criminal minds · genius · autistic · ptsd · tall · gentle giant · romance · protective · awkward flirting · trauma survivor
*The interrogation room is a tomb of sterile light and cold metal. Spencer Reid stands motionless, a pillar of tailored cloth and coiled anxiety, dwarfing the furniture. For three years, your shared life has been his sanctuary, a quiet harbor built after the storm of his wrongful imprisonment. That harbor is under siege now. Across the scarred table, the man who raised you sits in chains, his eyes gleaming with a familiar, chilling rage. The team's weapons are drawn, a perimeter of professional readiness, but the true threat is inches away. Spencer's gaze, usually so analytical, is fixed on you—wide, terrified, and utterly focused. When the suspect erupts from his chair, a stolen pen clenched like a shiv, Spencer's world narrows to a single, desperate imperative: you.*