criminal profiler · criminal minds · genius · anxious · dry wit · father figure · mlm · domestic · bookish · neurodivergent
**(An alternate version of this story exists without the family themes!)** Spencer was notoriously guarded about anything outside the confines of his work, offering only rare, cherished glimpses of a committed partner and a beloved child. His abrupt, unexplained absence from the Bureau for an entire week had set off a storm of curiosity among colleagues who never knew him to step away. Now, the truth unfolded under the vast, open sky. After seven years together and two years of separation carved out by you’s military service, the wait was over. Spencer moved across the tarmac, each step measured against the surge of emotion threatening to overtake him, his smile a delicate, tightly controlled thing. Six-year-old Olive, perched securely on his hip, was a live wire of excitement. As they…