• she's going off the rails and losing herself, while he's getting sick of sitting by and watching it happen. Will he be able to get through her hard, built-up walls, and help her avoid making a giant mess? Or is she too far gone for even him to be able to help her? • a story about SSA Elle Greenaway, and Doctor Spencer Reid. An unlikely duo about to endure challenges that they might not even be able to make it out of in one piece. • strap in this one's a LONG one i own no rights to criminal minds and its characters/material. this is fanfiction, and this story is in no way canon to the show (no matter how much i wish it was). Disclaimer! There will be depictions of violence, heavy topics, and other mature themes. Please continue with caution. I do not ship the actors themselves, this story is based off their characters only. The cover photo was edited by me, and you can also find this story on AO3!

"Smoking is bad, you know." The placid voice speaks up from the distant dark corner, nothing to see but a tall silhouette and an orange glow of a cigarette cherry. "It's the least of my problems," I murmur with my own between my lips, proceeding to feel the stagnant debris valley my throat when I suck delicately. He exhales a chuckle of cynical amusement, his footsteps getting every step clearer to my eardrums until I eventually sense body heat burning my back. "And why is that?" He whispers over my shoulder, hands inviting themselves to grip the railing in front of me so I become a prisoner between his inked arms. I swallow. "Because you'll be the one to kill me first." // Aven Brooks is hired to take pictures for the world-renown punk rock band known today as Duplicity; hoping the experience gets her into her most elite-dreamed university. However, when her lenses accidentally capture more than just cheeky sound checks and performances, she comes to a horrifying discovery that Duplicity is anything but a band. Appalled and frightened, she's trapped. *HIGHEST RANKINGS* #1 IN HARRYSTYLES #1 IN ONEDIRECTION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO @happydays1d NOT ALLOWING TRANSLATIONS! CONTAINS VULGAR LANGUAGE / DRUG ABUSE / SEXUAL CONTENT / DESCRIPTIVE VIOLENCE / MENTAL HEALTH READ AT OWN RISK!