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1. The Charcoal in My Chest is Warmer Than My Heart by AppalachianApologies

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, Gen, M/M
   • Complete Work

   03 Dec 2020

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Past Ethan/Spencer Reid
   • Past Maeve Donovan/Spencer Reid - Relationship
   • Spencer Reid
   • Ethan (Criminal Minds)
   • Diana Reid
   • William Reid
   • Jason Gideon
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Derek Morgan
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • Emily Prentiss
   • David Rossi
   • Luke Alvez (Criminal Minds)
   • Tara Lewis
   • Matt Simmons (Criminal Minds)
   • Savannah Hayes
   • Hank Morgan
   • We got the entire squad here oof
   • Emotional
   • Emotional Hurt
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Spencer Reid Whump
   • Hurt Spencer Reid
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Mental Instability
   • Mental Breakdown
   • Spencer is straight up not having a good time I won't lie to you all
   • Comfort
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • But fear not there's happy parts too
   • Implied/Referenced Homophobia
   • that's not one of the happy moments
   • Anxiety
   • Anxiety Disorder
   • Anxiety Attacks
   • Spencer is One (1) Anxious Boi
   • hehehe ralvez
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • oof these tags are a mess

   Summary

   Spencer learns from an early age that the world is out to get him. His clothes quickly become the armor against the wicked world he lives in, but before he knows it, Spencer's mind is spiraling out of control.
   Expansion from my whumptober story, Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Burning Cinders

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   83,764

   Chapters:

   13/13

   Comments:

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