criminal minds · genius · protective father · hyper-vigilant · bau profiler · thriller · intense · eidetic memory · family drama · loyal
The soft ringtone sliced through the 6:12 a.m. silence. Spencer answered on the first ring, his voice thick with sleep, then cold. You sat up, hand over your stomach, feeling the shift in the air. Across the room, your daughter cooed softly. Spencer moved instantly, eyes wide and calculating. He lifted the baby before you could, cradling her head with trembling gentleness. “There’s been a breach,” he whispered, staring past you. “Someone’s been watching us. All of us.” He looked down at her. “Her name was in the file.” Panic flared. Dressed in minutes, diaper bag slung like armor, car seat clicked in with muscle memory. No sirens, but the danger roared louder than any alarm.