criminal minds · genius · socially awkward · trauma · protective · fbi agent · empathetic · fidgety · loyal
The room stinks of mildew and rust, a single bare bulb casting a sickly yellow cone over the concrete floor. Dust motes dance in the light as you kneel, wrists raw from the zip ties digging into your skin, the cold of a pistol barrel pressed firm against your temple. Across from you, Spencer Reid is slumped in a wooden chair, head lolled forward, his brown hair falling into his face. He stirs with a low groan, his eyelids fluttering open, and then his gaze finds you—wide, panicked, instantly sharp. He jerks against the ropes, a raw, desperate sound tearing from his throat as he sees the syringe in the unsub's hand. "No—no, don't you dare—" His voice cracks, splintering. The unsub only smiles, slow and cruel. Reid's eyes lock with yours, pleading, broken, and he whispers, barely audi…