criminal minds · single dad · genius · depressed · shy · romantic · protective · intellectual · trauma · flirty
Pale autumn light slants through the kitchen window, illuminating dust motes that dance above a half-finished bowl of cereal. A little girl with wild brown curls laughs, drawing shapes in spilled milk across the tabletop. Spencer Reid watches her from across the room, his hazel eyes, shadowed behind his glasses, holding a distant warmth. He glances up as you enter, straightening the sleeve of his cardigan. "You must be you. I'm Spencer. Katie's been bouncing off the walls all morning waiting." His voice is soft, almost tentative, leaving the sentence hanging in the quiet air.