can't help falling in love- spencer reid

twenty five

a/n: huge trigger warning. this chapter deals with massive truama/ptsd, child loss, rape, torture, and murder.

"Spencer stay here with Garcia. you can't go into the field." hotch says. "like hell I can't." Spencer replies, not listening and putting on a bulletproof vest. "reid. that is an order." hotch replies sternly. "that is my fucking kid out there hotch!" Spencer exclaims, everyone stopping what they were doing when they heard the foul word leave his mouth. Spencer sighed, lowering his voice. "Aaron, you know how much I respect you, but just this once I am not going to listen to you. I can't just sit here and do nothing while some nobody has my- evelyn's kid. if she's going then I should too." he says. "he's right, y'know." Derek says. "if Evelyn gets to go, he should too." he continues. "Evelyn didn't get shot in the neck." hotch retorts, slightly snapping. TRIGGER WARNING"but Spencer wasn't held captive and repeatedly tortured and raped by this guy hotch. (TRIGGER WARNING OVER)Evelyn did. that baby is just as much Spencer's. as she is evelyn's." Derek says, looking sympathetically between Spencer and Evelyn, who were both crying as they got prepared. hotch sighs and nods. "fine, put after today I don't want you stepping foot into this building until you're fully healed." hotch says sternly, Spencer nodding. once they were ready they rushed out of the building and to the cars. Evelyn tightly held Spencer's hand on the way there, the pair still softly crying. as soon as they were there, Evelyn jumped out of the car, not even waiting until they were fully stopped. "Evelyn! wait!" Derek exclaimed as the rest of them jumped out, following Evelyn into the building. "Madison? Madison!" Evelyn called out, completely forgetting the fact that she couldn't talk. she stops running, looking around panicked. "boo!" a voice whispers. Evelyn being hit by what seemed like a metal pipe of some sort. she immediately pulls out her gun, shooting in all directions as she fell to her knees. Evelyn struggled as she got up, her head spinning. suddenly she heard a baby crying, Evelyn running to where the crying came from. once she entered the room she saw Madison at the far left of he room, Michael standing in the middle, pointing a gun right at her. "Evelyn. oh how very long its been since I saw you. well at least since you saw me I should say. you look good." he said. "don't- DON'T." Evelyn screamed, tears running down her face as she did, her gun pointed at him. "Evelyn?" Spencer exclaimed, trying to find her. "in here." she yelled back, the team rushing in, immediately pointing their guns at Michael. "please. just leave her out of this. she's just a baby." Evelyn said, trying to reason with him. "a baby you had with me and didn't tell me about." Michael yelled, his voice echoing through the cement walls. "instead you let him, act as her dad." he said, momentarily pointing his gun at Spencer before reverting it back to Madison. "because he was there for me. through everything. and I wouldn't have it any other way. Spencer is a great dad. better than you ever could be." she hissed. "but I still win." he whispered, a devilish smirk on his face. "NO!" Evelyn yells, dropping her gun TRIGGER WARNING as Michael pulled the trigger on his gun, sending a bullet in Madison's direction. TRIGGER WARNING OVER as soon as he pulled the trigger Spencer pulled his own trigger repeatedly, sending five bullets into him. he fell to the ground, all sound stopping, including madison's crying. "nononono." Evelyn sobbed, running over to where Madison was, picking up the baby and collapsing on the ground as she cried. Michael Reyes was dead. you'd think that'd be a good thing after everything he had put Evelyn through, but that also meant TRIGGER WARNING Madison was dead too. a 5 month old baby was dead because of that monster. TRIGGER WARNING OVER Spencer stared at the now dead body of Michael Reyes, his body becoming numb as he realized what had happened. after about 30 minutes, Madison was finally pried away from Evelyn by the corener, Evelyn screaming bloody murder and sobbing as they did. Evelyn sat against the wall another 30 minutes as the scene was cleaned up, Spencer still frozen in his spot as well. Spencer eventually went over to Evelyn, pulling her up to stand and engulfing her in a hug. Evelyn immediately hugged him back tightly, breaking down in his arms.

how could this have happened?