Unfortunately, I do not own any of the characters in 'Criminal Minds, wish I did, wouldn't have to work nights. I have taken them out of their box to play with for a while; when I've finished, I will return them (mostly) unharmed and unscathed.

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Sins of the Father

William Reid slammed the phone on its cradle in frustration. Another death on campus; the fourth in seven months and the police had decided there was a serial killer in their midst and had called in the Behavioural Analysis Unit.

He'd worked so hard to put his earlier mistakes behind him; his disastrous marriage and freakish son. He'd changed direction completely after he'd left his first wife, studied and risen quickly to his current status. He'd made a good second marriage and now had two normal children; top of their individual year but at least they were in their own year, not like the other freak he'd fathered. Still, he doubted that the boy would have survived a life in care which is where he would have ended up; his mother would not have been able to look after him.

Now it was all unravelling - four students. Four! Not that he could, in any way, be held responsible, but it could reflect badly on him and his administrative skills; it may even affect his future promotion prospects. Four FBI agents were on their way to his office - would they know his secret? He dismissed the notion, they had bigger fish to fry. The oldest of the four introduced himself as Jason Gideon and proceeded to introduce the other members of the team; but William's gaze was directed only at the youngest member of the team who looked strangely familiar. He hadn't been a student, he was sure of that, but where had he seen this boy before? The young man certainly seemed to know him, and from the look on his face their relationship had not been a happy one.

"…and Doctor Spencer Reid" Gideon finished

Spencer! William's life was no longer merely unravelling, it had gone into meltdown.