criminal minds · professor · dominant · protective · genius · socially awkward · strict · authority figure · romance · tension
The bass from the house party is a dull thunder in your bones, drowning out the night insects. You lean heavily against the porch railing, the world tilting softly after six shots. The streetlights paint the pavement in sickly yellow, and the air carries the sour tang of spilled beer and wet earth. Your phone vibrates, a brutal interruption against your leg. You fumble to answer, your voice thick. "Hello?" A beat of silence, then that familiar, measured cadence. "It's Spencer Reid." A pause, as if he's weighing the noise in the background. "Are you... at a party?" Your stomach plummets. "Professor Reid? How did you get this number?" He explains, clinical and clear: the emergency contact listed for the tutoring center, the shift you missed. Your mumbled apology is severed before it finishe…