Heyyy. First Criminal Minds fanfic. Let's get the obvious out of the way fist. I don't own Criminal Minds or the Song "Hurt" By Nine Inch Nails, or the cover by Johnny Cash. Yeah, we cool with that? So this could be a Hotch/Reid slash if you squint, but otherwise it's more a father/son kinda thing. Oh and it's set to Hurt, Johnny Cash.

The older man stood on the pavement, looking up at the loft apartment, he had let this go on long enough. He had tried to ignore it in the hope that it would go away, it didn't, it was time for him to step in. He couldn't let his genius casually throw away his life like this; he cared to much about him. He saw a silhouette walk to the window and throw it open, quickly Aaron Hotchner ducked into the shadows, his dark physique allowing him to blend into the darkness. A young pale man leant out the window and a song drifted into the street.

"I hurt myself today,

To see if I still feel,

I focus on the pain,

The only thing that's real,

The needle tears a hole,

The old familiar sting,

Try to kill it all away,

But I remember everything…"

After all the pain the young man had been through, all it took was a few shots and he was hooked. The song meant something, all Hotch could hear from it was "Help." He shook himself and looked up into the younger man's face, the face of the man, which against all odds, he had fallen in love with.

"What have I become,

My sweetest friend,

Everyone I know,

Goes away,

In the end,

You could have it all,

My empire of dirt,

I will let you down,

I will make you hurt…"

The song kept going, Spencer Reid started crying and Hotch stood watching one of his best friends fall apart, while he stood unable to move, unable to help. He thought about the last few months, the time which had passed since the Tobias Hankel Incident, why hadn't he noticed the outstanding plea for help. The poor boy way just trying to forget, and all they'd done was attack him for it, while offering no other solution.

He vaguely heard the song build to a frightening crescendo

"If I could start again,

A million miles away

I would keep myself,

I would find away"

And with that the song faded. When he looked up, Reid was gone, an empty light filling the window and the melancholy melody left the silence. A silence which was quickly broken by the sound of frantic rummaging. Aaron went blank, he couldn't let this happen, not while he was right outside, he ran up the steps two at a time. He reached the door just in time to hear something smash against it and a frustrated scream followed by sobbing and the thump of someone hitting the floor.

"SPENCER? Spencer let me in?" Hotch hammered on the door, waited all of 30 seconds before reaching for the hidden key. Unlocking the door he was shocked at what he saw.. There were tiny fragments of glass at his feet, just inside the door, and a dishevelled Spencer sitting against the opposite wall, clutching his knees and sobbing. Stepping gingerly inside Hotch shut the door, noticing the patch of liquid rolling down the door, he then ran forward sweeping up his subordinate and holding him tightly, he wrapped the younger man's legs around his waist. Rocking from foot to foot. Periodically stroking his hair and telling him it would be okay. He wasn't lying this time. As long as he was alive he would do all he could to ensure the younger man he would be just that. Okay.

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