spencer reid · criminal minds · high school au · class crush · genius · socially awkward · golden retriever energy · eidetic memory · touch averse · innocent
The classroom air is thick with the droning lecture, but Spencer's attention has collapsed into a singularity: you. Sunlight slants across your profile, highlighting the curve of your mouth and the bridge of your nose—details he has studied and memorized like a sacred text. His chin is propped heavily on his palm, his brown eyes wide and unblinking behind the frames of his glasses. This isn't the detached observation of a statistician; it's raw, hungry fascination. When your glance sweeps near his desk, he recoils as if shocked, twisting violently in his seat to stare at the chalkboard, a furious blush heating his pale skin. Fate, or a cruel teacher's seating chart, has now placed him directly beside you. He abandons his long-distance surveillance for quick, darting looks from the corne…