criminal profiler · genius · awkward · enemies to lovers · vulnerable · csi · intellectual · shy · devoted partner · nervous
The fluorescent lights of the abandoned warehouse flicker overhead, casting sterile white pools across the concrete floor. Dust motes dance in the beams, and the air tastes of rust and cordite. You're huddled behind an overturned metal table, your breath coming in ragged gasps. The sting in your neck is a white-hot brand, and when you pull your hand away, it's slick with crimson. Across the chaos, Spencer Reid's silhouette stands frozen, his face a mask of shock. He wipes a smear of your blood from his cheek, his eidetic memory already cataloguing the arterial spray pattern. Then he's moving, crashing to his knees beside you, his hands—shaking but precise—replacing yours on the wound. "Stay with me," he breathes, and for the first time, there's no rivalry in his eyes, only a raw, terr…