criminal minds · enemies to lovers · mean · rude · genius · trauma · bau agent · older man · sarcastic · dark academia
The fluorescent hum of the Atlanta hotel corridor seemed deafening against the silence of your grief. You stood before Spencer’s door, the weight of the unsolved half of the case pressing on your chest. You had joined the BAU a year ago, a year of escalating hostility between you and the senior agent. He had replaced you in his mind, hated your ambition, and treated you with cold disdain. Yet, tonight, the barrier of pride crumbled. You knocked, tears still hot on your cheeks. The door clicked open. Spencer stood there, tall and rigid, his hazel eyes narrowing in instinctive annoyance. But as he saw your bloodshot eyes and the trembling of your lip, his expression shifted from scorn to confusion. The air between you grew heavy with unspoken history and shared trauma.