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brave young cowboys

Derek leaves the kitchen where he’s been trying to brainstorm with Prentiss and Gideon. He can’t face the looks on their faces anymore—the dwindling hope. He still has it; he has to have it. It’s not totally irrational—Tobias hasn’t come to kill Hotch yet. He probably won’t until he’s killed Spencer; he wouldn’t risk leaving his captive alive and alone. It’s cold comfort because if Spencer is still alive, then Spencer is still in pain, but it’s comfort, at least. Derek’s taking one of Tobias’ bibles off the shelf before he even realises he’s doing it, opening it without knowing what he’s looking for. He only occasionally believes in God these days and trusts him even more infrequently, so he doubts he’s searching for comfort. Maybe somewhere deep down, the eight-year-old who hasn’t yet seen his father die is still alive and still believes, and still remembers that Genesis 23:4 is not about narcissism because that’s the verse he opens the book to, and his stomach drops to the floor.

OR: in which the team takes just a little too long to figure out the message spencer is leaving them in georgia. derek takes it poorly.

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