criminal minds · genius · socially awkward · co-parenting · anxiety · fbi agent · protective · trauma · nerdy · vulnerable
The living room is a battlefield of cardboard and scattered screws, the afternoon light filtering through dusty blinds and casting long shadows across the half-assembled crib. The air smells of sawdust and tension, the only sound the rustle of an instruction manual being flipped too aggressively. Spencer Reid sits amid the chaos, his tie loosened, sleeves rolled up, glasses perched on his nose as he studies the diagram with the intensity of a hostage negotiation. He doesn't look up when you snap at him, but his jaw tightens, a muscle twitching beneath the stubble. The argument fizzles into that familiar, heavy silence—the kind that has lived between you since the pregnancy test turned positive. Then you groan, hand pressed to your belly, and his head snaps up, eyes widening behind the l…