (US TV), Original Work, Shadow Unit, The Lone Gunmen (TV)
- Explicit, Mature, Teen And Up Audiences, General Audiences
- No Archive Warnings Apply, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- M/M, F/M, Gen, Multi
- Series in Progress
09 May 2026
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Richard "Ringo" Langly/Spencer Reid
- Minor or Background Relationship(s)
- Richard "Ringo" Langly/Spencer Reid/Chaz Villette
- John Byers/Susanne Modeski
- Spencer Reid/Chaz Villette
- John Fitzgerald Byers/Penelope Garcia
- Alcea/Sage
- former Sage Kirklund (OC)/Alcea Byers (OC)
- former Chiang Jin Ba (OC)/Kim of Bedlam (OC)
- Spencer Reid
- Richard "Ringo" Langly
- Penelope Garcia
- Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
- John Byers
- Melvin Frohike
- David Rossi
- Hafidha Gates
- Chaz Villette
- Solomon Todd
- Susanne Modeski
- Diana Reid
- Yves Adele Harlow
- Luke Alvez (Criminal Minds)
- Emily Prentiss
- Tara Lewis
- Matt Simmons (Criminal Minds)
- John Fitzgerald Byers (X-Files)
- Aurelio Merlo
- Shadow | Elijah Summerlin
- Artemisia (Magelight Chronicles)
- Will Tucker (OC)
- Alcea Byers (OC)
- Kim of Bedlam (OC)
- Nicolette Lau
- Jack Lakeland (OC)
- Esther Falkner
- Daniel Brady
- Sage Kirklund (OC)
- Shadow | Elijah Summerlin (OC)
- Aurelio Merlo (Magelight Chronicles)
- Beckett Kirklund (OC)
- nerds in lust
- Stalkery Behaviour
- Awkward Sexual Situations
- Chair Sex
- Serial Chair Accidents
- Awkward Conversations
- Clearing the air
- Showers
- uncomfortably comfortable
- intentional dissociation
- the two powerbottoms in a room problem
- Everyone is Bisexual
- because fuck you that's why
- Age Difference
- that feeling when your best friends are assholes
- desire in fits and starts like that old chevette that doesn't do hills any more
- shitty television depictions of hacking
- Why do I do this to myself
- half a casefic
- too many punchlines
- i have no excuse for any of this
- Frottage
- Case Fic
- the other half
- Porn with Plot
- Light Angst
- Mistaken Identity
- False Identity
- television quality depictions of hacking
- nobody you like dies
- Secret Relationship
- Secret Relationship Fail
- Team as Family
- Meet the Family
- Loud Sex
- Exhaustion
- Hallucinations
- Synaesthetic erotica
- Curtain Fic
- canon-typical misuse of technology
- Old Arguments with Old Friends
- Bad Jokes
- Past Trauma
- Awkward Romance
- if you can even call it romance
- Wall Sex
- Byers doesn't need this shit
- First Time Bottoming
- Crying After Sex
- Hallucinations During Orgasm
- disaster porn
- two geniuses. no common sense.
- Things Not to Do With Potato Cannons
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
- Everybody knows
- Love Confessions
- Admit Nothing; Pretend It's All Right
- Canon-Typical Violence
- Anal Sex
- Multiple Orgasms
- Bad Decisions
- Identity Issues
- television-quality depictions of hacking
- Government Conspiracy
- Byers is in for some shit
- Adult Child of Canon Character
- Susanne's missing... again
- Mind Manipulation
- Borrowing memories
- Threesome - M/M/M
- Thirty years of Byers mooning: a conclusion
- Explicit Consent
- ... Mostly - Freeform
- Trust Issues
- Mildly Dubious Consent
- (in chapter 40-41)
- Mental Health Issues
- Mental Institutions
- Airports
- Expensive Restaurant Bathroom Sex
- Tactical Capitalism
- Plans for the Future
- Arguments about money
- Serious Relationship Conversations
- Hypoglycemia
- gamma metabolism hijinks
- nobody in this room is good at romance
- Rich Boyfriend Problems
- Heartbreak for Byers
- Break Up
- Byers has regrets
- Angst
- on the phone while having sex
- Mind Meld
- more tags as i figure out what's going on!
- Press and Tabloids
- Birthday
- Birthday Sex
- nobody in this relationship knows what they're doing
- Abduction
- Torture
- electric shock torture
- No Gore
- shameless cryptid smut
- Snowed In
- Established Relationship
- unflattering views of rural Nebraska
- Contract killing
- Double Agents
- Mind Control
- Cryptids
- Background Het
- Polyamory
- Chaz is shit at relationships
- Reid isn't a hell of a lot better
- Family Secrets
- Self-Doubt
- Injury Recovery
- Canon-Typical Badly-Injured Reid
- Everything is way more complicated than strictly necessary
- Virtual Reality
- open mouth;insert foot
- Canon-Typical Sucks to be Chaz
- Smut
- Grave Robbers
- Family Bonding
- Flashbacks
- Sick Character
- bad idea; good implementation
- Dreams and Nightmares
- Fluff
- Winter
- Blankets
- the perpetual chill of having no body fat
- Happy Ending
- Clones
- Family Drama
- Langly wins fucked up family bingo even in this crowd
- But everyone's parents were screwed up
- Questionable Lube Choices
- Cats
- References to Drugs
- drug-related murders
- Past Drug Addiction
- if it wasn't an AU before it sure is one now
- Valentine's Day
- Dismemberment
- Stalking
- Assassination Attempt(s)
- Golems
- Sibling Rivalry
- Chaz would like to buy a coping skill
- Telepathy
- Psionic Battle
- One or more sharks may have been jumped in the writing of this fic
- Hospitalization
- Disembowelment
- Hypothermia
- Police Misconduct
- questionable decisions
- Reid is totally acting out albeit with some small amount of restraint
- Sympathetic Villain (sort of)
- Unlikeable Victims
- Dissociation
- Apologies
- Awkwardness
- nobody in this fic can just shut up and screw
- Emotional Hurt/Comfort
- Religion
- Religiously-Motivated Murder
- Cannibalism
- Dysfunctional Family
- Foster Care
- Hunting for Sustenance
- a distinct lack of smut
- fucked up family bingo
- television-grade depictions of hacking
- Mystery
- more OCs than you can shake a stick at - Freeform
- Hunters & Hunting
- Teleportation
- Low Fantasy/Fantastic Intrusions
- Filler that will become relevant later in the series
- Business Lunch
- too much of a good thing makes the protagonists nervous
- None of this is weird if you're Langly
- Bonding With the In-Laws Over Possible Electronic Surveillance
- Chaz trying a new approach
- Rain
- Flooding
- Rescuing someone who refuses to admit there's a problem
- Relationship Advice
- Best Friends
- Implied/Referenced Torture
- death by fire
- Canon-Typical Sucks to be Reid
- lore dump for the fanfic series it's attached to
- this is unlikely to help with anything else
- hot date gone wrong
- Trapped in a Closet
- Flirting
- Coffee Shops
- Work-related Conversations
- Hospitals
- Car Accidents
- too many people drive off a bridge in this series
- In-Laws
- Langly still terrified of Diana
- Road Trips
- Single Parents
- Surprise Relatives
- Being Walked in On
- Needs a Vacation From the Vacation
- Natural Disasters
- Old Murders
- Surprise Skeletons
- Return of the Evil Eugenecists
- Blind Date
- Mind Reading
- Attempted Mind Control
- Lengthy Discussions of Landscaping
- Krycek for President
- Practical Discussions of the Impact of Cloning on Election Law
- A Surprising Lack of Porn
- Prison
- escaped prisoner
- Maine According to Stephen King
- Stephen King References
- Post-Break Up
- Inappropriate Flirtation
- Brief Medical Consultation
- Sage needs a nap
- Kimi being a shit
Summary
It all starts with hostages and bombs. Garcia needs another set of hands, and she reaches out to a hacker she used to know -- the best of the best, at the time -- sending Reid to do the negotiating for her. Before the case is over, Reid finds himself caught up in a whirlwind sex farce that might be a blossoming romance. Mayhem, chair sex, hallucinatory exhaustion, and an awful lot of ridiculous accidents follow, because what purpose does genius serve, if not an excuse to ignore common sense?
[Series title changed 2018.09.30 to better reflect the fact that this has gotten directly the fuck out of hand.]
- Words:
- 1,518,437
- Works:
- 38
- Bookmarks:
- 28