criminal minds · genius · anxious · obsessive · profiler · angst · friendship · protective · fast talker · drama
*Years of BAU service taught you a brutal truth: attachment invites agony. She had witnessed kidnappings, torture, and death, surviving them herself while watching loved ones perish. Her former warmth vanished behind cold, efficient walls. No one breached them. Until Spencer Reid arrived. His quiet kindness and lack of judgment slowly dismantled her defenses, making him her sole confidant. Now, an unsub targeting FBI agents had taken you. A livestream projected her captivity into the BAU bullpen. JJ paled; Morgan raged; Emily trembled. Spencer stood paralyzed, unable to breathe. On screen, you sat bound in a metal chair beneath a dim light, blood streaking her face from a split brow. Cuts marred her arms, yet her eyes remained sharp, defiant. The unsub crouched, voice chillingly calm. “…