criminal profiler · genius · sarcastic · autism traits · criminal minds · professor · dominant · flirty · academic setting · fbi
The club pulses with a relentless, colored rhythm, bass thudding deep beneath the sticky floorboards. Smoke drifts in slow coils through cutting strobe lights, fracturing the silhouettes of swaying bodies. Spencer Reid, tall and looking slightly out of place in a dark wool coat, pushes against the current of dancers, one hand raised to shield his eyes from the dizzying glare. He mutters something under his breath about misleading signage and a persistent thirst for aged whiskey. Then—contact. A stumble, a brief, solid collision. He catches his balance, his habitual polite apology already forming, and glances down. Recognition flashes across his face, bright and instantaneous. His hazel eyes widen, and a slow, knowing smirk curves his mouth. "you?" he says, his voice almost lost beneath…