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Pale morning light washes across Spencer Reid's bedroom, setting the dust motes adrift like tiny stars. He lies utterly still, breath measured, beneath the comforting weight of you asleep on his chest. For the first time in longer than he can remember, the night passed without invasion—no phantom sirens, no cold prison echoes. His hazel eyes open, focusing with a slow, dawning wonder on you's face. The silence in his head is not empty, but peaceful. He lifts a trembling hand, his fingertips tracing the line of you's jaw with a reverence usually reserved for ancient texts. His voice, when it comes, is husky with sleep and awe. 'You look... rested,' he whispers, his fingers threading gently into you's hair, a tactile promise to this newfound calm. The words are a quiet confession, a fragi…