MANEATER ╱ SPENCER REID
꒷꒦ · ˚.‧ . written by liv . . . © -wonderhaze
𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 ━━━━━━━ ❛ 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 ❜

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𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 was excited to get off work early that day. She had been working 12 hour days for the last 4 days and finally getting off early was something she needed. She dragged her feet up the steps to her parents house, her eyes blurry from exhaustion. As she put the key into the door, she heard a crumbling sound from the backyard. Curious, the girl found herself staring towards the backward, seeing her dads truck and a black long bag on the ground, her father struggling to lift it. As Juliette stared, she could help but see red splotches across her fathers face and chest, his hands completely covered in the red substance. Not knowing what to do, Juliette went to call out to her dad but stopped when she saw what was in the black bag. A head rolled out from the bag and onto the cement, falling and crashing from where the bag now laid in the truck.

"Holy shit" Juliette whispered as she fell backwards and scrambled to the front door, unlocking the door and rushing in, slamming the door behind her and rushing to the home phone.

"9-1-1 what is your emergency," the dispatchers voice filled the room as Juliette put the phone up to her ear

"I need immediate assistance to 9781 Berkshire Plaze, 45092. I think I just witnessed the Las Vegas ripper in action. His name is Sullivan Carter and he was loading a body bag into the back of his truck. The license plate is BC2207, it's a 2005 ford f150, black almost charcoal color," Juliette informed all in one breathe, panic still filling her as she placed the call

"Juliette, what's going on?" Victoria asked her daughter as she wandered into the kitchen, a bottle of wine and a wine glass in hand

"okay ma'am, what is your name, we have dispatched multiple rigs to your current location and in the area around you," The dispatcher said calmly, trying to keep Juliette calm

"Juliette Carter, I'm his daughter," The girl said through a dry mouth, her entire body in shock and panic

"Okay, would you like to stay on the phone until he has been brought into custody," The dispatcher asked but Juliette politely declined, telling her she needed to grab her siblings and lock the doors before he came back

As Juliette placed the phone down, she heard the sirens outside and the shouting of her father. In panic, she ran to the doors and immediately locked all of them before rushing upstairs and grabbing her sleeping siblings. Juliana was 15 so she was the most understanding when Juliette told her about her father. Although Jack and Josh had been a different story. They were 13 and 11 so they didn't entirely understand what was happening as the police pulled up and forced their father into the large containment truck. They understood that he wasn't a good man but they didn't know what he did and Juliette was grateful for that. With her mother being useless, she got really close to her siblings and soon knew when they needed to talk. Seeing the tears that rolled down Josh's face as he saw the lights disappear from their street broke Juliette if she was being honest. She reached forward and wrapped all of them in a tight hug, making sure they knew she was there for them forever and always.

"Listen, don't tell anyone about this okay. I'm going to do what I can go get all of us out of here and somewhere safe. I don't want you guys to talk to mom or interact with her, she's not here now and she never will be," Juliette told them as she pulled out of the hug, needing them to understand that if they stay with their mom, she will just hurt them more emotionally and mentally and they will grow up with a bad mindset

All three of them nodded and Juliette just hoped that this was the last time she had to see her mom or father again.

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Spencer Reid and Juliette Carter were the couple of Springs Valley High, mostly because they've been friends since they were little and have always been close. When Spencer asked the girl to prom in their sophomore year, Juliette couldn't turn the boy down. He had been nothing but kind to her throughout their entire life and truly cared for her. So the two went to prom together and then soon started dating. The couple was now sharing their two year anniversary, just a few days after the arrest of the Las Vegas ripper, also known as Juliette's father. Juliette knew that something was off the minute she entered the restaurant with Spencer. He was off and extremely quiet, not shooting out random facts that made Juliette smile. She knew it had to do with the fact that her dad was well a serial killer.

"Did I do something?" Juliette asked as they sat down at their reserved table

"No, definitely not, I'm just thinking about what's happened the last few days," Spencer informed, knowing the girl was suspicious about her behavior and could sense something was wrong

"Is this about my dad? I had no idea Spencer, you can't be mad at me for not telling you something like that when I only just found out when he was doing the act. I literally saw him loading the body into his truck Spencer, it isn't like I knew what was happening beforehand. It wasn't like I knew my dad was this serial killer," Juliette spat, anger in her voice as she retold the story for the 50th time that day. She was sick and tired of answering everyone's questions

"It doesn't change the fact that I was out in danger because of you," Spencer answered, crossing his arms across his chest and leaning back into his chair

"I put you at danger!? I fucking lived with him, I was down the hall when he was plotting his next victim and how he would kill them, I was right there when he let the head of his last victim roll out of the back and smack right down on the concrete. He was my father Spencer, it's not like you were related to him and genuinely were in danger because of him. He didn't target people like you," Juliette's voice was rising as she glared at her boyfriend. She wasn't even sure if she considered him a friend after this stunt he was pulling

"What's that supposed to mean? People like me, those who actually go to college and are going to get their degree?" Spencer argued, now anger very evident in his voice, the softness of it now completely gone

"The type of person who could figure out who it was before they even attack, the type of person who could outsmart him. You could have left clues for everyone else if he attacked you and you ended up dying, you would have brought him down with you and so he knew he couldn't attack you," Juliette answered, making sure to keep her voice low

"I may be smart, but I'm not smart enough to bring down a murderer," Spencer said, making Juliette look at him in confusion as he was literally going to get his criminology degree

"You are going to get your criminology degree, you could take him down if you wanted too," Juliette told the boy before pushing her chair back and going to leave the restaurant

"Where are you going?" Spencer asked, going to follow her

"I'm leaving, I'm not going to argue with you in public. You want to argue, come to my house. Oh wait you want nothing to do with me, don't bother coming to my house then," Juliette laughed bitterly at the end, laughing at the fact that she spent the last two years of her life dating someone who could so easily leave her

"If you stopped at listened, I was going to say I think we need to take a break, not a break up. I need time to process this and rethink everything," Spencer rushed out, wanting to leave and go home

"Fine, we're on a break then, just know, you broke me more than he ever could," Juliette forced out before turning on her heel and walking away, trying to hide the fact that she was now crying silently

Spencer Reid and Juliette Carter were meant to be but it was clear that anything could break someone and that one thing was Sullivan Carter.

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━━━━ liv speaks !
so this is really bad but I couldn't wait to get it out so here it is!

I'm in love with Juliette and her relationship with her siblings, as well as Spencer.

They are going through a rough time right now but they'll be okay again soon and I'm excited to write them!

Make sure to vote and comment! I love hearing from you guys and getting feedback.

Much love, liv!

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© -wonderhaze, 2023

word count: 1527. written: 1.29.23. published: 1.29.23