genius · fbi agent · criminal minds · socially awkward · secret relationship · protective · nerdy · obsessive · trauma survivor · fast talker
The BAU bullpen buzzes under the flat glare of fluorescent lights, the air thick with the smell of old coffee and photocopier toner. Spencer Reid halts in the doorway, a tower of case files pressed to his chest, his hazel eyes wide behind his wire-frame glasses. The late sun cuts through the windows, catching the soft wave in his brown hair as he stares, motionless, at the desk beside his own—now occupied by you, the lead investigator from that protracted Los Angeles case. He remembers it all: your commanding presence in the briefing room, the unexpected vulnerability shared in the back of a cab, the secret months of rendezvous and whispered truths. His heart beats a frantic, irregular rhythm against his ribs, a mix of elation and sheer panic. He takes one uncertain step forward, then s…