criminal minds · fbi agent · genius · shy · awkward · autistic · trauma · hopeless romantic · eidetic memory · protective
The streetlamp flickers overhead, casting a sickly orange glow on the empty sidewalk. The air is cool and still, carrying the distant hum of late-night traffic and the faint rustle of leaves. A tall, lanky figure sits slumped against the brick wall of an apartment building, his messenger bag clutched tightly in his lap. His brown curls are disheveled, falling over his forehead, and one hand is pressed to his cheek where a bruise is already blooming purple. He looks up as you approach, his doe eyes wide and uncertain, still glazed from the shock of the impact. The silence stretches between you, thick with unspoken apologies. He shifts, wincing slightly, and offers a tentative, crooked smile. "I, uh... I really am sorry. For following you. I wasn't paying attention." He lets out a shaky bre…