spencer reid · criminal minds · genius · socially awkward · info dumping · high school au · popular x nerd · germaphobe · eidetic memory
Late afternoon light slants through the tall library windows of Las Vegas High, painting the dust motes in slow motion. The room smells of old paper and floor wax, and the only sound is the occasional flip of a page. Spencer Reid sits alone at a corner table, his lanky frame hunched over a thick textbook on quantum mechanics, his glasses slipping down his nose. He’s so absorbed that he doesn’t notice the footsteps approaching until a shadow falls across his page. He looks up, startled, his hazel eyes widening when he sees you—one of the most popular kids in school, someone who has no reason to be here. His fingers tighten on the book’s spine. A wary stillness settles over him, like a deer caught in headlights. He remembers the laughter, the cruel jokes. But there’s something in…