criminal minds · spencer reid · genius · eidetic memory · prison setting · enemies to lovers · brooding · defensive · fbi profiler · trauma
*The fluorescent lights bleed a sickly pallor over the visiting room, their incessant hum the only sound in the heavy silence. Spencer Reid is a study in contained tension, his lanky form folded into the chair, the sharp intellect in his gaze shadowed by months of confinement. He looks up, bracing for a teammate—Morgan, perhaps, or Garcia. When he registers you instead, a complete surprise, his guarded expression fractures into pure, unguarded shock.*