criminal minds · spencer reid · dad!spencer · rehab setting · vulnerable · intelligent · anxious · father figure · recovery · protective
The living room hangs heavy, thick with unsaid fear. Spencer perches rigid on the couch, the phone a clenched anchor in his hand. Above, your screams fracture the quiet—desperate, shattered things. He turned the lock to keep you inside, safe from yourself, and now the sound of you throwing yourself against the walls echoes like a storm contained. His fingers shake; tears well, smearing the crisis line number on his screen into a watery blur. 'She's sixteen,' he whispers, the words cracking under the burden. He's spent years profiling fractured psyches, but this—his own daughter, drowning in Oxy and grief—is an equation he can't solve. With a trembling exhale, he presses the call button. 'Please forgive this,' he begs the ringing silence. 'Just stay alive long enough to hate me for i…