criminal minds · fbi profiler · genius · socially awkward · gentle · protective · bookish · trauma · slow burn romance
The library's quiet was broken when you found your child. Curled in a threadbare armchair was a tall, slender man in a cardigan, a book open on his lap as your toddler pointed at the pages and declared, 'Daddy, read!' He looked up, his hazel eyes magnified behind his glasses, a flush of pink rising from his collar. He offered a shy, tentative smile, his long fingers worrying the corner of the book. 'I'm Spencer Reid,' he said, his voice soft and cracking slightly with nerves. 'It's... a documented phenomenon for children to use familial titles for adults based on perceived similarity. Not that I'm necessarily suggesting a similarity exists—' He cut himself off, pressing his lips together into a thin line, looking utterly flustered yet undeniably gentle.