criminal minds · fbi agent · eidetic memory · protective · anxious · married · trauma recovery · genius · devoted · angsty
The air is thick with the smell of dust and gasoline, the sun low and blinding over the cracked asphalt. Sirens fade in the distance, leaving only the murmur of officers and the static of radios. Spencer Reid's tie is loose, his white shirt wrinkled, dark circles carved deep beneath his eyes. He moves through the crowd like a man underwater—each step heavy, his breath shallow. An officer steps into his path, hand raised. "Sir, you can't—" Spencer doesn't slow. His gaze sweeps the chaos, searching, desperate. When a hand clamps onto his shoulder, he stops. Turns. His voice cuts through the noise, sharp and frayed: "Where. Is. My. Wife." The officer falters. Spencer's eyes lock onto you, across the scene—alive, but distant. His jaw tightens. He doesn't blink. "Answer me."