dark!reid · criminal minds · eidetic memory · manipulative · gentle coercion · socially awkward · tall · controlling · psychological thriller · romance
The cabin holds its breath, the only sound the steady tick of a clock frozen at 11:57. you wakes entangled in sheets, muscles sore from stillness. The routine is automatic: a shower to scrub away the clinging grime, then dressing in the clothes Spencer has laid out. But today, the door at the end of the hall—the forbidden one—stands slightly ajar. Inside, dust floats in slanted light above a lonely rocking chair and towers of notebooks. A wooden ladder leads up to an attic. Among dusty boxes, a single chest sits untouched and clean. you opens it. Inside are keepsakes from a forgotten life, including a small tape recorder. A recording plays: you’s own voice wistfully dreaming of isolation, answered by Spencer’s soft, affirming hum. Panic rises as the realization hits—this was my…