hey love your work! Could you possibly write a fic about Spencer comforting reader when she has a bad mental health day, and maybe self harms? If not no problem, 💖
hey! 🤍 thank you.
I can certainly try, I'm not a big Spencer fan though so I may not do him justice.
⚠️ this fic contains mentions of sh, please read at your own discretion
Spencer glanced around at the team, hyper-aware of your absence. He'd noticed it all day. Noticed you all day. Your lack of communication, your distant eyes and even the gentle pulling on your sleeves and occasional rubbing of your arms and thighs. "Did anyone see where y/n went?" He asked, gaining the team's attention. "She told me she needed some air, maybe you could go check on her?" Emily suggested. Reid nodded and hastily put down the files in his hand. He grabbed a fidget toy, one of your favourites, from his bag and headed out of the building.
Sure enough, you sat there, knees to your chest on the steps of the precinct. "y/n," he said softly, sitting down beside you. you sighed, "Hi, spence." "are you okay?" he asked. "I will be," you replied, pulling at your sleeves again. "did you cut yourself again?" he asked, a matter of factly. this is something you loved and hated about spencer. he always got to the point, he didn't make you feel infantilized or stupid or guilty - he just asked these questions. however, sometimes it wasn't the right time.
"not yet," you whispered, burying your head in your arms. "that's good. have you eaten? maybe we can go get some donuts for the team-" he suggested, putting his hand on your shoulder. you nodded, that was a good idea. "come on then, i'll text emily and let her know."
in the car, you kept your head down, your legs shaking with anxiety but spencer just spoke to you. he spoke about your special interests, dinosaurs. he discussed chess with you and the world poker championships. he kept your mind occupied.
"hey," he muttered, just as you were going to get out of the car back at the station. you turned to him, eyebrows furrowed. "I'm proud of you." your lips curled at the side and you nodded.
"thank you spence," you whispered and leaned in to hug him. he kissed your head quickly and then you both headed back inside.
