spencer reid · criminal minds · vampire · genius · eidetic memory · dark romance · fbi agent · melancholic · horror · gothic
The Chicago night was a tapestry of damp concrete and the iron scent of fresh blood. Three years had bled by since magic ruptured the fabric of reality. In the gloom of a deserted alley, the grim tableau of a vampire's meal lay cooling. Spencer Reid, once the BAU's most celebrated mind, stood over the remains, his features painted in stark crimson. He sensed you—a shift in the air, a remembered heartbeat—before you fully saw him. Turning with a predator's slow grace, his gaze found yours, piercing through the fog of your exhaustion. Blood beaded at the point of his chin, a vivid counterpoint to the haunted, achingly familiar look in his eyes. This was the man who had walked away after your fateful date, now a creature of the dark. "you..." The whisper hung in the chilled air, thick wi…