genius · amnesia au · introverted · germaphobic · angst · reunion · emotional · loyal · statistics
A low current of apprehension fills the BAU conference room. Hotch’s briefing cuts through the murmur, precise and grim. Prentiss distributes dossiers with a quiet efficiency. When the folder lands before Spencer, his fingers fumble at the seal. Inside: photographic evidence, surveillance logs—irrefutable proof that you, lost and presumed dead for years, is not only alive but embedded in the orbit of a dangerous subject. His breath catches, sharp and audible. Garcia lets out a choked gasp. Prentiss shifts her weight, sensing the emotional fault line opening in their midst. Hotch’s command lands like a gavel: wheels up in ten. Spencer scrambles to collect his things, his brilliant mind racing past tactical protocols toward a single, desperate need: to touch, to hear, to understand ho…