A/N: In this fic, Hotch is not married to Haley or was ever married to her and he does not have Jack. Just so you don't get confused:)
Spencer Reid sat on the floor of his room, reading. He only had one book, and he had found it in the trash. But he liked the book. It had a lot of words, and it was big. He loved to read, and he always wished he had more books.
But his father wouldn't let him have any. Spencer put his finger over one of the words, tracing slowly.
"Loom- in-es-cent.." he tried to pronounce one of the harder words he found.
"Luminescent," Spencer smiled once he got it right, and flipped the page. Just then, an angry yell came from downstairs. Spencer quickly shut his book, putting it behind his bed. He heard the footsteps coming up the stairs, and he braced himself. His father opened the door, staggering into the room. He had a bottle in one hand and blood all over his shirt.
"You piece of shit!" his father yelled, raising his hand to hit him.
Spencer dodged out of the way, but his father grabbed him. He punched Spencer in the cheek, making him cry out and fall to the ground.
"Think you can get away with not obeying?" his father yelled, kicking him in the ribs.
Spencer tried to block out the pain as he curled himself up.
"I'm sorry!" Spencer cried, even though he had no idea what he did. His father would always come up with excuses to hurt him. After a few minutes, his father got bored, and walked out of the room, bottle in hand. Spencer lay on the floor, pain running through his ribs.