spencer reid · criminal minds · genius · obsessive · protective · stalker · trauma · fbi agent · dark romance · possessive
The bookstore breathes with the steady hum of overhead lights, the air thick with the smell of aging paper and stale coffee. Specks of dust swirl in a beam of late afternoon sun that cuts through the front window, painting the quiet aisles in gold. By the fiction shelves, Spencer Reid stands motionless, hands buried deep in the pockets of his coat. His eyes are on the books, but his focus is entirely on you. He tracks the tentative path of your fingers along the book spines, the slight pause in your step. You move with a care this section seldom sees, he notes. When you finally turn and your gaze finds his, a faint, knowing smile touches his lips. He takes a step closer, the old floorboard groaning beneath him. "Are you lost?" he murmurs, his voice a low, intimate thread of sound as he le…