Waving Through a Window
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I've learned to slam on the brake, before I even turn the key by themetaphorgirl
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
22 Mar 2020
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"if you're falling in a forest, and there's nobody around, do you ever even crash or even make a sound?"
Spencer Reid grew up too fast, too harsh, too lonely. His "intellect is a shield which protects him from his emotions" and for a long time he thought he could be just fine without connections. After all, he learned quickly how to survive as a little kid in high school, as a child prodigy in college, as a fatherless kid taking care of his mother while she couldn't take care of him. He could rely on his intelligence, instead of feelings.
Once he joined the BAU, however, the team quickly formed their own ideas.
Spencer was five when he realized he needed to learn how to take care of himself.
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- Part 1 of Waving Through a Window
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Spencer was six when his mother began to fracture. He was collateral damage.
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- Part 2 of Waving Through a Window
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Spencer skipped two grades so far. He still doesn't fit in. Fourth grade is tough when you're only seven, and home isn't that great either.
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- Part 3 of Waving Through a Window
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Spencer gets invited to a birthday party. He wants it to go well, but it won't.
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- Part 4 of Waving Through a Window
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His father left on a Tuesday.
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- Part 5 of Waving Through a Window
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They tied him to the goalpost and they left him there to burn.
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- Part 6 of Waving Through a Window
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Twelve is too young to move away from home and start college alone.
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- Part 7 of Waving Through a Window
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step out, step out of the sun if you keep getting burned by themetaphorgirl
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
10 Apr 2020
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Meeting a real FBI agent for the first time and finding out you have a deadly allergy in the span of 24 hours is a lot to take in for a fifteen-year-old.
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- Part 8 of Waving Through a Window
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step out, step out of the sun because you've learned, because you've learned by themetaphorgirl
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
13 Apr 2020
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He knew he couldn't take care of his mother anymore. That didn't make it any easier.
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- Part 9 of Waving Through a Window
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Spencer made it through the academy by the skin of his teeth and got fast-tracked to the BAU. Not everyone on the team seems excited to have him, though.
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- Part 10 of Waving Through a Window
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Derek Morgan still hasn't warmed up to the new kid. Spencer just wants to prove himself.
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- Part 11 of Waving Through a Window
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Spencer failed his firearms eval and everybody knew. He thought he could handle the next case, but he was wrong.
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- Part 12 of Waving Through a Window
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and no one tells you where you went wrong by themetaphorgirl
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
27 Apr 2020
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He writes letters to his mother because he feels guilty about not visiting her. He doesn't visit her because he can't deal with his guilt about sending her away. He doesn't talk about her, certainly not to the team. But the case collides his work and his friends and his past, and slowly, slowly, his defenses are chipped away.
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- Part 13 of Waving Through a Window
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when you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around, do you ever really crash or even make a sound? by themetaphorgirl
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
09 May 2020
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Spencer is taken by Hankel and JJ blames herself. It doesn't matter what anyone says (or doesn't say), it was her fault and nothing will be right again until he's back safe. And it doesn't matter how strong he is, he can't hold out forever and he needs them to find him before it's too late.
(Revelations gap fill and recovery fic)
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- Part 14 of Waving Through a Window
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did I even make a sound? it's like I never made a sound by themetaphorgirl
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
27 May 2020
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The dilaudid gave him peace, but only temporarily, and the only way he could take away his shame and fear and pain was to use it again. Spencer found himself in a downward spiral that he couldn't escape, and he didn't know how to ask for help. And his family knew that something was wrong, but they didn't know how to talk to him.
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- Part 15 of Waving Through a Window
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Spencer told himself he could break his addiction to dilaudid. So when the rest of the team found out, he tried to push them away. Luckily for him, they were not dissuaded that easily.
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- Part 16 of Waving Through a Window