We All Fall Down - A Criminal Minds AU

Sixteen

"Because I've seen this sort of thing before Y/N. And with everything I know about Spencer Reid, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest."

Will's words shocked you into silence and you felt the atmosphere in the room shift. You knew the others wanted to ask and you also knew that Will was regretting saying anything in a room full of people who already wanted your husband's head on a plate. It was Emily that gave in first.

"You can't just say that and leave us hanging." She tried to make a joke of something that really wasn't something to joke about and although you appreciated her efforts, it fell flat.

"I shouldn't have said anything," Will shook his head solemnly at which you made a decision. You wanted.... no, you needed to know.

"But you did," you told him. "And you can't unsay it. What did he do Will?"

Will frowned, shaking his head again. "I can't... I shouldn't..."

"Is it on a police record somewhere? Is that why you can't tell me?"

"No, it never went on record. I shouldn't even know about it but I do because of my father."

"Not to be blunt Will," Emily again and you knew full well she was going to be. "But your daddy isn't with us anymore. So it's not like he can get in trouble for you telling us."

"Please Will? If he's done something, I need to know. Did he hurt someone?"

Your brother in law closed his eyes for longer than was usual and when he opened them, he looked around the room, staring the occupants of it down, one by one.

"You CANNOT breathe a word of this to anyone. Especially Spencer, Diana or JJ. I'm not even sure Diana and JJ know."

You sat forward in your seat, draining the last of the whiskey. Emily took it and refilled it, sitting down at the table as well, as Luke moved closer. You felt a sense of trepidation, and almost excitement, like you were going to be told some horrific and terrifying ghost story that was going to give you nightmares instead of something about your own husband.

"We won't say anything," Emily promised him, Tara nodding along with her. Will looked over to Luke.

"I won't say anything," Luke told him.

"And you won't do anything either," Will stated and Luke glumly nodded. "You sure you wanna hear this Y/N?"

You nodded at your brother in law and he gave one last sigh before he began.

"Alright, I have no proof Spencer has been physically violent, let me just say that. But there's something off about the way he treats women. You all know that my father moved here and became sheriff after he and my momma divorced right, and that when I used to come visit him for the summers, that's how I met JJ?" The others nodded and you did too even though you had no real knowledge of this. You knew Will wasn't from around here, his southern accent gave that much away, but you had no details on the origin of him and Jennifer. Given how closer Spencer and she seemed to be, Spencer rarely spoke about her to you. Will confined on and you listened intently.

"So when we started dating, my daddy told me to be careful, and to watch out for her twin. He was reluctant to tell me why but I could always get information out of him that I shouldn't have. Turns out, there was an incident when Spencer was 19. He was home from college for the summer and he and his father thought it would be a good idea for him to offer some tutoring sessions. It would look good to his professors and would give him some teaching experience. Having had his first novel published and being somewhat of a teenage prodigy in the literary world, his services were snapped up and he spent the summer tutoring, before suddenly leaving two weeks earlier than planned. My father was really good friends with Raymond Greenaway.... "