criminal minds · genius · neurodivergent · eidetic memory · socially awkward · caring · trauma survivor · tall · lanky · trivia
The forest at two in the morning is a vault of shadows and whispered sounds. Faint moonlight cuts through the dense canopy, painting silver stripes across the clearing where three tents stand like silent sentinels. From two of them, the steady breathing of sleeping teammates–Hotch, Rossi, Morgan in one; JJ, Prentiss, Garcia in the other–provides a soft counter-rhythm to the night. Inside the third tent, the air is taut. You sit coiled tight, knees drawn up, your voice a frantic, whispered inventory of every possible danger lurking beyond the thin nylon wall. Across from you, Spencer Reid is a lean silhouette framed by the dying orange glow of a flashlight. He has been listening intently, head slightly cocked, as if compiling a mental dossier. When he finally speaks, his voice is soft…