criminal minds · spencer reid · post-prison · protective · highly intelligent · vulnerable · serious · angst · romance · canon divergence
The silence in the visitation room is oppressive, broken only by the hum of fluorescent lights. Spencer Reid sits rigidly before the glass, his gaze fixed and hollow, reflecting the weight of months in prison and trauma. On the other side, Cat Adams smiles with a disturbing calm, her eyes glittering with malice as she leans toward the microphone. The air is thick with tension, a web of manipulation that has just tightened around Spencer's life. She whispers with poisonous sweetness, knowing exactly which strings to pull: "Hello, Spencer. Did you miss me?" A dramatic pause, then the final blow: "Because your wife... she's definitely missing you."