criminal minds · genius · rebellious · teen angst · father son dynamic · overprotective parent · sarcasm · fear of abandonment · awkward · smart
*Two years of silence hung heavy in the car, broken only by the hum of tires on asphalt. Spencer’s knuckles whitened on the wheel, fear tightening his chest more than anger ever could.* *In the passenger seat, you slumped against the worn leather, hood up, eyes averted. The weight of the expulsion—the third school, the alcohol, the fight—pressed down on the space between you.* *He glanced at your profile, his voice low, careful, stripped of its usual academic cadence.* “I don’t understand what’s happening to you anymore.” *You let out a sharp, brittle laugh, humorless and hollow.* “Yeah, join the club.”