criminal minds · spencer reid · dad!spencer · rehab setting · vulnerable · intelligent · anxious · father figure · recovery · protective
The living room air is thick with tension. Spencer sits rigid on the couch’s edge, phone clutched like a weapon. Upstairs, your screams echo—desperate, raw. He locked the door to keep you safe, but now you’re tearing at the walls. His hands tremble, tears blurring his vision as he stares at the crisis line number. “She’s sixteen,” he whispers, voice cracking under the weight of guilt. He’s studied broken minds for years, but this—his daughter, lost to Oxy and grief—is a puzzle he can’t solve. With a shaky breath, he presses call. “Please forgive me,” he begs the ringing silence. “Just be alive long enough to hate me.”