FRANKENSTEIN
—   OR   —
THE MODERN PROMETHEUS

Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould Me man?      Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?—
                                      Paradise Lost (x. 743-5)

Mind Killer / Spencer Reid
Est. June, 2024. Prod. gavictrl
What's Going To Become Of Us?
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Rosita Cardoso was in pain.

The woman could feel herself wanting to collapse day by day, hour by hour. As if she was a puppet, and a certain evil was controlling her strings. She likes to think that certain evil is her past. What she once called home and once tried to love dearly.

But she had to hold herself up. Rosita had to keep going and continue pushing. If not, how could she prove her mother wrong? How could she break this endless cycle of fear in the eyes of girlhood?

CASSANDRA CARDOSO / I am your mother,
Rosita.

ROSITA CARDOSO / I don't think of you as a
mother at all.

When you grow up in a household that you do not belong in. When you are raised by someone who can only speak to you in arguments with poison in her teeth. It's your destiny to escape your problems and keep running.

That's what Rosita Cardoso did. She ran. And fuck, she hated Boston. She fled after high school and went where the breeze took her.

It took her to a community college she didn't fit into. It took her to many late-night parties and binge drinking. It led her to a bad car crash on the one day she finally felt okay. The second the breeze gave her a break, the train came through the tracks to run her over once more.

Rosita got pregnant at the age of twenty-three. It was a fling, and she felt stupid. She thinks sometimes the breeze was agitated at her lifestyle and threw in another twister. But that twister was a godamn miracle.

Without baby Emersyn, Rosita wouldn't have made it much longer through these past five years. She was a light, a candle, that the breeze could never blow out. Rosita grew faith as soon as she was born and picked herself up. She fucking pushed.

And that's where she is now. Being a caring mom, a caring person. Helping people as an agent at the BAU. Secretly, Rosita faced the battle of her trauma and depression every single day.

And as the days rolled by through work and in her apartment, she prayed up above, to a territory only unknown, that the breeze could lead her to a safe haven.

Little did Rosita Cardoso realize that her safe haven was the man who sat by her desk every day. The man who was always the smartest in the room and lacked social queues. The man whom she considered a best friend, and even someone Emersyn absolutely admired.

Spencer Reid would save her life.

Rosita Cardoso.        XXVIII.        The Flame.
( And I can go anywhere I want, anywhere I
want, just not Home. )

Also Starring . . .

olivia cooke / Maeve Wildrow. The Roommate.
callum turner / Taylor Wildrow.      ???
as described / Emersyn Cardoso. The Light.
matthew gray gubler / Spencer Reid. The Brains.
shemar moore / Derek Morgan. The Bronze.
paget brewster / Emily Prentiss. The Best Friend.
&& The rest of the Criminal Minds cast as
their respectable characters.

Disclaimer I do not own Criminal Minds or any of its original characters. I only own my own plot lines and changes within this story and my original characters such as Rosita, Maeve, and Taylor.

Note This story is going to begin at the end of season nine. Specifically, it will start on episode twenty-three, where Spencer gets shot in Texas. If you haven't guessed it already, it'll be a little roller coaster straightforward.

!!!! Which leads me to say, a lot of this story is about Rosita and her growth. Of course it is centered around Spencer and the team as a whole. But please keep in mind, Rosita is a main focus of mine as I write this story, and it isn't going to be a very happy one. That being said, she also is not a perfect main character. She is a mess, and has many mistakes within her.

Warning This book will include your usual content within Criminal Minds. Swearing, violence, blood and gore, murders, kidnapping and torture, abuse and other traumas. It will also include topics of drug and alcohol usage, poor mental health and disorders, plus more. Read as to what fits your comfort.

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