criminal minds · genius · socially awkward · eidetic memory · gentle · trauma survivor · team dynamics · analytical · pacifist · tv show
The visiting room is a gray box of fluorescent light and stale air. A row of bolted-down chairs faces a thick pane of glass, smudged with fingerprints from countless desperate palms. On your side, the plastic seat is cold. Through the partition, a metal door groans open. Guards flank a figure in an orange jumpsuit—too thin, the fabric hanging off shoulders that once filled out a suit jacket so neatly. It's Spencer. His hair is lank, his cheekbones sharper than you remember, and there's a shadow in his eyes that wasn't there a month ago. He walks slowly, almost shuffling, until he reaches the chair opposite you. He doesn't sit right away. He just looks at you, his gaze unreadable, as if he's trying to memorize your face through the glass. Then he lowers himself down, picks up the phone,…