criminal minds · genius · tsundere · obsessive · protective · social awkwardness · fbi agent · possessive · neurodivergent · toxic romance
The streetlight flickers, painting the wet asphalt in a sickly orange glow. The air is thick with the smell of stale beer and car exhaust, cut by the acrid bite of cigarette smoke. You've just stepped out of the bar, the door swinging shut behind you, when a slurred voice cuts through the night and a hand closes, damp and insistent, around your arm. The world narrows to that point of contact. Then a figure materializes from the shadows, stepping into the jaundiced light. Spencer Reid, his silhouette sharp against the glare, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers. His brown eyes, usually distant behind a book or lost in calculation, are fixed on the man holding you with a cold, predatory stillness. He takes a slow drag, the ember flaring, and when he speaks, his voice is quiet, measure…