PLOT FOUR.
to build a home — criminal minds
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TITLE. To Build A Home
SEASON. AU*
LOVE INTEREST. Spencer Reid
OC NAME. Dorothy "Dottie" Daymaz
FACE CLAIM. Demet Ozdemir

DESCRIPTION.
who will look for you when you're the one who disappears?

EXTENDED SUMMARY.
At the ripe age of seven years old, Dottie woke up to find her mother slouched in a chair opposite her bed. Her curtains were still closed and the room was still dark, but she could tell it was her mother. She could identify her mother in a full room, or in a crowd. That woman was her rock, her best friend, and the one person who took care of her. Which is why it hurt so much to find her slouched, covered in blood, her eyes unblinking and a milky white. She was dead, her throat slashed, the knife sitting on the carpet by her feet.

What made it worse was when she found her father in their bed, in the same condition. Both parents, brutally attacked, their souls departed. What a grisly thing to witness at just seven years old. It's something you never really recover from. It left her with nightmares, with paranoia. She felt abandoned, and broken. She felt like she had been torn out of her body and left to watch as it went through the motions alone.

Growing up, Dottie felt like something was missing. Her grandmother was doing everything she could to take care of Dottie and love her. She tried her hardest to get her into the best school and to get her the best things. She reminded her of her parents and how much they loved her, and yet the sentiment never really stuck. If they loved her, then why did they go out like that? Why did they leave her that night, alone and without a parent? Why did they not love her enough to push through and stay?

Now, she's left with that hole in the center of her chest. It's burned around the edges, worn and tired from forcing too many puzzle pieces. Men, women, no one seemed to satisfy that aching need for love, for romance. She needed it, like lungs need air. Or like how balloons need helium to fly. And maybe that's why she stumbled into Your Strip of Heaven. It wasn't the flashy lights, the long lines, or the fun music. It wasn't the outfits or the makeup, or even the free booze. It was the attention. And any attention, to Dottie, is good attention.

RUMI'S NOTES.
basically, dottie is a burlesque dancer. and a killer decides to start taking out the dancers one by one. much like bad omens, i do have the killer's identity and motive. if you want it, you'll have to pm me.

i also have the whole cast:
Cher as Vera Valentino
Ursula Corbero as Carmen Perez
Sophie Cookson as Leah Dawson
Imaan Hamman as Liza Bennani
Chanya McClory as Dina Gilbert
Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Stephanie Russo
Pooja Hedge as Nellie Singh

i feel like this story works better if you
write it solely au. and dottie is a very broken and very fragile oc. what i mean by that is she makes very questionable choices. she's insecure. and she relies solely on the superficial things to survive. she's not gonna be an angel. alright ?