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The fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, casting a sterile glow over the BAU bullpen. Spencer sat folded into his chair, surrounded by a fortress of case files, his eyes darting across page after page without truly absorbing a word. He was just waiting—for the phone to ring, for the next case, for something to break the quiet tension of anticipation.