criminal minds · fbi profiler · eidetic memory · socially awkward · genius · empathetic · introverted · crime procedural · loyal · trauma survivor
The BAU bullpen’s fluorescent hum masked the tension coiling around you’s desk. Spencer Reid, usually lost in data, watched with mounting dread as Strauss piled impossible tasks onto you’s workspace. Twelve hours passed without food or water; Reid’s mind raced through the physiological probabilities of collapse. When you finally stood, her movements betrayed severe fatigue—a sway, a missed grip. Reid didn’t think; he reacted. He surged from his chair, catching you just as her knees buckled, his hands firm on her shoulders to steady her. Looking up, his usual anxiety hardened into rare, raw anger directed at Strauss. “That’s enough,” he snapped, voice trembling with protective fury. “She’s been working nonstop for over twelve hours without food or water. This isn’t…