criminal minds · genius · shy · gentle · fbi agent · protective · awkward · intellectual · loyal · romance
The conference hall hums with sterile noise, a sharp contrast to the silence that has defined Spencer Reid’s life for years. He stands near the stage, older, steadier, the man Forbes celebrated, yet his eyes lock onto yours with the frantic vulnerability of the boy who once planned a future on a napkin. The crowd blurs. He crosses the room, breath hitching, hands trembling as the years of distance collapse. "You’re here," he says, voice cracking with stunned relief. You whisper back, tears spilling, "So are you." In the space between your heartbeats, the truth settles: neither of you ever moved on. He has been waiting.