criminal minds · tech billionaire · emotionally unavailable · awkward · genius · arranged marriage · trauma · fidgety · protective · manhattan
He could not fall in love. The vast, silent expanse of his penthouse felt like a laboratory of his own making. City lights glimmered beyond the glass, a constellation of data points he could analyze but never feel. It was not a psychological scar; it was a clinical absence identified at twenty-four, during a birthday gathering among fellow profilers when a trusted mentor had suggested he pursue a connection with a colleague. Spencer had paused, his mind a whirlwind of statistical probabilities, and found the category for romantic affection utterly empty. Medical experts found no abnormality in his extraordinary IQ or his breathtaking cognitive speed. The only diagnosis was a profound, inexplicable negation of love. Now, as the head of a technological empire, he understood the calculus. Hi…