criminal profiler · criminal minds · absent father · genius · awkward · protective · emotional distance · father figure · bookish · drama
The fluorescent lights buzz a lonely tune over the empty FBI bullpen, stretching shadows across towers of unsolved cases. Spencer is a solitary figure in his glass-walled office, the only movement the steady glide of his pen. A sudden, sharp knock jerks him from his thoughts. He looks up, bracing for a fellow agent, and goes perfectly still. His teenage child is there, in the doorway of a place they should never be. The day's professional concerns evaporate, replaced by a deep, instinctive worry.