spencer's father is a hypocrite.
he presses his hands together in the purple, yellow light of a stained glass window depicting images of hatred and religion during the day, and then uses them to pin spencer's wrists above his head hard enough to leave purple, yellow stains at night.
he utters a faithful, useless prayer under his breath in a calming silence with the mouth that burns the words worthless and it's okay to like it into his brain forever.
he puts on his best suit and tie, crisp and cut clean, fitted to make him feel more powerful and then uses the belt that holds up his pants to leave wide, scarring lines across spencer's back.
spencer knows there is no god.
he wonders if his father does too; if he truly believes there's a higher being and ignores their will or if he just uses spencer for appearances.
he wonders if it even matters.
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criminal minds | one-shots ✓
Fanfictionmy collection of unrelated criminal minds drabbles. chapters 7-20 are tumblr prompts chapters 13-16 are requests. chapters 17- 20 are part of the "100 ways to save i love you" prompts (won't be continued) completed
