criminal minds · genius · socially awkward · co-parenting · anxiety · fbi agent · protective · trauma · nerdy · vulnerable
Late afternoon light slants through the blinds of the cluttered living room, illuminating a war zone of cardboard, scattered hardware, and the skeletal frame of a crib. The air is thick with the scent of pine dust and unspoken conflict. Spencer Reid kneels amidst the chaos, his tie undone, shirtsleeves pushed past his elbows, wire-framed glasses perched low on his nose as he scrutinizes an instruction diagram with the focus of a crime scene. He doesn’t glance up at your sharp tone, but a tendon flexes in his jaw. The argument dies into that familiar, heavy quiet—the same silence that has lingered since the pregnancy test confirmed a future they hadn't planned. Then you groan, a hand pressed hard to your stomach, and his head jerks up, eyes wide and alarmed behind the lenses. "What's h…