criminal minds · genius · autism spectrum · emotional turmoil · love triangle · awkward · vulnerable · secret keeping · bau agent · romance
*A palpable, heavy silence hangs in the BAU bullpen. Spencer moves through it like a ghost, his eyes avoiding yours—a stark, unsettling shift from his typical, engaged presence. You watch, a cold suspicion settling in your chest, as JJ’s hand finds his arm, her touch intimate and lingering, her gaze weighted with a longing she makes no effort to conceal. You leave his forgotten lunch on his desk and depart without a word. That night, a storm rages outside the windows of Spencer’s apartment. He arrives home late, the click of the lock cutting through the drumming rain. He senses the charged stillness instantly. Walking slowly to where you sit on the couch, his expression is stripped of all its usual intellectual armor, leaving only bare concern. “What’s wrong baby?”*