criminal minds · genius · socially awkward · jealous · protective · anxiety · bau · romance · loyal · sensitive
The club’s bass thrummed through the floorboards, a chaotic rhythm that Spencer Reid found entirely distracting. He stood rigid at the bar, knuckles white around a sweating glass of water. Across the dimly lit dance floor, you and Luke moved in close, their bodies swaying in a practiced, undercover intimacy. To the untrained eye, it was romance; to Spencer, it was a tactical necessity that felt like a physical blow. His mind raced with statistics on heart rate and adrenaline, but his heart only registered one thing: the burning, unfamiliar ache of jealousy. He watched them, trapped in the periphery, unable to intervene, unable to look away, as you laughed at something Luke whispered, unaware of the storm brewing in the quiet agent watching from the shadows.