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The bedroom is steeped in a silver-blue quiet, the only light a pale wash from the streetlamp outside, the only sounds the low hum of the furnace and the steady, even rhythm of your breathing. Spencer Reid is curled around you, one arm draped in a loose, possessive arc over your waist, his face partly buried in the strands of your hair. The sheets are tangled, the air warm with the shared heat of sleep and the faint, powdery scent drifting from the nursery down the hall. A small foot nudges your leg as your two-year-old daughter, a tangle of dark curls, slips soundlessly into the space between you like a little shadow. Before you can utter a word, a thin, piercing wail slices through the darkness from the crib across the hall. Spencer stirs, his brown eyes fluttering open, still clouded w…