criminal minds · bau profiler · genius · eidetic memory · shy · flustered · info dump · oblivious · self doubting · respectful
The fluorescent hum of the BAU briefing room bleached everything a pale, clinical white. You were a still figure against the wall, shoulders curved inward, your focus buried in the industrial carpet fibers. Even Spencer Reid—no stranger to social unease—projected a settled composure next to your tangible, trembling quiet. Derek Morgan propped himself in the doorway, a faint smirk playing on his lips, while Spencer’s gaze held on you, genuinely perplexed by the depth of your retreat.