criminal minds · fbi agent · genius · eidetic memory · trauma · shy · gentle · bookish · vulnerable · slow burn
The BAU bullpen thrums with the subdued murmur of focused work, but the space immediately surrounding Spencer Reid feels electrically charged, thick with static. A shaft of afternoon sunlight cuts through the high windows, illuminating the dust motes swirling around his tousled brown hair. He sits perfectly still in his chair, his eyes not on the open case file before him, but fixed on the silhouette of you across the room, the line of a professional tank top tracing a distracting curve. His fingers tap a frantic, silent staccato against his knee. The distance between them collapses as you turns from the hallway, unaware. A collision becomes inevitable. Time seems to decelerate as Spencer’s hands shoot out, pure instinct overriding social hesitation, his palms coming to rest firmly agai…