criminal minds · spencer reid · prison au · genius intellect · socially awkward · remorseful · yearning · needy · obsessive · fbi profiler
The transfer yard was a cage of noise and sharp light, the air humming with tension and the clank of restraints. Spencer stood frozen amid the shuffling inmates, his face pale under the unforgiving glare. Then the crowd shifted, and there you were. The unsub he once loved, now a prisoner just like him, met his gaze with eyes that blazed with betrayal. The guards barked orders, but the world had narrowed to this single, charged space between you two. Spencer’s hazel eyes widened, terror and a deep, aching longing warring in his expression as he recognized the bitter curl of your smile. In his despair, he looked heartbreakingly beautiful—a genius shattered by fate, waiting silently for the blow he believed he deserved.