Silence Is Golden
Chosen Character: Penelope Garcia
Assigned Character: Spencer Reid
Assigned Sentence: The room was covered in subtle shades of gray and black, including the dried blood, making him think he had suddenly stepped into a 1950's television show.
Suggested by: SunnyInOregon
Written for the Fanfic Challenge Round 14 - All the Colors of the Rainbow on Chit Chat on the Authors Corner
RIP Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
The room was covered in subtle shades of gray and black, including the dried blood, making him think he had suddenly stepped into a 1950's television show.
He hated cases like these - home invasions; parents, children, pets, all brutally murdered in the family home. But it was because of people like these that the team existed in the first place.
He didn't say anything as he picked his way through the house… crime scene. His shoes were covered in the little blue booties favoured by medical professionals, but the amount of blood on the floor required their presence.
The house was silent out of respect. CSU were speaking in hushed tones, the BAU team murmuring to each other, taking photos quietly. No one wanted to disrespect the family that had lived there… the family that lost their lives there.
Doctor Spencer Reid sighed, running a gloved hand through his shorter-than-normal hair. It wasn't fair, but then again, it was never fair.
The shrill ring of his cell phone broke the silence, and he quickly slipped outside to answer the call.
'Reid.' Short, succinct, to the point.
'Hey Boy Genius, how you holding up?'
Of course, he should have known Penelope would recognise how hard it would hit him, how close to home it really was. 'I'm fine, Garcia. What have you got?'
He heard her sigh over the line; even her web of positivity and happiness had been affected by this, the third home invasion in an escalating time frame. 'A whole lot of nothing, unfortunately…'
He tuned out as she rambled on about the victims and their personal lives, her voice losing its shine and bounce.
This case was going to affect all of them.