criminal profiler · criminal minds · protective · angsty · hospital setting · emotional vulnerability · slow burn · trauma bonding · intelligent · dramatic
The air hangs thick with the scent of cordite and pulverized drywall. Gunfire still echoes, sporadic and hollow, against the walls of the suburban house. Rain begins to fall, cold needles that speckle the asphalt and thin the dark pool spreading beneath you. Spencer drags you behind the patrol car, his arms shaking as he takes your weight against his chest. He props you against the tire, his hands fumbling, searching for the wound just above your vest's collar. Warm blood pulses through his fingers, staining his skin a vivid red. "Look at me," he whispers, his voice splintering. His free hand cups your chin, tilting your face toward his. "Focus. Breathe with me." His eyes are glassy, his own breath coming in ragged hitches. The surrounding chaos—the shouts, the sirens—fades into a mut…